Editing Multiple Parts
To edit multiple parts at once, use the Edit Multiple Objects. action. The Edit Multiple Objects action allows editing of either multiple documents or parts. For parts, the action is available from the Folder Contents table. When only parts are selected for editing, the Edit Multiple Parts window is displayed; the action is not applicable when both parts and documents are selected.
Use the following procedure to edit multiple parts:
1. Navigate to the Folder Contents table and select the check boxes for the parts you want to edit.
2. Select Edit Multiple Objects in the Actions menu.
The selected parts are automatically checked out to you and the Edit Multiple Parts window is displayed with the selected parts displayed in the table.
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Only the attributes required by all types of selected parts are denoted with an asterisk (*). Attributes required for some types of selected parts or instances of the selected parts, due to cascading attribute rules, are not denoted with an asterisk (*).
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3. From the Edit Multiple Parts window, you can individually edit the attribute fields directly in the row for each part.
To include additional attribute values, you can customize the table view to add attribute columns. For information on customizing table views, see Customizing Table Views.
4. From the Edit Multiple Parts window, you can edit attributes for multiple parts so that the selected parts have the same values for an attribute:
a. Select one or more parts in the Parts table.
b. Click the “Edit Attribute Value” icon 
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.c. From the Edit Attribute Value window, select an attribute from the Set menu. The attributes that are available are dependent upon whether they are included in the table view and if they are applicable to the part type.
d. Provide a value and click Apply or OK.
For 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.
5. Click Check In or Save to save the changes to your part. If you have omitted any required values, an error message is displayed informing you of the missing information.
 | Other editing operations are available to modify the attributes associated to all versions of a specific part. It is recommended to modify these common part attributes using the Rename or Edit Common Attributes actions. |
a. Click Check In to apply your changes and check the part back in.
| | 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. |
b. Click Save to apply your changes without checking in the part. Whether the Save button appears is controlled by the > preference. This preference is set at the context level. For more information, see About the Preference Management Utility.