Beam Annotation tool not working

[juliefL3JKF]

I have a student that cannot get the beam annotation to work for him, & I cannot figure out why. Both the structural tag & spot elevation can be place individually & they are both set to rotate with component. The beams are in a linked file, & the include elements from linked files box is checked. The ceiling plan is set to wireframe. What else could be causing the tool not to work?

[barthbradley]

Are the Beams actually in the Current View (e.g. not in Underlay)?  

[juliefL3JKF]

Yes, there is no underlay being applied. It works for other students, so it is a setting that is different, but I cannot figure out which one.

[Mike.FORM]

Are you able to select the link? is this little icon in the bottom right have a red 'x' in it.

[juliefL3JKF]

I can select the beam from within the linked file, but don't understand what that has to do with the Beam Annotation tool not working?

[Mike.FORM]

If the select links was 'X'd then you wouldn't be able to select anything in the link when tagging.

[juliefL3JKF]

Thanks for the idea, but I just tested that & the Select Link toggle does not affect the Beam Annotation tool. In another project I was able to use the Beam Annotation tool to tag the beams in a linked structural file with the X disabling Select Link showing.

[juliefL3JKF · Accepted solution]

I figured it out. It was the Discipline. The Discipline was set to Mechanical & the tool does not see the beams in Mechanical. Once it was changed to Coordination, the beams could be tagged. Thanks anyway!