Edit drawings

Tekla Structures
Modified: 12 Mar 2026
2026
Tekla Structures

Edit drawings

After you have created a drawing, you can modify properties of the drawing and views, building objects, and annotations already included in the drawing. You can add views, annotations, links, sketch objects and other objects. You can also change drawing colors, and use special custom presentations for some object types.

You can have a quick overview of drawings without opening the drawing and then open the desired drawing:

Create and show snapshots in drawings

Open drawings

You can edit the drawing name and titles:

Modify drawing names and titles

You can change the drawing layout and the included table sets:

Select a new layout for your drawing

Change table sets in drawings

You can edit the model while having a general arrangement drawing open:

Edit a model together with a general arrangement drawing

You can add and edit drawing views, dimensions, annotations and other drawing objects:

Add views in drawings

Add dimensions in drawings

Add annotations in drawings

Add symbols in drawings

Add links in drawings

Add clouds in drawings

Clone selected annotations or representations in drawings

Add sketch objects in drawings

Show building objects in drawings

Show welds in drawings

Show reinforcement in drawings

Show pours in drawings

Show spiral beams in drawings

Show reference objects in drawings

Show grids in drawings

Add and use details in drawing 2D Library

Add custom presentations in drawings

Add moment connection symbols in Tekla Structures drawings

Work with User coordinate system (UCS) in drawings

You can hide, move, reshape, resize, align, arrange, explode, and delete drawing objects and use cut lines to indicate parts partly outside the view border:

Show or hide drawing objects

Hide part face areas and outlines with cover-up tools

Align selected drawing objects

Drag, reshape, and resize drawing objects

Arrange selected annotation objects

Delete drawing objects

Indicate cut part lines in drawings

Explode drawing plug-ins and use ordinary drawing objects

When you save and close the drawings, there are some things you need to keep in mind:

Save and close drawings

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