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Customize shared parameters

Customize shared parameters

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Customize shared parameters

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- [Instructor] In the previous tip, we looked at how to create this custom shower stall family here that had a user-selectable choice to allow the shower head to either be on the left, right, or center. I've got a version of that family right here and it's loaded into a project. If I select it, the shower head location parameter is right here. And this is the dropdown list; Left, Right, or Center. When I make my choice, it changes where the shower head is mounted. If you watched that tip, then you know that the way that that was achieved, was by using a series of special parameters down in the other grouping. A series of checkboxes and a series of family type parameters that are used in formulas to decide which shower head to show. It all works very well until a curious user scrolls down here and says, "Gee, I wonder what these parameters do." Even if they happen to hover over the parameter and see the message…

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