mike06 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Hi guys, OK I'm in the learning process of revit and have come across something very frustrating. I can't work out how to turn it off. I have a building model here, and am trying to put stuff in it, but whenever I try to snap to something it snaps to a wireframe invisible box (that turns visible) around the whole building. Does anyone know how to turn this box off? If you don't know what I'm talking about I can post up a screenshot if that helps. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofredlay Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Are you on a sheet? It sounds like you need to activate the viewport or go to a plan view. A screen shot would help yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike06 Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 that purple cube is only visible when i'm trying to snap onto stuff. if i wobble the mouse around enough it will snap on to something but it's to time consuming. hopefully there is a solution. cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofredlay Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 It seems as if you are trying to reference a linked model. That is why there is a purple bounding box. Furthermore, you would do better to draw in a plan, elevation or section view as 3d views in Revit are not geared towards drawing in (at least in my experience). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike06 Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 Yep it is linked. I was just trying to quickly turn on and off elements to see bits in 3d angles that have been done wrong for the area I needed to look at in conjunction with my stuff. It wouldn't let me select elements easily instead it was intent on me selecting the box. So far I'm finding revit to be very restrictive but I guess that will get better once I learn how to use it more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARCHdoc Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 You can turn elements of a linked file off through the Visibility Graphics dialogue. Go to the Imported Categories tab and you will find a list of files imported. If you expand the + symbol you will notice you can turn off elements from the linked files. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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