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boydj

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I have a host family with nested/shared families inserted into the host family.

I load the entire host family into the project.

How can I isolate or hide/unhide the NESTED families within the project?  I can only seem to hide the entire family and all its nested families.

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boydj

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thanks,

but i dont want to erase, I want to be able to control the visibility of the nested families per the view.  if a host a family which has 5 nested families in it, i would like to load the host family into the project, and then be able to hide or unhide those NESTED families for that particular view.

If I use a visibility yes/no parameter, it will hide the nested family - which is kind of good...but it hides that particular nested family in the entire project - EVRY VIEW.  thus that piece is not visibile in certian views where I DO want that piece to be visible.

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I'm pretty sure you've got this figured out by now, but I will go ahead and give my 2 cents...

So you've created 5 seperate families and loaded each of these families into a single famiy, right. Now you should have 5 generic models inside the "ultimate" family (you dont need to place any of these onto the canvas yet. Next will be to Add a <Family Type...> parameter (leave it as type, not instance) and select Genric Models from the Subcategory list. You will also need to create a Family Type for each of the families you've loaded into the "ultimate" family. Now when you select a family from the drop down menu, you will need to select the correct family for the <Family Type...> parameter created earlier... Now, place one of your models onto the canvas and give it the Label of your <Family Type...> parameter. DONE.

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