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AlbrechtImaging

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Hey everyone, I'm wondering if it's possible to create a door family that has the ability for me to set the door leaf to a demo layer while the frame is not.  We're replacing the door itself in some instances and replacing the entire door and frame in others and I was hoping to make a family that allows me the flexibility of that option.  I have experience making families and I know you can't attach a parameter to phasing which is unfortunate, but maybe someone knows of a work around that won't require me to go through and graphically override the appearance of all my doors individually.  Thanks!

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Why?

I would just do this as 2D and use the linework tool to show the door dashed as demo or invisible where you don't want to see it.

There is a point where it doesn't need to be modeled.

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AlbrechtImaging

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That's what I'm currently doing, just wasn't sure if there was a way to imbed the option into the door family itself for use around the office on future projects.  I'll just keep going with what I've got then, thanks!

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You could make a family with some sort of switch but.....I would not.

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