Category: Tekla Structures Tips and Tricks

During the last project, I had an issue with the weight of some elements in the model. After a quick investigation, I figured out that

I’ve heard this question many times: David how can I copy drawing view? Please help! –  Even experienced users have problem with copying drawing views,

I met the situation when i had model created in newer version of Tekla Structures than it should be. For very simple models, without connection

By default there are no option in Tekla Structures to colorize model by profiles. It would be very usefull when checking model profiles.

When you work on laptop you can experiance problem with some too big component dialog editor windows.

I don’t know why this option is turned off by the default. When you modeling welds you have to see weld types and sizes to

By default Tekla Structures show simplified solid shapes of all profiles but you can preview that shape when you need.

Numbering elements in Tekla Structures seems like irreversible operations but it can be reversed when you use this one option.

From Tekla Structures version 21.0 there are new drawing creation window for assembly drawings which is quite slow and complicated. Not everyone know that there

There is possibility to hide workarea symbol in model views. There are two ways to do it: tempolary and permanent.