Labels with If/Then statement

[dtiemeyer]

Is it possible to put an If/Then statement in a duct label?

I have vertical ducts that sometimes report their size as  48x12 and sometimes 12x48.  I would like to make one label that covers both situations, and uses an If/Then statement to place the larger value first and the smaller value last. 

But I can seem to get at the duct properties from within the Family Types dialog of the Label family.

Any thoughts here?

[CoreyDaun · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately, no. Labels cannot be dependent on data; all they are capable of doing is reporting it. And since Duct are System Families, you can't create a Shared Parameter with a formula, either. The best you can do is to create an alternate Tag/Label that manually reports "Width" and "Height" individually, but reversed. Of course, the Tag Type would have to be controlled manually.

[tomclements]

Can a shared parameter be created to repeat/ report the value of a system family, Then the shared parameter used in formula's,schedules and tags?

[dtiemeyer]

I think that essentially the answer is no. The only reason I say 'essentially' is because a few of the values of several of the system families I looked at can be linked to a Global Parameter (new to v2016r2) which can then be linked to a shared parameter. But if you were to do this, then all the values would be whatever you forced them to be with that global parameter.