Can copy but not move a workset element

[thomasel98]

Hello

I have two worksets (1) Mech (user-1) and the other (2) Arch (user-2).

When user-1 synchronizes to central after loading diffusers, user-2 refreshes to see the changes. User-2 is not suppose to "Edit" user-1's workset right? it is set
to non-editable. In terms of editing, User-2 can copy the diffuser but not move it. In other words, if user-2 moves the diffuser a warning comes up saying, "this is not yo workset dude" but if user-2 copies the diffuser that's cool? no warning?

I'm confused. Pls help.

Thanks

[daniel.morrison]

If I have this right, I think what is happening is that when the diffuser is copied by user 2 he is actually creating a new diffuser, the same as the existing one, but creating it in the Arch (ie his/her own) Workset.

He has not modified the original diffuser so there is no problem workset wise.

[thomasel98]

The diffuser is the same. I created similiar.

Even so I thought I was not able to edit user-1's workset.

???????? I don't know. seems odd.

[DaveDH]

This is because the term "not editable" was apparantly thought up on one of those rare "Opposite Days". :-p Not editable actually doesn't mean what it says. I'm not sure of the reasoning behind these terms, but I think "editable" means it is only . . . actually, I don't know what they meant.

All I know is that if the workset is "Not Editable" then anyone can borrow elements on that workset and modify them. If the workset is "Editable" then only the user specified in the worksets dialogue box can edit elements on that workset. So far, we've never had to use "Editable" to lock up portions of the model, so we always use "Not Editable".

Go figure . . . .

Dave

[jason.martin]

Amazingly there was a time where these descriptions actually made (a little) sense.

Before the days of element borrowing you actually needed to own the workset that an element belonged to before you could modify the element in any way (well, you could copy it, as that isn't modifying "the" element, at least as far as Revit is concerned), so any element that was in a workset that you didn't own was "non-editable by you", hence the term non-editable (for worksets that you don't own).

When element borrowing was introduced (some years ago) the terms simply weren't changed (in fact almost none of the worksets UI was changed to support this) so we are left with an opposite day UI :-)

Yes, it is horribly confusing. Sorry.

jason