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May 18, 2016
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Showing a space with a parameter.

  • May 18, 2016
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Greetings,

I have a family table where text on the part is defined by a parameter.

There are several instances but now I want to add one where the text is blank.

I have tried putting a space character in the family table but when it is regenerated it shows as three asterisks (***).

Is there a special code for showing a "blank".

Mike

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Best answer by psobejko

When entering in the text into the family table for the instance where you don't want the text showing, you could try typing in the extended code for non-breaking space: hold ALT and type in 0160

But my quick test shows that an extrude based on such "empty string" will fail - makes sense, there is no geometry to extrude.

So maybe you have to add another column to your family table to remove this extrusion from that instance...

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psobejko1-VisitorAnswer
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May 18, 2016

When entering in the text into the family table for the instance where you don't want the text showing, you could try typing in the extended code for non-breaking space: hold ALT and type in 0160

But my quick test shows that an extrude based on such "empty string" will fail - makes sense, there is no geometry to extrude.

So maybe you have to add another column to your family table to remove this extrusion from that instance...

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