# How to turn off visibility for 'Annotation Categories' in Revit family

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-turn-off-visibility-for-annotation-categories-in-revit-family/10168>\
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**Created:** [March 8, 2017, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-turn-off-visibility-for-annotation-categories-in-revit-family/10168 "2017-03-08T09:05:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vasu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7c8e57/32.png) [@Vasu](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Vasu)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-turn-off-visibility-for-annotation-categories-in-revit-family/10168/1 "2017-03-08T09:05:03Z")

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Hi All,

I want to create a Dynamo script to turn OFF the visibility of Annotation categories for different views within a Family(RFA). I extracted the list of Annotation categories using a Python script obtained from forum, and tried to use View.SetCategoryOverrides node. But it is not working. Can anyone please have a look at my work below, and tell me where i went wrong.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/f/2/f225be9fdbca8a2738990d88de7dfa9f62a4b009.png)

Thanks

Vasu

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**Author:** ![T\_Pover](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/t_pover/32/19147_2.png) [@T\_Pover](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/T_Pover)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-turn-off-visibility-for-annotation-categories-in-revit-family/10168/2 "2017-03-09T10:00:48Z")

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I just updated MEPover with a node that can set the visibility of categories for selected views. For every view you provide a boolean to indicate the category visibility. Here’s how it works:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/0/f/0fcb8f5c1ccdb0d9bd66ff4d2c5abd70fb5e7138.png)

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**Author:** ![Vasu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7c8e57/32.png) [@Vasu](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Vasu)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-turn-off-visibility-for-annotation-categories-in-revit-family/10168/3 "2017-03-09T12:04:07Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for the reply. This is exactly what i was looking for.

- Vasu

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**Author:** ![steve.meyers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@steve.meyers](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/steve.meyers)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-turn-off-visibility-for-annotation-categories-in-revit-family/10168/4 "2018-11-29T16:54:12Z")

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Does this work for sub-categories as well? I tried it this morning, and it didn’t seem to affect the subcategories.

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**Author:** ![Nick\_Boyts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/nick_boyts/32/76313_2.png) [@Nick\_Boyts](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Nick_Boyts)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-turn-off-visibility-for-annotation-categories-in-revit-family/10168/6 "2021-08-17T19:52:57Z")

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Please start a new thread and reference this one if you need to rather than reviving a 3 year old topic.

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**Author:** ![RubenVivancos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/rubenvivancos/32/185795_2.png) [@RubenVivancos](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/RubenVivancos)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-turn-off-visibility-for-annotation-categories-in-revit-family/10168/7 "2024-01-04T11:45:40Z")

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> [@T\_Pover](#):
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> indicate the category visibility

I thought the button yes/no “Show annotation categories in the view” can be accessed directly without having to indicate all annotative categories available in the family document