Dimension get created but not visible as "AreReferencesAvailable" property found to be false for the dimension.

[V__K]

I have a family. I've converted it into assembly and then I've created assembly views for it (plan/ elevation/ section etc). 
I'm trying to create dimensions in 2D views for the family in assembly views. I've tried creating the dimension with below approaches:
1. Use the faces of geometry as reference and then to create a dimension.

2. Use the Edges of geometry as reference and then to create a dimension.

3. Create model lines and then place dimensions between them.

4. create lines from coordinates available from the element bounding box.

The dimension gets created, returns a valid elementId. but I can't see it in Revit though I've crosscked element/ category/ view visibility settings. also checked View Range/ Far clip offset etc. Used the "reveal hidden item" options as well.

Note that the property "AreReferencesAvailable" is found false for the dimension created. Though the referenecs come from geometry that are valid revit elements. Looks like I'm missing something here.

Any suggestions?

[jeremy_tammik]

Good to hear that you checked many important visibility aspects. Similar issues have been discussed and solved here in the past. Can you search the forum for something like "dimension visible" and see whether any of the solutions help in your case as well?

• https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?advanced=false&allow_punctuation=false&...

[jeremy_tammik]

So, I now have two simultaneous forum threads struggling to *create visible dimensioning*. They have valid geometry references and can create valid dimensioning from those, but the resulting dimension object reports `AreReferencesAvailable` as false:

• https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/how-to-create-correct-referencearray-for-further-use...
• https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/dimension-get-created-but-not-visible-as-quot/m-p/13...

Are you the same person raising these two? Can we please settle on one of them for further discussion? 

I suggest we pick this one to continue, OK?

I asked the development team for advice on this. Stay tuned.

Thank you.

[V__K]

@jeremy_tammik, The other post you mentioned, actually make me look into the "AreReferencesAvailable" property.

Also, I'm glad that you picked this thread to continue.
Thanks!

[theknownsilhouette · Accepted solution]

@V__K 
I created separate reference planes in the family and then used those further. It worked for me. 

FamilyInstance Class (revitapidocs.com)