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Reference plane that can't be selected

hatchethunter — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:37:51 GMT

Warning in the model that reference plane is slightly off axis and may cause inaccuracies, however the reference plane cannot be selected and is invisible. When I hide everything below it, you still can't select/ move it. Is this a big issue? Any help is appreciated.

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

barthbradley — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 19:54:00 GMT

Most of the time it's a non-issue. But you've been warned. I see many "slightly off axis" when tracing CAD. Most I can get away with.

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

hatchethunter — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 19:55:13 GMT

Yeah that’s what it will be from,I traced a CAD drawing for my Site Plan,CAD drawing has been removed now

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

barthbradley — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 19:57:33 GMT

One thing to note is that you can't pulled a dimension between a straight RP and a slightly off axis RP. FWIW.

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

hatchethunter — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 16:04:18 GMT

If I drag the reference plane it removes the warning.Would you suggest dragging the reference plane?

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

barthbradley — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 16:20:02 GMT

It removes the Warning for it from the Review Warnings List? If so, that seems strange. Is it possible you straightened it when you moved it? I need more info. Can you put a revision cloud around it in the view and post the file?

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

hatchethunter — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 16:23:05 GMT

I’m not sure if I can post it as it is a University Project! I could go back to the version before I imported the CAD file as that is when the problem occurred?I have a previous version on a USB?

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

hatchethunter — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 16:40:20 GMT

Infact, it happened a few days before the CAD was imported, one file doesn’t show any warnings yet all the ones after it do,any guess why?

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

barthbradley — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 16:51:31 GMT

It's a curious situation. Not an alarming one. Still, I could better advise you if I could examine the file. It is not necessary to post an entire project or proprietary content. Just the relevant portion. One easy way to do that, is by grouping the relevant content, locate the Named Group in the Project Browser, right-click on it and press "Save Group" in the right-click drop-down menu. This saves the Group to it's own RVT which you can post here. Afterwards, you can Ungroup the Source Group in the Project.

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

hatchethunter — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 16:53:05 GMT

I will do Thankyou,I’ll be sending it over as soon as I can!

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

barthbradley — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 16:55:55 GMT

It's a good way to use this forum. Talk to you soon.

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

hatchethunter — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 16:57:05 GMT

Thanks,I’ve selected “multiple categories” but it’s not showing up as a group?Sorry what do I do?

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

hatchethunter — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:05:05 GMT

It’s not letting me create a group whenever the Reference Plane is selected

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

barthbradley — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:11:21 GMT

So, you are saying you can't include the rogue RP it in the Group?

Also, let's back up. You say the RP is movable -- but not selectable or visible. Is that right? Is it part of an In-Place Modeled Component? Also, you mentioned that the Warning is removed when you moved it. Does that mean it was removed from Review Warnings on the Manage Tab?

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

hatchethunter — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:13:05 GMT

I will send you through a version in a minute,yes I can only identify the reference plane by element ID.I could change it by dragging the dimension tool

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

hatchethunter — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:24:05 GMT

The reference plane can’t be grouped, shall I send a file with virtually everything removed?

Re: Reference plane that can't be selected

hatchethunter — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:31:30 GMT

I think I may have found the problem!When this railing is deleted,in all versions of the model with this warning,the warning of “Reference plane is slightly off and may cause inaccuracies” goes,and it’s element ID cannot be found.The first file to have this warning was when this railing was added too!I will remove it from the model now,it might be because it’s reference host is a curved slope it might find hard to reference or something.