https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/54359/manually-deleting-surface-elementsen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/54359/manually-deleting-surface-elementsTue, 13 Apr 2021 14:31:23 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:03a057c5-9ab2-465c-8996-3baf061f5cc9Shane Reganhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/54359/manually-deleting-surface-elements#commentsCurrent Revision posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Shane Regan on 4/13/2021 2:31:23 PM<br /> <table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>OpenBuildings Energy Simulator</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>All</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Environment:</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:</strong></td> <td>Troubleshooting and Errors</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Subarea:</strong></td> <td>Materials Manager</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1>Problem</h1> <p>If the geometry of your building model has been compromised due to an error, or invalid geometry, you may find that surface elements have become detached from their parent room.</p> <p>Should deleting the room via the project tree not remove these elements, you can do so as shown below.</p> <p></p> <h1>Solution</h1> <p>The steps demonstrated in the below video are as follows:</p> <ol> <li>Enable the&nbsp;Properties menu</li> <li>Select the element(s) (left click on the element with mouse)</li> <li>Change to unlocked in properties</li> <li>Left click on element</li> <li>Press delete on keyboard</li> </ol> <p></p> <p><a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7041.Delete-element.mp4">communities.bentley.com/.../7041.Delete-element.mp4</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/8688.NewLogo.png"><img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /></a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: OpenBuildings Energy Simulator, Delete surface, Manually delete</div>