Batch Rename tool in the Material Organizer drop-down helps rename materials in external family files in batch.
After the ribbon button is clicked, it pops up a dialog to ask for files.
Then the rename materials dialog will appear. All materials come from the current model and they serve as renaming candidates for all the external files.
Materials Group
- X Column: indicates whether the item is chosen or not.
- Name Column: indicates the name of each item. It can be edited directly.
- Rename Column: indicates whether the name has been changed or not. If the name has already been changed, the check box will be enabled, which can be checked off to roll back the name change. Therefore, it can serve as the UNDO command.
Settings Group
- Scope: indicates what to concern for the renaming.
- Only Concern Chosen Items
- Exclude Chosen Items
- Concern All (Chosen or Not)
- Rename: indicates how to rename areas based on some specified criteria.
- Prefix: indicates the prefix to add to all names.
- Suffix: indicates the suffix to append to all names.
- Replace:
- Replace [X] With [Y]: indicates to replace the source X with the target Y.
- Find Options
- Match case: whether to match case for the source X.
- Starts with: indicates the source X should be at the start of names.
- Ends with: indicates the source X should be at the end of names.
- Contains: indicates the source X can be anywhere in the names.
- Match whole name: indicates the source X should equal to the whole name.
- Use Regular Expressions: whether to use regular expressions for both the source X and the target Y.
- Match case: whether to match case for the source X.
Operations Group
- Rename Concerns in Scope: to rename materials of concern based on the criteria as specified in the Rename sub group of Settings.
- Find & Replace in Scope: to find and replace materials of concern as specified in the Replace sub group of Settings.
Buttons
- OK: to close the dialog and go to the next step
- Cancel: to dismiss the dialog and cancel the whole operation
If the OK button is clicked, materials in the files will be renamed accordingly. A progress bar will show how many files in total, which file is currently being processed, and what remaining time may be. An information box will finally show what have happened.