Run settings

The right card of the run screen holds three foldable groups. They apply to the whole run and are not saved in the .fdc file.

Settings with Exclusions, Models and Start and sync unfolded

Exclusions

Option	What it does
Skip elements edited by others	Leaves elements another user owns in a workshared model alone instead of trying and failing. The report lists them
Skip elements in groups	Leaves elements inside model groups as they are
Skip elements in assemblies	Leaves elements inside assemblies as they are
Skip pinned elements	Leaves pinned elements as they are

Skipped elements are listed in the report as excluded.

Models

One box per project open in Revit. Tick several to run the same file on each of them in one go; each runs over its own whole model. Linked models are never written to, and Room, Space, Area, Level and Nearest Grids look only at the model they run in. The report then has a Documents section with each model's own result.

Start and sync

Option	What it does
Check out worksets first	Takes every user workset nobody else holds before the run, so no one can change elements while FlexiData writes
Synchronize with Central before the run	Brings in everyone's latest changes first
Synchronize with Central after the run	Sends the run's changes to the central model. Undo this run is then not offered
Delay start	Starts the run later — see below

Delay start

Delay start shows three fields — hours, minutes, seconds, up to 24 hours — and the time it adds up to. Run then starts a countdown instead of the run; the operations start when it reaches zero, with the sync options applied as usual. At 0:0:0 the hint reads No delay set — Run starts right away. Useful for a long run after everyone has synchronized and gone home.

Start and sync unfolded with Delay start ticked: the hours, minutes and seconds fields and the hint under them

See also Safety and undo for what a run changes in a workshared model.