Make Raster Image Unselectable

[Anonymous]

I am using imported Raster images in Revit Architecture 2010 to trace and I need to make them unselectable. I know that I can 'Pin' them so I cannot move them, but I need to keep from actually selecting them. I thought I could use Design Options, but Raster images cannot be moved from the Main Model and thus remain selectable. Any ideas?

[Anonymous]

You could use worksets to "protect" them.

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Jeff Hanson
SME (Subject Matter Expert)
Autodesk - BIM UX
Manchester, NH


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I am using imported Raster images in Revit Architecture 2010 to trace and I
need to make them unselectable. I know that I can 'Pin' them so I cannot
move them, but I need to keep from actually selecting them. I thought I
could use Design Options, but Raster images cannot be moved from the Main
Model and thus remain selectable. Any ideas?

[Anonymous]

Jeff,

I think you are missing the point. I posted a similar post 2-3 weeks and did not receive a reply. There is alot of work on renovation and remodel. Often there are only paper drawings of the older buildings. So we have to scan them and use them as a background image. The workset option is a lot of work for smaller projects. I thought I could create a separate level and adjust the view depth. That did not work.

What I (we) would like is a simple option, like in 3DS Max, to freeze the image and not have it be selectable all the time. Would that be impossible to implement?

Joe

[Anonymous]

>>I think you are missing the point.

I understand the issue. I wish it could be done as well. I was simply
trying to give an option within the current functionality of Revit. I
understand this is something user would like to do now but it is not
possible.

Not being a programmer/developer (that is not my role at Autodesk) I don't
want to speculate on the possibilities and limitations of this kind of
functionality.

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Jeff Hanson
SME (Subject Matter Expert)
Autodesk - BIM UX
Manchester, NH


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news:[email protected]...
Jeff,

I think you are missing the point. I posted a similar post 2-3 weeks and did
not receive a reply. There is alot of work on renovation and remodel. Often
there are only paper drawings of the older buildings. So we have to scan
them and use them as a background image. The workset option is a lot of work
for smaller projects. I thought I could create a separate level and adjust
the view depth. That did not work.

What I (we) would like is a simple option, like in 3DS Max, to freeze the
image and not have it be selectable all the time. Would that be impossible
to implement?

Joe

[Anonymous]

While we are on the subject:

I am using PNG files with Transparency as I need to overlay and align two drawings (1 is a laser scan at 1' off of the ground and the other is at 4' off of the ground) for tracing purposes. In Revit 2009 this worked well (with the exception of the pixels 'swimming' around as I pan, zoom and nudge walls), but in 2010, when I close my drawing and then re-open it, the PNG's lose transparency and show up having a 100% opaque black background. Looks like a bug?

[Anonymous]

If the paper dwgs were scanned into pdf's, why not run the pdf's thru Adobe
Illustrator, convert to dwgs, and link in as the underlays. Just a thought

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Mike Maloney
BIM Mgr
SSA
RAC 2009/2010
Navisworks 5.5


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While we are on the subject:

I am using PNG files with Transparency as I need to overlay and align two
drawings (1 is a laser scan at 1' off of the ground and the other is at 4'
off of the ground) for tracing purposes. In Revit 2009 this worked well
(with the exception of the pixels 'swimming' around as I pan, zoom and nudge
walls), but in 2010, when I close my drawing and then re-open it, the PNG's
lose transparency and show up having a 100% opaque black background. Looks
like a bug?

[Anonymous]

Hi Mike,

I am not scanning paper drawings. I work for a company that uses robotic scanners that are wheeled through an existing building. The scanners use two LIDAR scanners to collect floorplan data that then gets processed into PNG files with transparency. These PNG files are then brought into Revit and overlayed, so that we can see the lower 1' scan and the upper 4' scan together for tracing purposes. There seems to be a bug in Revit 2010 that did not exist in 2009 where the PNG's lose transparency after closing and then re-opening the file.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, I misunderstood.........as I've not played with png files yet in
2010, I'm afraid I can't be much of help.

M

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Mike Maloney
BIM Mgr
SSA
RAC 2009/2010
Navisworks 5.5


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Hi Mike,

I am not scanning paper drawings. I work for a company that uses robotic
scanners that are wheeled through an existing building. The scanners use
two LIDAR scanners to collect floorplan data that then gets processed into
PNG files with transparency. These PNG files are then brought into Revit
and overlayed, so that we can see the lower 1' scan and the upper 4' scan
together for tracing purposes. There seems to be a bug in Revit 2010 that
did not exist in 2009 where the PNG's lose transparency after closing and
then re-opening the file.

[Anonymous]

could you provide some information on the scanners you are using. i find
this extrreamly interesting

Joe

wrote in message news:[email protected]...
Hi Mike,

I am not scanning paper drawings. I work for a company that uses robotic
scanners that are wheeled through an existing building. The scanners use
two LIDAR scanners to collect floorplan data that then gets processed into
PNG files with transparency. These PNG files are then brought into Revit
and overlayed, so that we can see the lower 1' scan and the upper 4' scan
together for tracing purposes. There seems to be a bug in Revit 2010 that
did not exist in 2009 where the PNG's lose transparency after closing and
then re-opening the file.

[Anonymous]

Hello Joe,

I am working with Penobscot Bay Media. You can read more about them here:

http://www.penbaymedia.com/

You can read more about their In-Building GIS product and see a marketing video here:

http://www.penbaymedia.com/solutions/inbuilding_gis.htm

Cheers!

[Anonymous]

Thanks.


wrote in message news:[email protected]...
Hello Joe,

I am working with Penobscot Bay Media. You can read more about them here:

http://www.penbaymedia.com/

You can read more about their In-Building GIS product and see a marketing
video here:

http://www.penbaymedia.com/solutions/inbuilding_gis.htm

Cheers!

[Anonymous]

Use 'imageframe' sys variable (value 0) to turn off the border frame. Then they become un-selectable. Use same varriable to turn (1 or 2) them back on.

Cheers,

Alok

[Anonymous]

Well here we are 3 years later. Again I will ask the question,"Is there a way to lock an image to prevent selection?". This is still a issue for those of us still doing renovation work and using scanned drawings for backgrounds. I keep using ACA hoping that Revit would finally catch up with ACA in that area. Revit has many fine features I would like to enjoy, but still, the bottom line is getting the project out the door. I use Revit on small non-critical projects that I have a lot of time to play with just to try and keep up with some of the changes.

As far as the programming side, it cannot be that difficult when measured against the complexity of Revit as a whole.

Just some thoughts late at night.

Joe

[rosskirby]

No.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Turn off "select pinned elements" (bottom right corner)

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Turn off "select pinned elements" (bottom right corner)

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You realize that 9 years ago when this post originated we didn't have those tools right?  

[ToanDN]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

Turn off "select pinned elements" (bottom right corner)

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You realize that 9 years ago when this post originated we didn't have those tools right?  

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I wonder if @Anonymous waking up after 9 years and marked the solution?

[Anonymous]

Hopefully someone wasn't tasked with starting at the beginning of the forum and finding all the unsolved posts, providing an answer now that it is possible, and marking them as solved.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure it was not able to do so, but seeing as it is now possible, and the thread had not been answered I thought I'd just post the solution, sorry if answering an old post is a problem in some way.