Unable to Place Components in Linked files

[Anonymous]

I am having difficulty placing components in my Revit Architecture 2012 model. They are wall hosted (outlets) & floor hosted (floor boxes) components. I have taken the MEP, Base Building, Interiors, and Structural models and linked them into my new file. I have linked them in as overlay. Should I have changed the reference type to attachment?

When I go to place my components I recieve the following notifications from Revit and am unable to click any walls or floors: "Click on Wall to place Instance" (outlets) "Click on Floor to place Instance" (floor boxes). How do I set up these linked files so I can place my families?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Anonymous]

You can try to use the Tab key to select the wall inside the link and then place the component....I don't have a project open with links in it at the moment.

You also may have better luck with Face-Based families instead of Wall-Hosted.

You can copy the content from the Wall Hosted family into a new family that is saved from the Face-Based variety.

See if that helps.

cheers

[ryan.duell]

When placing components on linked model geometry, they would need to be face-based families.  I have included some additional information below:

http://revitmep.blogspot.com/2007/08/tip-when-creating-revit-mep-content.html

Thank you,

[Sahay_R]

Does that include doors and windows?

[ToanDN]

You can place face based doors and windows but they cannot cut out the link's geometry.