Need to change the same setting across several items in your part? Multi-edit lets you select multiple items at once and update them all together, instead of opening each one by one.
Multi-edit now works across every item type. A single selection can include welds (or cuts, or paints), moves, operator waits, trigger outputs, and more, all in the same panel.
Note: The examples below use welding. However, the steps are exactly the same with Beacon Cutting and Beacon Paint - just swap “weld” for “cut” or “paint.”
Good to know
You can edit several item types in one go (for example, welds plus moves).
Each field starts unchanged - you choose exactly which settings to apply.
Multi-edit changes settings only. It does not move waypoints or change an item’s type.
Read on for the full walkthrough, or jump to a section:
Select the items to edit
Select two or more items in your part to start a multi-edit. To edit every item of one type at once, use Multi Select icon in the action bar.
Individual selection
Multi-select tool
Once you’ve selected your items, the multi-edit panel opens and shows Edit Items with the number of items you have selected.
Choose which item types to edit
When your selection includes more than one type of item, a row of type chips appears at the top of the panel — one chip per type, with a count of how many of that type are selected (for example Weld (4), Air Move (3), Wait for operator (1)).
To leave a type out of the edit, tap the chip to remove it from the selection.
Tapping "Wait For..." will remove the one "Wait For" item.
Choose which settings to change
Each item type has its own section in the panel — for example Weld settings · Applies to 4 welds. Expand or collapse a section by tapping its header. Within a section, every field shows its current value and starts out unchanged.
To change a setting:
Tick the checkbox next to the field you want to update.
Enter the new value.
Only the fields you tick are applied to your items — everything you leave unchecked stays as it was. A “= default” caption appears next to a field when its value still matches your part’s default settings.
Reset a single change
Changed a field by mistake? Tap the Reset button on that field and it will no longer be updated — the field is set to its default and the rest of your changes stay in place.
Tapping reset sets the field back to its default.
Reset all changes
To clear every pending change in the panel and start over, tap Reset all at the bottom of the panel.
Save your changes
When you’ve set the values you want, tap Save to apply them to your selected items.
Use the arrow next to Save to choose how far your changes reach:
Update these items only — applies your changes to the selected items only.
Update items and part defaults — applies your changes to the selected items and updates the part’s default settings, so new items you add later start with these values. (Only for the main item type e.g. weld, cut, paint)
Looking for the older guide? This article is for the newer Beacon App version and replaces the legacy articles:
Multi-Edit Weld Settings article, which covered welding only.
Multi-Edit Cut Settings article, which covered welding only.