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I’m running into an issue on my current project and wondering if someone has encountered something similar.We have our enclosure central file linked into our main central model. It is on its own workset. However, when you go to a view on a sheet in the main model, elevations that should display the linked model do not. If you do anything graphic related (adjust crop box, change visibility graphics, reveal hidden elements, adjust template) the linked enclosure file and its contents suddenly appears correctly.Modifying the template only ‘fixes’ the views that are already open on the computer, so it is not possible to correct this for all views, unless all sheets are open before hand. Basically, every sheet has to be opened and each view adjusted to make the enclosure linked file appear.Also, this seems to be specific for each user in our model and the linked file ‘resets’ to not visible, when you exit the file and create a new local file.Also, just running a print off without doing this, creates the sheets as is (with the enclosure model not visible) – not ideal for elevations (to say the least)We have tried unlinking/relinking, reloading links, auditing both files.This must be a bug, right? Has anyone dealt with anything like this before? Any suggestions? Workarounds?We are using Revit 2015 UR10Thanks,

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Have you kept up with your file maintenance - audited and error fixes?  Probably not the issue but????  Simple to initially check. 

Different problem for different users suggests equipment and or program errors and file error.  Doesn't sound like program bug.  You say you are on UR10, are they all? 

We have never seen this problem with 2015.  I do know that they had an update to reduce the schedule not updating on sheet errors but no recognition of the same problem with other views.

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Yes, the file has been properly maintained  and all team members are on the same version of Revit 2015.

Is there anything we can do to make the linked model visible in elevation?  It seems strange to me that it suddenly 'appears' once something in visibility graphics (anything ) is changed, or the crop box is modified.

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Yes, the file has been properly maintained  and all team members are on the same version of Revit 2015.

Is there anything we can do to make the linked model visible in elevation?  It seems strange to me that it suddenly 'appears' once something in visibility graphics (anything ) is changed, or the crop box is modified.

Thanks,

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The only other possibility that I can think of is graphics card.   An un-supported card can really cause issues.   Do a simple experiment.  From the Redvit R dropdown / options / graphics, turn off hardware acceleration and then open your file. 

If this doesn't fix it, go to autodesk.  If you are on subscription, they will answer in less than a day.

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