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.
Graphics
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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Graphics subpage |
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Driver |
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Antialiasing |
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Selection Style |
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Colors
Note: Unlike the majority of settings pages, when you click OK to close the Settings dialog box, changes made to the Scene > Colors page for the active settings are applied instantly to new
views opened in the current session. To apply the changes to existing views,
right-click and select Redraw from the context menu.
| Setting | Description |
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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. |
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Reset Colors |
Resets all the colors to the default settings. |
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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. |
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Color |
Allows you to set the color for each interface item according to your needs. |
Fonts
Note: Unlike the majority of settings pages, when you click OK to close the Settings dialog box, changes made to the Scene > Fonts page for the active settings are applied instantly to new
views opened in the current session. To apply the changes to existing views,
right-click and select Redraw from the context menu.
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Reset Fonts |
Resets all the fonts to the default settings. |
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Font Name |
Displays the interface item to which the font applies. |
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Font |
Allows you to change the font used for the interface item. |
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Size |
Allows you to adjust the size of the font. |
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Bold |
Allow you to further format the font. |
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Italic |
Contours
Note: Unlike the majority of settings pages, when you click OK to close the Settings dialog box, changes made to the Scene > Contours page for the active settings are applied instantly to
views opened in the current session.
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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 %. |
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Color |
Allows you to change the color of a contour. |
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Split |
Divides the contour that is currently selected in the table into two contours that are each half the size of the original contour. |
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Delete |
Deletes the contour that is currently selected in the table. |
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Reset |
Resets the contours to the default configuration that consists of 10 evenly sized contours. |
Utilization Ratios
Note: Unlike the majority of settings pages, when you click OK to close the Settings dialog box, changes made to the Scene > Utilization Ratios page for the active settings are applied
instantly to views opened in the current session.
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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. |
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Add |
Creates a new ratio band that you can modify to the bottom of the table. |
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Delete |
Deletes the ratio band that is currently selected in the table. |
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Reset |
Resets the ratio bands to the default configuration that consists of 5 evenly sized ratio bands. |
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Sort |
Rearranges the ratio bands in order of the values (from highest to lowest). |
Graphics View Settings
Note: Unlike the other Scene pages, when you click OK to close the Settings dialog box, changes made to the Scene > View Settings page for the active settings are only applied to
new models. (To have the changed View Settings applied to an
existing model you would need to click Home > Model Settings > Graphics
View Settings and then click the Load... button.)
| Setting | Description |
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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. |
| Default analysis method in results view | The selected method is used when opening a new graphical view and switching to the results regime, provided that no analysis or design has been run in the current session. If analysis or design has been run the analysis method from that run is selected instead. |
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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. |
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2x scale for column sections other than concrete |
Allows you to double the scale of steel columns in 2D views in order to simplify viewing the columns and their orientation. |
| Sloped plane view - default orientation |
When you first open a Sloped Plane view, it will be orientated according to this setting. The options are: - Up slope upward - Global Y direction upward - Global X direction to the right (default) When an individual Sloped Plane view is open, it's current orientation setting is indicated on the orientation button located at the bottom right of the view.
The button text changes to reflect the current orientation: - - - You can toggle between the options by clicking the orientation button. |
= Up slope upward
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Global Y direction upward
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Global X direction to the right