Open or close the selected view

Open or close all views in a folder

• Right-click a view and select Open view or Close view.
• Right-click a folder or select Open all views in folder or Close all views in folder.

You can have up to nine views open at the same time.

To open multiple views, use the Shift and Ctrl keys when you select views.

Rename a view

Delete a view

• Right-click a view and select Rename.
• Right-click a view and select Delete.

Use the indicators to quickly check the status of the view

• the view is the currently active view.
• the view is currently open.
• the view is a temporary view. Rename the view to make it a permanent view. Temporary views have a default name in parentheses.
• the view is shared in Tekla Model Sharing.

Bring a selected view to the front on top of the views

Right-click a view and select Bring to front.

Alternatively, double-click a view in the side pane to bring it to the front as the topmost of all visible views.

Switch between the list view and the thumbnail view

Click to switch between the list view and the thumbnail view.

The thumbnail view shows a preview of each view. Thumbnail is visible only if you have opened the view. If a view has never been opened, it does not have a thumbnail.

Open the Quick access folder

The Quick access folder displays all open and temporary views, and those views that you have marked as favorites.

Add a view to favorites

Right-click a view and select Add to favorites.

The view is then added to the Favorites folder under Quick access.

Use the Search box

Use the Search box to find specific views.

Create a new folder

Right-click and select New folder to create your own folders where you can organize your views. You can also have subfolders.

Alternatively, create a new folder by clicking .

Move a view to another folder

Drag the selected view to a suitable folder.

Alternatively, right-click a view and select Cut. Go to another folder, right-click, and select Paste.

Copy a view to another folder

Open view properties

Right-click a view and select Properties. The View properties dialog opens.

Create drawings

• If you have selected one view and want to create a general arrangement drawing of the selected view, select Create GA drawing.
• If you have selected several views and want to create general arrangement drawings for each selected view, select Create GA drawing for each selected view.
• If you have selected several views and want to create a general arrangement drawing that includes all the views, select Create GA drawing containing selected views.

Alternatively, create an empty drawing, or define the drawing properties by clicking .

To open the created drawing, click the Drawing created. Click here to open the drawing. button.

If the model has been shared using Tekla Model Sharing

Personal views and shared views are organized in separate folders.

Views in the Personal views folder are not shared, whereas the views in the Shared views are shared with other Tekla Model Sharing users.

• To share a view with Tekla Model Sharing, right-click a view and select Share. If you select multiple views, you can share all of them at once.

  Alternatively, drag the selected views to the Shared views folder.

• To remove a view from being shared, right-click a shared view and select Remove from sharing.

  Alternatively, drag the selected views to the Personal views folder.

Note that the Share option is available only if the model has been shared using Tekla Model Sharing.

Shared views are moved to the Shared views folder, marked as shared , and shared the next time when the model is written out to the sharing service. The folder structure of the Shared views folder is shared as well.