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Import UDA attributes and have empty value overriding existing value

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Question: 

I have User Defined Attributes that contain values and I want to import a file that can have the corresponding UDA column empty. I want to replace the existing values in model by empty values if the column in the imported file is empty. How can I do this? When I've tried to do this Tekla Structures keeps the existing values in empty comlumns and doesn't replace them.

Answer: 

You can use the advanced option XS_ERASE_UDA_VALUE_WITH_ATTRIBUTE_IMPORT_NULL_AND_BLANK = TRUE
Set this option in the ini files, and you'll be able to use value NULL.

For more information see the Advanced Option XS_ERASE_UDA_VALUE_WITH_ATTRIBUTE_IMPORT_NULL_AND_BLANK

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