dwg link complications

[lmarkey73498]

I have linked a dwg file to a Revit. I need to raise the first floor elevation to the level of the contours on the site in the dwg file. However, when I change the elevation of the Revit objects, the dwg file automatically moves with it. I have tried removing the constraints, but the site still moves with the Revit drawing.

[aggockel50321]

Your linked drawing is going to be associated with whatever level was active when the .dwg was linked.

So if your drawing was imported into a site view, revit associates the site view with level 1 by default. So if you move the revit objects by moving the levels, including level 1, the .dwg will go with it.

You might be able to get around it by adding a level below level 1, delete the original dwg link, and then re-link it to the new level, then move the other levels to get the desired effect.

[lmarkey73498]

That seems to have done the trick. Thanks for the help.

[ajayholland]

Also...

You may have noticed that when an imported element cannot be moved, it CAN be copied. Assuming the underlay is visible in more than one view, go to a section or elevation, copy the element vertically, then delete the original. The object will still be linked to the level on which it was placed.

~AJH