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Use

You can use this function as an easy way to change, delete, or create large quantities of assigned characteristic values. Target objects can be classified, or existing assignments can be deleted.

Prerequisites

The selected target objects must have the same class type and object type as the template object.

The characteristics must be the same for the target objects and template object.

No interval values are processed. Object characteristics are also excluded.

Procedure

  1. Enter a class type. If the class type is for multiple object types, you see a list of the object types that you can select. Select an object type. Select an object type.

  2. If the class type is for multiple object types, you see a list of the object types that you can select. Select an object type. To find characteristics, use the F4 help. To display all the characteristics of a class, choose Chars of class and enter the class.

  3. Characteristics: Old and New Values

    You can replace old values with new values. You can set completely new values if no value was assigned before, or delete old values.

    Use the F4 help to select values.

    You can only select one value for each line. If you want to process several values, you must select the same characteristic several times.

    Changing Values with an Operator

    If a characteristic has numeric format, you can use an operator to recalculate values. You can add, subtract, multiply, and divide figures. For character format, the operator fields are grayed out.

    Example

    Characteristic

    Old Value

    Operator

    Operand

    Unit

    New value is calculated automatically

    Screw 1

    1.2

    +

    2.2

    cm

    3.4 cm

    Screw 2

    40.4

    /

    2

    mm

    20.2 mm

  4. On the Target objs tab, enter the objects to which you want to copy the new values.

  5. For more details on this procedure, a description of further functions, and information on the log, see steps 3 and 4 in Copy Values Assigned to Object.

  6. On the Assignments tab, you can classify the target objects or delete existing assignments. Enter the class or use the F4 help to select it. You can go to class management by choosing Display class.

  7. Choose Carry out mass change.