# Dynamo not Returning Ceiling Type Mark?

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-not-returning-ceiling-type-mark/115157>\
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**Created:** [August 28, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-not-returning-ceiling-type-mark/115157 "2026-08-28T18:52:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike.FORM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Mike.FORM](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Mike.FORM)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-not-returning-ceiling-type-mark/115157/1 "2026-08-28T18:52:24Z")

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Is Dynamo not able to get the type mark of built in families?

In my case I am trying to read the type marks of ceilings but am getting blanks even though they are filled out in the families.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/8/d/8d0ba522e13035df1aaebe9ce0f0dfe6264a2ae3.png)

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**Author:** ![Mike.FORM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Mike.FORM](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Mike.FORM)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-not-returning-ceiling-type-mark/115157/2 "2026-08-28T18:56:58Z")

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Nevermind. I guess I was not googling properly first.

I needed to feed the element list into the Element.ElementType node before trying to get the parameter value.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/d/2/d2bcf4a94305ef63ad7ed2f0ea92916a68c8f3b4.png)