A Smarter Way to Share Revit Models: Why We Use ACC Bridge

Model sharing between firms has evolved—but not always smoothly.

The Old Way

For years, sharing models meant sending download links via Dropbox or Box, saving files locally, and manually relinking them in Revit. It worked, but it was time-consuming, prone to error, and relied on someone remembering to send updates.

The Cloud Era... With Strings Attached

As more firms adopted Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), the trend shifted to hosting models in the cloud—and inviting consultants directly into the host firm’s ACC site. We’ve worked on many projects this way, but it comes with trade-offs:

  • Access delays – Waiting on user invites or license issues

  • Security risks – Exposure to internal folders and files not meant for external teams

  • Broken links – Models moved or renamed inside someone else’s structure

  • Admin overhead – Managing and removing external users adds complexity

While cloud hosting helped, this setup created its own coordination headaches.

The Better Way: ACC Bridge

In April 2022, Autodesk released ACC Bridge—a built-in feature designed specifically to address these challenges.

Bridge allows teams on separate ACC sites to securely share published models and documents—without giving full site access to outside users.

  • We keep our model on our own site

  • You keep yours on yours

  • Each team can publish to a shared folder on the other’s site

  • Everyone links directly to the latest published version—no downloading, no relinking, no confusion

It works both ways, and it respects how each team operates internally.

Why We’ve Standardized Bridge

  • Cleaner coordination – Always the latest version, in the right place

  • Fewer admin tasks – No guest users to manage

  • Better security – Internal working files stay private

  • Full control – Each firm maintains its own folder structure, access, and versioning

We’re fully set up to use Bridge and recommend it as the standard for all external model sharing. If you're still sharing via download links or inviting teams into your site, we’d be happy to help get Bridge configured. It only takes a few minutes to connect—and saves time throughout the project.

Ready to connect via Bridge?
Let us know—we’re ready when you are.