Template Management Ps 2022

1. Select the project or template to import from. (If you choose the former, you can navigate to a different "Data Folder" to locate the project required.)
2. Click the “Import” button.
3. All the settings from the chosen project or template are then imported.

To review and modify settings

1. Select the settings group to review.
2. Make any changes as required.

To swap settings between projects

1. Select the project or template to import from.
2. Choose individual setting groups to be imported, by checking the appropriate box, or boxes. Unchecked settings are retained.
3. Click the “Import” button.
4. After settings have been imported the “Current Project” text is replaced with the name of the project/template used in the import.

To save preferred settings as templates

1. Open the project that contains the settings to be exported.
2. Display the “Settings Center”.
3. Click the “Select All” button if all the settings are to be exported. Alternatively, select the individual setting groups to be exported by checking the appropriate boxes.
4. If you want to overwrite the settings in an existing template, ensure the “Template” option is selected, and then select the template name from the list on the left.
5. Alternatively, if you want to create a new template, ensure the “Template” option is selected. Click the “New Template” button and type the template name in the box provided.
6. Click the “Export” button to copy the selected settings into the template.

To reset/reimport or change project templates

You can use the “Settings Center” to reset or reimport the initial settings in the current project by importing from the same design template. This is important when the project has corrupted settings during modelling.

If you wish to change the code of practice, it is necessary to import the new project template with the desired code, instead of merely changing the code of practice in the "Code Settings". This is because change of code does not change the other important & related parameters; example in BS8110 concrete density is 24 kN/m3 while for EuroCode is 25 kN/m3. 

Follow these steps for the above purposes : 

1. Go to Building Setout tab > Project Templates
   
2. Select your project template.
   
3. Click on "Select all" to select all the project settings
   
4. Untick "Slab Additional Loads" and "Partition Wall Loads" project settings.
   (These options are the manual created loading library and normally unrelated to the corrupted setting issues. Therefore can be unticked.) 
5. Click "Import" to start import the template.
   
6. Click "OK" to close the dialogue.
   
7. Adjust the analysis and design parameters accordingly (e.g. remove earthquake parameters, material, design parameter).
   
8. Regenerate load combinations if necessary.
   
9. Rerun Building Analysis
   

Program will always have its bug fixes or enhancement from time to time in some templates (e.g. additional or removed parameters, etc.). Re-import templates will refresh all the parameters to default settings which take the advantages of these bug fixes or enhancement. If you have your own templates (or project templates), it is recommended you always update your own templates when there is new version is released. 

Project Template Folder Directory in Windows

Project Templates are automatically installed in following folder (note this is hidden folder) : 

C:Users<Username>AppDataRoamingProtaProtaStructureR?Templates