Save and close drawings

Save a drawing

Tekla Structures automatically saves drawings at set intervals. You can also save your drawing whenever you want to.

To save a drawing, in the open drawing, go to the File menu and click Save drawing.

Both the drawing *.dg and the model *.db1 and *.db2 are saved. The drawings are saved in the \drawings folder under the model folder.

A snapshot is by default created when you open and save a drawing. The snapshot represents the situation when the drawing was last saved. For more information, see Snapshots in drawings.

You can also define an autosave interval for drawings in the Options dialog.

You can only have one drawing open at a time. You always have to close an open drawing before you can open another one.

Do one of the following:
- Go to the File menu and click Close drawing mode.
- On the Drawing tab, click Close.
- Click the Close button X in the upper-right corner of the drawing window.
If you have made changes in the drawing, Tekla Structures asks you to confirm if you want to save your changes.

Set the XS_ALWAYS_CONFIRM_SAVE_WHEN_CLOSING_DRAWING advanced option to TRUE to always display the confirmation message "Do you want to save current drawing?". The default value is FALSE. This means that if you close a drawing without making any changes, Tekla Structures does not by default prompt you to save the drawing.

You can also select to mark the drawing ready for issuing. For more information, see Mark drawings ready for issuing.