Part Settings

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Goal and description
Configuration
Installation Part Settings
Using Part Settings
Changing the settings file

Last update: 04/28/2022

Goal and description

This application allows you to run a command for element creation in a Tekla Structures model view (Steel column, Contour plate, Concrete beam…). A pre-saved setting is automatically loaded in the dialogue box according to the type of object.

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Configuration

Tekla Structures 2020 and above
.NET Framework version: 4.5.1
Environments: All

Installation Part Settings

To install the application:

If Tekla Structures is not started:
    Download the appropriate TSEP (Tekla Structures Extension Package) file from Tekla Warehouse
    Double-click on the .tsep file.
    In Tekla Structures Extension Manager, select the versions of Tekla Structures for which you want to install the application.
    Click on "Import".
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    Copy the .tsep file under .\TeklaStructures\[version]\Extensions\To be installed

    Start Tekla Structures.

If Tekla Structures is started:
    Download the appropriate TSEP (Tekla Structures Extension Package) file from Tekla Warehouse.
    Click on the button menu in the Application & Components side panel and select Extension Manager.
    Click on Import.
    Select the .tsep file and click Open.
    Restart Tekla Structures to complete the installation.

Using Part Settings

You will find the extension in the form of one macro in Ungrouped elements in Applications & components.

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- Select the different levels of definition for the element to be created

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- Click on the 'Call function' button available when all levels have been selected.

- The creation command (Steel column, Contour plate, Concrete beam...) is displayed on the right side panel and the parameters are loaded in the dialog box.

- Create the element in the model view

The object definition levels and the choice of files to be loaded are managed in a Excel format configuration file.

Changing the settings file

By default, the application uses the configuration file Environments\common\Extensions\PartSettings\Trimble_PartSettings.xlsx

This file can be copied to another folder (Model folder, XS_FIRM,...) and renamed. Use the 'Load configuration' button in the dialog box to load the file.

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If necessary, you can:

- Select the English language at the top of the table (translation of the drop-down list of functions)

- Insert new rows and/or columns (new rows must be copied from an existing row to get the drop-down list of functions). The columns on the right of the table are for information only. They are not taken into account in the dialog box

- Merge cells when necessary (if several possibilities for the next level)

- Keep empty cells for a better distribution of the columns (in this case, the level will not be displayed in the dialogue box)

- Give a title to the column (this title will be displayed in the dialogue box)

For each line, you must then choose the function from the drop-down list (Steel column, Contour plate, Concrete beam,...) and type in the name of the parameter file that you have defined for the creation of the element.

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Note: For an optimal performance of the application, do not merge the cells of the column 'File name' but copy the content of the cell.

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