Editing Materials in the Materials List

Use this procedure to edit material information in the materials list.

To edit material information...

1.   From the Tools menu, select Manage materials.
Alternately, right-click any component type or group in the Component Explorer tree and then select Manage materials from the pop-up menu.

The Materials editor dialog box appears.

Ø     Tip: If you access the Materials editor using the Tools menu you can edit the materials lists for all design libraries. If you access by right-clicking on a component type or group, you can only edit the materials list for the design library open in Component Explorer.

2.   Double click the item you want to edit to open the Properties dialog.

3.   Enter the revised name or description information and click OK.

4.   Do one of the following:

• Click OK to apply changes to the database and close the dialog box

• Click Apply to apply changes to the database without closing the dialog box

• Click Cancel to exit the dialog box without making any changes to the database

5.   Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each additional item you want to edit.