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    Materials list not displaying accurately

    Product(s): ProStructures, ProSteel, ProConcrete
    Version(s): CONNECT Edition
    Environment: N/A
    Area: Material Database
    Subarea: Data
    Original Author: Alistair Lobo, Bentley Product Advantage Group

    Problem

    Extra material entries appear in the material assignment section even after tailoring the ProStructuresMaterial.MDB to limited required materials. 

    Solution

    1) This extra materials that appear in the material assignment drop-down list is from the Structure Property Catalog (SPC). 

    2) You can review this in the Configuration Variables set up in the ProStructures application. You can simply type ‘Configuration Variables’ in the Search bar OR navigate to the backstage at File > Settings > Configuration




    3) Here, search for PS_SPC_ACTIVE variable and check for the current value. As seen, the value is set to 1 and hence the materials related to the Structure Property Catalog (SPC) are displayed along with the materials you have set in your ProStructuresMaterial.MDB file.  

    4) Now, click on the Edit button and then set the value of this variable to 0. Then click on Ok. 


    5) After this, save the file and restart the ProStructures application. 

    6) Now, while inserting new shapes you will see that only the entries that you have available in the ProStructuresMaterial.MDB are displayed and the extra material entries have been removed. 

    See Also

    • Shapes Database
    • material editor
    • material assignment
    • MDB
    • Shapes/Objects
    • ProConcrete CONNECT Edition
    • ProStructures CONNECT Edition
    • material
    • Shapes catalog
    • Shapes Insertion
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    • Alistair Lobo Created by Alistair Lobo
    • When: Tue, Aug 18 2020 10:51 AM
    • Vyanktesh Nama Last revision by Bentley Colleague Vyanktesh Nama
    • When: Thu, Jan 20 2022 1:08 AM
    • Revisions: 6
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