Tekla Structures User Meeting 2008 Templates By: Glen Hutchinson

Templates Agenda .CSV User Defined Attributes Create a .CSV What is .CSV Why .CSV User Defined Attributes Create a .CSV Sales Takeoff Example Tips and Tricks

What is .CSV? Comma-Seperated Values CSV is a delimited data format that has fields/columns separated by the comma character and records/rows separated by newlines. What is a .CSV? What is a CSV?

Why .CSV Importing Data to Other Systems Microsoft Access Excel Spreadsheets Importing Data to Tekla Structures Dates Shipping Pouring Status Poured Shipped Erected .CSV is used out of Tekla Structures as a means to get Data out and into another program that has import .csv capability Some of the other programs are Microsoft Access and Excel .CSV is also used as a way to import data into Tekla Structures Some examples of that are Dates and Status

User Defined Attributes 2. Confirm, Default or Custom 1. Identify Attributes 3. Modify Objects.inp 4. Map New Variables User Defined Attributes 1. Identify Attributes 2. Confirm, Default or Custom 3. Modify Objects.inp 4. Map New Variables

Identify Attributes 1. Identify Attributes 2. Confirm, Default or Custom 3. Modify Objects.inp 4. Map New Variables The first thing to do is to Identify what Attributes you want to track. Whether that is: Plant Status Shipping Status Bar Coding Information Or Dates After you have those pinned down

Confirm UDA’s Scheduled 2 ways Cut In Assembly Galvanizer Painted 1. Identify Attributes Confirm UDA’s 2. Confirm, Default or Custom 3. Modify Objects.inp 4. Map New Variables 2 ways Objects.inp Tekla Structures UDA’S Scheduled Cut In Assembly Galvanizer Painted You need to confirm what UDA’s are needed vs. what already exsists. There are 2 ways to do this. * First is by opening the objects.inp and search through it * Second is by looking in a Tekla Structures Model at the UDA’s *

Confirm UDA’s Look what is already there 1. Identify Attributes 2. Confirm, Default or Custom 3. Modify Objects.inp 4. Map New Variables Look what is already there Look at what is already in Tekla Structures before making anything new.

Modify Objects.inp Objects.inp 1. Identify Attributes Modify Objects.inp 2. Confirm, Default or Custom 3. Modify Objects.inp 4. Map New Variables Objects.inp C:\TeklaStructures\14.0\environments\usimp\inp

Modify Objects.inp Value types Float = Numbers String = Text 1. Identify Attributes Modify Objects.inp 2. Confirm, Default or Custom 3. Modify Objects.inp 4. Map New Variables Value types Float = Numbers String = Text Option = Lists Date = Small Calender Field Format %s = String %D = Number attribute or unique_attribute attribute name prompt value types format affects numbering check switch max value, min value label and default value 0 not a default value 1 default written to database 2 default not written to database

Create Objects.inp Part User Defined Attribute Setup Program Extranet 1. Identify Attributes Create Objects.inp 2. Confirm, Default or Custom 3. Modify Objects.inp 4. Map New Variables Part User Defined Attribute Setup Program Extranet Downloads>Extended Applications

Modify Objects.inp When creating these new Attributes 1. Identify Attributes Modify Objects.inp 2. Confirm, Default or Custom 3. Modify Objects.inp 4. Map New Variables When creating these new Attributes Great for UDA’s for all Part Types Create a different objects.inp for different Part Types

Map New Variables Import_macro_data_types.dat 1. Identify Attributes Map New Variables 2. Confirm, Default or Custom 3. Modify Objects.inp 4. Map New Variables Import_macro_data_types.dat Used in importing attributes C:\TeklaStructures\14.0\environments\usimp\system

Creating a .CSV Commas to create columns Rows are automatically created

Creating a .CSV Example _Precast_Product_List.rpt

Create a .CSV Demo

Recap Creating a .CSV _Precast_Product_List Insert “Commas”

Recap Creating a .CSV Save as “.csv.rpt”

Recap Creating a .CSV Select report Notice .CSV Show Report with associated viewer

Recap Creating a .CSV Save in new location Opens Excel automatically

Sales Take Off Process Fill in Attributes in Model

Sales Take Off Process Produce .CSV Report Format if needed

Sales Take Off Process Import .csv to existing estimating products Use other .xls templates to get data and produce an estimate Import .csv into Microsoft Access

Template Tips and Tricks HTML can be produced out of Tekla. Easier approach .csv Run a Format Macro Saveas HTML

Templates Tips and Tricks Sort Order, Tree View Drag the Attribute

Templates Tips and Tricks Summary Rows When you want to sum field values on a summary line rather than output individual field values each on their own line, you can easily turn a value field into a summary field.

Templates Tips and Tricks Set default text color for new Texts Same for steps for Value Fields

Templates Tips and Tricks Right Click > Crop

Templates Tips and Tricks Use Characters to create lines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------- =================================

Templates Tips and Tricks Use the Preview Pane

Templates Tips and Tricks Hide Fields in Content Browser

Tips and Tricks Show grid location of Cast Units CAST_UNIT_POSITION_CODE

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