ghost elements

The following article may help:

https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/89753/phantom-elements

Regards

Derval Canny.

I can't select the elements to do anything

Could you send the file for testing?

do you have access to my reply to Jose Pinho? I posted the files

Yes, i will take a look at the posted files

I took a look at the file and found nothing odd.

There are two 'images' that seem to be mirrored. The most horizontal drawn pavement has 5 text items on each location. Two plusses (one big and one small), two numbers (big and small) and a designation (small) describing the damage. Total of 1565 items (on 313 locations).
The most vertical drawn has three text items on each location. A plus, a number and designation (All big). Total of 939 items (again 313 locations).

The total number of items 2504. I can select them all. Changing the annotation scale does nothing.

Lets try to delete those items shall we?
What happens when you do a 'choose all' command to select everything? Do all your items (2504) get selected? Can you now deselect all other items that you wish to keep, so only the failing items remain selected? Can you delete them?

This solved the problem. I imported the survey points through InRoads Survey, and it creates its own temporary graphics during processing and then a separate command is used to write the graphics to the file permanently. Sometimes the temporary graphics are retained and sometimes they display and even plot.

There is a tool that can be downloaded from Bentley that will remove any unwanted temporary graphics. 

Here is the link to a WIKI page and in its middle is a link that you can download the tool from.

https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/6008/delete-temporary-survey-graphics

This solved the problem. I imported the survey points through InRoads Survey, and it creates its own temporary graphics during processing and then a separate command is used to write the graphics to the file permanently. Sometimes the temporary graphics are retained and sometimes they display and even plot.

There is a tool that can be downloaded from Bentley that will remove any unwanted temporary graphics. 

Here is the link to a WIKI page and in its middle is a link that you can download the tool from.

https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/6008/delete-temporary-survey-graphics

so this was an InRoads issue then...

It all started at Printing and Plotting forum, because in print menu was printing correctly, but I was using Print Organizer, nobody could identify the problem, then I was told to try Microstation Forum, and then I was asked how I have created the Survey Data, and then finally came to the solution.

It's often hard to tell where issues lie. We frequently insist on softwares, versions, etc. before trying to help. InRoads is it's own animal, runs within Microstation. Glad you found the help you needed!