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ctc
2008-02-11, 04:59 PM
I've created a mechanical equipment in-place family on a level in a project.

When I create and sort the mechanical equipment schedule by level, this family appears in the schedule but it won't sort by level.

Please advise.

roy.70844
2008-02-11, 05:13 PM
Working from memory... In place families do not know what level they are on, in the sense that if you look at the properties of the in-place family the evel is not shown.

As a rule, avoid using in-place families at all! To create a discreet family takes just a few extra mouse clicks and avoids this and other problems associated with in-place families.

The bad news is that I don't think there is an easy way of converting the in-place into a 'proper' family.

So, bite the bullet and create a new family.

Roy

dhurtubise
2008-02-11, 05:42 PM
You can copy/paste from the inplace family into the mechanical equipment family.