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Dave375

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I have created a generic annotation family.  I have some lines in it that I have assigned a visiblity parameter to them so I can turn them on or off.  BUT I want them to be invisible by defaut, since they are rarely used.

It seems like I can only have them visible by default.

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We create a sub-category for those kind of items that is normally set to off in our view templates.  In that way, we can also assign a color so you easily see these items when they are on.

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Thank you for the response.  I managed to get it to work by removing the family from the project completely, changing the lines in question to another object style and then reloading it into the project.  

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ronmalit

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just want to share. during family creation...

-create the YES/NO instance parameter first and dont assign it to any element

-disable the parameter (turn off) <---this is important. if you enable and assign it, it will be "visible by default"

-then  select lines and assign the visibility parameter.

those lines should be "disabled for default" 

this applies to default values, default length etc etc

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