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Working with the Type and Attribute Management Utility
The Type and Attribute Management utility, accessed by clicking the Type and Attribute Management link from Site > Utilities or Organizations > Utilities, allows site and organization administrators to manage type definitions, attribute definitions, measurement systems, and quantities of measure. Users with the appropriate permissions can create, edit, or remove types or attributes. Additionally, administrators can configure display units for attributes, associate attribute definitions with type definitions, and constrain the values of those attributes.
The navigation pane on the left side of the Type and Attribute Management window provides access to the following components:
Manage Types—Allows you to create new subtypes of those parts, documents, change objects, and other objects installed with your solution. Attributes and attribute layouts for each type are also managed from this component.
Manage Global Enumerations—Allows you to create, edit, and delete value lists for use by attributes.
Manage Reusable Attributes —Allows you to create new attributes that can be used by multiple Windchill objects, and associated with different values.
Manage Measurement Systems—Allows you to define your own measurement systems and override the default display units for the four standard measurement systems. In addition, you can create new measurement systems.
Manage Quantities of Measure—Allows you to define your own quantities of measure and override existing display units. Windchill supports over 40 standard quantities of measure. New quantities of measure can also be created.
The navigation pane can be opened, closed, and resized, similar to the Navigator in the main Windchill window. The name of the current user displays at the top of the navigation pane. The icons visible in the navigation pane toolbar are dependent upon the permissions of the current user.
For information about command-line utilities used for managing types and attributes, see the Type and Attribute Management Command-Line Tools reference topics.