Revit Link has two different Element ID and belongs to two different worksets!!

[indiana_j0nes]

Hi there,

Okay bear with me on this one..

I am at lost at ideas here..

I have a revit file which contains many revit links.

I have assigned a workset to each link so I can switch them off easily, and other practical purpose based on my workflow.

No, I created new worksets and transferred the Revit-link to this new_workset.

And now I want to delete the old workset, but I am unable to do that.

I used a simple dynamo node to list all the elements that belong to the particular old_workset, it returns me a element ID, did the same with the new_workset, it returns me also a element ID.

Strangely, both the element ID's belong to the same Revit Link. There is only one instance of the link in the file.

1. when I search for the element ID that is contained in the old_workset, the selection is blank. Isolating the element also turns out to be blank.

2. But when I search for the element IE contained in the new_workset, it does show and select the link.

Feels like limbo, Hope you where able to follow!

Cheers, K

[hmunsell · Accepted solution]

if the links were placed an then moved there is 2 places you need to change the settings in.

1. select the link
   • change it there
2. Edit types
   • change it there too.

[SteveKStafford · Accepted solution]

The Instance and Type parameters are there by design.

A link is assigned to the Active Workset during linking (both parameters are). The Type parameter governs the definition/existence of the link in the database. The Instance parameter controls the individual "instance" placed in the model. This exists because a link can be copied and each copy might/could be assigned to a different workset. Closing the Type Parameter assigned workset will close all the instances of the link placed in the model. Closing the Instance parameter assigned workset will only turn off the links assigned to that workset.

[indiana_j0nes · Accepted solution]

Thanks guys.