Add images in a template

You can add images in graphical templates. For example, you might want to include a company logo in your drawings.

Tekla Structures supports the following image formats in graphical templates:

When adding images in templates:

Do not add very large images because they update very slowly.
The image might look different in the image editor and in the printout or in the exported DWG file.
When you export the drawing as a DWG file, Tekla Structures copies the images in the same folder as the DWG file. If the image is not in the same folder, only the name of the image is shown together with an empty frame instead of the image in the DWG.
If environments have local symbols, the local symbol folder is also included in the search path with the common\symbols folder. If the local symbols folder contains files with the same name as common\symbols folder, the local symbol file is used.
When you open the drawing that contains the images that you inserted in the template, Tekla Structures first looks for the images in the model folder and then in the \symbols folder in the current environment.
You can define a folder where Tekla Structures always looks for images using the advanced option DXK_SYMBOLPATH. You can also define a firm folder for your images.

To open Template Editor, in Tekla Structures, go to the File menu and click Editors > Template editor.
You can also open Template Editor from the Windows Start menu.
Open an existing graphical template or create a new graphical template in the Template Editor.
Add a new row in the template:
1. To add a new row, click Insert > Component > Row.
2. Select a content type for the row, then click OK.
Ensure that you have the row selected, then click Insert > Picture to open the Select Picture File dialog box.

If a local symbols folder exists, the contents of that folder are shown by default. You can browse for the contents of the common\symbols folder by selecting that folder. If a local symbols folder does not exist, Tekla Structures shows the contents of the common\symbols folder.
If you have images in other folders, you can show these folders in the Select Picture File dialog box:
1. In the Template Editor, click Options > Preferences.
2. Go to the File Locations tab.
3. On the Symbols, pictures row, add a new folder separated by a semicolon (;).
  For example:
The folder that you defined is shown in the Directory list:
Select an image from the File list, click OK, and add the image.

You can adjust the size by dragging from the image handles.

Example

These examples of the Select Picture File dialog box show the folder structure in different environments.

In this example, a company logo has been added in a template.

You can also import a DWG file to be used as a title block. For more information, see "Import DWG into Template Editor to create custom title blocks".