Tekla Structures can show plates as the equivalent flat bars for manufacturing. Tekla Structures displays the plates as flat bars in reports and drawings.
- Set the advanced option XS_USE_FLAT_DESIGNATION to TRUE.
- Indicate the prefix you want to use for flat bars using the advanced option XS_FLAT_PREFIX.
For example, XS_FLAT_PREFIX=FLAT.
- Set other platework-related advanced options as required.
- Define materials, thickness, and width of available flat bars in the Fltprops.inp file.
Tip: To prevent Tekla Structures from displaying the profile in metric units in the US environment Imperial role, add the flat bar prefix to the profitab.inp file as a parametric profile.
See also page Platework in the Advanced Options dialog box for information about advanced options related to platework.
