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XS_ASSOCIATIVE_CHANGE_HIGHLIGHT_SYMBOL (Example)

Tekla Structures XS_ASSOCIATIVE_CHANGE_HIGHLIGHT_SYMBOL advanced option associative symbol associative symbol highlight change symbol
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Tekla Structures
Environment
India

Question:
Is there any example to understand about the advanced option XS_ASSOCIATIVE_CHANGE_HIGHLIGHT_SYMBOL?

Answer:
Yes, Please follow the below steps to understand about this advanced option.

1)  Create a beam which is 2000 mm length

2)  Create a GA drawing (Plan), it will be look like as below, then close this drawing.

 

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3)  Modify this beam’s length to 1000 mm length

4)  Open the GA drawing , dimension change symbol will be appear as below
 

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The default value is AssociativityAnchor@1 (a cloud).

5) Go to advanced option , then change the XS_ASSOCIATIVE_CHANGE_HIGHLIGHT_SYMBOL=xsteel@0

6) Reopen this drawing, now you will get the dimension change symbol as below
 

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Additional info:
xsteel@0 
xsteel is a symbol file name,
0 is a symbol number, you can use any symbol file & number as per your requirement.

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