1. On the contextual toolbar, click.
2. Select and clear check boxes to define which toolbar elements you wish to show or hide.

   The Preview area shows what the toolbar will look like. For example:

   

3. To modify the toolbar elements:
   1. Click the toolbar element.

      If the element can be modified, the following box appears:

      

   2. Use the slider to adjust the width of the toolbar element.
   3. To add an additional title, click the text box and enter a title.
   4. To add an icon, clickand select an icon from the list.
   5. To remove the icon or title, click.
4. To add macros and user-defined attributes:
   1. Select the desired macro or user-defined attribute from the list.
   2. Click Add.

      Tekla Structures adds the macro or user-defined attribute to the list of toolbar elements and to the Preview image. For example:

      

   3. To hide the macro or user-defined attribute, clear the corresponding check box as described in step 2.
5. Click OK to save the changes.

You can create multiple profiles for contextual toolbars. Each profile contains the same contextual toolbars, but with different settings.

1. On the contextual toolbar, click.
2. Click Set profiles.
3. Select New profile from the list.
4. Enter a name for the profile.
5. Click Save.
6. Customize the contextual toolbar.

   For example, remove some elements from the contextual toolbar.

7. Click OK to save the changes.

   The user profile is now active with the settings you defined.

8. To switch to another profile:
   1. Click Set profiles.
   2. Select another profile from the list.
   3. Modify the settings.
   4. Click OK.

      This user profile is now active.

We advice you to save a backup copy of your customized contextual toolbars. You can use the backup file to copy settings to another computer or to share the customizations with your co-workers.

1. Save the contextual toolbar under a user profile, with a name that you can easily recognize. For example, MyContextualToolbar.
2. Go to the ..\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Trimble\TeklaStructures\<version>\ContextualToolbar\Profiles folder.
3. Make a copy of your customized contextual toolbar and save it in the corresponding folder on another computer.
4. To open a customized contextual toolbar on another computer:
   1. On the contextual toolbar, click.
   2. Click Set profiles.
   3. Select the correct profile from the list. For example, MyContextualToolbar , if that is the name you used in step 1.
   4. Click OK. The customizations are now active.