XS_DRAWING_TEMPLATES_LIBRARY
Category in Advanced options dialog: Drawing properties
Set this advanced option to point to the model folder that the Clone command in Document manager uses by default to get the drawing templates when you have selected to use drawing templates in another model.
This advanced option is model specific and the setting is saved in the options database. .
Example
C:\TeklaStructuresModels\MyModel
(where MyModel is the model name).
To use the a drawing template library and the drawing template:
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Open the user.ini file located in the folder ..\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Trimble\Tekla Structures\<version>\UserSettings in a text editor.
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Set the advanced option
XS_DRAWING_TEMPLATES_LIBRARYto point to the model folder that contains the drawing templates (template library):set XS_DRAWING_TEMPLATES_LIBRARY=%XS_RUNPATH%\<drawing_template_model>For example:
set XS_DRAWING_TEMPLATES_LIBRARY=C:\TeklaStructuresModels\MyModel(where
MyModelis the model name). -
To open the Clone Drawing dialog, click Clone in Document manager.
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Use the Objects and actions in cloning options to define the drawing objects to be cloned and the actions for each cloned object.
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Select the Clone from > Other model option. You can see that the MyModel folder is displayed in the box.
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Click the Select template... button.
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In the Drawing Templates dialog, select the drawing template.
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Leave the list open and clone the drawing by clicking Clone selected.
Note: There is another advanced option with a similar name, XS_CLONING_TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY. This advanced option defines the parent
folders that contain all the models that have the cloning templates that you want to
show in the Master Drawing Catalog.