Following on from several recent posts about ‘Pinning’ elements in Revit, there are a few more subtleties to mention. There are also some exceptions to the general rule of not being able to edit pinned elements.
Refer to these other posts on Revit Pins:
Modifying Pinned Elements
A pinned element cannot be moved or rotated, but it can be copied
- If you try to move a selection that has any user-pinned elements, Revit will attempt to move them all (graphically showing the move) then warn you that they cannot be moved – so it puts them back and nothing happens. This is a time-waster, so it is better to check for pin icons before moving large selections – and use the selection filter to check for hosted subcategories.
- NB. It is not sensible to just click on the unpin icon on the ribbon before moving the selection – if you had any curtain walls or handrails, it would also unpin all the chain-pinned (type-driven hosted) curtain grids, panels, mullions and handrail supports -…