topic Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&am in Revit Architecture Forum

"Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall." error

seutaojiang — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 01:10:05 GMT

hi I am a new user of revit and I am trying to unloack brick layers of the exterior wall (please see the attached image file). But when I open the little padlock and press "ok" button, Revit gives me an error message: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall." The walls are not attached to anything. why i get this error meaasge? How can i extend the brick layer?

Thank you very much in advance!!!

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&qu

barthbradley — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:03:30 GMT

Select all the walls in the project and Detach All.

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&am

seutaojiang — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:07:40 GMT

thanks for your reply!!! Do you mean secect all walls, then detach top/base? i did that and does not work...

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&am

seutaojiang — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:09:10 GMT

where is the Detach All command/button?

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&am

barthbradley — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:11:00 GMT

I mean pick a wall and select all similar, then Detach Top/Base=>Detach All. That's what I do.

....I'll look at your file and report back.

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&am

seutaojiang — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:13:07 GMT

thanks a lot!! i did what you described but still cannot make it work....

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&am

barthbradley — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:13:51 GMT

...works here. Detach All allows me to modify and unlock wall layers.

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&am

seutaojiang — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:21:19 GMT

thanks a lot!! I still cannot make this work....please see the attached vedio and is there something wrong in what i am doing?

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&am

barthbradley — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:22:30 GMT

@seutaojiang wrote:
thanks a lot!! i did what you described but still cannot make it work....

Interesting. I just did it. Selected wall "Exterior - 240 110 brick+40 gap+90 stud", right-clicked and picked Select All Instances=>Visible in View, and then clicked Detach Top/Base =Detach All on Contextual Tab. Afterwards, I modified and unlocked wall layer in Edit Assembly section view no problem.

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&am

seutaojiang — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:27:16 GMT

did you see my little vedio?

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&qu

Corsten.Au — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:28:59 GMT

In your file, the outer Brick layer is still LOCKED...

unlock it first the way you showed .

Cheers

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&am

seutaojiang — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:31:34 GMT

hi ganesh : i cannot unlock it....did you see the vedio i posted? when i unlock it, it always give me the error message

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&am

barthbradley — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:39:10 GMT

@seutaojiang wrote:
did you see my little vedio?

Now I did. Thank you for the kind comment. The only thing you missed was to "DETACH AL" on the Options Bar after you click on Detach Top/Bottom.

Re: "Cannot extend layer(s) of the highlighted vertically compound wall.&am

seutaojiang — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:38:52 GMT

hi it worked!!! thank you very much!!!