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so that the geometry will be displayed when desired. When creating duct
and pipe fitting and accessory families, be sure to set the Detail Levels
settings within the Family Element Visibility Settings dialog box to match
the behavior of duct and pipe system families so that the solid geometry
will be displayed in Medium detail for duct and Fine detail for pipe-related
families. Any model lines used to represent the objects should appear only
in Coarse detail for duct and Coarse and Medium for pipe.
Insomecases,youmaywanttorepresentanobjectwithaverysimpleshape
for plans using Coarse detail and a more realistic shape in smaller-scale
views using Fine detail. The box shown in
Figure 17.39
is set to appear at
Coarse detail, while the more detailed solid geometry appears at Medium
and Fine detail levels.
Figure 17.39
Geometry display at different detail levels
The visibility settings you apply will not affect the geometry while you are
working in the Family Editor; that is, its behavior does not match its
behaviorinaproject.SolidgeometrywillremainvisibleintheFamilyEditor
so that you can work on the family. In all views within the Family Editor,
solid geometry will appear halftone if the visibility settings of the geometry
cause the object to be not visible in the same type of project view. In other
words, if you set an object to appear only in Fine detail and your 3D view
in the Family Editor is set to Medium detail, the solid will be halftone in
the Family Editor 3D view. This is a helpful visual aid when you're working
in a family because it helps you understand the visibility behavior of the
geometry.
The visibility of solid geometry can also be controlled by the Visible
parameter in the properties of the geometry. This is a Yes/No parameter
that simply determines whether the geometry is visible. This parameter can
