Show Report On Drawing

Not version-specific

Tekla Structures

Environment

United States (Imperial)

United States (Metric)

Purpose and description

This tool allows users to create a report and add it to a drawing in one step. Each time the drawing is opened, the tool recreates the report to ensure that is always up to date.

System requirements

Environments: Default
Languages: English
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Installing Show Report On Drawing

To install the application:

Have Tekla Structures closed during installation.
Install the appropriate installation package that you can download from the Tekla Warehouse. (Before 2016i install the .msi. 2016i and newer install the .tsep.)
Reopen Tekla Structures once installation is complete.
Before version 2016: A new toolbar icon which will launch the tool should now be visible when a drawing is opened. For 2016 a new thumbnail under Ungrouped items in the Applications and components side pane will appear. For version 2016i and newer a new thumbnail under US Extensions items in the Applications and components side pane will appear.

Before v2016

2016+

Using Show Report On Drawing

Open existing Tekla drawing.
Launch the tool by double clicking on the icon/thumbnail. This will activate the tool and open the Properties dialog box.

Report Templates: Pick which report you want created on the drawing. This list shows all available Tekla reports from the typical folder search order.
Selection Method: You can pick whether the report should be created From entire model or From drawing.
Text File Attributes: This defines which attribute the tool will use to insert the report on the drawing. These settings are pulled from Annotating > Add Text > From Text File.

NOTE: To ensure that the text on the drawing aligns with columns created in the report template, ensure that the font style defined in the Text File Properties is a monospace (fixed width) font.

Titles in reports: These fields work the same way as the 3 title fields in create report tool in the model.

Click Apply and save the attribute.
1. Attribute files are saved in the attributes folder inside the model folder with a file extension of *.ShowReportOnDrawing.UI.DiaMain.xml.
Pick a point in the drawing to locate the bottom left corner of the report.

NOTE: If the same report is created with different settings applied, the settings that were used last will apply to all occurrences the next time the drawing is opened.
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Installed Files

Monospace.fas: Text File attribute saved with Monospac821 BT font. This file is saved to the ...\<environment>\system folder.
Courier New.fas: Text File attribute saved with Courier New font. This file is saved to the ...\<environment>\system folder.
standard.ShowReportOnDrawing.UI.DiaMain.xml: Standard file for the Show Report on Drawing extension that has the Monospace text file attribute already loaded. This file is saved to the ...\<environment>\system folder.