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How to make filter which allow to select only plates from the model? What about “I” profiles? Or “U” profiles?

PROFILE_TYPE variable:

To select specific type of the profile you can use template variable PROFILE_TYPE.  Here are posibble values:

How to select plates in Tekla

  1. Open selection filter dialog
  2. Clear all filters
  3. Select category “Template”
  4. Type manually using your keyboard: PROFILE_TYPE
  5. Condition: Equals
  6. Value: B
  7. Apply filter

I don't see PROFILE_TYPE property

Then type it manually using your keyboard. 

Example