Generate Report not excluding hidden components

[Weavols]

Generate report has a problem where it can't exclude geometry in the same intuitive way you'd exclude it with layers/hiding within the model. For instance I have dynamic models with a selector between left/right/double doors on a cabinet. It hides the door that shouldn't exist based on the selection, but generate report includes both no matter what I do. Does anyone know of a solution?

[Dave R]

Use Layers instead of Hide.

[Weavols]

@dave r said:

Use Layers instead of Hide.

In what way? If I turn off a layer, those objects disappear on screen, but still show up in the report. The report generator doesn't do a visibility check even with "current selection" checked.

[Weavols]

I guess I should be clearer that this is regarding components with sub-components. If I make separate components for a cabinet and doors, and put them on separate layers, I can hide one layer and select one of them independent of the other. If I make a cabinet component with a door sub-component, I can still assign layers and view them independently within the model, but a report generated selecting the cabinet component will always include the door sub component whether I hide/layer it out of view or not. Just like if the report was made with "Entire Model" instead of "Current Selection" it grabs everything regardless of hidden/layer status. The "Current Selection" logic is selective only to the parent level. Once it has a parent component, it doesn't care if the children are hidden/layered away. That seems like a big oversight for it to behave differently than the logic users work with in the model, and is currently crushing my dreams.