Organize the rebar catalog view

You an organize the rebar catalog view to suit your needs and ways of working.

In the Rebar catalog dialog, you can change how the rebar definitions are grouped, show or hide certain property columns, or change the order of the property columns. You can also filter definitions and mark them with stars and tags.

In the Select rebar dialog, you can change how the rebar definitions are grouped, show or hide certain property columns, or change the order of the property columns. You can also filter definitions and mark them with stars.

The Select rebar dialog opens when you click the ... button next to the Size box in a reinforcement object's properties, or in a component dialog to select a rebar definition.

The status bar at the bottom of the Rebar catalog and Select rebar dialogs shows useful information, such as:

The number of definitions in the selected group.
The property by which the definitions are grouped.
The property by which the definitions are sorted.

The arrow symbol indicates if the sort order is ascending or descending .

In the Rebar catalog dialog, the status bar also shows the number of the selected definitions.

The changes that you make to the dialog layout are automatically saved to the rebar_catalog.settings.UI file in the ..\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Trimble\Tekla Structures\<version>\Catalogs\ folder. Tekla Structures uses the saved layout next time that you open the dialog.

Show or hide the catalog ribbon

You can show or hide the catalog ribbon in catalog dialogs and selection dialogs.

You can show or hide the catalog ribbon in the following dialogs:

Rebar catalog
Select rebar
Shape catalog
Select shape

By default, the ribbon is shown in catalog dialogs, but hidden in selection dialogs.

To show the ribbon, click the down arrow at the right side of the (Home) ribbon title bar.
To hide the ribbon, click the up arrow at the right side of the (Home) ribbon title bar.

Change the grouping of rebar definitions

You can select the property by which the rebar definitions are grouped in the rebar catalog. By default, the rebar definitions are grouped by grade.

You can also group the definitions by a property for which the property column is not visible.

The properties that are available might vary in the Rebar catalog and Select rebar dialogs.

Open the Rebar catalog dialog or the Select rebar dialog.
- On the File menu, click Catalogs > Rebar catalog to open the Rebar catalog dialog.
- To open the Select rebar dialog, click the Size box in a reinforcement object's properties, or in a component dialog box.
Click Group by, and then select the property by which you want to group the rebar definitions.

For example, you can select Size or Cross section area.

Work with property columns in the catalog view

You can organize the catalog view by showing and hiding the property columns, and by changing the order, sort order, and width of the columns.

You can organize the columns in the catalog view in the following dialogs:

Rebar catalog
Select rebar
Shape catalog
Select shape

Note:

The Star column is always visible and you cannot hide it.


To	Do this
Show or hide a property column	Click Show columns to open a list of the available property columns. A check mark in front of a column name indicates that the column is visible. To show a column, click the column name to add a check mark in front of the column name. To hide a column, click the column name to remove the check mark.
Change the order of the property columns	Drag a column header to a new location.
Change the sort order of a property column	Click the column header. The arrow symbol next to the column header indicates if the sort order is ascending or descending . To sort values by two properties and in two columns: Sort by one column. Hold down Shift and then sort by the other column.
Resize a property column	Drag the edge between this and the following column header. For example: You can also click Fit columns to adjust the widths of the visible columns so that the longest value in each column (or the column header in the shape catalog) is shown. This does not affect the widths of the columns you have manually resized.

Filter rebar definitions

Filtering rebar definitions helps to narrow down the number of rebar definitions shown in the rebar catalog view.

You can filter rebar definitions in both the Rebar catalog dialog and the Select rebar dialog. You can use filtering together with other methods, such as sorting.

Open the Rebar catalog dialog or the Select rebar dialog.
- On the File menu, click Catalogs > Rebar catalog to open the Rebar catalog dialog.
- To open the Select rebar dialog, click the Size box in a reinforcement object's properties, or in a component dialog box.
In the Filter box, enter the search term or filtering criteria.

For example, to find rebar definitions that are suitable for stirrups and ties, enter tie.

Tekla Structures shows the groups that contain matching definitions.
Select a group.

Tekla Structures shows the matching definitions in the group, for example, the definitions that have Usage set to tie/stirrup.

Add rebar definitions to the Starred group

You can add stars to important or preferred rebar definitions, so that you can easily find these definitions later. Rebar definitions to which you add stars appear in the Starred group in the shape catalog.

Starring is user-specific, so it is only visible to you. The starring settings are stored in the current model folder in the rebar_catalog.settings.user.<username> file, where the <username> suffix is your username.

If you have starred definitions, the Rebar catalog dialog opens with the Starred group selected.

Open the Rebar catalog dialog or the Select rebar dialog.
- On the File menu, click Catalogs > Rebar catalog to open the Rebar catalog dialog.
- To open the Select rebar dialog, click the Size box in a reinforcement object's properties, or in a component dialog box.
Browse or search for the definitions to which you want to add stars.
In the definition list, click the white star symbol in the Star column for each definition that you want to add to the Starred group.

By default, the Star column is the first column and the star symbol is at the beginning of each definition row.

The star symbol turns yellow and the definition is added to the Starred group.

To remove a definition from the Starred group, click the yellow star symbol on the definition row. The star symbol turns white again.

Add tags to rebar definitions

In the Rebar catalog dialog, you can add tags to rebar definition to add keywords or other metadata the definitions.

For example, you could use tags like Stainless and Acid proof.

Tags are model-specific and saved to the rebar_catalog.settings file in the current model folder.

On the File menu, click Catalogs > Rebar catalog to open the Rebar catalog dialog.
Select the definitions that you want to tag.
Enter the tag in the Tags box at the bottom-right corner of the Rebar catalog dialog, and then press Enter.

To add several tags to a definition, enter the next tag in the next tag box and press Enter.

Each group of tagged definitions appears with the symbol in the list of groups, after the Starred group:
Click Save to save the changes to the rebar catalog.

Remove tags from rebar definitions or delete tags

You can remove tags from rebar definitions or delete tags when they are no longer needed.

On the File menu, click Catalogs > Rebar catalog to open the Rebar catalog dialog.
Remove or delete tags.
- To remove a tag from a definition, select the definition and click the X symbol after the tag name in the Tags section in the property area.
- To delete a tag completely, select the tagged group, select all the definitions in the group, and then click the X symbol after the tag name in the Tags section in the property area.
Click Save to save the changes to the rebar catalog.