You can create property categories to add properties to model objects. You can use existing user-defined attributes (UDAs) in the categories and add values to them, or you can create UDAs as custom properties in Organizer and use these in the property categories.

1. To open Organizer, click Manage on the ribbon and then click Organizer.
2. In Categories, select a property category at the root category level, right-click and select Properties.

   

3. Add content to the category. Properties are added to the objects that are in the category.

   You can do the following:

   1. Add the category content manually by selecting objects in the model and inserting them to the category, or by defining rules that automatically insert objects to the category.
   2. Add subcategories to the category. Subcategories can be added manually or automatically based on a property. The property values are written to objects from lowest level categories.
   3. Select the Do not delete empty automated subcategories checkbox to keep all subcategories at synchronization. If you do not select the checkbox and change the model so that some, or all of the subcategories do not contain any objects, the empty subcategories are deleted when you synchronize the root category or the whole Organizer.
   4. Select the Include the highest assembly level in the model option if you want to ensure that only highest level assembly objects are inserted to the category.
      Organizer shows either cast-in-place cast units or pour units at the highest cast-in-place hierachy level, depending on whether you have selected the Pour units enabled setting in Organizer Settings > Synchronization. To use the Pour units enabled setting, set the XS_ENABLE_POUR_MANAGEMENT advanced option to TRUE.
4. Under Object properties, select a custom property or an existing UDA. You can add more than one property.
5. Define the property settings:

   

   1. Select the value type from the Type list and define the value in the Value box.

      The type determines what kind of values you can use.

      Type of UDA	Type	Value
      String	Text	Enter text or a number.
      	Category name	Organizer adds the name of the category to the Value box automatically.
      	Combined category names	Organizer adds the names of the categories to the Value box automatically.
      Integer	Number without decimals	Enter a number.
      Double	Number with decimals	Enter a number with decimals.
      	Formula	Select a formula from the Value list. Formulas are defined in Organizer Settings.
      Date	Date	Enter a date or select it from the calendar.

   2. Select a unit for the value from the Unit list.

      Only the possible unit options are available for the property:

      • The units of the properties are defined in contentattributes_userdefined.lst or object.inp files.
      • The units of custom properties that are created in Organizer are defined when creating the property.
   3. Modify the properties in the subcategories if you want the subcategories to have different property values for the same property.
      • If you want a property to use the property value defined on the higher property category level, select the Inherit value checkbox after the property name.
      • If you have selected the Inherit value checkbox but select a type in the Type box or enter a value in the Value box, the Inherit value checkbox is cleared automatically.

      Note:

      The property values are written to the objects from the lowest level subcategories.

      When you write the custom properties you have created in Organizer to the model, you can use these properties as any other UDAs in the model.

      When the properties are written to the model, you can use them in visualization and IFC export, for example. You can also view the properties in object dialogs and share them with Tekla Model Sharing.

6. Clear the Update category at synchronization checkbox if you do not want to update the category when you synchronize the whole Organizer with the model.
7. Click Modify.

   Organizer creates an Uncategorized category for the objects that are not included to the lowest level categories yet. If the same objects would belong to more than one subcategory based on the category rules, Organizer creates a Clashing category for these objects. You need to modify the category rules to empty the Clashing category.

8. Click to synchronize Organizer, or select any category in the property category tree, right-click and select Synchronize category.

   Properties and their values are written to the model objects when Organizer or the category is synchronized. Uncategorized and Clashing categories do not modify the existing UDA values.

   You can inquire the properties written to the model and report them as any other properties.