How many of you like to go into Revit and click on different options to see what they do? Hopefully some of you do. By doing that is how I figured out the pros and cons of the Disjoin checkbox, which I want to share with you.
Let’s start with where to find it. The option to Disjoin appears with some of the Modify tools - Move, Copy, and Rotate.
If you choose the option when you are in the Move tool, Revit will remember that you chose it. It has been this way since at least version 2016. It will also remember that you selected it if you selected it in the Move command and then activate the Copy command. It does not remember your selection with the Rotate command.
I first want to show what it does related to walls and other elements that automatically join, like detail lines.
The GIF below shows the move command with and without Disjoin activated. Notice that when you activate Disjoin and move a wall, it automatically disjoins from other walls but notice that it disjoins from the centerpoint of the walls, as you can see in the end of the GIF. This is problematic to me because I don’t usually care with the centerpoint of two perpendicular walls meet but instead the corner or an edge.
If you activate the Disjoin option during the Rotate command, it will also disjoin elements that are joined, like walls.
The most troubling effect of the disjoin button is what it does to the Pin command. If you have Disjoin activated and you try to move a pinned element, it not only moves, negating the pin, but it also removes the pin!
Now that you know, hopefully you are better equipped to use (or not) this tool. I prefer to just stay away from it, as I’ve found it causes more trouble than it’s worth.
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