Tekla PowerFab object representation when importing to Tekla Structures

Not version-specific

Tekla PowerFab Tekla PowerFab GO

Set up Object Representation in Tekla Structures to view Tekla PowerFab Production Status imported with the Tekla PowerFab Plugin.

1. In Tekla PowerFab, open your Station and Route Setup . . . Maintenance > Production Control > Station and Route Setup:

2. Note the names of your stations:

3. In Tekla Structures, under View select Representation to open the Object Representation window:

4. In the Object Representation window select the Color by Shop Status (Steel) option in the pull-down and click Load:

5. Map the Object Groups to the Stations in Tekla PowerFab. Then delete the Color by Shop Status (Steel) - In Assembly:

a. Select the Color by Shop Status (Steel)-Cut row; click on the Object group button in the lower left corner:

b. Change the Property to "Assembly Instance Status:" and the Value to match your first Tekla PowerFab Station name, in this case Cut/Saw:

c. In the input filed next to Save As change the name to match the Tekla PowerFab station name. Leave out any special characters (like the "/" slash in this example). Click "Save as" to commit the changes before closing the window.

6. While on the row you just modified, click "Add row" for as many stations as you have in your Tekla PowerFab setup that you want to see in the model:

7. Click on the row below the first enw Object Group, in this case the second Shop_Status(Steel)-CutSaw. Then click the "Object group..." button in the lower left corner. Change the value to match the station in the route - in this example, Layout/Weld. Change the name of the row next to "Save as", minus any special characters, LayoutWeld for the example. Click "Save as" and then Save to commit the changes. Then change the color to what you want the model to reflect. Repeat these steps for each row you added.

8. After you have changed the Object groups to match the stations in Tekla PowerFab, change the name of the Object Representation next to "Save as" to "Color by Shop Status (Steel) Tekla PowerFab. Click "Save as".

9. IMPORTANT: to use this Object Representation in another model you must copy/paste the file from this projects "attributes" folder to the same folder in the new project.