"Solid Element Operations" problem?

[Anonymous]

Okay guys, I encountered another modeling problem today. Here's the deal... I made this townhome which happens to be 3-stories and roofed with spanish tiles. I modeled the town home in a single file. Now, I will be using this town home many times in a single property so that I will have typical units. So instead of copying pasting my units, I had it brought in to a "master file" using the "Hotlink Manager" tool...where I would have my whole site and streets and all that stuff. There are alot of changes going on with my typical units, so I use the technique I mentioned in the previous sentence so that changes will be less troublesome, I simply update it in the Hotlink Manager everytime I make changes. So all the updating works....."but".....all my solid element operations are somewhat "broken", I will upload 2 images. The first one is one of the typical units in its individual file. The second one is how the units appear after I brought them in using the Hotlink Manager. Any suggestions or solution to this problem? Thanks for the continued support!

[Anonymous]

Djordje wrote:
You are talking relationships now ...

Yeah, I guess I am

[Anonymous]

Matthew wrote:
As I recall the SEO's are preserved as long as they are in the same module. If you can put the sloping parts of the walls on the same story as the roof then you should be able to get what you want.

You can also use the SEOs on the inserted modules, but as Djordje points out this is not selective. In your case this sould work since you can have holes in the roofs where you don't want the elements cut (like chimneys).

Saving as a library part (the old fashioned way) has it's advantages but can be a bit tricky and doesn't update automatically (or even semi-automatically).

Interesting Matthew, I do recall that my roofs were in another story when I performed the SEOs...I'll try bringing the roofs to the same story as my walls this time...

[Anonymous]

Well, I've tried it and yes, placing the roofs to the same story as the walls where I executed the SOEs allowed the SOEs to function even when it was brought into to my master file as a module. Thanks again