To be more clear than the title, I have multiple vertical alignments under one horizontal. The problem is that I also have a large number of isolated elements with with interval relationships to each other (i.e. they are top level elements, not stored under the umbrella of a complex element). But if I try to delete these elements or remove rules, I find that it deletes sections of my alignments.Why has this happened and how can I get rid of these additional elements? It wasn't bothering me too much before, but now I'm finding that I can't create a copy of the alignment and this is the only thing that's unique about it compared to others that I am able to copy.
Thank you
I've eventually figured out that this is what the 'simplify geometry' tool is for. I had thought it was similar to dropping the complex but apparently not. Noted that this hasn't resolved the issue where I can't copy the alignment with rules.
Haven't tried it, but you could simply just "copy" the alignment with the copy command, recomplex it, then use the Geometry Connector with the Rules button pushed to create a rules based alignment...
There may be much simpler methods, but that is the backwards approach I would try in your shoes if nothing else was working...