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Help: About Nesting Linked Models

When you link a model that contains other linked models, the links become
nested.

You can show or hide nested linked models in the host model. The nested links
display according to their Reference Type setting in the parent model:

Overlay does not load nested models into the host model, so they do not
display in the project.
Attachment loads nested linked models in the host model and displays
them in the project.

The following image shows that Project A is linked into Project B (so Project B is
the parent model for Project A). The Reference Type setting for Project A is set to
Overlay within its parent model (Project B). When Project B is imported into
Project C, Project A does not display.

If you change the Reference Type setting for Project A (within its parent model,
Project B) to Attachment, when you import Project B into Project C, the nested
link (Project A) displays.

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When a nested model can display in the host model, you can indicate whether the
nested model displays in a view using a filter from the host model, the filter
applied to a view in the linked model or the nested model, or no filters. See View
Filters for Linked Models.

When a nested link is visible, you can use Tab to select nested link instances and
view properties of elements in the nested link, as you can with other linked
models. In addition, the Interference Check tool checks for interference in the
nested linked models as well as the parent linked model. (See Interference
Checking.)

Nested links that are visible in the project display in the Revit Links branch of the
Project Browser under their parent link. Nested links do not display in the Manage
Links dialog. (See Manage Links Dialog.)

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