I have made a family with <Invisible Lines> linetype that goes on a wall to help with fixture placement while modeling.
There are certain views where these model elements cause issues by unintentionally snapping while dimensioning etc.,
Instead of creating a view filter just for this reason, I am looking to toggle the linetype visibility. But, this particulate line type is not seen in the Model/Annotation Categories.
How can I make this linetype invisible/hidden in a view?
@kgolla wrote:
I have made a family with <Invisible Lines> linetype that goes on a wall to help with fixture placement while modeling.
There are certain views where these model elements cause issues by unintentionally snapping while dimensioning etc.,
Instead of creating a view filter just for this reason, I am looking to toggle the linetype visibility. But, this particulate line type is not seen in the Model/Annotation Categories.
How can I make this linetype invisible/hidden in a view?
Create your own object style (subcategory) in the family and assign these lines to it.
Yes. I tried creating subcategory called 'Snap Grid' in my earlier attempts and it works.
But the only problem I had with that approach was the lines are graphically visible in the view I use to snapping fixtures. But I do not want the line work showup (be invisible and highlight when hovered over them).
So, is there a way I can make my own object style where line can be invisible?
That's a great suggestion! This Snap Grid family I made has vertical and horizontal lines that has visibility control based on the width and height of the grid. Screen shot shows some variations on the family.
Unfortunately Reference lines don't have visibility parameter to selectively make the lines visible. Thus, I had to create this grid with model line and then use <invisible lines> line type.
