Editing Multiple Entities

This option lets you edit the parameters a group of entities in a single interaction. It is accessed either from an entity's Interaction Dialog or from the Popup menu displayed when right-clicking after selecting a group of entities.

The following entity parameters can be edited:

  • ID Number: Figure, Text and Terminator.

  • Datum Target: Rad. Factor, Lower Text, Text/Upper Text and Terminator.

  • Surface Roughness: Process, Allowance, Sample, Lay, Symbol, Roughness mode, Leader connection side and Terminator.

  • Section Line: Letter position,change direction and Closed/Open arrow.

  • Text: Rotate/Change box, Text origin point, Set leader connection and Terminator.

  • Symmetry Line: Line Extension.

  • Center line: Angle and Line Extension.

Interaction Dialog

  1. Double-click the entity and click the Edit Entities button in the Interaction Dialog.

  2. Pick other entities of the same type and <exit><exit>(middle mouse button).

  3. Edit the features in the usual manner.

All the selected entities are modified accordingly.

Popup Submenu

  1. Pick a number of entities (the selection can include several entity types however only the first entity type selected is acknowledged).

  2. Right-click and select Edit Group from the popup submenu then edit the features in the usual manner.

All the selected entities are modified accordingly.

Notes:

  • After clicking the Edit Entities button , you can only pick the same entity type that was picked initially in Step 1 (only entities of the same kind are highlighted when moused over).

  • Editing parameters can only be done inside the Interaction Dialog (not in the graphic area hotspots).

  • Adding or changing a parameter in the edit box and then closing it results in the adding/changing of all the picked entities.

  • A hotspot where the parameter value is the same in all selected entities is colored GREEN and displays this uniform value. If some of the parameter values differ, the hotspot is colored ORANGE.

  • While picking entities, only the Close button is enabled in the Interaction Dialog. Clicking Close clears the list and closes the tool. <Exit><Exit>(middle mouse button) to return to edit mode.

  • Any new entity created after clicking Edit Entities will have the same parameters defined in the editing until it is further edited or the tool is closed.

  • The non-editable parameters in the Interaction Dialog is only disabled after the second entity in the group is selected.

  • While in the edit mode, you can change to the select mode by clicking the Edit Entities button and proceed to pick and unpick entities.

  • Entities added to the group after parameter changes were made to the group will not contain the edited parameters and the edit box will be colored ORANGE (if the new parameters are different).

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.