How do the Property Window options work when using the Review view > Show/Alter State command?
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Environment
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In this article we will look at how the Show\Alter State command - Property Window options work, by running through an example using the [A]ttribute "Autodesign".
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Options
[M]ode
You now have three modes of operation, Toggle, On and Off.
- Toggle, switches the state between the available options i.e. On or Off when selecting an item i.e. each time you select the item it will change to the next state. In the case of Autodesign this would toggle between On and Off.
- Set On, allows you to only define the state as being On. This allows box selections etc. to be applied more easily. Any item selected will be set to On
- Set Off, allows you to only define the state as being Off. This allows box selections etc. to be applied more easily. Any item selected will be set to Off
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[M]ode Example
The demonstration below, shows how each of the [M]ode operations work using the different selection option available within Tekla Structural Designer
- Single Selection
- Drag a line (Hold shift)
- Box a selection window L>R to select everything wholly contained within the boundary
- Box a selection window R>L to select everything wholly contained and which cross the boundary
Toggle
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Set On
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Set Off
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Filter
Show
You now have three modes of operation, All, On and Off- All, will display the state of all items i.e. those On or Off in the case of Autodesign.
- On, will display only those items that are set to On
- Off, will display only those items that are set to Off
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Entity Type
The Entity type allows you to control which Entity type you want the command to work on.Image
Characteristic
The Characteristic option allows you to further control which Entity type you want the command to work on.Image
Filter Example
Setting Show = All, Entity type = Member and Characteristic = Beam allows the command to only work with Beam Members.All non-selectable items (columns, beams, braces, trusses, slabs etc.) are greyed out and the Select Entity tooltip under the cursor does not "see" them.
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Scene
Opacity N/A
Opacity N/A allows you to set how visible the non-selectable items are in the scene view.- 0 is the lowest visibility
- 100 is the maximum visibility
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Opacity Example
Setting at 0% shows the non-selectable items with a wire representation.
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Setting at 100% shows the non-selectable items the same as the selectable items
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Setting at 20% (default) shows the non-selectable items with a set level of opacity.
Try adjusting the value yourself to obtain a value you are comfortable working with.
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