| Applies To | |||
| Product(s): | Bentley OpenPlant PowerPID | ||
| Version(s): | 08.11.10.202 | ||
| Environment: | Any | ||
| Area: | General | ||
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| Original Author: | Justinas Lipnickas, Bentley Technical Support Group | ||
Changing the value of a specific EC Property for the selection of multiple P&ID components at once. The selection set usually includes components from different Classes, but they all have some common properties, like Number, Area, etc.
Steps to Accomplish
Option 1: Update properties using the Update Property dialog
- Select the components you would like to update either manually, or by building a search in the Items (
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) dialog Right click on a selection node in the Items tree, select Update Property... to launch the Update Property dialog
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In the dialog, change the property you need update, click Done. All selected components will be updated with the new property value. Also, any related annotation components will be updated if you'll leave the Update Annotation check on.
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Option 2: Editing properties in Details Grid view
If the property you want to update was not available in the Update Component dialog, you can use Details view to update any property of the components.
Open Items Tree and enable editing in the Details dialog by:
Open Tree Manager;
In the Repository Section Click Change...
Change the allow editing section to Yes, Save your changes, close the Tree Manager dialog:
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Select the components you would like to update, in the Items Tree click on the Show Details button (
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);You can now edit the data in all of the selected components properties. After editing, right click in the data grid view, and select to Save Changes:
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Note: Updating properties in the Details Grid, will not update any related Annotations, so you would need to make sure to update them manually, if required.
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