Showing a space with a parameter.

[mjenkins]

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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[psobejko · Accepted solution]

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...