Example: Add a user attribute to a profile and use it in a rule

Tekla Structures
2019
Tekla Structures

Example: Add a user attribute to a profile and use it in a rule

You can add your own attributes and their values to profiles. The user attributes can then be used, for example, in profile filtering.

In this example, you will add a user attribute for I profiles’ rule.

  1. On the File menu, click Catalogs > Profile catalog to open the Modify Profile Catalog dialog box.
  2. On the User attributes tab, click Definitions.

    The Modify Profile Properties dialog box appears.

  3. Click Add to add a new row.
  4. Select the row that was created and modify the properties as follows:
    • Set Profile type to I profiles.

    • Set Quantity type to String.

    • Set Property name to HISTORICAL_PROFILE.

    • Set Symbol to Hist.

    • Set Label to Historical profile.

  5. Click Update and OK.
  6. In the profile tree, select I profiles and then HEA.
  7. Right-click and select Add Next Level Rule.
  8. In the Profile manager rules dialog box, set the rule properties as follows:
    • Set Rule name to Historical profiles.

    • In Profile type , clear the All profiles check box and select the I profiles check box.

    • Enter HEA* in the Name filter string box.

    • Set User attribute to HISTORICAL_PROFILE and Equals , and enter Yes in the box next to the two other boxes.

  9. Click OK.

    Historical profiles appears in the profile tree.

  10. Select the required historical profile, for example HEA120 , in the profile tree.
  11. Go to the User attributes tab and set Value of Historical profile to Yes.

  12. Click Update.
  13. Repeat the steps 10 and 11 for any other required profiles.
  14. Click OK to close the Modify Profile Catalog dialog box.
  15. Click OK in the Save confirmation dialog box to save the changes.

Next time you open the profile catalog, the profiles appear under Historical profiles in the profile tree.

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