Customize print output file names

Tekla Structures
2021
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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.

  1. On the File menu, click Settings > Advanced options and go to the Printing category.
  2. 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.

  3. 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.
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