selecting an object by id and finding the view it is in using Snoop tool

[stingers80-cgarchitect]

Hi everyone

So I am trying to get rid of some imported dwg’s in my project and I use Snoop Tool to find their ID and select them.

Now i want to see them to check if I have to delete it. The “show” button doesn’t work. I don’t know where they are.

is there a way to find the view of the object in Snoop tool?

note that some of these items are not scheduleable so i can’t use schedule to find them in project.

Thanks

[SouravGanguli]

Once you have selected the object using the select by element id tool you can either use the "temporary isolate command"  or the "section box" command to isolate the element in 3D view. I have highlighted the functionality in the image below. 

[stingers80-cgarchitect]

It is not a model element and is nothing shows up in the model when it is isolated. I want to see what i am deleting. I have to find out in which view it is located.

[FAIR59]

A linked DWG consists of 2 elements.

First there is the link itself. This is a CADLinkType Element. This kind of element isn't placed in the model, so you can't show it.

Second there are the instance(s) of the link. These are ImportInstance Elements, that are placed in the model.

When you delete the last ImportInstance of a Link, the CADLinkType element is automatically deleted. 

[stingers80-cgarchitect]

Thanks for reply,

But here's my problem. Some CAD files were imported and some were exploded. I know it's the worst thing you can do with DWG in revit.

But I want to get rid of some stuff it has created.

First I don't know where it is inserted since I have so many details and views and I can't go through them one by one.

Then there are some line patterns created by DWG that I want to delete.

and finally some line types.

I can delete them with Line Style manager and Line pattern manager. But I wanna make sure it doesn't affect my drawing.

If I delete them without seeing them, revit automatically assigns other line types to them.

That's why I was thinking Snoop would help.

[ToanDN]

You can use Dynamo to select all lines of certain line types to delete, group, or whatever action you want to do to them.

[stingers80-cgarchitect]

I have very basic knowledge of Dynamo.

Is it possible to choose all lines of certain linetype in all views? even if that type is in a family?

Can we choose the so called 'Import Symbol' dwg objects in the whole project? and find their views?