Editing a Dimension Table in a XML File

General

  • You can export the dimension table data of a part or assembly into an XML file. Edit the file in Excel.
  • If you want to add several table labels at once, you should do the work using Excel.

Edit the dimension table in Excel

Do as follows:

  1. Select the context-sensitive function Dimension Table.
  2. Select Export Database.
    • By default, a file named dimtable.xml is saved alongside the model. You can save the dimension table with a different name, but usually there is no need for it.
    • If a file with the same name is already open in Excel, the dimension table is not opened.
  3. Save the XML file.
    • The dimension table data is opened in Excel.
  4. Edit the data in Excel and save it.
    • Keep the XML format in the save
  5. Return the data to Vertex with the dimension table function Import Database.
    • By default, the program reads the dimtable.xml file you saved above.
  6. Test the dimension table
    • Select a row
    • Click Apply.