Preventing automatic drawing updates and recreation

manually set Recreate the drawing to Yes, the drawing will also be recreated. When View
creation settings have changed and drawings will be recreated, you will get a warning
message.
In the Section view panel:
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Section depth
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Distance for combining cuts
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Left section
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Middle section
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Right section
If at least one of the above mentioned settings is changed, Tekla Structures automatically
recreates the drawing without giving a warning message when you click Modify.
If you only want to modify the view properties for one of the created views:
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If the changed properties are saved in the same file for all created views, the only way to
modify the properties for one view is to set Recreate the drawing to Yes.
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If the changed properties are saved in a separate file not used for other created views,
and that file is selected for the changed view in the Views list, then drawing will only be
updated on Modify, not recreated.
See also Preventing automatic drawing updates and recreation on page 316
Updating drawings when the model changes on page 272
7.5 Preventing automatic drawing updates and recreation
Below there are some tips that help you to prevent automatic drawing updates and
recreation:
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Freeze the drawings where you do not want to update all associative objects on top of
the drawing views. The building objects (parts, bolts, welds, etc.) are always updated in
frozen drawings.
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Lock the drawings that you do not want to update.
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If you update a drawing that has not been modified, the drawing is recreated. Drawings
are automatically recreated unless the drawing has been edited and then saved, or the
drawing has been issued using the Issue functionality in the Drawing List. Use the
advanced XS_RECREATE_UNMODIFIED_DRAWINGS to control the recreation of
unmodified drawings.
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To prevent Tekla Structures from automatically updating drawings if the model changes,
clear the value field of the advanced option
XS_INTELLIGENT_DRAWING_ALLOWED.
See also Settings affecting the recreation of drawings on page 315
Modifying drawing settings
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