unintended constraint

[CADsince2000]

Hello,

I have not been using Revit very long, but I seem to be experiencing a pattern. It seems that occasionally an unintended constraint causes difficulty editing. I have been able to work through most of them. Right now I can’t work through one. I am trying to move a wall and foundation a couple inches. It is affecting a seemingly unrelated roof join on the other side of the building. I don’t recall causing this constraint.

I know this question cannot be answered specifically but was wondering if there is a method to chasing down these unintended constraints.

Thanks,

Sam

[Anonymous]

Use the Move tool, and check the Unjoin box in the Options Bar. This will
dis-associate the wall form any locks.

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Hello,

I have not been using Revit very long, but I seem to be experiencing a
pattern. It seems that occasionally an unintended constraint causes
difficulty editing. I have been able to work through most of them. Right
now I can't work through one. I am trying to move a wall and foundation a
couple inches. It is affecting a seemingly unrelated roof join on the other
side of the building. I don't recall causing this constraint.

I know this question cannot be answered specifically but was wondering if
there is a method to chasing down these unintended constraints.

Thanks,

Sam

[CADsince2000]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the reply. Did you mean the “detach box”? Turns out a vaulted ceiling on the other side of the room was the culprit. In my limited experience there appears to be no relationship whatsoever.

I do backups throughout the day so I went to my previous backup and found no problem. Then, I thought about what I did to the model since I last backed up. I thought, vaulted ceilings. So I went back to my current version and deleted vaulted ceilings one by one until I found the culprit. Closed without saving and reopened, deleted the culprit, made the change, mirror copied the adjacent vault, and was back on the road.

Thanks,

Sam