Editing a Part
Edit a part using the Edit or Check Out and Edit actions in Windchill.
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Software parts do not contain primary source content or attachment content.
Edit a software part using the following methods:
Select Check Out and Edit from actions in the Folder Contents table.
Select Check Out and Edit from the right-click actions menu in a table row.
Select Edit from the right-click actions menu in a table row if you have already checked out the part.
Select Check Out and Edit from the actions menu on the information page of a software part.
Select Edit from the actions menu on the information page of a software part if you have already checked it out.
Change the attributes for a part from the Edit window.
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Only a portion of the attributes are editable depending on the Windchill modules that are installed and your access privileges.
Use the following steps to edit a part:
1. Go to the information page or table displaying the software part to be edited.
2. Select Edit or Check Out and Edit from the Actions menu. The Edit Part window appears.
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Select Edit, if you have the software part checked out. Select Check Out and Edit, if the software part is currently checked in. Check out and Edit combines the checkout and edit actions in one click.
3. Edit attributes as desired.
4. After making the desired changes do one of the following:
a. Click Save to save the changes without performing a check-in.
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If you choose to save the software part and, do not check it in, and you later select Undo Checkout from the Actions menu, any information you had changed reverts to the original values.
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b. Click Check In to complete your edits and make the changes available to other users. Changes are saved and the software part is checked in.
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