Scene settings

Tekla Structural Designer
2021
Tekla Structural Designer

Scene settings

The Scene page and its subpages in the Settings dialog box allow you to control the color and opacity of each object type in scene views when using the settings set selected in the Select the settings set to edit list.

Note: Unlike other settings, changes made to the active settings set on the Scene page are instantly applied to the current session when you click OK to close the Settings dialog box.
Button, command, or option Description

Graphics subpage

Driver

Note: The default settings on the Graphics subpage are the recommended settings. Do not adjust them unless the Tekla Support Team instructs you to do so.

Antialiasing

Transparency

Colors subpage

Background color list

Allows you to select whether the table below displays and allows you to adjust the colors for a light or dark background.

Gradient Background Unselect this option to apply a uniform white or black background to each window, with no gradient applied.

Reset Colors

Resets all the colors to the default settings.

Color Name

Displays the interface item to which the color applies.

Tip: An arrow is displayed to the left of some of the items, this can be clicked on in order to set the colors for sub-items.
Note: The Gradient Legend colors are those used when reviewing embodied carbon.

Opacity

Allows you to set the opacity of each color.

Color

Allows you to set the color for each interface item according to your needs.

Fonts subpage

Reset Fonts

Resets all the fonts to the default settings.

Font Name

Displays the interface item to which the font applies.

Font

Allows you to change the font used for the interface item.

Size

Allows you to adjust the size of the font.

Bold

Allow you to further format the font.

Italic

Contours subpage

Lower bound [%]

Displays the lower bound of each FE contour in the results view.

Tip: To adjust the size of the lower bound, modify Size [%].

Upper bound [%]

Displays the upper bound of each FE contour in the results view.

Tip: To adjust the size of the upper bound, modify Size [%].

Size [%]

Allows you to adjust the size of individual contours according to your needs. Note that the sum of the sizes must equate to 100 %.

Color

Allows you to change the color of a contour.

Split

Divides the contour that is currently selected in the table into two contours that are each half the size of the original contour.

Delete

Deletes the contour that is currently selected in the table.

Reset

Resets the contours to the default configuration that consists of 10 evenly sized contours.

Utilization Ratios subpage

Minimum value

Allows you to adjust the minimum value of a ratio band.

Note: The value of the highest ratio band can be increased above 1.0, if necessary.

Color

Allows you to change the color of a ratio band.

Add

Creates a new ratio band that you can modify to the bottom of the table.

Delete

Deletes the ratio band that is currently selected in the table.

Reset

Resets the ratio bands to the default configuration that consists of 5 evenly sized ratio bands.

Sort

Rearranges the ratio bands in order of the values (from highest to lowest).

View Settings subpage

Do not display values of story shear below

Allows you to limit the values of story shear for a new model. This way, you can easily ignore the small values of story shear that might otherwise detract you from the more important story shear values. The story shear values that are less than the limiting value are not displayed in the results view.

Show full pile length

Allows you to select whether Tekla Structural Designer displays the full length of piles or a shorter pile length that you can specify.

2 x scale for steel columns

Allows you to double the scale of steel columns in 2D views in order to simplify viewing the columns and their orientation.

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