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Define drawing layout
Define drawing layout
A drawing layout defines which drawing tables to include in the drawing. You can create new layouts through the Layout dialog box, where you can also define the included tables, the margins and spaces, and the set of rules for increasing the drawing size when necessary. With another application, Layout editor , you can customize the existing drawing layouts. Tekla Structures has several predefined drawing layouts. Each drawing type; assembly, single-part, cast unit, general arrangement, and multidrawing, has its own layouts. You can also create customized layouts.
Defining layouts through the Layout dialog box
The layout connects a set of drawing table layouts to drawing sizes. Tekla Structures selects the smallest defined drawing size that will fit the drawing views and the connected table layout. This tells Tekla Structures which elements to include in the drawing automatically.
Each drawing layout has its own:
Table layouts
Fixed drawing sizes
Calculated drawing sizes
Using different layouts you can, for example, set assembly drawings to use A1 and A2 size drawing sheets, and single-part drawings to use A3 and A4 sheets. Another example is that you may want to include a material list in assembly drawings, but not in general arrangement drawings.
Tekla Structures saves the new layouts you create in separate files with the file name extension .lay. The layout files are located in the \attributes folder in the model folder. You can copy them to project or firm folders defined by advanced options XS_FIRM and XS_PROJECT.
Direct layout editing in Layout editor
The layout of a drawing can be edited directly on a drawing in the Layout editor. In the layout editor mode, you can select which tables you want to include in the layout and where to place the tables. You can also adjust the table scale, and rotation and overlapping with views.
Direct layout editing vs layout creation and editing through the old Layout dialog box
The Layout editor is mainly meant for customizing existing table layouts directly, quickly and easily. The old drawing Layout dialog box and layout editing functionality is still available, and more advanced layout editing still needs to be done through the Layout dialog box. Note that:
Fixed sizes and calculated sizes mapping is available through the old Layout dialog box only.
View placement set-up: Margins and spaces can be set through the old Layout dialog box only.
In Layout editor , you can only create new table layouts by modifying existing table layouts and saving them with a new name. You cannot create a drawing layout from scratch, you always need to have an existing layout to start with. However, you can edit a drawing layout that only has a name and no table layouts defined. You can create new layouts from scratch through the old Layout dialog box only.
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Find out what a table layout is and what it may contain. You can access the table layouts through the Layout dialog box. |
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Find out what the tables in the table layout are and what kind of things you can include in the tables |
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Define a new drawing layout consisting of the table layout, including tables through the Layout dialog box |
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Find out the things to consider when you replace a table with another one in a table layout using the Layout dialog box |
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Define where the tables are located in the table layout using the Layout dialog box |
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Add key plans in a table layout through the Layout dialog box |
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Add DWG/DXF files in a table layout through the Layout dialog box |
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Modify tables in Template Editor |
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Change the drawing layout |
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Check the drawing layout properties |
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Add frames and fold marks in a drawing |
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Add a Tekla Structures label in the drawing layout |