Using Organizer property categories for controlling precast production

Tekla Structures
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Tekla Structures
Organizer
unitechnik
Property categories
Environment
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Question: 

How can I utilise the property categories more effectively for controlling production in my precast factory?

 

Answer:
Property categories can be found in the Organizer, Manage > Organizer. This tool can be used to categorize elements for production within your model and apply attributes to them which are defined by the user. These can be for production status, delivery control or as in the example below, automated precast element production factories.

Example

See Create a property category in Organizer

The Property Category can be set up to perform multiple tasks. In this example we can create a set which will apply Unitechnik product types to the objects added to a category subheading.

The following categories have been created for the Unitechnik - Product type.
 

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  1. Set the Category Properties for Unitechnik – Product type as shown here:
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Note! The Object properties are set to the variable UT_product_type_UDA_WRITING
 

 

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  1. Create New subcategories for each of the required Unitechnik product types.
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  1. Set the Category Properties for the subcategories as shown here:
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Note! The Object properties UDA variable is inherited from the parent category, it cannot be selected at this level.

 

  1. Set the Value to the required property for each subcategory
  2. Add parts to the relevant subcategories

UDA's are written to the parts:

See also

Create a property category in Organizer

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