# Accessing Parameters Within a Label

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/accessing-parameters-within-a-label/1673>\
**Category:** Packages\
**Created:** [June 24, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/accessing-parameters-within-a-label/1673 "2015-06-24T10:02:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Dixon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Dennis\_Dixon1](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Dennis_Dixon1)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/accessing-parameters-within-a-label/1673/1 "2015-06-24T10:02:08Z")

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I seem to be having an issue with accessing or editing the type parameters within a label. Since a “Label” is not listed as an element, family or category, how are we expected to edit the text parameters? A label has been given the name “Other,” which does not seem to be filterable. I keep getting a null result for any type parameter associated with labels. Anyone else having this issue? if so, has anyone found a way to call out the label parameters?

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**Author:** ![john\_pierson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/john_pierson/32/191977_2.png) [@john\_pierson](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/john_pierson)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/accessing-parameters-within-a-label/1673/2 "2015-06-24T10:10:30Z")

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Which parameters are you trying to modify. I believe we answered this on this post. [http://dynamobim.com/forums/topic/font-type-in-revit-using-dynamo/](http://dynamobim.com/forums/topic/font-type-in-revit-using-dynamo/) here’s an example of modifying a type parameter of a label.

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**Author:** ![john\_pierson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/john_pierson/32/191977_2.png) [@john\_pierson](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/john_pierson)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/accessing-parameters-within-a-label/1673/3 "2015-06-24T10:15:39Z")

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My example above does it for all label and text notes in the family though. So you will have to filter by name if you want to be more specific.

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You can also use \> select model element \> element.type (Rhythm) \> and get the textelement type element from the list

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Dixon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Dennis\_Dixon1](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Dennis_Dixon1)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/accessing-parameters-within-a-label/1673/4 "2015-06-24T10:20:49Z")

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Yes my apologies. I already knew this. What I meant to address was the ability to override the label by driving the parameter within a project environment. From what I have been told there is no way to edit the family parameters within a project environment yet. The most popular answer so far is to use a recording macro to automate the following process:

- Open family

- Activate Dynamo

- Access dyn file

- run process

- save family

- close dyn

- close family

There must be a way to tell dynamo to go through the whole family list within a project and apply the intended parameter edit to each family.

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**Author:** ![john\_pierson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/john_pierson/32/191977_2.png) [@john\_pierson](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/john_pierson)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/accessing-parameters-within-a-label/1673/5 "2015-06-24T10:31:12Z")

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I see what you mean. On the other thread Andreas mentioned it doesn’t seem possible. I would use a macro recorder and have it repeat x number of times on open families.
