Unable To Locate Graphical Elements On Design Model

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Hello, I'm looking for some advice on getting rid of a couple of annoying graphical elements that I can't see on the design model. I have run a CADQA check on one of our 
 drawings and the results state the following - 
 Error: element (Element Type106) with id (221506) in model (WB-Drawing Model) found'. Error: element (Element Type106) with id (234753) in model (WB-Drawing Model) found'. Error: 2 graphical elements found in the Drawings design model No elements found on Level '0' or 'Default'. 
 
 The problem is that I can't see the '2 graphical elements' that it is referring to. I'm very knowledgeable with MicroStation but this one has floored me. I had something like this 
 happen before and had a key-in which fixed it in seconds but I can't remember what this was as it was a while ago now. 
 I've tried all the usual things of removing shared cells, using explorer to look for the elements, searching using their ID number etc. 
 Does anyone have any advice or know of the key-in which could help? 
 
 I'm using MicroStation Connect version 10.13.00.48 
 
 Thanks in advance.

Steven Margach · Accepted Answer

Finally got it sorted. It was indeed a couple of rogue elements that no matter what I did I couldn't see or remove. I spoke with someone who had a VBA code written for such annoying situations which found and removed them. Thanks again for the help.

Jon Summers · Answer

Steven Margach said: All I know of is a referenced in OS tile, my referenced in geometry from the model and a couple of saved views. When I tried the key-in as per Oto's idea, it selected the two saved views 
 So are the saved views extended elements type 106? You can't see them as graphic elements for obvious reasons. 
 Try this: 
 
 Create a new saved view 
 Run the QA check 
 
 Does the QA report now show a third message? 
 Error: element (Element Type106) with id (xxxxxxx) in model (WB-Drawing Model) found' 
 Where xxxxxxx is the element ID of your new saved view? If that's the case you know that you have a spurious error, reported because the QA checker doesn't know about saved views. Consult with the author of the QA rules to see if there's a way to placate the QA checker.

Lorys · Answer

Steven Margach said: getting rid of a couple of annoying graphical elements that I can't see 
 You should be able to search by id number.. this was pretty easy in v8i but not sure about connect..a quick google search microstation by element id has found that LA solutions has made a vba macro so it will work in both versions 
 http://www.la-solutions.co.uk/content/connect/mvba/MVBA-ElementLocator.htm 
 this should locate the element for you and you could examine it more closely maybe has same colour as BG or black..can't tell until you use it.. 
 then if these are on a unique level you could delete them and the level too... there are specific keyins for that too...

Unable To Locate Graphical Elements On Design Model

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