Tekla Structures has five types of profile catalog items: fixed profiles, hard-coded parametric profiles, sketched profiles, user-defined parametric profiles, and rule sets. Profiles and rule sets are imported to Tekla Structures models as .lis files, sketched profiles as .uel files, and user-defined parametric profiles as .clb files.

1. Open the model to which you want to import profile catalog items.
2. On the File menu, click Catalogs > Profile catalog to open the Modify Profile Catalog dialog box.
   
3. Click Import to import a single file, or Import Directory to import the contents of a file folder.
4. Select the import file or the import folder.
5. Click OK. Tekla Structures checks if there are duplicates in the profile names in the import file compared to the profile catalog.
   1. If the Review import items dialog box appears, there are duplicate profile names and you must select each duplicate and assign the action you want to perform with the following buttons:

      • Leave : The existing profile item is not replaced and the profile definitions in the import file are ignored.

      • Merge : Profile properties that are different in the import file are added to the existing profile. All the other properties remain unchanged.

        Use this option to import only certain elements of the profile catalog, such as user attributes.

      • Replace : The existing profile item is replaced with the imported profile item.

      • If you leave Unknown as the action for a profile item, it is not imported.

      You can select more than one profile item at a time by using the Shift and Ctrl keys and assign the same action to the entire selection.

      Note:

      Each cross section definition has a unique name and ID number. If during an import, a cross section with the same name but different properties is found in the existing profile catalog, the cross section being imported is renamed by adding an incremental number at the end of the existing name.

   2. After you have selected the actions, click Continue to perform them.
6. Click OK to close the Modify Profile Catalog dialog box.
7. Click OK in the Save confirmation dialog box to save the changes.