Define automatic surface treatment in drawings

You can define what is shown in a surface treatment and how the surface treatment is shown in drawings.

The hatch pattern Tekla Structures adds on the surface treatment depends on the type of the surface treatment that you selected in surface treatment properties in the model, and on the hatch properties defined in the surface treatment hatch pattern properties file surfacing.htc.

On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type.
Load drawing properties that are as close to the ones you need as possible.
Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings: 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.
Click Surface treatment.
On the Content tab, select the surface treatment representation, and whether to show the surface treatment pattern, hidden lines, and own hidden lines.
On the Appearance tab, select the color and type of visible and hidden lines.

You can use a standard color or a custom RGB color.
General arrangement drawings: Click OK.
Click Surface treatment mark, add the elements that you want to include in the mark and adjust the appearance of the mark as required.
Do one of the following depending on the drawing type:
- Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings: Click Save to save the view properties. Then click Close to return to drawing properties.
- General arrangement drawings: Click OK.
Click Save to save the drawing properties, then click OK and create the drawing.