# Family Editor: "Family Element Visibility Settings" for Plan/RCP **URL:** \ **Category:** Revit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-editor-family-element-visibility-settings-for-plan-rcp/24346 "2018-07-31T19:20:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Will.Finley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@Will.Finley](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Will.Finley)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-editor-family-element-visibility-settings-for-plan-rcp/24346/1 "2018-07-31T19:20:42Z")
Does anyone know if there’s a node or package that can manipulate the on/off values in the Family Element Visibility Settings of Revit’s family editor? My goal is to create a graph that will open all Specialty Equipment families and toggle “on” the Plan/RCP visibility for all geometry in the family and re-load them into the model. Here’s an image of the dialog box inside the family editor that I am referring to: ![Family%20Element%20Visibility%20Settings](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/7/8/787bee660ca25eb36907a5d7c7ca0d84a1bcb483.png) Thank you ---
**Author:** ![dancleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/dancleary/32/52179_2.png) [@dancleary](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/dancleary)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-editor-family-element-visibility-settings-for-plan-rcp/24346/2 "2019-05-09T21:08:22Z")
Any luck with this stuff? I think I found the class we’ll need to use in the RevitAPI docs here: [http://www.revitapidocs.com/2020/7c6e06c8-7252-79dc-729c-945c9bf2faae.htm](http://www.revitapidocs.com/2020/7c6e06c8-7252-79dc-729c-945c9bf2faae.htm) I’m having trouble using it correctly in dynamo/python though… ---
**Author:** ![Heinrich\_Boldt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/heinrich_boldt/32/154159_2.png) [@Heinrich\_Boldt](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Heinrich_Boldt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-editor-family-element-visibility-settings-for-plan-rcp/24346/3 "2021-06-30T12:40:31Z")
was searching on this topic today, no experiences right now? ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Hurtubise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/daniel_hurtubise/32/146534_2.png) [@Daniel\_Hurtubise](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Daniel_Hurtubise)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-editor-family-element-visibility-settings-for-plan-rcp/24346/4 "2021-06-30T13:17:54Z")
Funny i had to do something like that not too long ago ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/3/9/39cad39cd66f3cf0b6ace366526d43e2ea350a56.png) ```auto # Charger les bibliothèques DesignScript et Standard Python import sys import clr,System clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry') from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import * clr.AddReference('RevitAPI') from Autodesk.Revit.DB import * clr.AddReference('RevitServices') from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager clr.AddReference('RevitNodes') import Revit clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion) doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument def toList(elt): if isinstance(elt,list): return UnwrapElement(elt) else: return [UnwrapElement(elt)] elt = UnwrapElement(IN[0]) coarse = IN[1] medium = IN[2] fine = IN[3] frontBack = IN[4] leftRight = IN[5] planRCPCut = IN[6] visibility = FamilyElementVisibility(FamilyElementVisibilityType.Model) visibility.IsShownInCoarse = coarse visibility.IsShownInMedium = medium visibility.IsShownInFine = fine visibility.IsShownInFrontBack = frontBack visibility.IsShownInLeftRight = leftRight visibility.IsShownInPlanRCPCut = planRCPCut TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc) elt.SetVisibility(visibility) TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone() OUT = "ok" ``` ---
**Author:** ![Heinrich\_Boldt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/heinrich_boldt/32/154159_2.png) [@Heinrich\_Boldt](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Heinrich_Boldt)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-editor-family-element-visibility-settings-for-plan-rcp/24346/5 "2021-07-01T11:18:00Z")
Wow, nice thanks for sharing. I found that with the OOTB-Nodes it is also possible to change the setting, but only running in Family Editor. What is the input? is it “Selected Element”? or is it possible to select a family in Project and change the behavior of that family with Dynamo Player then? BR Heinrich Boldt ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Hurtubise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/daniel_hurtubise/32/146534_2.png) [@Daniel\_Hurtubise](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Daniel_Hurtubise)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-editor-family-element-visibility-settings-for-plan-rcp/24346/6 "2021-07-01T11:32:47Z")
Since your changing something inside a family you need to access the geometry in the family so no you cannot do that from a project. The input is the element you want to change. It was to change some lines in ly case so i would filter the lines based on the type and change the values. ---
**Author:** ![Heinrich\_Boldt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/heinrich_boldt/32/154159_2.png) [@Heinrich\_Boldt](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Heinrich_Boldt)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-editor-family-element-visibility-settings-for-plan-rcp/24346/7 "2021-07-01T12:32:33Z")
![Change visibility](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/2/9/29d078390af12757619be732ea6657639022f13f.png) [Visibility Settings Familyeditor.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/1XL05Rx1iouCl7vOn486yBdMeHR.dyn) (31.5 KB) this is what I used to change the Visibility. We use lots of Subcategories for Lines and 3D Elements. I filtered all 3D-Elements and changed the visibility for “planRCPCut” to true. I would like to use it in the project with View templates - when the visibility is disabled, we cant use it in View templates 🙂 I tried your script, but I got an error ☹ ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/d/f/df4c56d8f0ec17fb4ac9ba7f4869565677967781.png) Thanks again for participating in this discussion Heinrich Boldt ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Hurtubise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/daniel_hurtubise/32/146534_2.png) [@Daniel\_Hurtubise](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Daniel_Hurtubise)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-editor-family-element-visibility-settings-for-plan-rcp/24346/8 "2021-07-01T18:29:08Z")
Symbolic lines and model elements do not use the same code actually ---
**Author:** ![Colton\_Haney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/colton_haney/32/111495_2.png) [@Colton\_Haney](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Colton_Haney)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-editor-family-element-visibility-settings-for-plan-rcp/24346/9 "2021-07-08T22:23:14Z")
@Daniel_Hurtubise I too tried using your Python script to control the visibility of objects in my Family. It works great for objects like extrusions, but whenever I try to use it on Model Lines, I receive an error stating that the object doesn’t have a “SetVisibility” attribute. I know I can manually adjust the visibility on the Model Lines. But I am confused as to why it doesn’t work with the Python Script that you provided. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/7/b/7b4ca0b352fb0b7a0b5de5616f515589c423280d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Hurtubise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/daniel_hurtubise/32/146534_2.png) [@Daniel\_Hurtubise](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Daniel_Hurtubise)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-editor-family-element-visibility-settings-for-plan-rcp/24346/10 "2021-12-26T09:03:13Z")
Sorry for totally missing that. Not all elements uses the same methods, i think i have another one for Model Lines