Surface treatment hatch pattern properties surfacinghtc

8.11 Surface treatment visibility and content properties in drawings
Use the options on the Contents tab of the Surface Treatment Properties dialog box to
view and modify the surface treatment properties.
Option
Description
Visibility
Visible shows the surface treatment.
Not visible does not show the surface treatment.
Representation
Defines the appearance of the surface treatment. The
available options are Outline, Exact, Workshop form,
Symbol, Bounding box, and Base box.
Show pattern
Defines whether the hatch pattern is shown.
Hidden lines
Defines whether hidden lines in secondary and neighboring
parts are shown.
Own hidden lines
Defines whether hidden lines in main parts are shown.
See also Automatic surface treatment in drawings on page 509
Surface treatment hatch pattern properties (surfacing.htc) on page 573
Adding automatic surface treatment in drawings on page 510
Modifying drawing properties of an existing drawing on page 313
Part and neighbor part properties in drawings on page 568
8.12 Surface treatment hatch pattern properties (surfacing.htc)
The properties of the hatch patterns to use for each surface treatment type are defined in the
surfacing.htc file, located in ..\Tekla Structures\<version>
\environments\common\system . In addition to that, the surface treatment code
file product_finishes.dat is needed. It is located in the same folder.
If you create your own surface treatment hatch patterns in your company, you store
surfacing.htc and product_finishes.dat in the firm folder defined by the
advanced option XS_FIRM.
Note:
When you edit a schema file, you must reopen the model to apply the changes.
The syntax of surfacing.htc file is:
Surfacing Type, Surfacing Code, Hatch name, Scale, [Color],
[Automatic Scaling and Rotation]
Drawing settings
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Surface treatment hatch pattern properties (surfacing.htc)
Example:
1,MF,ANSI31,0.7
1,SMF,ANSI32,0.7
1,WT,ANSI33,0.7
1,HT,ANSI34,0.7
1,LSB,AR-SAND,0.7
2,SM1,CROSS,1.0
2,SM2,CHECKERED,1.0
3,TS3,FBBRICKC,1.0
4,FP,ANSI31,1.0
4,UP,ANSI32,1.0
Option
Surface treatment
type
Description
•
1 = concrete finish
•
2 = special mix
•
3 = tile surface
•
4 = steel finish
Surface treatment
code
This is the abbreviation used in drawings and reports, for
example, MF for Magnesium Float. The
product_finishes.dat file contains a full list of surface
treatment codes.
Hatch name
You can check the hatch pattern names and related hatch
patterns by going to the Fill tab in Part properties, selecting a
hatch pattern from the Type list and clicking the ... button next
to the list. The selected hatch pattern is marked with a red
frame.
Scale
Scale is a numeric value that Tekla Structures uses to scale
hatches.
Color (optional)
0=black (default)
1=white
2=red
3=green
4=blue
5=cyan
6=yellow
7=magenta
Drawing settings
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Surface treatment hatch pattern properties (surfacing.htc)