Area Tag Instance parameter for a filled region

[danny_yang]

Hi there, 

I have an area tag family i created and in that family i created a solid filled region. 

The solid filled region i wanted to be controlled by a visibilty instance parameter. 

So far so good I can do all this its fairly standard stuff. 

However when i bring that tag to my project the Instance visibility parameter for the tag is not there. 

Does anyone know how to fix this? 

[Anonymous]

It works fine here.  Post your family and we can check it for you.

[danny_yang]

Maybe i am doing something wrong. I created the instance parameter for the filled region in the family (called ''F & B'') but i can not see it in the project. 

Attached is the family 

[Anonymous]

It works if you change the parameter to a type parameter.

[danny_yang]

haha!  i know that but i need it to be an instance other wise i have to create loads different types. 

[Anonymous]

I don't think that you can, but you would only need two different types - one for on and one for off.

[danny_yang]

The one i attached only has one color but i need many more. 

Is there anyway to add instance parameter to an area tag family?

[Anonymous]

Not that I know of, nut you could create different types in the family and then choose from these - eg, colour 1, colour 2, no colour.

[danny_yang]

thanks for your help I appreciate it, I was hoping for no workaround, I will do a bit more research. This feels like somethign that should be possible. 

[martijn_pater · Accepted solution]

It is not, it is a type based family. You could associate a global parameter though to the type if you need to 'instantly' change all of those in a different manner then to adjust the type properties in family/project browser. But otherwise you would need to create different types.