User-defined attribute settings

Tekla Structural Designer
2019
Tekla Structural Designer

User-defined attribute settings

The User Defined Attributes page allows you to control the attributes that are available:

You can add new attribute definitions, delete them, set a type for each attribute, and adjust the acceptable values.

Button, command, or option Description

Name

Displays and allows you to modify the name of the attribute that will be displayed in the UDA section of the Properties window.

Type list

Allows you to specify a type for the option. The options are text, number, and file.

Source list

Allows you to restrict the allowable input of the attribute, if necessary. The two options are:
  • Custom Value : Does not restrict the allowable input.
  • Value List : Restricts the allowable input for an attribute to a pre-set list.

Values

Allows you to specify the allowable attribute values when the source is set to Value List.

Add

Creates a blank row that allows you to define a new attribute.

Delete

Deletes the currently selected attribute from the table.

Move Up

Move the currently selected attributes up or down in the table and in the Properties window.

Move Down

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