The standard properties are displayed in the property pane of different model objects, such as beams, columns or plates, or in the dialog boxes of, for example, drawing objects.

How to take standard files into use

• In the property pane: the properties are loaded when you select the standard option in the upper part of the property pane. The properties are in use immediately.

  If the values that you loaded are different from the previous values, the property pane highlights the modified properties.

  

• In dialog boxes: the properties are loaded when you select the standard option in the list next to the Load button, and click the Load button.

  

Standard files are named standard.* where the symbol * is the file name extension. For example, standard.clm file is used for steel column properties. The user-defined attributes are saved with the standard files as *.morefiles. For example, standard.clm.more file is used for steel column user-defined attributes.

Tekla Structures reads the default standard files from the environment's system folder.

Save a set of standard files

If needed, you can save a set of standard files in the current model's \attributes folder.

You can then copy the standard files to the project folder or the firm folder for future use, to set up Tekla Structures to suit the way you work.

1. To save a set of standard files, go to Quick Launch.
2. Start typing save defaults.
3. Select the Save defaults command from the list.

   Tekla Structures saves the following list of standard and *.more files in the ..\TeklaStructuresModels\<model_name>\attributes folder:

   File	Property
   standard.bpl standard.bpl.more	Bent plate properties
   standard.clm standard.clm.more	Steel column properties
   standard.cpl standard.cpl.more	Contour plate properties
   standard.crs standard.crs.more	Orthogonal beam properties
   standard.dia standard.dia.more	Twin profile properties
   standard.fms standard.fms.more	Plotting frames
   standard.fpl standard.fpl.more	Folded plate properties
   standard.ipc standard.ipc.more	Concrete item properties
   standard.ips standard.ips.more	Item properties
   standard.ler standard.ler.more	Layer properties
   standard.mvi standard.mvi.more	Model view properties
   standard.num standard.num.more	Numbering setup
   standard.prf standard.prf.more	Project properties
   standard.prt standard.prt.more	Steel beam properties
   standard.scr standard.scr.more	Bolt properties
   standard.wld standard.wld.more	Weld properties

4. If you want to load the default property settings from the standard files that are saved in the attributes folder, go to Quick Launch and use the Load defaults command.

Create user-defined standard files

You can also create your own standard files. Tekla Structures saves the user-defined standard files in current model’s \attributes folder.

1. To save a user-defined standard file, open the property pane or a dialog box whose properties you want to save as a standard file.
2. Modify or enter the properties.
3. Save the properties.
   • In the property pane: enter standard as the name , and click .
   • In a dialog box: in the box next to the Save as button, enter standard as the name , and click Save as.

   Tekla Structures saves the standard file and the related *.more file in the current model’s \attributes folder. If a standard file with the same file name extension exists in the in the \attributes folder, Tekla Structures overwrites the previous file.

4. When you want to load the standard file, select it from the list of the property files in the property pane or in a dialog box.

   Alternatively, to load the default property settings from the standard files that are saved in the attributes folder, go to Quick Launch and use the Load defaults command.