Sections & Elevations through linked files

[Chad Smith]

I was enjoying my first linked files / phases experience until I cut a section through my linked file.

As you can see from my attached image, the level text is running into the section and other level text, I don't see an option to get access to them to be able to sepearate them.

Is this just not possible, or have I missed something?

[beegee]

Chad,

I assume the building with the floor levels are linked into a site plan which contains the topo.
If you go back to the original plan, you can adjust the location of the level text there. The site plan loads the last saved version of the linked building file, complete with all settings, as far as I know.

EDIT: Nope. That don't work. Stayed tuned for further ....

[beegee]

Chad,

As a work around, turn off the visability of the levels in the linked file, then establish new levels ( sameo ) in the site plan file. Then you can control them.

[Chad Smith]

Unfortunately, that's what I was thinking.

I did notice sometimes that if I had a section cut in the model that was linked, and a section that was cut through the linked model, that were in a similar location, that I could adjust the distance the level text was from the model, but not the vertical spacings. I don't know why, or how, but it sometimes did.

Be nice to have one of the following features, both for sections and elevations:

1. Link a model into a file and then cut a section through the linked model. The section still remains a 'block' but the level 'name' text would become an editable attribute (which you could rename the level), and you could adjust the level block in the horizontal plane, and be able to adjust the vertical text offset. But not change the level height obviously.

or

2. Cut the section in the file to be linked and adjust the look before linking, then link it into another file. Then in the new file which the model is linked, the view would show up in the Project Browser list as something like LINKEDFILE:Section1, LINKEDFILE being the referenced file and Section1 being the view. You could then add text and drop it onto a sheet.

I would be strongly in favour of the second option.

I guess why can't all views from a linked file be in the Project Browser and referenced in this manner. This way you can still use your linked model in a view using the current way, or if you have a view from the linked model that is ready to go for annotation, just drag it from the Project Browser and onto a sheet.
I think that would be a very neat process.

[beegee]

I agree that a lot of things could be done to improve the functionality of linked files in Revit.

Linked files are a relatively new addition to the programme and I'm sure will come under the developers scrunity in future releases.

The fact that you can control the visability of almost all the elements in the linked file, suggest that the code exists to change elements, such as annotation attributes, level head locations, etc, without changing the linked model itself.