Autodesk Revit Architecture

[#1]

I'm trying to edit a mass so I have it isolated. I want to see how large something is so I need to dimension it. But when I create the dimension I can't see it. It is hidden.

It's hidden because I have everything hidden except for the mass. But the dimension wasn't included in the things to hide when I chose to isolate that mass. So why is it hidden now?

Is this normal for Revit? When you have something isolated, does it only ever just show the items you have isolated? Can't it ever show new objects too? Can you switch off this behavior so it displays the new objects too?

[#2]

So that's it huh? No answer? I guess it's true and there isn't any way to prevent it. I guess Revit really does suk then.

[#3]

Use the tape measure tool to check the size.

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I'm trying to edit a mass so I have it isolated. I want to see how large
something is so I need to dimension it. But when I create the dimension I
can't see it. It is hidden.

It's hidden because I have everything hidden except for the mass. But the
dimension wasn't included in the things to hide when I chose to isolate that
mass. So why is it hidden now?

Is this normal for Revit? When you have something isolated, does it only
ever just show the items you have isolated? Can't it ever show new objects
too? Can you switch off this behavior so it displays the new objects too?

[#4]

I tried this and am not seeing the same behavior you are describing.
Perhaps I am not understanding what you are trying to do. Could you explain
step by step what you are doing so I can understand better?


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Jeff Hanson
Autodesk - AEC Technical Publications
Manchester, NH
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wrote in message news:5567079@discussion.autodesk.com...
I'm trying to edit a mass so I have it isolated. I want to see how large
something is so I need to dimension it. But when I create the dimension I
can't see it. It is hidden.

It's hidden because I have everything hidden except for the mass. But the
dimension wasn't included in the things to hide when I chose to isolate that
mass. So why is it hidden now?

Is this normal for Revit? When you have something isolated, does it only
ever just show the items you have isolated? Can't it ever show new objects
too? Can you switch off this behavior so it displays the new objects too?

[#5]

Tape measure tool is greyed out.

[#6]

I have a mass I need to modify. I'm looking at it in 3D. I have isolated the mass and I'm in the edit mode so the tape measure tool is greyed out. I need to dimension one of the legs of the mass to find out how large it is.

[#7]

I just tried this again in an older release (Revit 9) and saw the behavior
you are describing. This has been changed in Revit Architecture 2008 to
work more like you are wanting it to.

--
Jeff Hanson
Autodesk - AEC Technical Publications
Manchester, NH
_______________________________________

wrote in message news:5567079@discussion.autodesk.com...
I'm trying to edit a mass so I have it isolated. I want to see how large
something is so I need to dimension it. But when I create the dimension I
can't see it. It is hidden.

It's hidden because I have everything hidden except for the mass. But the
dimension wasn't included in the things to hide when I chose to isolate that
mass. So why is it hidden now?

Is this normal for Revit? When you have something isolated, does it only
ever just show the items you have isolated? Can't it ever show new objects
too? Can you switch off this behavior so it displays the new objects too?

[#8]

Okay great. Thanks for giving me another selling point to give to our IT people to get them to upgrade us. We are using 9.1.

[#9]

I notice this seems to be effected by how I am viewing the model. It doesn't appear to work in 3D, but it works in a plan view.