Manage groups in the Project Workspace

The Groups tree organizes the members in your model into design groups. It also allows you to manage design groups according to your needs.

If you have defined concrete members, they are also organized into further groups for detailing purposes. The application of grouping is most useful when handling concrete structures.

User defined attributes (UDAs) are also listed, allowing you to see which members have been assigned specific UDAs.

Note: You can right-click on a group name (or UDA) in order to select all members in the group, (or with that UDA), simultaneously in the visible views.

Regroup a specific member type

In the Groups tree, right-click the member type you want to re-group.
In the context menu, select Regroup Members.

The selected member type is regrouped.

Re-group all member types

Warning:

Re-grouping all member types undoes any manual grouping you may have done.

Click the

Re-group ALL Model Members button on the top left corner of the Groups tree.

Add group

In the Groups tree, select the appropriate branch within which you want to manually create a new group.
In the context menu, select Add Group.

A new group empty group is created.

Set as default group

When a new empty group is set as default, if you create a new member it will be placed in that group in preference to another empty group.

In the Groups tree, select an empty group.
In the context menu, select Set As Default Group.

An asterix is placed next to the group name to indicate that it is the default group for new members.

Split a member group into smaller groups

In the Groups tree, right-click the name of the group that you want to split.
In the context menu, select Split Group.

All members of the group are ungrouped and placed into individual groups.

Move members from one group to another

In the Groups tree, open the group that contains the member(s) to be moved.
Click the first member name to select it, then if you want to add further members to the selection, hold down Ctrl while clicking on their names.
Drag the selection over the group name where you want to move it.

Provided that the selection meets the geometric criteria to belong to the group, a small rectangle will be displayed alongside the cursor.

Note: You must drag over the group name as shown above, rather than over the group content for the rectangle to appear.
Release the mouse button.

Tip: You can also change the group to which members belong by selecting them and then updating the group name in the Properties window.

Rename a member group

In the Groups tree, right-click the group that you want to rename.
In the context menu, select Rename Group.
Type the new name of the group and press Enter.

Modify the group name defaults for future projects

On the Home ribbon, click Settings.

The Settings dialog box opens.
Go to Settings Sets, and select the settings set that you want to edit.
Go to the Grouping page.
Review and modify the default group names according to your needs.
To save the changes, click OK.

Check a member group

In the Groups tree, right-click the member type you want to check.
In the context menu, select Check Group.

The selected member group is checked.

Check a member group using Tekla Tedds

In the Groups tree, right-click the member type you want to check.
In the context menu, select Check Group.

The selected member group is checked using Tekla Tedds.

Design a member group

In the Groups tree, right-click the member type you want to check.
In the context menu, select Design Group.

The selected member group is designed.

Remove a member group

In the Groups tree, right-click the name of the group you want to remove.
In the context menu, select Remove Group.

All members are ungrouped and placed into individual groups.