Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings:

1. Click View creation in the options tree on the left, select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View properties.

2. Click a mark type in the options tree. For example, click Part mark.

3. Go to the General tab and select whether you want to display marks by selecting one of the Visibility in view options. The available options depend on the mark type:

   • distributed: Distributes the marks in the view. Tekla Structures only creates marks that are not visible in the other views.

   • always: Always creates marks in the view, irrespective the settings in other views.

   • preferred: Acts as distributed, but the preferred view has a higher priority.

     Select preferred to one view only in a drawing. If you set other views to distributed, the marks are located only in the view that has the setting Visibility in view set to preferred.

   • none: Does not create marks.

   Note that if you want to create your own marks manually, always use the none option. Selecting another option, for example always, might slow down the drawing update during opening, even if you had deleted the marks manually.

4. In Parts out of view plane, select whether you want to display marks for parts that are out of view plane:

   • Visible: Displays marks for parts outside the view in the drawing.

   • Not visible: Displays no marks for parts outside the view in the drawing.

5. For bolt marks, select if you want to show bolt marks in main parts, secondary parts, sub-assembly main parts, or in sub-assembly secondary parts.

   For bolt marks, you can also define the Ignore size, which filters standard-sized bolt marks out of drawings. Tekla Structures will not display bolt marks of the size you enter here.

6. For weld marks, set the following visibility options:

   • Welds, Welds in sub-assemblies and Welds in hidden parts:

     None displays no welds in the drawing.

     Site displays only site welds in the drawing.

     Workshop displays only workshop welds in the drawing.

     Both displays both site welds and workshop welds in the drawing.

   • Weld size limit: Enter a weld size to filter welds of that size out of the drawing. This is useful when you only want to show non-typical welds in a drawing.

7. Click to save the changes in view properties, and then click Close to return to drawing properties.

8. Define the following settings on the drawing level under Common settings for all views:

   • Weld mark visible controls the visibility of model weld marks in assembly drawings. The options are:

     • In one view: Tekla Structures automatically finds the most relevant view for showing the model weld marks. Every weld mark is shown in a drawing in one view only.

     • In all views: Tekla Structures adds the model weld marks in all drawing views that contain the part with the weld.

   • Weld size limit: Enter a weld size to filter welds of that size out of the drawing. This is useful when you only want to show non-typical welds in a drawing. This setting is available for single-part and assembly drawings.

   • Ignore size filters standard-sized bolt marks out of drawings. Tekla Structures will not display bolt marks of the size you enter here. This setting is available for single-part and assembly drawings.

9. Click Modify.

General arrangement drawings:

1. Click a mark type button in drawing properties. For example, click Part mark....

2. Go to the General tab and select whether you want to display marks by selecting one of the Visibility in view options. The available options depend on the mark type:

   • distributed: Distributes the marks in the view. Tekla Structures only creates marks that are not visible in the other views.

   • always: Always creates marks in the view, irrespective the settings in other views.

   • preferred: Acts as distributed, but the preferred view has a higher priority.

     Select preferred to one view only in a drawing. If you set other views to distributed, the marks are located only in the view that has the setting Visibility in view set to preferred.

   • none: Does not create marks.

     Note that if you want to create your own marks, always use the none option. Selecting another option, for example always, might slow down the drawing update during opening, even if you had deleted the marks manually.

3. In Parts out of view plane, select whether you want to display marks for parts that are out of view plane:

   • Visible: Displays marks for parts outside the view in the drawing.

   • Not visible: Displays no marks for parts outside the view in the drawing.

4. For bolt marks, select if you want to show bolt marks in main parts, secondary parts, sub-assembly main parts, or in sub-assembly secondary parts.

   For bolt marks, you can also define the Ignore size, which filters standard-sized bolt marks out of drawings. Tekla Structures will not display bolt marks of the size you enter here.

5. Click OK.

6. Click Modify.