1. In the Ribbon editor , create the modeling and drawing ribbons that you want to share.

   The ribbons are saved in the ..\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Trimble\Tekla Structures\<version>\UI\Ribbons folder.

   If you cannot find the folder, ensure that you are able to view the hidden files and folders on your computer.

2. Copy the entire \Ribbons folder either to your company's firm folder or to the system folder.
3. If the ribbon contains user-defined commands, create a subfolder named \Commands on the same level as the \Ribbons folder, and copy the UserDefined.xml file from the ..\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Trimble\Tekla Structures\<version>\UI\Commands folder to the \Commands folder you just created.
4. Restart Tekla Structures.

Tekla Structures loads the ribbons in the following order:

1. Tekla Structures default ribbon
2. Company ribbons in the environment folders
3. Company ribbons in the firm folder
4. User-defined ribbons under %localappdata%

Note that the ribbons which are loaded later will override previously loaded ribbons that have the same configuration + editing mode combination. For example, a ribbon defined in the firm folder will take precedence over the ribbons in the environment folders.

If you have a customized ribbon in the ..\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Trimble\Tekla Structures\<version>\UI\Ribbons folder, it will take precedence over company ribbons. To override this, open the Ribbon editor and click Restore. The ribbon in the environment or firm folder will now be used. Alternatively, you can remove or rename your own customized ribbons.

The customization tool saves the custom ribbons as .xml files. The naming convention for these files is:

<Tekla-Structures-configuration_identifier>--<Tekla-Structures-editing-mode>.xml

The name consists of an internal configuration name, a separator of two dash characters (--), an internal editing mode name, and the file name extension .xml. For example, the Full license modeling ribbon is called albl_up_Full--main_menu.xml.