willcfg Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 I have loads of symbols with a Custom Property Set attached in the IFC data. I need to update the email address across all of these and wonder if there is any way to do the whole lot in one go? Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 This handy tool should be able to do it: http://www.hippocode.com/Extensio/menucommands/organisation-objects It's a quick way to look at and edit data in parametric objects or symbols. You can even show hidden fields, hidden records and IFC records if setup accordingly in the settings tab. Quote Link to comment
willcfg Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 Thanks. Is it possible to download just that tool instead of the full Extension package? Quote Link to comment
willcfg Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 I downloaded and installed the trial version, but it couldn't seem to show my data? Could it be that the symbols are not parametric? Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I downloaded and installed the trial version, but it couldn't seem to show my data? Could it be that the symbols are not parametric? Yes something I overlooked. Because the symbol definition does not contain the IFC record, it's not shown. It would work for a parametric object. However, the following workaround should work: Convert all your symbols into the provided SymbolObject which is just a wrapper object for symbols. There is a specific menu command for this "Convert to SymbolObject". Next, list the SymbolObject instead which does give you the option to change the data if you enable all options in the settings tab. If you don't want to continue with the SymbolObjects you can simply EXPLODE these objects and you will end up with the original symbol, but now with the correct data I did a quick test and it worked out. I do assume all symbols have the same IFC record attached, otherwise it might be a little more tricky. Let me know how it goes. Quote Link to comment
willcfg Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 I do assume all symbols have the same IFC record attached, otherwise it might be a little more tricky. I suspect it will be trickier too! The symbols all have their own set of unique values apart from one field where they all share the same email address... Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I do assume all symbols have the same IFC record attached, otherwise it might be a little more tricky. I suspect it will be trickier too! The symbols all have their own set of unique values apart from one field where they all share the same email address... You can do this in two ways: - Convert your symbols step wise by certain criteria untill you've edited them all. - Convert them all at once and sort on fieldvalues in the bottom list browser so you can clearly select objects that share a certain parameter, and edit those. Also note that even if you try to edit a parameter with different values you can still unlock it and change the value. Quote Link to comment
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