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Reveal Constraints

Reveal Constraints

From the course: Revit: Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

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Reveal Constraints

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- Constraints offer a really powerful way for us to build our design intent into our models. But, sometimes they can be a double-edged sword. There can be times when you try and make a modification to your model and it generates a warning or an error, indicating that the constraints aren't satisfied, or perhaps you aren't allowed to make a particular modification. A really good example might be, I want to move this door right here, and when I try to move it, basically nothing happens. And I don't really get any indication of why that is. Now, I do get some clues in the form of these small padlocks that appear right here. Now, if you want to have a better look at just where the constraints in your model are, you can use the reveal constraints mode instead. Now, this is on the View, Control bar, down at the bottom of any window, it's a view-specific visibility override. And the icon for it is right here, looks like a small…

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