Use the Block Info Edit to reassign item information based on your preferences and in blocks, individually, or throughout an entire design. You can change information such as the Catalog code, Manufacturer code, and Alias tags.
Here's a business situation where Block Info Edit may be very useful: Some product lines are made up items that are a subset or a group of subsets from other product lines whose purpose is to quick ship or apply special pricing. This causes extra work for designers in completing the space plan in one product line and then place the order from another product line. Associated Worksheets do not allow users to change the Catalog or Manufacturer code within the Worksheet, so Block Info Edit allows swapping of any selected objects up to an entire design.
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Click
on the Cap Edit toolbar.
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Under Find, click the arrow down and select:
Type in to type in the text or code based on the Data Field you select.
All items to replace all items with the replacement information based on the Data field selected.
Empty field to replace all empty fields with the replacement information based on the Data field selected. -
Under Replace with, type in the text or code based on the Data Field you select.
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Under Data field, select the item data to be replaced.
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Under Objects, click Select Objects and make your selection on the drawing or click All Objects.
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Check Apply only to valid Part Numbers if you are replacing the Catalog Code or to replace the Part Number value to validate the new PN in the catalog.
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Click OK.