Layout properties

User-defined attributes in drawings on page 515
8.3 Layout properties
Click Drawings & Reports --> Drawing Settings and select the drawing type. Then click
Layout. You can modify the properties after creating the drawing by double-clicking the
drawing background.
All options in all layout property panels and dialog boxes are described below. All the
described options are not available for all drawing types.
Option
Description
Drawing size tab
Layout
Define the layout that you want to use.
List hidden objects in
templates
Select Yes to list hidden objects in templates. No removes all
information about the hidden parts, also from the total
weight.
Size definition mode
Select Autosize if you want to let Tekla Structures find
appropriate sizes and table layouts for drawings. Select
Specified size to specify the exact size for the drawing. The
drawing size should always be smaller than the actual paper
size to accommodate printer margins.
Autosize: Use
The fixed sizes and calculated sizes are both defined in the
Drawing layout properties:
Fixed sizes: Use this when you want Tekla Structures to use
fixed drawing sizes A2, A3, A4, etc.
Calculated sizes: Use this when you want to define the rules
that Tekla Structures follows when it tries to adjust the
drawing size.
Calculated/fixed sizes: Use this when you want Tekla
Structures to select the smallest of the suitable sizes.
Drawing size
If you selected Specified size, define the drawing size here.
Table layout
If you selected Specified size, define the table layout to be
used.
Scale tab
Autoscale
Set Autoscale to Yes to let Tekla Structures automatically
select the suitable scale for the drawing view.
Main view scales
When you use autoscaling, enter the denominators of main
view and section view scales and separate them with spaces.
Section view scales
Drawing settings
For example, enter "5 10 15 20" for the scales 1/5, 1/10,
1/15, and 1/20
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Layout properties
Option
Scale change mode
Description
When you use autoscaling, set the scale change mode which
defines the relationship between the scales of main and
section views within a drawing:
main = section: The scales of the main and section view are
equal.
main < section: Main view scales are smaller than section
view scales.
main <= section: Main view scales are smaller than or
equal to section view scales
Preferred size
Enter the preferred size of the drawing, if you use both
autosizing and autoscaling. Tekla Structures tries to find a
drawing size where the drawing contents fit by first trying
to use the exact scale and the smallest drawing size. If the
contents do not fit, Tekla Structures increases the drawing
size until it reaches the preferred size.
Other tab
Projection type
Define how Tekla Structures places the projections of a part
in cast unit, single-part, and assembly drawings. Projection
type affects the order of the views in the drawing. The
options are:
First angle , also referred to as the European projection.
Third angle, also referred to as the American projection.
Align section views with
main view
Align end views with main
view.
Set to Yes to place the views next to the main view.
If you select No, Tekla Structures places the section and end
views in any available location.
Expand shortened parts to
fit
Set to Yes to stretch shortened views to fill up empty areas
of the drawing.
Include single parts
Set to Yes to include in assembly drawings the single-part
drawings of the individual parts that make the assembly.
Setting this to Yes, activates the Single-part attributes
option.
Single-part attributes
Define the desired single-part drawing properties to be used
in the single-part view. To do this, set Include single parts
to Yes.
See also Drawing size and drawing view scale on page 339
Drawing layout on page 326
Setting the view projection type on page 354
Setting the location of end views and section views on page 379
Drawing settings
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