Editing Model Properties

This task shows you how to edit a model's properties. Product Managers and System Engineers can make changes to the basic details and attributes of a model. The Edit Details page can be accessed from the model Properties page.

Before you begin: Access the Properties page for a model. For details, see Viewing Model Properties.
Related Topics
About Models
Models Page
Creating a Model

  1. From the page Actions menu or page toolbar, click Edit Details.



  2. Make modifications, as necessary. The following can be changed:

    Name. Modify the name of the model.

    Model Prefix. Type the model prefix to be inherited by all products and product configurations created under the model. Use alphanumeric characters. The prefix is case-insensitive. In other words, regardless of the case entered (lower or upper case), all values are converted to upper case and stored. The maximum prefix length is determined by a property setting.

    By default, when ENOVIA X-BOM Unit Tracking is installed, the Model Prefix field is mandatory. You can use a property setting to change the Model Prefix field to not mandatory. See the ENOVIA X-BOM Unit Tracking Administrator's Guide for details.

    The prefix must be unique across the database. This is to ensure that the shortform notation of the Product can uniquely represent the Product for other downstream processes. Thus, if you enter a model prefix that already exists, the error message Prefix already exists is displayed. You are prompted to enter a different prefix, and then allowed to continue.

    Product Line. Click to modify the product line related to the model.

    Description. You can add details to the description or replace the existing description.

    Owner. Click to assign a different owner.

    Marketing Name. Modify the marketing name of the model. Special characters are prohibited (see Name, above).

    Marketing Text. Modify the marketing text of the model.

    Design Responsibility. Click to assign the design responsibility for the model to a different organization or project.

    Note: The design responsibility must be assigned before the product reaches the Release state. Once a product has been assigned a design responsibility, all new revisions will carry the same.

    Click Clear if you want to remove the design responsibility. Once design responsibility is removed, the product line becomes accessible by all Product Managers and System Engineers of the company. This change takes effect only after you click Done. If responsibility is assigned to a group to which you do not belong, you will no longer have access to the data. Once the Design Responsibility has been set, the Clear icon is no longer available. Hence, it will no longer be possible to change this property once it has been set.

  3. Click Done.