Unfold polybeams in drawings

When you create a drawing, you can automatically unfold polybeams and bent plates in single-part drawings. Tekla Structures unfolds the polybeams according to unfolding parameters, which define the location of the neutral axis when a profile is unfolded.

Notes and limitations

You can unfold only beams that have been created with the Polybeam command. You cannot unfold beams created with the Curved beam command.
You can unfold a polybeam only on one plane.
Check for parts with zero weight using reports or filters. Those parts can not be unfolded.
Check session logs for problematic solids as those parts can not be unfolded. You can also use solid error detection extensions available in Tekla Warehouse, for example, Solid error detector.

On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties > Single-part drawing.
Load drawing properties that are as close to the ones you need as possible.
Click View creation in the options tree and go to the Attributes tab.
Set Unfolded to Yes.
To save the changes, click Save.
Click OK and create the drawing.

Tekla Structures unfolds the polybeam in the single-part drawing.

Note:
The Unfolded setting in the View Properties properties dialog on the Attributes 2 tab is ignored in drawing creation when you set this option on the Attributes tab of the Single-part drawing properties dialog.