Modify common properties

Procedure Select the lines representing items or item revisions in the product structure whose properties you want to modify and choose View→Properties. Teamcenter displays the Common Modifiable Properties dialog box, as shown in the following example.

Note If you select a single structure line, Teamcenter displays the Properties dialog box containing the properties of the selected line. In the example, the Absolute Transformation, Item Description, and Item Type properties are common and can be modified. The other properties are unique to each line and cannot be modified here; however, you can modify a single modifiable property in place. It is not necessary to check out the source object if you want to modify properties. Click the BOM Lines tab in the dialog box. This tab shows the common modifiable properties of the items corresponding to the selected lines. Select the property you want to change and enter its new value in the text box. In the example, the Item Description property is selected and is modified to the value of Test. When the correct replacement value is shown in the text box, click the button to complete the change. Alternatively, you can click the button to clear (delete) the current value. Click the button to display the Find/Replace dialog box that allows you to search for any property value. Click the Item Revisions tab in the dialog box. This tab shows the common modifiable properties of the item revisions corresponding to the selected lines. Repeat the process given in the previous step to update the values of common modifiable properties of item revisions. Click OK or Apply to update the properties of the selected items and item revisions. To commit the changes to the database, choose File→Save. Results

Note The pending edit markup option highlights some occurrence property edits, including edits to the occurrence name, find number, reference designator, quantity, unit of measure, notes, variant conditions, and occurrence type. However, absolute occurrence (in-context) edits are not highlighted.

Note If you select multiple lines, Teamcenter displays the common properties of the selected objects. If you edit any of the common properties and then click OK or Apply, Teamcenter saves the property changes to the database but does not update the dialog box. To display the property changes, choose View→Refresh window.

Tip If you want to modify a common property for several but not all lines, copy the required value, right-click each line in turn, and then choose Paste Property. If you have a large number of property columns to modify, it may be easier to export the structure lines to Microsoft live Excel, make the necessary edits, and then import the modified data back to Structure Manager.