Visibility of hidden bolt lines in drawings

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Tekla Structures

Environment

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Question:
How to set the hidden lines of holes as hidden on drawings?

Answer:
You can show or hide the hidden lines of bolts in single part, assembly, and general arrangement drawings. You can set the hidden lines to be always invisible:
1.       Open the Assembly Drawing Properties > Bolt… dialog box. On the Content tab, change the Solid/Symbol option to solid.
2.       Go to Advanced options and set the XS_DRAW_BOLT_HIDDEN_LINES_IN_ASSEMBLY_DRAWINGS to FALSE.
3.       Create the assembly drawing.

You can set the hidden lines to be visible as the Part settings allow:
1.       Open the Assembly Drawing Properties > Bolt… dialog box. On the Content tab, change the Solid/Symbol option to solid .
2.       Open the Assembly Drawing Properties > Part… dialog box. On the Content tab, clear the Hidden lines check box.
3.       Go to Advanced options and set the XS_DRAW_BOLT_HIDDEN_LINES_IN_ASSEMBLY_DRAWINGS variable to AS_PART.
4.       Create the assembly drawing.