Category in Advanced options dialog: Drawing properties

Use this advanced option to control the behavior of manually added marks and notes in drawings when the content in the properties is not defined for the object type you have selected in the drawing.

This advanced option is user specific and the setting is saved in options.bin under the user folder, for example, in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Trimble\Tekla Structures\<version>\UserSettings. Restart Tekla Structures to activate the new value.

Tekla Structures version 2023 SP5 and later

If you set XS_SHOW_EMPTY_MARKS to TRUE (default):

• Tekla Structures creates the marks or notes that have no content with the "Content not defined" text.
• The following status bar message is displayed: "Marks without content have been created. Use the XS_SHOW_EMPTY_MARKS advanced option to control this. - - Add elements to the mark content and click Modify."
• You can double-click the mark or note and add the content in the property pane.
• You can also change the advanced option value to FALSE to change the functionality.

If you set XS_SHOW_EMPTY_MARKS to FALSE:

• Tekla Structures creates the marks that have no content and selects these empty marks in the drawing.
• The following status bar message is displayed: "Invisible marks without content have been created - - Add elements to the mark content and click Modify."
• If marks of only one mark type without content have been created, the property pane shows up immediately indicating in the visual editor that the content is not defined, and you can add the desired content.

  

• If marks of two or more mark types without content have been created:
  • Property pane shows up, and there is an exclamation mark next to the object type list arrow button indicating that the list contains mark types with empty marks.
  • The property pane keeps all marks with empty content visible in the object type list so that you can select each mark type and fix the problems.

Tekla Structures version 2022 from SP11 onwards

If you set XS_SHOW_EMPTY_MARKS to TRUE (default):

• Tekla Structures creates the marks or notes with a text element set to "Content not defined".
• The following status bar message is displayed: "Marks without content have been created. Use XS_SHOW_EMPTY_MARKS to control this. -- Add elements to mark content and press Modify."
• You can double-click the mark or note and add the content in the properties dialog.

If you set XS_SHOW_EMPTY_MARKS to FALSE:

• The mark or note properties dialog is displayed and you can add the mark or note text.
• The following status bar message is displayed: "Invisible marks without content have been created –- Add elements to mark content and press Modify."