Overwriting Permissions in a Project to Remove Elements

[lee.imbimbo86EM4]

I'm having this issue with my model and the structural engineer's model and it won't let us get rid of a rogue structural joist member.  I placed this member in my architectural model thinking at the time that it was going to be how we'd frame this up and support a wall.  That has since gone away and is no longer the case.  That being said every time I go to delete this member from my Architectural Model it says that I can't because my structural engineer is using it.  I click the "PLACE REQUEST" button, but he says that nothing prompts him on his side.  So we are left with an element that just needs to go away, yet Revit won't let me delete it.

Is there any way I can overright this permissions thing and just delete this element and move on?

[ralphdenhaan · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Are you working in the cloud? Maybe you can check this out?

https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-A65C9B9D-CB0B-4678-B02B-80BA8164B38F

[lee.imbimbo86EM4]

@ralphdenhaan WINNER! WINNER! CHCIKEN DINNER!  Thank you.  It would appear that he may have opened the architectural model at some time and upon exiting never relinquished permissions.  Which might explain why he wouldn't get the prompt when he only had the structural model open.  It may be that I need to talk to him about my protocol of always relinquishing permissions when I exit a model.  But the steps outlined in the link you provided allowed me to force him off and then delete the element.

Thank you again.

[ralphdenhaan]

I'm glad to hear that the issue has been resolved for you. You are welcome:)