topic Re: LOST drawing on canvas in Revit Architecture Forum

LOST drawing on canvas

ARQ-CAMILA.PORTEIRO — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:29:22 GMT

I created a sheet on my revit project file and included several elevations , 3d views and shcedules.

i was moving around zooming ans panning while adding one of the elevations and lost sight of the entire sheet. I can't find it at all.

i click on the project browser sheet but i don´t see it in the drawing space.

Is there any tool in revit that selects all the items pertinent to the view? of something that can help me locate the items? otherwise, i have to create a new sheet and do it all over again. which i find very inefficient !

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

Keith_Wilkinson — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:37:50 GMT

Have you tried typed ZE (for Zoom Extents) to see if it shows up?

I take it the sheets and the associated views are showing up correctly in the project browser?

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

ARQ-CAMILA.PORTEIRO — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:48:19 GMT

hi thanks for the reply

just tried ZE but nothing happens......

and yes, the sheet and its documents appear perfectly well on the project browser

dont know what else to try !

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

Keith_Wilkinson — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:53:25 GMT

If you expand the sheet in the project browser and double click on one of the views that are listed there does it take you to a view that shows modelled content?

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

ARQ-CAMILA.PORTEIRO — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:04:27 GMT

yes it does!!

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

ARQ-CAMILA.PORTEIRO — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:07:48 GMT

screen shot

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

Keith_Wilkinson — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:15:38 GMT

Are there any linked files in those views, espeically CAD files?

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

ARQ-CAMILA.PORTEIRO — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:22:53 GMT

no linked files.

its just that i zoomed out so much. i can´t find the sheet any more in the canvas! om going crazy haha

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

Keith_Wilkinson — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:26:16 GMT

What might have happened is that you have placed a view on the sheet a long way from the sheet.

with your file saved trying deleting the views in the opposite order from which you placed them typing ZE each time you remove one and see if you get back to being able to see the sheet. If this works, once you find the offending view you can undo your actions and then just remove the offending view itself and then place it again.

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

ARQ-CAMILA.PORTEIRO — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:40:28 GMT

i right clicked on the views listed abouve the sheet on the browser and the delet otpion is grayed out. !

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

Keith_Wilkinson — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:42:10 GMT

Is 'Remove from Sheet' available (about 4 lines above 'Delete')?

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

ARQ-CAMILA.PORTEIRO — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:42:19 GMT

oh and i agree with you that i must have mis placed views very far away from the sheet

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

ARQ-CAMILA.PORTEIRO — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:44:28 GMT

YESSS i proceed to try that command

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

ARQ-CAMILA.PORTEIRO — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:52:06 GMT

i tried on a different sheet the ZE coomand and works perfectly well.

i tried on this sheet deleting the vies and typing ZE but the sheet never came up!!

could it get deleted somehow?

anyway thak you for all the useful tips.

and i shall proceed making a brand new sheet

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

Keith_Wilkinson — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:54:35 GMT

Very puzzling. You could delete the sheet but the placed views would remain and should still be visible.

Sorry, don't know what else to suggest.

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

ARQ-CAMILA.PORTEIRO — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:25:19 GMT

indeed.

you helped me anyways. i guess something very strange happend that nobody could actually solve entirely.

🙂

Re: LOST drawing on canvas

Keith_Wilkinson — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:28:33 GMT

without actually seeing the file it can be difficult at times to isolate the specific problem. It would have bee good to know what the problem was though in case it comes up again.