Distribute customized property pane layouts by using a project, firm, or environment folder
Administrators can distribute the customized property pane layouts to other users in the company by placing the PropertyTemplates.xml property pane layout file in the PropertyRepository\Templates folder in a project, firm, or environment folder.
For example, you can create company property pane layouts and save them in the firm folder. These property panes are available in the Tekla Structures user interface for all users who use the same firm folder.
Add a property pane layout file in a project, firm, or environment folder
Search order of customized property pane layout files
The PropertyTemplates.xml file contains all the property pane layouts for different object types. The property pane layouts for different object types are treated separately. For example, Tekla Structures can read the property pane layout for steel beam from a different location than the property pane layout for steel column.
If different object types are defined in different folder locations, the definitions are combined. If the same object type is defined differently in different folder locations, the definition that is higher in the search order is used.
The property pane layout in the ..\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Trimble\Tekla Structures\<version>\UI\PropertyTemplates\ folder has the highest priority, and after that Tekla Structures uses the default search order.