Viewing and Modifying Material Stock Types
Follow these steps to view and modify material types:
1 Expand Global Cost Model Information, and double-click Material Stock Types. The editing pane displays the material stock type table.
The material stock type table has one row for each column of the current process group’s material stock table (that is, the type table has one row for each stock attribute). Each row of the type table has the following fields:
o Field Name
o Description
o Default Value Text
o Unit Type Name
o Unit
o Property Type Name
o Notes
2 Select
Override Object from the CMWB
Edit menu, or click the override icon,
, in the toolbar.
3 You can modify field values, and add and remove table rows.
To modify a field value, click in the field and enter the new value, or (for the Unit Type Name field) double click in the field and select an item from the dropdown menu. Modifiable fields contain the pencil icon.
To add a table row, click in the
Field Name field in the (empty) last row of the type table, and enter a name. Enter values in the other fields of the same row. Manage the display of new material stock attributes as described in
Working with Column Groups and Column Properties.
To remove a row, right-click on it and select Remove.
4 Select
Save from the
File menu, or click
in the toolbar, to save your changes.
5 To incorporate your changes into the cost model, select
Publish Cost Model and VPE from the
File menu, or click
in the toolbar.