Line editor in family editor

[jacques]

Why is the line editor missing from the family editor? How do I create a line of a particular pattern, thickness and colour on the family so that it is visible on the project?

[chrisplyler]

You don't. Display of lines is intended to be controlled by the project, not by the family.

You can place model lines in a family, and specify a unique subcategory for them to belong to. Then once the family is placed in a project, you can give that subcategory an override to control the line width, pattern, color, etc.

[jacques]

Doesn't work. The line options for the family editor do not show up on the project editor. Anybody else?

[chrisplyler]

What? Of course it works. You're talking jibberish.

Here is a sample. I've edited this roof drain family. I've created a new subcategory called mytestlines. I've drawn some randome lines assigned to the mytestlines subcategory. I've loaded the roof drain family into my project. I can go into VG and override the Plumbing Fixture subcategory mytestlines as I see fit.

[chrisplyler]

In fact, as I discovered while testing this, you can actually set the default line color and pattern right within the family editor.

[rosskirby · Accepted solution]

What Chris means is that you have to go to Manage - Object Styles to create a new line type subcategory when you're working in the family editor, versus using Manage - Line Styles like you do in a project.