Metadata menu contents

Overview

This section provides an overview of the Metadata submenu and its available options.

Create/Edit Specification

Use the Create/Edit Specification option to define the general settings for the Metadata submenu.

Assign Metadata

Use the Assign Metadata option to assign metadata information to selected design objects or, if applicable, edit any metadata information that is currently assigned.

Delete Metadata

Use the Delete Metadata option to remove any exisiting metadata information from the selected design objects.

Get Object Metadata

Use the Get Object Metadata option to retrieve the metadata information that has been assigned to loaded design data. This option will also allow you to remove assigned metadata attributes and, if desired, update a nominated Metadata specification file.

Setup Display Attributes

Use the Setup Display Attributes option to define the display settings for the Metadata submenu. Through using this option you will be able to control object visibility, colour and fill patterns.

Apply Display Attributes

Use the Apply Display Attributes option to apply display attributes to design objects that have assigned metadata information.

Reporting

Use the Reporting option to report on the metadata information that is currently assigned to your Vulcan data. The resulting report can be outputted to a CSV file and/or an Excel spreadsheet.