2.9.8 The “Copy from another model” tool in Tekla Structures
This tool can be activated only by accessing the main menu. The
right-click menu does not contain it. This tool allows copying not simply
an object, but the whole model or several phases (phases with respective
objects, except for grids).
Thus saving phases in a model, allows copying them to another one by means
Create a new model to test on the “Copy Special - Copy from another
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In the dialog window open there might be any available models, as TS does
not browse the models through various disks. In this case, you can
open the models’ list from HDD by using standard Windows tools. Usually,
all models are created at the folder: C:\TeklaStructuresModels or
at any other disk.
Make sure that there is the Tekla StructuresModel.xlm file available in
the model's folder. This file is automatically created by saving a
model into a new location. Copy the route to the model's folder.
Insert the route into the “Filter” field of the “Copy
from the model” dialog window and make a left-click at the list of
the models field. The list of available models shall appear.
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Select the initial model from which you will copy the phases.
Then indicate the phase numbers to get copied, which have to be written
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Check on the results of copying. Note that we copied only two phases,
As we already mentioned above, the “Copy from model” tool
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Transferring grids from a model is done by performing the following steps:
go to the C:\TeklaStructuresModels, open the required (initial) model folder,
go to the "Attributes" folder and copy the grids files into the
respective "Attributes" folder of the new model.
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Reopen the new model, where at the “Grids Properties” dialog
window by clicking on the "Save" drop-down box, you will get
the saved grids list, containing the copied grids as well. Load and apply
the grids to the current new model.
Exercise copying the last phase from the initial model to the new one.