Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawing properties

On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type. You can modify the properties after creating the drawing by double-clicking the drawing background.

For details about creating single-part, assembly, and cast unit drawings, click the links below:

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Create fabrication drawings

The settings and options in single-part, assembly and cast unit drawing properties are described below.


Setting	Description
Titles: Name	Define the name of the drawing that is shown in the Document manager, and that can be included in drawing and report templates, and used in printout names, for example. The maximum length of the drawing name is 32 characters. For more information, see: Modify drawing names and titles Customize print file names
Titles: Cast unit definition method	This setting is available for cast unit drawings only. By cast unit position: A drawing will be created from each cast unit. If there are identical cast units, one of them will serve as the base cast unit for the drawing. This is the most common method for creating cast unit drawings. By cast unit ID: Each part in the model has a unique GUID. You can create drawings by using the cast unit GUIDs. The GUID determines the marking of the drawing. You can create several drawings from identical cast units.
Titles: Title 1, Title 2, Title 3	Define titles that can be shown in Document manager. The titles can be included in drawing and report templates, and used in printout names, for example. For more information, see: Modify drawing names and titles Customize print file names
Titles: Sheet number	Used for creating several drawings of the same part as multiple drawing sheets. The number of sheets is not limited. For more information, see: Create multiple drawing sheets of the same part
Layout	See Layout properties.
View creation	Define the drawing views to be created. From here you can move on to modifying the view properties for each view. Here you can also define Common settings for all views: Weld mark visible controls the visibility of model weld marks in assembly drawings. The options are: In one view: Tekla Structures automatically finds the most relevant view for showing the model weld marks. Every weld mark is shown in a drawing in one view only. In all views: Tekla Structures adds the model weld marks in all drawing views that contain the part with the weld. Ignore bolt size filters standard-sized bolts out of drawings, which means that Tekla Structures does not display bolt marks of the defined bolt size in drawings. This setting is available in single-part and assembly drawings. Weld size limit filters welds and weld marks of the defined weld size and smaller out of the drawing. This setting is available in single-part and assembly drawings. For more information, see: View properties in drawings Define the views to create
Section view	Define section view properties. For more information, see: Section view properties Define the views to create Create views in drawings Add and modify section marks in drawings
Detail view	Define the start number or letter of the detail view and detail symbol label. For more information, see: Create views in drawings Add and modify detail marks in drawings
User-defined attributes	Add customized information to a drawing, such as information related to workflow, and comments. This information can be displayed in the Document manager, and you can use it in report and drawing templates and marks, and as switches when customizing print file names. The user-defined attributes and tabs shown in this dialog are defined in the objects.inp file. The availability of the various user-defined attributes depends on your environment, role and configuration. For more information, see: User-defined attributes in drawings