Add dimensions to profiles
You can affect the way Tekla Structures dimensions different profiles in drawings. For example, you can have Tekla Structures always dimension round bars to the middle of the profile and large I profiles to the top.
To define dimension settings for profiles, you need to edit the dimension planes table dim_planes_table.txt.
Example 1
In this example, the hole dimension is set from the middle of the flange instead of the flange edge for "I" Profile.
Open the file and edit the middle of the column to TRUE* in the ProfType 1 row line, save and restart Tekla Structures. However, when you generate the new drawing, it will create the hole dimension from the middle of the flange.
dim_planes_table.txt |
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/*** DIMENSION PLANES TABLE for different profile types and sizes ***/ //Values: -1.0 in max size means no size limit! /*** FLANGE WEB ProfType, MaxSize, middle, left, right, middle, bottom, top ======================================================== ***/ //I-profile - horizontal by reference line,vertical from top flange 1, TRUE*, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE* |
(1) Required dimension (middle of flange)
(2) Default dimension (edge of flange)
Example 2
Here is another example of a dimension planes table:
dim_planes_table.txt |
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FLANGE WEB ProfType,MaxSize, middle,right, left, middle, right, left ======================================================== 1, 300.0, TRUE*, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE*, TRUE 7, -1.0, TRUE*, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE*, FALSE, FALSE |
The line beginning with 1 means that Tekla Structures always dimensions I profiles (ProfType = 1) smaller than 300 mm (MaxSize = 300) to the middle of the flange and to the right edge of the web, no matter how the part was created.
The line beginning with 7 means that Tekla Structures always dimensions round tubes (ProfType = 7) to the middle of the profile
The ProfType numbers run in the same order as the profiles in the Profile catalog:
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1 = I profile
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2 = L profile
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3 = Z profile
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4 = U profile
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5 = plate
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6 = round bar
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7 = round tube
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8 = square pipe
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9 = C profile
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10 = T profile
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15 = ZZ profile
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16 = CC profile
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17 = CW profile
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51 = polygon plate
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999 = sketched profile
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etc.
The value -1.0 in the MaxSize indicates that there is no size limit for the profile.
The asterisk after TRUE indicates that it is the default value.