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i have a generic model family that i want to copy to a different level. when i do a copy paste in place command i get an error that says that there are identical families in the same place. the two families have different levels but have the same floor as a host. the only way that i can get a family in the correct level is to asign a new host manually. is there a way around this or where can i disable the hosted option from the family?
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Hosted families can not be changed to non-hosted.
Instead of copying in place, have you tried pasting aligned to selected levels? That will get you in the same x/y location and hosted on the correct level. By the way .... you can do that on multiple levels all at the same time.
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also be sure you understand what same place means. if i copy an element at Level 1 and go to Level 15 and say paste at the same place. is will not be paste at the same place on level 15. it will be pasted at the same place on Level 1, not Level 15, even though your current level is level 15.
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yes i am quite shure that i am not pasteing it in the same place. for example i have a whole bunch of furniture items that are 2d i sellect all of them, copy to clipboard, change level, paste to view or paste to sellected views and only some of the furniture families are pasted to the correct level. then i go to the original level and lo and behold there are multiple families. they have different levels as their refference level BUT have the same host floor.
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Please listen. These are floor or level hosted elements. As both coreed and I said, do not use paste to view (or selected views). Use paste aligned to selected level or paste aligned to picked level.
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the same thing happens...
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My best advice is that somehow your process is incorrect. If you would review this topic in your HELP, you may find out what you are doing wrong:
Copying Elements to the Clipboard
Also then read the related topics.
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hm well it isnt anything to do with my process of copy and pasteing clearly since i can do that with every other thing in my project besides the family in question. i wanst able to find anything in the help file or the forums since i dont know what the problem is exactly besides that the family wants to pick the the floor as a host before the level it is pasted in.
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press F1 then search for "copy", this pulls up a ton of options, but you will see "Pasting elements from the Clipboard", read this topic, etc.
When you copy a hosted object, that object WILL remain on its host. To solve this, easiest approach is to make your selection, open an elevation/section view, initiate the copy command, and then click in the "disjoin" checkbox on the options bar. This will disassociate the hosted objects, now select the level that you are copying them from as your starting elevation and then select the level you are copying them to as the final height. If you are doing this to several levels, then on the options bar select the "multiple" check box also.
Finally, all hosted families are no longer hosted (should say nonassociated), so now you have to go back and rehost them, which is almost as time consuming as placing them in the first place!
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thetabest: yea, still no go. the disjoin tick is greyed out when i use the copy command. this happens with this certain family. it is a generic model family that i created that consists of a box. im guessing it is some thing to do with the family because there is a variand of the family with two boxes in it that works perfectly fine.
again, this is some thing probably to do with the host parameter and not with copying and pasteing.
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Crazy, Can't say I ever remember that checkbox graying out. I'd consider evaluating that family then...
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I'm having the exact same problem. I place a component, the host line says 'Level..." but after I place it, it is hosted to "Floor: Concrete". How do I place components so that they are hosted by a level, and not to the floor.
This is happening to many different types of families, speciality equipment, casework, electrical fixtures, etc. Face and wall hosted families are acting normally.
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This is the way Revit works for "level" hosted elements. It assumes that if a floor is at that level, you want the element hosted to the floor. In most cases, this is a good thing but in your case, you don't want that. Turn the floor off in VG before you place these items and they will be hosted by the level.
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I'm having the same problem and with the furniture family ONLY. I know how to use Cut and Paste Aligned as it works as designed for other families. Turning off the floor in visibility graphics doesn't work.
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Post an image of the properties of this item showing the host level and offset.
Are you playing around with your work plane?.... The plan you are working in is the correct level, not just a view range setting?
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