Attach walls to grids

[charliep]

Doing some practice with Revit 2013 and came accross a problem which may have existed in other versions but I never noticed it.

I set up my grids and pinned them. I then placed the walls and tried to lock them to the grids but found that If I placed the walls, clicked off, then went back to lock them, I couldn't. Likewise, if I had the chain option selected, the lock symbol showed when I clicked the start and end of the wall, but as soon as I tried to move back to click the lock the symbol disappears.

So:-

Is there a way to lock an element after its been placed.
Is there a way to not loose the lock symbol while using the chain option.

[david_peterson]

If you use the align tool to align the wall face or center to a grid line, you should get a little pad lock that shows up. I believe you can then lock/constrain that wall face/center to the grid.

[jsteinhauer]

Charlie,

You should also be able to use a dimension to lock the wall to a grid. Place the wall, dimension it, lock the dimension, then delete the dimension. It will help you get the wall exactly where you want it relative to the grid line.

Cheers,
Jeff S.