diff --git a/Robot_Adapter/CRUD/Create/Elements/Bars.cs b/Robot_Adapter/CRUD/Create/Elements/Bars.cs
index 79e15574..5b2e3697 100644
--- a/Robot_Adapter/CRUD/Create/Elements/Bars.cs
+++ b/Robot_Adapter/CRUD/Create/Elements/Bars.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ private bool CreateCollection(IEnumerable<Bar> bhomBars)
                                   materialName,
                                   orientationAngle);
 
-                    if (bhomBar.Name != null || bhomBar.Name != "")
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(bhomBar.Name))
                         rcache.SetBarName(barNum, bhomBar.Name);
 
                     if (bhomBar.Release != null)
diff --git a/Robot_Adapter/CRUD/Update/Elements/Bars.cs b/Robot_Adapter/CRUD/Update/Elements/Bars.cs
index 30290432..a278b73a 100644
--- a/Robot_Adapter/CRUD/Update/Elements/Bars.cs
+++ b/Robot_Adapter/CRUD/Update/Elements/Bars.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ protected bool Update(IEnumerable<Bar> bars)
                 robotBar.EndNode = System.Convert.ToInt32(bar.EndNode.CustomData[AdapterIdName]);
                 barTags[System.Convert.ToInt32(bar.CustomData[AdapterIdName])] = bar.Tags;
 
-                if (bar.Name != null || bar.Name != "")
+                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(bar.Name))
                     robotBar.NameTemplate = bar.Name;
                 
                 if (bar.SectionProperty != null && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(bar.SectionProperty.Name))
diff --git a/Robot_Adapter/Convert/FromRobot/Elements/Bar.cs b/Robot_Adapter/Convert/FromRobot/Elements/Bar.cs
index a8e836fe..7ac5608d 100644
--- a/Robot_Adapter/Convert/FromRobot/Elements/Bar.cs
+++ b/Robot_Adapter/Convert/FromRobot/Elements/Bar.cs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public static Bar FromRobot( this RobotBar robotBar,
                     BH.Engine.Reflection.Compute.RecordEvent("Bars with auto-generated releases will not have releases", oM.Reflection.Debugging.EventType.Warning);
             }
 
-            if (robotBar.Name != null || robotBar.Name != "")
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(robotBar.Name))
                 bhomBar.Name = robotBar.Name;
 
             bhomBar.SectionProperty = secProp;