Find out why parts numbered differently
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Find out why parts numbered differently
This article will go over a few different tools to determine why a part numbered differently.
The Tools
There are external and internal tools you can use to compare parts to find out their differences. The first tool is built in to Tekla and can be accessed by selecting two parts in the model and right clicking on one of them. There you will find an option called Compare and from there you have an option to choose to compare the parts or the assemblies. The second tool we can use is found on the warehouse and is called Compare Objects, this is going to give you a much more in depth explanation as to the differences vs the internal tool.
Internal Compare
Using the Internal Compare tool you can select two objects then right click and compare the assembly or parts:Image
Using this tool you will get the output in the bottom left hand corner of your Tekla dialog. These are the messages you will see:
When parts are different
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When assemblies are different
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When they are equal
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Compare Objects Extension
The Compare Objects extension is much more in depth and can compare parts or assemblies. You can download the tool from our warehouse.You can activate the tool in Version 21.0 and prior by going to Tools > Macros, in Version 21.1 and forward you will open the Applications and Components dialog and search for it there. Using this tool requires you to either use Select Objects in Components or Select Assemblies depending on what you want to compare. If you want to compare parts you will select the two parts using Select Objects In Compoennts, if you want to compare assemblies you select two assemblies with the Select Assemblies snap turned on. There are example below.
In this example I am comparing to Columns (parts), when I select them I simply click Compare. From the list i can see there are no differences because nothing is in Red:
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Here we are comparing two column assemblies, from the image below we can see that the plate profile is what is different between the two. There are quite a few differences here but the tool makes it alot easier to compare the two.
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