Edit Attributes

Description

Edit the attributes of selected objects.

Access

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Requirements

Objects with attributes

Controls

Control	Description
Attribute	Select the name of the attribute.
Method	Select the method to edit selected attributes: Offset - Apply a numerical offset. Prefix - Apply a prefix. Re-number - Renumber text attribute values starting at a specified number. Suffix - Apply a suffix to attributes.
Mode (Prefix or Suffix)	Visible when the selected Method is Prefix or Suffix. Select one of the following: Add - Add the prefix or suffix to the attribute value. Remove - Remove the prefix or suffix from the attribute value. This action is not case sensitive
Mode (Renumber)	Visible when the selected Method is Renumber. Select one of the following: Numeric - Update the last integer number in the text string beginning at the Start value. Replace - Update the entire attribute value beginning at the Start value.
Preview	A list of the attributes Current Value and the New Value. This list is limited to the first 100 attribute values that will be edited.
Offset	Visible when Offset is the selected Method. Enter a numerical offset to be applied to the attribute value.
Prefix	Visible when Prefix is the selected Method. Enter a prefix to be applied to the attribute value.
Start	Visible when Re-number is the selected Method. Enter a numeric value to start renumbering from.
Suffix	Visible when Suffix is the selected Method. Enter a suffix to be applied to the attribute value.
OK	If all of the requested edits are valid, the edits are applied. The Edit Attributes Report displays if the requested edit cannot be performed as it will cause at least one of the attribute values to become invalid.
Cancel	Attribute values are not edited.

Notes

The edit is applied to the valid attributes of the selected objects in the local project.
Only attributes of type Text, Integer, Real4 or Real8 appear in the Attribute list for editing.
Attributes are renumbered in the order the objects appear in the database.
For text style attributes, renumbering using the Numeric mode, replaces the last integer number in the string. If there is not an integer number at the end of the string the new number is added to the end of the string.
For text style attributes, numeric offsets are applied to the last integer number in the string. If there is not an integer number in the string, the offset is added to the end of the string.
Text style attributes can be positive only.
When applying an offset to an attribute of type Integer, Real4 or Real8, the offset must be of matching type. For example, you can not add 3.2 to an attribute of type Integer.
The name of the attribute is case sensitive.