Drawing status flags

Option
•
Description
G for general arrangement drawings.
•
M for multidrawings.
U (unknown) means that an error has occurred, and you need to delete the
drawing.
Size
The paper size the drawing uses.
Mark
In a single-part drawing mark is the part position, and in an assembly drawing
the assembly position from which the drawing was created. You cannot change
drawing marks.
Mark contains the sheet number as well, if it is not zero (0).
You can choose to have Tekla Structures base the mark of cast unit drawings on
the position number or the ID of the cast unit.
Name
The name given for the drawing in the drawing properties dialog box.
Title 1, Title 2, and Title 3
Extra drawing titles added in the drawing properties dialog box.
Locked by
The Locked by column shows who locked the drawing. If you have logged in to
your Tekla account, the account name is shown. Otherwise the user name is
shown.
User-defined attributes
You can show up to 20 user-defined attributes in the Drawing List. These userdefined attributes must be added in the User-defined Attributes subdialog box
in drawing properties. To include a user-defined attribute in drawing lists, the
user-defined attribute must have the option special_flag set to yes in
the objects.inp file.
See also Working with drawings on page 272
Finding and opening drawings on page 103
User-defined attributes in drawings on page 515
Checking multi-user databases
Location of certain files in hidden folders
XS_SHOW_REVISION_MARK_ON_DRAWING_LIST
3.3 Drawing status flags
Tekla Structures uses certain symbols called flags, to indicate the status of the drawings. The
columns Issue, Lock, Freeze, Master and Up to date contain the flags, and the potential
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additional information is displayed in the Changes column. If a drawing does not have any
flag symbol, it is up to date.
See also Working with drawings on page 272
How to read the drawing status information on page 106
Finding and opening drawings on page 103
How to read the drawing status information
The table below explains the meaning of the status flags and information about the status of
a drawing in the Drawing List.
Flag
Column
Information in the
where shown Changes column
Up to date
Description
Parts modified
The parts in the drawing have changed, for
example, parts have been added or deleted, or part
properties have changed.
Quantity
increased or
The actual drawing is up to date, but the number of
identical parts has changed.
Quantity
decreased
Up to date
All parts deleted
All the parts related to the drawing have been
deleted.
Lock
The drawing is locked and you cannot open it for
editing.
Freeze
The drawing is frozen. Changes made to the model
objects, which have drawing objects associated
with them, are no longer available in the drawing.
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