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syoung

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I am using Revit 2009.

Is there ANY way to make the dimension lines invisible? NOT white, or 1point thickness, INVISIBLE...

I really hope there is.

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syoung

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The best we could do was to direct the dimension line to an Annotation Line Weight of 0.025mm which is the smallest possible.

It is hardly noticeble on final plots - better than nothing I suppose.

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What part do you want invisible? The tick line, witness line or all of the dimension lines?

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syoung

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We want all of the dimension lines invisible, so only the text remained.

I can shorten/remove most of the tick or witness lines, but the main dimension line is the tricky one.

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You cant make the bit under the text invisible, only change its colour or thickness. There is a "fake" dimension line around where you can change the linetype etc, but using this is very time consuming. I'll upload it for you so you can have a play with it. It's under detail component, and when you use it make sure you lock it onto whatever your dimensioning. But really what you suggested earlier with the lineweight thing is the best work-around.

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Perhaps it wasn’t possible in 2009, which is what you were using when this was posted, but now with RAC 2012, what you are asking for takes a minute to make. Have a look at the attached file. I’m guessing it is what you describe you want. The two dims closer to the object are the ones you ask for and the other two, that are further out from the object, are just normal dims I placed for comparison.

And if you go further you could also set the text size to almost 0, which makes it invisible to the eye. That method I used to lock the 90 degree angle on some walls, which obviously had to be perpendicular, but since everything kept being rotated, everything else previously perpendicular to it was no longer so. Putting the ‘invisible’ dimension and locking it made sure that if I rotate more things would remain perpendicular to each other

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Revit 2009: Invisible lines displaying as dashed lines

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Invisible lines not visible in Sheet view?

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