Navigation:  Using the Element Manager > Removing a Calculation

A calculation may be removed from both the Revit model and the corresponding ENERCALC .EC6 file at any time using the “Delete This Calc” button on the Element Manager window.

NOTE:  Deleting of a calculation removes the design data stored for the specified element, but load path information such as support and tributary relationships will be preserved.  For example, consider a designed beam bearing on a designed girder.  If the girder calculation is removed, the girder still serves as a support for the beam design.  The beam is still considered to be tributary to the girder, and the beam reaction force will be linked in automatically if a new girder calculation is created in the future.

Clicking this button while a calculation is selected will cause ENERCALC SEL to launch so that the calculation data may be removed from the appropriate .EC6 file.  When ENERCALC SEL finishes finding and removing the calculation, the calc data will also be erased from the Revit element in the model, and the line item will disappear from the summary table.  Any calculation may be removed by any user whose local machine has access to the linked .EC6 file.  If the .EC6 file cannot be accessed, a pop-up warning is provided.

Checking the “From Revit Only: checkbox will remove the calculation data stored in Revit without modifying the .EC6 file in any way.  This option would be appropriate for removing a calculation whose .EC6 file has been moved, deleted, or otherwise become unreachable.

Prior to removal, the user is prompted with a warning to help prevent accidental removal.

 

If the calculation to be removed also carries associations to child elements, then the user will be presented with an additional warning.  Proceeding with the removal will erase the parent/child relationship that associates the parent element being removed to its children.  The children whose parent calculation was removed will not carry any color highlighting and they will no longer be accessible via the Element Manager.