Edit Members by Piecemark ( Modeling )

Tool summary :

• Opens a selection dialog that lists all piecemarks in your 3D model. Select one or multiple piecemarks to edit the members under those piecemarks.
• Selecing one piecemark with multiple members under it results in your multi-editing all members that have been assigned that one piecemark.
• No matter what view you are in, you can select any members that are in the 3D model .
• If you select the piecemarks of members that are different types (for example, beams and columns), the Edit Properties window opens.
• This tool does exactly the same thing as Home > Utilities > " Member Edit " and selecting by piecemark. It operates on all members that are under the selected piecemark(s).
• Windows that Edit Members by Piecemark can open include:
  
  

  Beam Edit	Column Edit	Horizontal Brace Edit
  Vertical Brace Edit	Joist Edit	Stair Edit
  [Legacy] Miscellaneous Member Edit
  Member Status Review can be opened rom any of above-listed windows.
  Edit Properties or Custom Properties opens if multiple member types are selected.

• See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

• Modeling (where Edit Members by Piecemark is a tool)
• Automatically process after modeling operation ( User and Site Options > Modeling > )
• Default hide item settings (affect selection list)
• " Edit Other " on context menu (alternative to Edit by Piecemark )
• Edit Member (alternative to Edit by Piecemark )
• Edit by Member Number (alternative to Edit by Edit by Piecemark )
• Member Edit (alternative in Drawing Editor or Home )
• Selected count (provides feedback on how many members are selected)
• Editing multiple members (topic)
• Grayed out entries or field names (indicate mixed entries, or that field is disabled)
• Multiple Object Edit Password (enables multi-edit for authorized personnel)

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   Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Invoke Edit Members by Piecemark using any one (1) of the following methods in Modeling :

Method 1: Click the Edit Members by Piecemark icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Model - Member ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : In Modeling ( classic ), choose Model > Member > Edit by Piecemark .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Edit Members by Piecemark can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface .

Method 6 : With Member Mode mouse bindings active, hold down the Alt key and left-click ( Edit Pcmk ).

2 . A selection dialog opens. On it is a selection list of all members in the 3D model that have been assigned piecemarks. The members are referenced on the list by their member piecemarks .

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You can use " Hide ... " and " Show All " or " Status Display " to adjust which classes of members are shown on the selection list.

Alternative 1 : To edit all members under a single piecemark, double-click that piecemark. Go to step 3.

Alternative 2 : Select multiple piecemarks, then press " OK " to continue to step 3.

Alternative 3 : Press the " Cancel " button to end the Edit Member by Piecemark operation. Do not continue.

A special case: If a " Multiple Object Edit Password " has been entered and you selected multiple members (or a piecemark that has multiple members under it), you cannot go to step 3 until you have entered that exact, case-sensitive password.

3 . Edit Members by Piecemark opens the edit window for the type of member you selected. If you selected multiple members, the window is titled " ... Multiple Members " (e.g., Beam Edit -- Multiple Members ). If you selected multiple types of members, Edit Member by Piecemark opens the Edit Properties window.

Alternative 1 : Enter the settings for the one member or multiple members whose edit window or multi-edit window you are reviewing, then press the " OK " button at the bottom of the window.

Alternative 2 : Press the " Cancel " button to end the Member Edit operation without changing the one member or multiple members. Do not continue.

Solids creation: If User and Site Options > Modeling > " Automatically process after modeling operation " is set to ' Process and create solids ', the edited members will automatically have solids created at the time you press " OK " to close their edit window. If that option is ' Process ' or ' Do nothing ', you can Process > Process and Create Solids in order to enable the display of the affected members in a solid form.

Feedback: In the model, any members in your current view that are being edited are highlighted in the User and Site Options > Modeling > " Primary selection surface color ." These same members are highlighted in the Model Tree . The selected count on your toolbar gives the total number of members that are selected regardless of whether or not they are in your current view.

Tip: On a " ... Multiple Members " edit window, the contents of fields with mixed entries are shown as gray. You can edit such fields. After you press " OK " on the edit window, the entry will be applied to all of the items being edited, and the contents of the field will no longer be gray.

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