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Drawing grid properties

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2018
Tekla Structures

Drawing grid properties

Use the Grid properties to view and modify the grid settings in drawings.

  • To set the automatic grid properties in single-part and assembly drawings: On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type. Click View creation , select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View properties. Now click Grid in the options tree and adjust the settings as required.
  • To set the automatic grid properties on drawing level in general arrangement drawing: On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type. Click Grid , and adjust the settings as required.
  • To modify the grid properties on drawing level in a general arrangement drawing: Double-click the drawing background, click Grid and adjust the settings as required.
  • To modify the grid properties on view level: Double-click the drawing view frame and click Grid in the View Properties dialog box, and adjust the settings as required.

Option

Description

Grids

Visible shows the grids.

Not visible does not show the grids.

Visible in all views shows the grids in all drawing views. This option is not available for general arrangement drawings.

Only grid labels visible shows only the grid label and a short section of the grid line. The length of the displayed grid line depends on the value entered in the Text placing box. In the drawing level, this option is only available for general arrangement drawings. On the view and object level this option is available for all types of drawings.

Text placing

Sets the side to show the grid labels and the length of the grid line extension (the distance between the end of the grid line and the text).

Text: Color , Height , Font and Frame

Defines the grid label text color, height, font and frame.

Other ways to adjust grids

Additionally, for example XS_​DRAWING_​GRID_​LABEL_​FRAME_​FIXED_​WIDTH , XS_​DRAWING_​GRID_​LABEL_​FRAME_​LINE_​WIDTH_​FACTOR and XS_​GRID_​TEXT_​FONT allow you to adjust the grid labels further.

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