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Figure 18.54
giving the new
parameter a value
in the project

Tagging the Shared parameter

So far, you’ve created a shared parameter and added it to the Walls category in a project. These
are all features you could have leveraged with a project parameter. The benefit of using a shared
parameter is being able to tag it. The final step in this process is creating a tag to display the STC
parameter in the wall:
1. The first thing you’ll need is a new tag. Because you’re tagging a wall, and there isn’t a
default wall tag type, you’ll need to make a generic tag and apply it to a wall condition.
From the Application menu, select New ➢ Family. Open the Annotations folder, select
Generic Tag.rfa, and click OK.
2. Next, you’ll assign the correct category to the tag. By default, a generic tag is just that:
generic. You want it to report information from the Walls category, so on the Create tab,
in the Properties area, click the Family Category And Parameters button.
3. With the Family Category And Parameters dialog box open, choose Wall Tags from the
list (Figure 18.55), and click OK. Delete the red text note in the tag family template before
continuing.
4. With the proper category selected, you need to add a label for your tag. From the Create
tab in the ribbon, select the Label tool on the Text panel, and then click just above the
intersection of the two reference planes in the view.
5. In the Edit Label dialog box, select Type Mark from the list of category parameters and
add it to the Label Parameters list to the right (Figure 18.56). This will call out the wall
type and help you associate the proper wall with the STC rating. Click OK to close the
dialog box and zoom in closer to the label you just placed.

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