Opening a new drawing when a drawing is already open

3.8 Opening drawings from the model
You can open drawings from the Drawing List. You can only have one drawing open at a
time.
To open a drawing:
1. Click Drawings & Reports --> Drawing List... or the
button on the toolbar.
2. Double-click the drawing to open it.
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To always open the drawings maximized, set the advanced option
XS_OPEN_DRAWINGS_MAXIMIZED to TRUE.
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Shortcut for opening the Drawing List: Ctrl + L.
See also Finding and opening drawings on page 103
Working with drawings on page 272
3.9 Opening a new drawing when a drawing is already open
You can also open another drawing when you already have a drawing open. If you have made
some changes in the open drawing, Tekla Structures asks you if you want to save the changes
before opening another drawing.
Do one of the following:
To
Do this
Open a drawing using the Drawing
List.
1. Click Drawing File --> Open... or the button on the
toolbar.
2. Double-click the drawing in the list.
Open the next drawing in the
Drawing List.
Press Ctrl + Page Down.
Open the previous drawing in the
Drawing List.
Press Ctrl + Page Up.
Shortcut for opening the Drawing List when a drawing is open: Ctrl + O.
See also Finding and opening drawings on page 103
Finding and opening drawings
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Opening a new drawing when a drawing is already open