2.3.11 The “Save settings” box in Tekla Structures
Saving settings is a very convenient tool for drawing up a massive number
Thus SSD target specification is composed of various tables containing
information about the profile types, assemblies prefixes, materials, etc.
Let’s set up the parameters indicated below and save up the string
Attribute
String by axis 1
String by axis 2
String by axis 3
String by axis 4
String by axis 5
1
Name
Column
Column
Column
Column
Column
2
Assembly numbering/ Prefix
HEA1
HEA2
HEA3
HEA4
HEA5
3
Profile
HEA180
HEA400
HEA500
HEA900
HEA1000
4
Material
E360
E295
E360
E335
S420
5
Position/ Top
6000
6000
10000
10000
10000
6
Position/ Bottom
-250
-250
-250
-250
-250
7
Class/ color
1
2
3
4
5
8
Cambering
0
0
0
2000
2000
As an example, let’s examine the first column of the above table.
Fill in the data into the properties menu fields, set up the name of the
configuration to be identical to the assembly prefix value (the title of
the configuration may be of any arbitrary value) and save the configuration
by pressing the “Save as” button at the top side of the "Properties"
menu.
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Repeat the above algorithm for each column of the table, by saving every
new set of properties under the correspondent assembly prefix value. Open
the saved set of properties list and double-check if all the configurations
are saved.
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Create columns according to the tabular data to be aligned at the axes
1 -5. The below algorithm will be a solid reference for you for executing
this task:
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Make sure all operations are canceled or press the ESC key.
Go to the "Column Properties" menu (by executing a double-click
on the object tool icon).
Choose from the "Saved settings" drop-down menu the option needed.
Press the “Load” button, which automatically uploads the saved
values of the parameters into the respective fields).
Press the “Apply” button which configures the values of parameters
as default for the subsequently created objects.
Allocate new objects in the model at the respective axes according to
the tabular data.
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Make sure all operations are canceled or press the ESC key.
Go to the "Column Properties" menu (by executing a double-click
on the object tool icon).
Choose from the "Saved settings" drop-down menu the option needed.
The saved values of the parameters are automatically uploaded into
the respective fields and set up as default for the subsequently created
objects.
Allocate new objects in the model at the respective axes according to
the tabular data.
If it is required to export the pre-saved column settings to any other
model, then go to the “Attributes” folder of the current model,
which contains textual data of the saved sets of parameters. Each parameter
set is defined by 2 files containing data about the basic attributes and
user-defined attributes, and are described by the extensions *.CLM
and *.CLM.MORE respectively. Copy the files into the new model’s
“Attributes” folder, thus when opening the new model the copied
sets of properties are available.
It is possible to read the copied files by any standard text editor. We
will use these files when programming parameters and creating reports.
Also, these files contain information about the names of the system
parameters.
Find and open these files in any text editor and get familiarized with
the contents. You can edit the files in the text editor. Saving the
changes and reopening the model, updated the properties sets. Close the
files.