Define marks

Marks are associative annotation objects that are used for identifying individual building objects in a drawing. A mark displays a set of user-selectable properties called mark elements. By automatic marks we mean marks that Tekla Structures creates in a drawing based on the mark properties defined in the drawing properties.

The mark properties define what Tekla Structures shows in marks and how the marks are shown. In addition, Tekla Structures uses the contentattributes_global.lst attributes file for setting the default unit settings for some mark elements. You can use contentattributes_userdefined.lst when you want to configure settings of your own.

Tekla Structures is able to create the following automatic marks:

Part marks
Bolt marks
Neighbor part marks
Surface treatment marks
Connection marks
Model weld marks
Reinforcement marks
Pour object marks
Dimension marks
Section marks
View label marks

You can modify the mark properties after creating the drawing, and add marks manually in an open drawing.


To	Click the links below to find out more
Set up and add automatic marks for building objects	Add automatic marks
Indicate whether to show and merge marks	Adjust the visibility of automatic marks
Add frames around single mark elements or around the mark itself, adjust the appearance of the mark text and leader line, and change the unit and format of an element	Adjust text, frames and leader lines of automatic marks
Check how the location of the mark is affected by mark placement settings, the type of the leader line, predefined mark location and part orientation settings, modeling direction of parts, and drawing protection settings	Mark location
Automatically merge part marks, surface treatment marks or reinforcement marks	Merge marks automatically
Show the mark frame and leader line of the hidden part with a dashed or a solid line	Show mark frames and leader lines for hidden parts
Set or change the unit and the number of decimals in measurement values for various mark elements	Change unit settings for marks
Use advanced options to define the contents of the bolt mark Size element	Define size in bolt marks using advanced options
Add level attributes in part marks and associative notes as user-defined attributes	Add level attributes in automatic part marks
Add user-defined attributes and template attributes in marks	Add attributes in automatic marks
Add custom graphical templates as elements in marks, for example, add a template that changes the unit and the number of decimals in measurement values in a mark	Add templates in automatic marks
Add symbols in mark from a specific symbol file	Add symbols in automatic marks
Add a pull-out picture of a reinforcing bar in a reinforcement mark	Add pull-out pictures in rebar marks