Automatic surface treatment in drawings

7.19 Automatic surface treatment in drawings
You can add various types of surface treatment to steel and concrete parts in the Tekla
Structures model and display them in drawings.
The properties of the hatch patterns to use for each surface treatment type are defined in the
surfacing.htc file. Also the product_finishes.dat code file is needed listing all
surface treatment codes that are used in drawings and reports, for example, TS1 for Tile
Surface 1.
See also Adding automatic surface treatment in drawings on page 510
Surface treatment visibility and content properties in drawings on page 572
Surface treatment hatch pattern properties (surfacing.htc) on page 573
Adding surface treatment
Adding automatic surface treatment in drawings
You can define what is shown in a surface treatment and how the surface treatment is
shown in drawings.
The hatch pattern Tekla Structures adds on the surface treatment depends on the type of the
surface treatment that you selected in the Surface Treatment Properties dialog box in the
model and the hatch properties defined in the surface treatment hatch pattern properties file
surfacing.htc.
To add the automatic surface treatment before you create a drawing:
1. Click Drawings & Reports --> Drawing Settings and select the drawing type.
2. Load the properties that you want to change.
3. Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings: Click View creation, select the view and
the properties that you want to change, and click View properties.
Modifying drawing settings
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Automatic surface treatment in drawings