Dimension placement

Tekla Structures is now more precise in placing dimension points. Previously, dimension points could occasionally be placed outside objects, leading to dimensions being shown to invisible objects. This improvement ensures that dimension points are always placed only on visible objects.

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Automatically generated dimensions in cloned drawings, controlled by XS_INTELLIGENT_CLONING_ADD_DIMENSIONS, are now placed at optimal distances from the dimensioned objects and other dimensions.

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View placement

To ensure that the view placement improvements are applied, the advanced option XS_DRAWING_UPDATE_VIEW_PLACING must be set to TRUE.

The cloned view placement has been improved for situations where views are wider or taller than the drawing sheet. Previously, these views would not move; now, they are adjusted to fit the drawing sheet as much as possible after being cloned.

Tekla Structures now intelligently places views within drawing frames in cloned drawings. When using templates (.tpl) for drawing frames, Tekla Structures attempts to prevent views from overlapping each other.

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Section views and section marks

The section view behavior in cloning has been improved for situations where an assembly has new parts. Now, when new parts are detected, the section view attempts to resize to fit the parts within its boundary box.

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Independent section marks that are not associated with any objects could previously be placed quite far from the assembly objects. Independent section marks are now deleted if they are not placed in the close proximity to a part.

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TTSD-71091

These improvements were already introduced in Tekla Structures 2025 SP4 release notes.