The cloning functionality has also been improved to produce better automatic results, which helps you to keep your fabrication drawings more stable during project updates.

Best matching drawing templates for single-part drawings (W)

Smart create can now suggest best matching drawing templates also for the selected single parts.

Earlier, the best matching drawing template was suggested only for assemblies and cast units.

Best matching saved settings for all fabrication drawing types (A, C, W)

Smart create can now suggest best matching saved drawing settings found for the selected single parts, assemblies, and cast units. Smart create first looks for the best matching drawing template and if one is found, uses the saved settings that were used to create that template. If those are not found, the best matching saved settings based on the object name are used. If no top match is found, the applied settings are used. The saved settings are searched from the environment, model, firm, project, and company folders.

Earlier, only the best matching drawing template was suggested.

Quick creation of drawings using new intuitive Smart create switches

Tekla Structures 2025 provides a quick way to switch between different creation methods, which can be necessary for different model objects and drawing types. The creation methods are now readily available for selection as switches on the Create fabrication drawing ribbon menu and in the Creation review dialog. Now you can clearly see the methods that you have available and that you have selected.

The renewed Create fabrication drawing ribbon menu with the new switches, the Template suggestion switch is enabled by default:

The new look of the Creation review dialog with new switches:

• To create drawings, select the model objects, and on the Create fabrication drawing ribbon menu, enable Creation review and select the desired Smart create switch. Then click the Create fabrication drawing command. In the Creation review dialog, refine your selection and click Create when ready.

• To change the Smart create creation method, click another switch in the Smart create column. The selection in the Create from column changes accordingly, and the displayed information indicates the selected creation method.

  Template suggestion: Looks for the best matching drawing template based on the product geometry and properties. This is the default Smart create option. When a drawing has been created using a drawing template, the new Document manager column Cloning source indicates which drawing has been used as the drawing template.

  Settings suggestion: Looks for the best matching drawing template and if one is found, uses the saved settings that were used to create that template. If those are not found, the best matching saved settings based on the object name are used.

  Manual selection: Uses the applied settings by default.

• In the beginning of the project, when no drawing templates are available, you can use Template suggestion, because the system will automatically look for a saved settings match if no template match is available.

  Previously, Smart create could not suggest any creation source in the beginning of the project, and you had to select the source settings manually by going through the settings list in the Creation review dialog.

• If no drawing template match is found, the system automatically looks for the best matching saved settings, and if no saved settings match is found, applied settings are suggested.

Three top matches suggested

Smart create now lists up to three best matching drawing templates and best matching saved settings for the selected model objects.

Three best matching drawing templates:

Three best matching saved settings:

Earlier, only one best matching drawing template was suggested.

New drawing template preview

The new drawing template preview allows you to better evaluate which of the suggested drawing templates suits your needs the best. The prerequisite for showing the preview is that you have saved a snapshot of the template drawing. Previews are also shown for drawing templates in other models, and you can preview the drawing templates without opening the model.

• To show the preview, hover over the icon of the drawing template in the Create from column.
• To open the preview in the snapshot window, where you can zoom the preview, click the icon.

  Preview:

  

  Snapshot window:

  

Settings files cannot be previewed as they are not drawings.

Other improvements in Creation review dialog

• You can now add more model objects in the list of objects when the Creation review dialog is open. To do this, select the desired objects in the model and click the new Add selected objects button. Drawing creation options will be suggested for the new objects immediately. To remove objects from the object list, select the object row and click the new remove button.

• In the Creation review dialog, the Create button is now disabled if you have not selected any objects or if your selections are not valid.
• In the Creation review dialog, the objects that already have drawings now have a status icon in the Create column and a tooltip telling that the drawing already exists.