Update the Current File

Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:

Select the Update icon from the Quick Access Toolbar.
Select Edit > Main Tools > Update from the menu bar.

Update the current file.

This topic deals with updating features within one file. For information on updating files and their dependent files, see Update Mode.

After making changes to the parameters of a feature, you will need to update the file to display the results of the changes. You can update in one of the following ways:

1. While editing numerical parameters of a feature, you can update the feature in the following ways while you are still in edit mode (you are in edit mode while the dimensions are still displayed):

When the Edit Parameters dialog is still displayed, click either the Update or OK button. The update results are displayed and you remain in edit mode (the dimensions are still displayed) until you press <exit><exit>(middle mouse button). If an expression exists, the system checks its validity.
1. If the expression is valid, the model is regenerated according to the calculated value in the dimension field of the Edit Parameters dialog.
  If the Update button was pressed, the Edit Parameters dialog remains open.
  If the OK button was pressed, the Edit Parameters dialog is closed. You remain in edit mode (the dimensions are still displayed) until you press <exit><exit>(middle mouse button).
2. If the expression is not valid, an appropriate message is displayed (the model is not regenerated).
  If the Update button was pressed, the Edit Parameters dialog remains open.
  If the OK button was pressed, the Edit Parameters dialog is closed and the dimension value remains unchanged. You remain in edit mode (the dimensions are still displayed) until you press <exit><exit>(middle mouse button).
When the Edit Parameters dialog is no longer displayed and you are still in edit mode (the dimensions are still displayed). All dimensions that have been changed but not updated, are displayed with an underline. The Update button is now available in the graphics area (prior to exiting the Edit Parameters dialog, this button is displayed grayed out).

To update the model, click the Update button. The update results are displayed and you remain in edit mode (the dimensions are still displayed) until you press <exit><exit>(middle mouse button).

See a dimension editing example in Editing Simple Dimension Values.

2. You can also leave edit mode (by pressing <exit><exit>(middle mouse button)) without updating. In this case, additional options become available to invokeinvoke (for more, click Access at the top of this Help topic) the update.

By using these options, you can make as many changes as you need, and then update all values at once. Features that need to be updated will have a symbol in the Feature Tree (this symbol is cleared when the feature is updated).

3. All features that need to be updated will be automatically updated as soon as you create or edit another feature.

Results of Updating

When features are updated, the results are as follows:

The model is regenerated according to the changed dimension value(s). This includes all dimensions that have been changed and not updated (these latter dimensions are displayed with an underline to show that they have not been updated).
Dimensions that have been defined as Leading Dimensions (by using the button in the Edit Parameters dialog) are displayed with the suffix (L):