Customize Attributes tab

You can show additional attributes or specify whether and when attributes are to be shown.

Procedure

  1. Click Properties Properties. The Properties bar opens.
  2. Click the Attributes tab if it is not activated yet.
  3. Click Edit language Edit language if you want to show an additional language column for language-specific attributes. You can select an additional database language and view and edit it next to the language currently used.
  4. Click Attribute Add on the Attributes tab. The Select attribute dialog opens.
  5. If you want to add only specified attributes, enable the Show specified attributes only check box. You can restrict the result of displayed attributes using a search term.
  6. Enter a search term for the attributes you want to display. The attribute type groups that contain attributes whose names contain the term you entered are expanded an the attributes are displayed.
  7. Enable the check boxes of the relevant attributes.
  8. Click OK. The selected attributes are added to the Attributes tab.
  9. Click More More next to the attribute whose visibility you want to specify.
  10. Click Hide always Hide always if you want to hide the attribute from the Attributes tab even if a value has been specified. For the attribute to be displayed at a later time you need to select it explicitly by clicking Add.
  11. Click Hide, if not specified Hide, if not specified if you want the attribute to be displayed on the Attributes tab only if a value has been specified.
  12. Click Place attribute Place attribute and the relevant position in the modeling area if you want the attribute value to be displayed in the model.
  13. Click Delete Delete attribute if you want to delete the attribute value. You cannot change or delete attribute values of attributes that the system defines. These are placed in gray cells, for example, Last change.

The attributes on the Attributes tab are displayed according to your settings.

See also

Keyboard shortcuts for the Select attribute dialog