Links unloaded...or are they?

[hworrell]

I am working on a project that has multiple Revit files linked into an overall Revit file - Each of the files is on its own workset.

When I go to "Manage Links" it indicates that all the links are loaded. When I go to my project browser it says otherwise.

All worksets are open.

Am I missing the obvious here? Any help would be appreciated.

-Heather-

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[Steve_Stafford]

You see the Blue Arrow when the link is loaded and the Red X when it is unloaded or not found. That's true until Worksets are used. If a link is assigned to a workset and that workset is closed the Red X will appear to indicate that the link is no longer "present or visible", not that it is unloaded but much the same in a way.

If you open the workset again the X doesn't go away immediately. It will if you do a Reload Latest (assuming there are changes to load), SwC or reload the link itself.

[hworrell]

Thank you!

Apparently - there are two locations to remember to modify what workset a linked file is on...I didn't realize that part.

I was selecting the instance of the linked project file and saw that it was on the 'correct' workset.

Then I noticed that when I go to the project browser, right click on the linked file, and select Type Properties - there is another location to modify the workset. This is the one that was on the 'wrong' workset. I modified this and it seemed to correct the visibility issues we were having...
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I'm assuming this is for when you have multiple instances of the project file...but I'm not sure that I fully understand the reasoning.

-Heather-

[Steve_Stafford]

Yes, the Type Parameter: Workset is the "definition" or "presence" of a linked file being part of our project and it's the top level row for the link in Visibility/Graphics. The Instance parameter governs the actual link you have selected. It is the next level row under the top level link in Visibility/Graphics (click the + sign to expand the list). If you have only one linked file and just one instance placed somewhere this subtlety is irrelevant to you/us but the hierarchy still exists. If the linked file was copied to several locations then each copy could be assigned its own workset and V/G could be used to override the individuals differently. Unless you do work that could benefit from it, like large scale development work where typical units are peppered on a site, these capabilities just end up irrelevant unfortunately.