Example: Organizer for precast

Tekla Structures
2019
Tekla Structures

Example: Organizer for precast

You can use Organizer to view the properties of model objects, for example, based on custom and standard property types.

  1. To open Organizer , click Manage on the ribbon and then click Organizer.
  2. Create delivery lot categories DeliveryLot_1…n.
  3. Add sequences to the objects in cast units using Task manager or the Sequencer tool.

    For example, if you use the Sequencer tool, enter a sequence name as the sequence property. The sequence could be the installation sequence. You can check that the property exists by using the Inquire object command.

  4. Clickin the upper-right corner of Organizer to open the Settings.
  5. Create a new property template for cast units.
  6. Create a custom property for the sequence property:
    1. Set the Data type to Number without decimals.
    2. Set the Property type to UDA.

    You can use the Inquire object command to find the sequence property. Copy the property to the Create Property dialog box in Organizer.

  7. Add the custom property as a new property column to the new property template.
  8. Set the sorting of the custom property column.
  9. Save the template.
  10. Close the Settings.
  11. Sort the cast units based on the sequence property in Object Browser.
  12. Select the cast units that have the same sequence property.
  13. Select Selected from the Of these rows list at the bottom in Object Browser.
  14. Select an option from the Result of list, for example, to show the total or average weight of the selected cast units.
  15. Select a delivery lot category in Categories and add the selected cast units to the category.
  16. Select the Select objects in the model option from the list at the bottom in Categories.
  17. Export the selected cast units from Settings to an Excel file.
  18. You can also create property categories to quickly manage object property data. Create a new property category and open the category properties.
  19. Define the category properties:
    1. Enter Fabrication Status as the category name.
    2. Select the Tekla Structures model from the list of models.
    3. Set the automatic object content with Organizer filters to select all precast concrete assemblies in the delivery lot categories.
    4. Select the previously created property template.
    5. Under Object properties , select the UDA - FABRICATION_STATUS property.

  20. Create automated subcategories based on UDA - FABRICATION_STATUS. Organizer automatically creates categories based on the properties that are now already in the user-defined attributes of objects.

    You can also create the subcategories manually: Scheduled for fabrication , In storage , Delivered , and On hold.

  21. Now open the subcategory properties and set the type of the property to Category name for UDA - FABRICATION_STATUS.

  22. Now move the uncategorized delivery lot objects between the new subcategories to easily assign statuses to the objects. Synchronize the category with the model.

    You can also use Object Browser to conveniently overview the statuses assigned both in the categories and in the object property dialog boxes.

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