Ceiling Family Help

[jsteinhauer]

I was wondering why my family has such a large selection field. My mouse icon doesn't need to be near the object, and it will be selectable. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jeff S.

[phyllisr]

Try the attached. I grabbed a bunch of the residual filled regions in your family (right click, select all instances) and deleted them. They appear to be left from an AutoCAD import. I then purged the family of everything. I think this fixed it by I did not test a bunch. Let me know if you still have problems and I will try again when I am not racing out the door on a Friday afternoon.

[jsteinhauer]

Not to sound like a total novis, but how do I go about that? I read the response, but am unable to select any of the residule filled reagions. Please help.

Thanks,

Jeff S.

P.s. your family worked better.

[phyllisr]

...how do I go about that?

We are all novices in one way or another. Check my really old posts and you will see how many seriously embarrassing neophyte questions I asked just a couple of years ago. I did not save your file and do not have Revit open so I am doing this from memory - just hope this helps.

Open your original family. From the Project Browser, expand Families, then expand Detail Items. You should see a bunch of filled regions with a dwg suffix followed by a bunch of numbers. Working only in the Browser, use the shift key to select all the filled region types except the last one. Right click and select Delete. As I recall, there is actually one filled region in the family so you may get a warning that you are about to delete something. I clicked OK since I could not determine where it was used anyway.

Once you have done all that, go to the file menu, select Purge Unused and purge everything. Groups, annotation, unused content included. I suspect your completed family will be a lot smaller.

[jsteinhauer]

I'm gonna have to print this one out for my Revit binder. Why can't the last region be deleted?

Thank you,

Jeff S.

[jsteinhauer]

Well I tried to clean out the Family and reload it into a dummy project. I still have the selection issue. I'm not sure what I've done to my family to make it act this way.

Sad Parent,

Jeff S.

[jsteinhauer]

Well I tried to clean out the Family and reload it into a dummy project. I still have the selection issue. I'm not sure what I've done to my family to make it act this way.

Sad Parent,

Jeff S.

Never mind I forgot a step. I'm such a newbie.