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In Revit 2010 MEP I'm trying to get my electrical receptacles/switches to lock to the host wall. When the arch. dept. moves their walls my components aren't moving with it. Is there a default setting for fix this or something I need to do when i insert the component?
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Are you using face based families? - Obviously not. You might try the align and lock tool if you have something in the family to align with. Did you try the "moves with nearby elements" switch?
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I'm using components from Revit so I assumed they were face based. I've been aligning and locking my components, just looking for a solution when I insert them the first time. No, I have't tried "moves with nearby elements" switch. How do I do that? Can I just window my whole drawing to get all my components selected?
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Look on the options bar after you click on a component. The "moves with nearby elements" switch is there.
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I don't have that on my toolbar.
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You must be using annotations.... The option is there for families - not annotations and it is not a tool - it shows up on the options bar after you select a model element.
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Patrickj75, Did you ever figure out how to resolve this problem because I am having the same issues everytime we reload the architects revit model. The walls move, but my electrical devices dont.
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No, I never did get it figured out.
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I found out that the architect was deleting their walls and re-drawing them instead of just moving the walls. since the my elements were hosted to the wall that was deleted, it was no longer hosted. I just had to talk with the architect and make sure that instead of deleting walls, they edit them and move them in order for my elements to move with them.
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