Carbon factors - review and override

Tekla Structural Designer
Modified: 21 Mar 2025
2026
Tekla Structural Designer

Carbon factors - review and override

Graphically review and override the applied carbon factors from a Review View using the Embodied Carbon command and the Carbon factors attribute.

Review carbon factors

  1. Open a view and switch the view regime to Review View.
  2. On the Review ribbon, click Embodied Carbon.
  3. Go to the Properties window.
  4. In the Attribute list, select Carbon factors.
  5. Set Mode to Review.
  6. Set the Carbon source category to be reviewed
    Note: Any entity in the model can have multiple carbon sources that relate to it.

Set override

Note: In general, rather than applying a carbon factor override you should consider adding it instead to the list of embodied carbon factors that can be applied.
  1. Open a view and switch the view regime to Review View.
  2. On the Review ribbon, click Show/Alter State.
  3. Go to the Properties window.
  4. In the Attribute list, select Carbon factors.
  5. Set Mode to Set override.
  6. Set the Carbon source category to be overridden.
  7. Enter the required Carbon factor.
  8. In the model, click the entities to which the override applies.
  9. Continue applying overrides or press Esc to finish.

Remove override

  1. Open a view and switch the view regime to Review View.
  2. On the Review ribbon, click Show/Alter State.
  3. Go to the Properties window.
  4. In the Attribute list, select Carbon factors.
  5. Set Mode to Remove override.
  6. Set the Carbon source category override to be removed.
  7. In the model, click the entities from which the override is to be removed.
  8. Continue removing overrides or press Esc to finish.
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