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Arkman
2009-12-30, 09:17 PM
I'm trying to create a family that has a few different sizes of an object. 1", 3/4", and 1/2". I want to show just three drafting lines in the 1" and two in the 3/4" and 1 for the 1/2". So when you load the family and select 1" you get a family with three drafting lines.

I'm not sure how to do this in the family. I'm sure you can turn on/off lines based on what type you have selected I just don't know how.
twiceroadsfool
2009-12-30, 09:56 PM
You use Yes/No parameters for the Visibility check box of each line, and then you set up a couple of family types, and check and uncheck the appropriate boxes.

What exactly are you trying to make?
Arkman
2009-12-31, 10:00 PM
Thanks for the feedback. I lost my internet for a while yesterday so I couldn't reply but I did get it to work.

Thanks
Rodan2000
2010-01-11, 05:12 PM
You use Yes/No parameters for the Visibility check box of each line, and then you set up a couple of family types, and check and uncheck the appropriate boxes.

What exactly are you trying to make?

I'm trying to do the same thing, just applying it to one line. I setup the Visibility Parameter, set it differently on 2 types, load it into a new project... yet it just never shows up. Any suggestions?

Edit: Nevermind. I had an invisible line of a masking region aligning over the line thus hiding the line indefinitely. So, I tried setting the visibility parameter to the line inside the sketch of the masking region... but now it just shows up all the time. Any suggestions? Haha.

Btw, I have two masking regions side by side so I have a line from each masking region aligning over the top of each other. I set the parameter to both but somehow still just shows up. I also made sure the original line was deleted, so that's not the one showing up.

Edit: So, I figured it out. I just made an overall masking region that covers the other two masking regions and set a visibility to that, thus getting rid of the line. Probably would be better to show you guys a picture to show you but... I hoped I help anyone out there. Hahah. Thanks anyway!