Changing properties of multiple components at once

[BremenEng]

Is there a way in AutoCAD electrical to change the properties of multiple components on the same screen without the edit dialog box or excel import/export? Say in a table format where you can change the tag for six motors at once. I came from EPLAN and they had this "edit-in-table" feature which was really nice.

[rhesusminus]

The properties palette (Ctrl + 1) will show attributes for multiple symbols.

However, if you make changes here, you break AutoCAD Electrical functionality, and you must save + aerebuilddb for AcadE to recognize your changes.

Why would you change from EPLAN to AcadE? New job?

[BremenEng]

I became a freelancer, and EPLAN is too expensive and lacks market share. But then I'm finding these small annoying things with ACADE (like a lack of edit-in-table for multiple devices).

[rhesusminus]

Have you checked the price for a Compact+ license? About the same as AcadE, without all the annoying limitations/workarounds/"you can just code some lisp to solve that"

And, when you can do the drafting job in half the time, maybe the price isn't as bad?

See my YouTube videos on the link below...(Ctrl Alt El)