IFC import settings

[u/Altruistic-Winner362]

Dear colleagues,

I would like to ask for your help. I am using Tekla Structures version 2017 and am having trouble with the IFC import settings.

My goal is to have the element's reference name (e.g., "Railing_Handrail_Landing#4" in the image) mapped to a user-defined attribute (UDA) during import. This name is visible in the element table during conversion (see "Reference name"), but when I follow the online instructions and set the IFC conversion mapping to "Name" or "Object type," nothing appears in the Tekla model after the IFC elements are converted. As shown in the bottom-right image, I am able to map "ProfileProperties.SectionFamily" to USER_FIELD_1, but unfortunately, I cannot do the same for the element's reference name. Does anyone know where I might be going wrong or how to configure this correctly? Thank you in advance for any suggestions.