Administrator's release notes: Improved naming conventions and properties for objects imported from Tekla Structural Designer

Tekla Structures
2023
Tekla Structures

Administrator's release notes: Improved naming conventions and properties for objects imported from Tekla Structural Designer

You can now use a mapping file to define how object properties are mapped when you import objects from Tekla Structural Designer into Tekla Structures. You can also use the mapping file to translate the names of objects imported from Tekla Structural Designer from English into your local language.

You can use the mapping file to define how these properties are mapped when you import objects from Tekla Structural Designer:

  • Name

  • Part Number Prefix

  • Part Number Start Number

  • Assembly Number Prefix

  • Assembly Number Start Number

  • Part Group

These properties are only set for newly created objects. When previously created objects are updated, existing properties are not updated.

Create a mapping file for imports from Tekla Structural Designer

Using this improvement is optional, but if you import objects from Tekla Structural Designer, consider creating a mapping file to improve the import process.

  1. Copy the example TSDPropertyFileMapping.cnv from the ..\environments\common\system folder to your environment.
  2. Open the TSDPropertyFileMapping.cnv in a standard text editor.
  3. Customize the mapping file for your environment.

    Enter each mapping in this format:

    TSD_Type, Material_Type, Fabrication = Property_File in Tekla Structures

    Example of a customized TSDPropertyFileMapping.cnv file:

    ! Structural Designer Property File Mapping. TSD -> Tekla Structures !
    ! TSD_Type, Material_Type, Fabrication = Property_File in Tekla Structures
    # Concrete members 
    GENERAL_COLUMN, 3, 0 = Precast.ccl 
    GENERAL_COLUMN, 3, 1 = standard.ccl 
    GENERAL_BEAM, 3, 0 = Precast.cbm 
    GENERAl_BEAM, 3, 1 = beam.cbm 
    GROUNDBEAM, 3, 1 = Groundbeam.cbm 
    PILE, 3, = pile.ccl
    # Steel members
    GENERAL_COLUMN, 1, = Steel_Column.clm 
    GENERAL_BEAM, 1, = Steel_Beam.prt 
    BRACE, 1 = Steel_Brace.prt
    # Slabs
    RC_SLAB, 3, 1 = standard.csl
    # Footings
    STRIP_BASE, 3, = standard.csf 
    PADBASE, 3, = standard.cpf 
    PILE_CAP, 3, = Pile Cap.cpf
    # Walls
    MESHED, 3, 0 = Wall.cpn 
    MESHED, 3, 1 = Wall.cpn 
    BEARING_WALL, 3, 0 = standard.cpn
  4. Save the file.
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