What do you do when revit dont tell you the location or the error?

[danezeq]

i hate it when revit gives me riddles about finding error somewhere in the projects.

sometimes i just dont find them ever. any ideas?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Actually I do not know the reason behind not showing "Show "button in the Revit error.

But as a solution you can do the following;

1- Expand the error to know the element ID

(see attachment 1 & 2 )

2- Use Select element by ID from Manage

(see attachment 3 )  

3- add to it the element ID and press "Show"

[GlynnisVP]

If the error occurs when you first open the file, then the issue is that an element within a linked file was previously dimensioned but can no longer be dimensioned because the link has been removed or the element within the linked file has been deleted. In these cases there's nothing you can do but accept the deletion option or close the file. I think there's nothing to 'show' at this point, because the referenced element, upon which the dimension is dependent, no longer exists, and the dimension cannot exist if the element doesn't exist. I suppose Autodesk could create a 'un-hosted' dimension, but that sounds like it would cause more harm them good.

If the error occurs because you are modifying or deleting something else, you may want to consider using SmartDelete, which will tell you about the 'dependent' elements and help you zoom to them, before you make a deletion, or change. More info here: https://www.revitforum.org/third-party-add-ins-api-r-d/33437-understand-full-implication-revit-delet...

Best Regards,

Glynnis Patterson

https://ideatesoftware.com/ideateapps

[danezeq]

Thanks. i think it's the sulution for me. i'll do it. from now on.