Originally Posted by
twiceroadsfool
In 2011, you can do EXACTLY that. I just did it in 2011 to verify, before i posted. My earlier response was because in 2010 you couldnt do it.
What youre probably doing wrong, is Filtering by TYPE name, and he probably has it in the FAMILY name, so try that.
EDIT: let me elaborate. Hes probably got:
"Micro Pile: 24x24x16" in the project.
"Micro Pile" is the FAMILY Name, while "24x24x16" is the type name.
It happens in my office all the time, as people Filter Wide Flanges looking for STL, forgetting that STL is in the Fam name, not the type name.
But it does work, i can set a Filter in my arch model to turn structural columns containing the letters STL in the family name, to red, and the structural models all turn red.
Cliff- Select all instances doesnt work, since theyre not in his project. And its a ton of views to hide them in. And if doesnt regenerate of the Engineer adds new instances or replaces them with instances that have new EID's, which isnt ideal.