Update Attributes

Default shortcut: q
Updates certain attributes, status, and routing for members and drawings without having to edit them.
  • Step-By-Step
  • Tips and Tricks
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1 . Click the Update Attributes icon, which is pictured above. In Modeling, the icon can be found on the Tools page > Attributes section. In Drawing Editor, the icon can be found on the Drawings page > Attributes section.

Method 2: Preselect one or more Members to enable the Members contextual page and click the Update Attributes icon found in the Tools section.

Method 3: Click the Update Attributes icon found on Home > Utilities.

Alternative: Invoke Update Attributes using the Find Tool by searching the command name and clicking the icon, which is pictured above.

2 . The Update Attributes window opens. Check ( ) the box for one or more options to activate and adjust them. When you are done setting the options, click one of the following buttons to apply the options to the member(s)/drawing(s) and close the window:

By Area: The status line prompts, "Select member(s) to update". Left-click (Select) the member(s) you want to update and press Enter or right-click and select OK. The status line then prompts, "Update this member?". Left-click (Yes) to apply the options to the member(s) or right-click (No) cancel the command without applying the options.

Alternative: If you preselected one or more members in Step 1, you are only prompted with "Update this member?" and the Yes-No mouse bindings.

By Piecemark: A selection dialog opens allowing you to select from a list of member piecemarks or detail sheets. When you are done selecting items, click OK to apply the options.

A special case: For Detail complete date, you can select the following types of drawings: Details, Job standard details, Global standards, Submaterial, Erection views, Detail sheets, Gather sheets, Erection sheets, Sheet outlines, and Connection cube details.

Alternative: Click Cancel or press Esc to close the selection dialog and end the command.

Tip: Click the Reset button to uncheck ( ) all checked ( ) options and return them to their default setting.

Alternative: Click Cancel or press Esc to close the window and end the command.

  • Click the Reset button to uncheck ( ) all checked ( ) options and return them to their default setting.
  • In many cases, you will enter a date. Double-click in the date field to enter today's date. Type 0 to enter **NOT SET** (no date).
  • By Piecemark lets you update detail sheets, member details, and members in the model. If Member Mark is selected, all member details as well as all members under the marks you select will be updated. If Detail Sheet is selected, Update Attributes updates the selected detail sheet(s), the details on the sheet(s), and the members in the model. When updating the Detail complete date, you can select the following types of drawings: Details, Job standard details, Global standards, Submaterial, Erection views, Detail sheets, Gather sheets, Erection sheets, Sheet outlines, and Connection cube details.

  • By Area does not appear in the Drawing Editor or on the version of this window that is opened from Home. In Modeling, it is disabled (grayed out) if the Detail complete date or Detail frozen date are set to be updated. It will only update status information on the selected members in the model. It does not update member details or detail sheets.