Customize print output file names

You can affect the way Tekla Structures automatically names the .pdf files and plot files by using certain drawing-type-specific advanced options.

On the File menu, click Settings > Advanced options and go to the Printing category.
Enter values for any or all of the advanced options XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_A, XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_W, XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_G, XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_M, or XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_C.

The letter at the end indicates the drawing type. You can also combine several values. The values are not case sensitive.
Click OK.

Example:

Use single % around the values.

The example below results in the assembly drawing .pdf name E_P1_PLATE_Revision=2.pdf:

XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_A=E_%NAME.%_%TITLE%%REV?_Revision=%%REV%.pdf

Possible values


Value	Example of the result	Description
`%NAME%` `%DRAWING_NAME%`	P_1	Part, assembly, or cast unit position, using the file name format `prefix_number`.
`%NAME.-%` `%DRAWING_NAME.-%`	P-1	Part, assembly, or cast unit position, using the file name format `prefix-number`.
`%NAME.%` `%DRAWING_NAME.%`	P1	Part, assembly, or cast unit position, using the file name format `prefixnumber`.
`%REV%` `%REVISION%` `%DRAWING_REVISION%`	2	Drawing revision number.
`%REV_MARK%` `%REVISION_MARK%` `%DRAWING_REVISION_MARK%`	B	Drawing revision mark.
`%TITLE%` `%DRAWING_TITLE%`	PLATE	Drawing name from the drawing properties dialog box.
`%UDA:<drawing user-defined attribute>%`	Painted	Value of a user-defined drawing attribute. The user-defined drawing attributes are defined in objects.inp. The actual values for the user-defined attributes are entered in the drawing-specific user-defined attributes dialog box.
`%REV? - <text>%`	2 - Rev	Adds conditional prefixes. In this example, if `REV` exists, Tekla Structures adds the text between ? and % to the filename.
`%TPL:<template attribute>%`	Base plate	You can use template attributes that can be found in Template Editor. The actual values for these attributes are entered in the drawing properties dialog box. Examples: `%TPL:TITLE1%` `%TPL:TITLE2%` `%TPL:TITLE3%` `%TPL:DR_DEFAULT_HOLE_SIZE%` `%TPL:DATE%` `%TPL:TIME%` `%TPL:DR_DEFAULT_WELD_SIZE%`

Note:

The print output file name switches %DRAWING_NAME% and %NAME% that should produce an underscore in the print file name (P_1) do not work if XS_ASSEMBLY_POSITION_NUMBER_FORMAT_STRING does not use a separator between the values (for example, %ASSEMBLY_PREFIX%%ASSEMBLY_POS%), or if XS_USE_ASSEMBLY_NUMBER_FOR is set.

To make the switches work, do the following:

If you want to useXS_ASSEMBLY_POSITION_NUMBER_FORMAT_STRING , use a dot (.) slash (/) or hyphen (-) between the values, for example, %ASSEMBLY_PREFIX%.%ASSEMBLY_POS%, or similar.
Leave XS_USE_ASSEMBLY_NUMBER_FOR empty.