Is there a way to multi-select several rigid elements and change the weight of all of them at once?

The weights exported to the PCF file used to draw the system include bogus weight information for flanges (250,000 lbs per flange!). I have been changing them one-by-one, but now realizing that this is going to continue for the entire project... I'm hoping there's a shortcut in CAESAR. Ideas?

Correcting the source of the PCF data is the obvious, but... unlikely for this project.

Scrolling through the Rigid list view is not working out so well since the flanges are interspersed with other rigids like valves and multiple sizes & classes are involved.

You might be able to work with the neutral file. Export a neutral file from your existing model to create the .CII file. You can then replace the bad numbers with the proper rigid weight if you know what the bad numbers are. This will be easy if all the flanges that are labeled as 250000 are all to have the same weight. But if such a number (e.g., 250000) appears for different rigid weights, you will not be certain of which one is which. (This will be obvious when you look at the rigid element weight list in the .CII file; it's just a list of weights and which one is which is not obvious.) Once you are done with your changes, go back to the program to convert your .CII back to a CAESAR II input file.

If it is any consolation, the next version of CAESAR II will have find and replace capability in the various program lists.

Excellent! I look forward to this one.

In the meantime, I'll try intercepting the weight values in the PCF files between the source and CAESAR. I think the spec writer has all weights entered as grams rather than the expected pounds.

Thanks for the idea!