Editing Multiple Parts
You can edit multiple parts in one operation using the following procedure:
1. From the Folder Contents table, select the check boxes for the parts you want to edit.
2. Select Edit Multiple Objects in the Actions menu.
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The Edit Multiple Objects action is also available in the Matrix Editor toolbar.
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The Edit Multiple Parts window appears.
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The preceding steps also apply to documents; however, you can select only parts or only documents. The action is not available if check boxes for both parts and documents are selected.
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3. The selected parts appear in a table within the Edit Multiple Parts window. You may either:
a. Modify the editable attributes you wish to change directly within this table.
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You may not see all the editable attributes in a specific view. Change views or create a customized view to see all editable attributes.
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b. Select a subset of the parts within the table and select Edit Attribute Value from the Actions menu. The list of attributes that may be edited are found in the dropdown menu for the Set field. Modify the desired attributes and click OK. The modifications will be reflected in the selected parts within the Edit Multiple Parts window.
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Click Apply to set the value and keep the Edit Attribute Value window open.
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For more information on setting cascading attribute values from the Edit Attribute Value window, see the “Setting Cascading Attribute Values” section in the Creating Multiple New Parts topic.
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 have omitted the values for any of the following attributes, an error message is displayed informing you that valid information is missing for one or more required attributes along with the list of parts and their missing attributes.
• Modeled attributes with Required set as true. These attributes are indicated with an asterisk (*).
• Attributes with the Required constraint rule enabled. These attributes are indicated with an asterisk (*).
• Driven attributes with the Is Required constraint defined in the cascading attribute rules. However, these attributes are not indicated with an asterisk (*). The error message displays the missing driven attributes for the selected driver attribute values that have the driven attributes defined as Is Required.
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If you choose to save the part rather than check in, and you later select Undo Checkout from the Actions menu, any attributes you had changed will revert to the original values.
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b. Click Check In to complete your edits and make the changes available to other users.
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Other editing operations modify attributes associated to all versions of a specific part. To change these common part attributes use the Rename or Edit Common Attributes actions.
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