Synchronize Organizer with the model

You can synchronize Organizer with the model to ensure that the categories are up to date and that Object Browser shows the latest object property values from the model. You can also synchronize individual categories or reload the Object Browser view.

Synchronization adds location information to model object properties. You can use the location information when creating reports and inquiries.

Synchronize Organizer

Synchronizing Organizer updates all properties of the changed objects in the Organizer database. You do not need to reload Object Browser if you change the selection in the model, or select another category or property template. When you have synchronized Organizer, the object properties are up to date until you make changes in the model.

Organizer is synchronized:

When you click Synchronize with the model..
When you open Organizer and select to synchronize it.

To make synchronization faster, set the XS_COLLECT_MODEL_HISTORY advanced option to TRUE. If XS_COLLECT_MODEL_HISTORY is set to FALSE, at synchronization all objects are loaded to check what has been deleted in the model.

When you synchronize Organizer, the Tekla Structures action history that is used in undoing the last action is deleted. This means that you cannot use the Undo (Ctrl + Z) command immediately after you have synchronized. Otherwise, Undo works normally.

Note that the Undo history list is cleared when you synchronize Organizer. The Undo history list shows all the commands that you have run and the modifications that you have made in the model. Saving the model also clears the list.

You can define in Organizer Settings that Organizer is always synchronized when you open it. Go to the Synchronization tab and select the Always synchronize Organizer with the model when opening checkbox.

When you open Organizer and select the Do not show this dialog again. checkbox in the Synchronize dialog, Organizer does not show the Synchronize dialog anymore in any model where you use Organizer. To get the Synchronize dialog back, browse to the \users\<user>\AppData\Local\Trimble folder and delete all the files starting with ObjectBrowser. Note that deleting these files deletes the default Organizer unit settings. Check the unit settings in Organizer Settings.

Update the whole Organizer database

You can update the whole Organizer database so that the properties you have viewed in Object Browser, or that are used in categories, are updated to all model objects in the Organizer database.

The Organizer database is updated:

When you press Ctrl + Synchronize with the model.
When you open a model that was saved with an older Tekla Structures version and click Synchronize with the model.
When you select or clear the Pour units enabled setting on the Synchronization tab in Organizer Settings, and then close the Settings dialog. The Pour units enabled setting controls whether Organizer uses pour units or cast-in-place cast units as the highest cast-in-place hierarchy in the categories. To use the Pour units enabled setting, set the XS_ENABLE_POUR_MANAGEMENT advanced option to TRUE.
When you change any model-specific advanced option and the next time click Synchronize with the model.
When you save the model with Save as and the next time click Synchronize with the model.
When you change the material catalog and the next time click Synchronize with the model.

Reload Object Browser

Click the reload button in Object Browser when you want to view the latest property values from the model. Once you have viewed a property of any object in Organizer, the property will be updated in the Organizer database at synchronization.

If you make changes in the model while viewing the objects, reload Object Browser.

Note:

When you select objects in the model or in the categories, Object Browser shows the properties that are already in the Organizer database, and loads the new values from the model to the properties that are not yet in the Organizer database.

You have to Reload the view in Object Browser to update the view with the new values.

Synchronize a category

Organizer is partially synchronized:

When you select a category, right-click and select Synchronize category.
To view the synchronization date and time, right-click the category again.
When you synchronize categories at export.

Partial synchronization:

Synchronizes the whole project when you synchronize any location category, such as a Floor.
Synchronizes the categories that are used in the category rules of other categories when you synchronize these other categories.
Synchronizes the whole category tree created by automated subcategory rules when you synchronize one subcategory in the tree.
Synchronizes the whole category tree when you synchronize a manually created subcategory in a property category tree.

Note:

Partial synchronization does not update the properties shown in Object Browser. You need to reload Object Browser to show the updated category content.

Exclude a category from synchronization

Select a category, right-click and select Properties.
Clear the Update category at synchronization checkbox.

The objects that are deleted from the model are removed from the category even if the Update category at synchronization option is not selected.