Remove grip handle from detail item

[carl-marcus.ekstrom]

Hi. I'm creating my own dimensioning family as a detail item line-based family. The skeleton of the family is almost working except I want to hide the grip at the "fix". I've tried setting the fix to Not a ref and locking a Weak ref to it but that didn't work. I've also tried pinning the Ref line and the Dim but that didn't help either.  

Does anyone have a solution to hiding the grip or another way to set it up?

[ToanDN]

You cannot.  A line based detail family always has two point grips.

[carl-marcus.ekstrom]

I don't want to hide the point grips that are part of the family from start. I've got "regular" instance grips and one of them I would like to hide. 

[ToanDN]

Why do you need the fix 50 meter in the first place?

[carl-marcus.ekstrom]

I'm using the fix (could be anything large) so that the user can drag the instance grip back and forth between the built-in reference line. I've done this so if the dimension line is on the wrong side the user can just drag it to the other side. (If I dimension off of the built-in ref line I can't drag it past the ref line)

[ToanDN]

Can you use a flip control for it?

[carl-marcus.ekstrom]

Yes, I know but then it will flip the text (I know that I can fix it with a Yes/No parameter). Do you think it's possible to hide the other grip?

Thanks for your ideas so far!

[carl-marcus.ekstrom · Accepted solution]

I found a way. Changed the driving reference lines to detail lines instead. At the fix I unchecked Visible (grip now hidden). The other ref line subcategory is set to invisible (but now still shows the grip).