Find Linked Element

Find Linked Element locates an element in a loaded Revit link by its numeric Element ID and applies a section box around that object in a 3D view.

Current availability: the command is registered under BIMO > Manage, but it is hidden in the default Ribbon scheme. It appears only when access is enabled by the current plan, workspace, or branded ribbon configuration. If the command is missing, contact your BIMO administrator or support@bimo.tools.

When To Use It

• Navigate to a linked element referenced in a report, log, or clash result.

• Locate an object whose ID was obtained with Get Linked Element ID.

• Crop a 3D view around one linked object for coordination or troubleshooting.

• Check the same linked-document ID in a specific link instance when the file is inserted more than once.

Requirements

• A Revit project must be open.

• The required Revit link must be loaded and available in the host document.

• You need the numeric Element ID from the linked document, not the host RevitLinkInstance ID and not a UniqueId.

• The element must exist in the selected link and provide a bounding box.

• You must be able to modify or create a 3D view in the current project.

Setting

The command has one field:

The command supports presets and variants. A normal launch displays the setup dialog; a variant can use an assigned valid preset without showing the dialog again.

How To Use It

1. Run Find Linked Element.

2. Enter the linked element's Element ID.

3. Confirm the settings.

4. Select the required Revit link instance in the host model.

5. BIMO accesses the selected linked document, finds the element by ID, and reads its bounding box.

6. The element bounds are transformed into host-document coordinates using the selected link instance transform.

7. BIMO applies and activates a section box on a suitable 3D view.

The command adds a fixed 1-foot padding — approximately 305 mm — around the calculated bounding box in every direction.

How The 3D View Is Chosen

BIMO uses the first suitable option in this order:

1. the active 3D view, when it is not a template;

2. an existing non-template 3D view named {3D};

3. a newly created isometric view named BIMO SectionBox.

The command does not activate the chosen view and does not run Zoom to Fit. When you launch it outside a 3D view, open {3D} or the created BIMO SectionBox after completion to see the result.

Result And Undo

The changes are made in one transaction named SectionBox from linked element id.

The command either:

• replaces the section box of an existing selected 3D view; or

• creates a new 3D view when no suitable view exists;

• and activates the section box on that view.

One Revit Undo operation reverts the command changes, including creation of a new view.

Warnings And Model Impact

• An existing section box on the active 3D view or {3D} view is overwritten.

• Changing a shared {3D} view can affect other users in a workshared project.

• The command does not select the found element, open the linked file separately, or modify element geometry.

• Different instances of the same link can produce different locations because each instance has its own transform; select the correct one.

• BIMO transforms all eight bounding-box corners and creates a host-axis-aligned box. For a rotated link, the result can include more space than the element geometry itself.

• The 1-foot padding is currently not configurable.

• The search targets an element directly inside the selected linked document; nested-link traversal is not performed automatically.

Troubleshooting

Known Limitations

• Searches only by Element ID and only within one selected link instance.

• Does not preview which 3D view will be modified.

• Does not provide a section-box preview.

• Does not activate the result view automatically.

• Uses a fixed section-box padding.