Tekla tip #12: Hide workarea in model view
There is possibility to hide workarea symbol in model views. There are two ways to do it: tempolary and permanent.
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Tekla Structures BIM Software has a lot of many usefull funcionalities and settings. To be an expert you have to know most of them. Not everything is easy to find and not everything is mentioned in tutorials. I decided to share my knowlegde with you and I prepared series of articles about very usefull functionalities. Here is the list of all my posts with Tekla Structures Tips and Tricks.
There is possibility to hide workarea symbol in model views. There are two ways to do it: tempolary and permanent.
It is very important to not forget issue any drawing. Here is the simple way to determine if parts or assemblies has drawing using selection filters.
How to make filter which allow to select only plates from the model? What about “I” profiles? Or “U” profiles?
Sometimes we want to find assemblies with one part – without any supplement parts welded to them.
Not many people know that move/copy dialog window can be filled with formulas. Now you can close your windows calculator and start making calculations in that dialogs. Sometimes that calculation is faster than usual.
In Tekla Structures, excessively long elements on drawings are automatically shortened. A gap appears in the middle of the view, where a symbol indicating the shortening is drawn. Unfortunately, the style of this symbol cannot be adjusted in the drawing options, leading to significant user frustration.
In our studies, we learned that dimension lines should extend slightly beyond the endpoints by 1-2 mm. However, in Tekla Structures, the default setting causes dimension lines to end flush with no extension. To achieve extended dimension lines, I need to manually adjust this setting for each project. It’s crucial to do this before generating drawings, as this option won’t affect dimensions that have already been created.
Do you know you can undo last clicked point when inserting dimension line or plate?
The content of the label on multi drawing container views can be customized.
How to customize view labels on multidrawing? This is another option which is hidden and every user has problem with that. How to customize view
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