Scene settings
The Scene page and its subpages in the Settings dialog box allow you to control the color and opacity of each object type in scene views when using the settings set selected in the Select the settings set to edit list.
Button, command, or option | Description |
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Graphics subpage |
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Driver |
Note: The default
settings on the Graphics subpage are the recommended settings. Do not adjust them unless the
Tekla Support Team instructs you to do so.
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Antialiasing |
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Transparency |
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Colors subpage |
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Background color list |
Allows you to select whether the table below displays and allows you to adjust the colors for a light or dark background. |
Gradient Background | Unselect this option to apply a uniform white or black background to each window, with no gradient applied. |
Reset Colors |
Resets all the colors to the default settings. |
Color Name |
Displays the interface item to which the color applies. Tip: An
arrow is displayed to the left of some of the items, this can be
clicked on in order to set the colors for sub-items.
Note: The Gradient
Legend colors are those used when reviewing embodied carbon.
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Opacity |
Allows you to set the opacity of each color. |
Color |
Allows you to set the color for each interface item according to your needs. |
Fonts subpage |
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Reset Fonts |
Resets all the fonts to the default settings. |
Font Name |
Displays the interface item to which the font applies. |
Font |
Allows you to change the font used for the interface item. |
Size |
Allows you to adjust the size of the font. |
Bold |
Allow you to further format the font. |
Italic |
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Contours subpage |
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Lower bound [%] |
Displays the lower bound of each FE contour in the results view. Tip: To
adjust the size of the lower bound, modify Size [%].
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Upper bound [%] |
Displays the upper bound of each FE contour in the results view. Tip: To
adjust the size of the upper bound, modify Size [%].
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Size [%] |
Allows you to adjust the size of individual contours according to your needs. Note that the sum of the sizes must equate to 100 %. |
Color |
Allows you to change the color of a contour. |
Split |
Divides the contour that is currently selected in the table into two contours that are each half the size of the original contour. |
Delete |
Deletes the contour that is currently selected in the table. |
Reset |
Resets the contours to the default configuration that consists of 10 evenly sized contours. |
Utilization Ratios subpage |
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Minimum value |
Allows you to adjust the minimum value of a ratio band. Note: The value of
the highest ratio band can be increased above 1.0, if necessary.
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Color |
Allows you to change the color of a ratio band. |
Add |
Creates a new ratio band that you can modify to the bottom of the table. |
Delete |
Deletes the ratio band that is currently selected in the table. |
Reset |
Resets the ratio bands to the default configuration that consists of 5 evenly sized ratio bands. |
Sort |
Rearranges the ratio bands in order of the values (from highest to lowest). |
View Settings subpage |
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Do not display values of story shear below |
Allows you to limit the values of story shear for a new model. This way, you can easily ignore the small values of story shear that might otherwise detract you from the more important story shear values. The story shear values that are less than the limiting value are not displayed in the results view. |
Show full pile length |
Allows you to select whether Tekla Structural Designer displays the full length of piles or a shorter pile length that you can specify. |
2 x scale for steel columns |
Allows you to double the scale of steel columns in 2D views in order to simplify viewing the columns and their orientation. |