Using the Catalog menu and Configuration menu

General notes

Main menu:

Password:

If Allplan is installed in a workgroup environment, only administrators have write permission for the catalogs and configurations. This protects the data from unwanted alteration.

The icon with the key symbol looks like this:

• If the user is mapped as Administrator, sysadm, nemadmin or root in the workgroup user list, or if they are also an operating system user with the same name, they will automatically have write permission for all catalogs and configurations. This is indicated by the green key symbol.
• If a user is not the administrator (that is, none of the conditions is true), this user only has read permission, which is indicated by the red lock symbol.

Administrators can grant normal users write permission to a computer. Click the green key symbol and click OK to confirm the prompt asking whether you want to create a password. Type in the password. The password is not created when you click Cancel. This new password does not affect administrators.

A normal user who is logged into the corresponding computer and knows the password can now enter the password when clicking on the red lock symbol in the following prompt. Once they have done that, they can then change the entries in the catalogs and configurations.
If a password has not been created for normal users, the program will display an appropriate message when these users click the red key symbol.

Note that the password primarily protects the data from unwanted alteration. It does not provide sufficient protection against unauthorized access because the files can still be manipulated via the operating system.

Additional notes:

Password for standalone versions

Password for standalone versions

When you work with a standalone version, a password is initially not assigned for the catalog menu and the configuration menu. To protect the data from unwanted alteration, you can define a password.

Click the green key symbol, type in the password and confirm it. If you quit the dialog box by clicking Cancel, the password is not created.

The next time you start the catalog menu or configuration menu the red key symbol is displayed. To change the data, click the red key symbol and type in the password.

Please make sure that you remember your password because it can only be deleted using an undocumented function!

Changing password

Changing password

If Allplan is installed in a workgroup environment, only administrators can change the password.

At a standalone version, click the red key symbol and type the password. Then click the green key symbol. Now you can change the password. If you do not specify a new password or quit the dialog box by clicking Cancel, the old password is retained.

Load

Loads the catalogs or configurations that were saved via Save beforehand.

Note: Newer catalog and configuration backups that have been saved via Data Backup can also be imported via Data Backup once again.

Save

This tool is no longer available in the catalogs or configurations. When selecting Save a corresponding message is displayed.

Note: Instead, use the Data backup tool and then select Catalogs and Configurations when there.

Open Help

Opens this Help file. You can also select the <F1> key while editing a record, for example.

Automatic synchronization of catalogs

Deleting entries or factories assigned on the Standard, Factory, Assignment and Panel type tabs of the catalogs produces unreferenced entries in the catalogs. These entries, which cannot be seen by the user, can cause problems running the program.
Therefore, the program automatically identifies and deletes all unreferenced entries when you close the catalog menu. The process is displayed accordingly.

Catalog record:

The catalog records created are displayed in the left-hand window. Click to select the record you want to edit.

You can select the required tab in the right-hand window. The number and names of the tabs vary depending on the selected catalog.

Paste

Inserts a record in front of the current position.

Note: This icon is not offered with the steel grade catalog, the diameter catalog and the mesh catalog . Instead, these three catalogs feature two or three icons for moving the selected catalog entries or for sorting the catalog entries.

The two Move catalog entry down and Move catalog entry up icons mean you can move your entries in the steel grade catalog, the diameter catalog and the mesh catalog manually.

However, the Sort entries in catalog button is only available in the catalog of diameters and in the mesh catalog here. After selecting the tool, you can

• go to the catalog of diameters to sort the list of diameters in line with their label, diameter, weight and steel grade or
• in the mesh catalog based on the criteria label, as longitudinal, weight and steel grade

in either ascending or descending order.

You can select the criteria in any sequence. The label and ascending criteria are the default settings in both catalogs.

Add

Creates a new record at the end.

Note: This icon is not offered with the steel grade catalog, the diameter catalog and the mesh catalog . Instead, these three catalogs feature the icon for synchronizing the entries with the cross-section catalogs in engineering.

The Synchronize icon synchronizes the entries for the diameters and meshes between the cross-section catalogs in engineering and the entries in the steel grade catalog, diameter catalog and mesh catalog of precast elements.

Note: Before synchronization, back up the catalogs so that you can undo your changes if necessary. When comparing the entries it is best to keep the synchronization sequence, starting with the steel grade catalog, then the diameter catalog and finally the mesh catalog. Otherwise it may occur that you could, for example, get a message as a specific steel grade is not available when synchronizing diameters and/or meshes.

Remove

Deletes the current (selected) record.

Saves changes in the open catalog.

OK Closes the catalog. Attention: The program saves the changes without asking you to confirm.

Cancel Closes the catalog. If a record has changed, the program displays a prompt.

<F1> Opens this Help file.

Configurations:

You can select the entry of the configuration file you want to edit on the left side.

The number and names of the tabs on the right side vary depending on the selected configuration file.

Saves changes in the open configuration.

OK Closes the configuration. Attention: The program saves the changes without asking you to confirm.

Cancel Closes the configuration. If you have changed data, the program displays a prompt.

<F1> Opens this Help file.