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Project settings for administrators

Tekla Structures
2023
Tekla Structures

Project settings for administrators

Set up a component folder, define project properties, and configure printer settings for the project.

Create your own component folder

Usually, only a few different connections and components are used in a project. To ensure that everyone in the project uses the same components and finds the components faster, we recommend that you create your own component folder.

Tip:

In the Applications & components catalog, use the commands in Access advanced features > Catalog management to modify catalog definitions.

See also :
  1. Click the Applications & components button in the side pane to open the Applications & components catalog.
  2. To create a new group for the project, right-click in the catalog, then select New group.
  3. Add components to the group.
    1. Select the components in the catalog, right-click, then select Add to group.
    2. Select the group to which you want to add the components.

      You can also drag the selected components to another group.

  4. To hide the groups that you do not need, select the group, right-click, then select Hide/Unhide.

Define project properties

Project information is needed many times during a project. Define the project information at the beginning of a project so that reports and drawings show the correct information automatically.

You can also update the project properties during the project.

  1. On the File menu, click Project properties.
  2. Edit the project properties.

    When you edit the properties, Tekla Structures highlights the modified properties in yellow.

  3. Click Modify to apply the changes.

Printer settings

Tekla Structures uses Windows drivers to write the print data directly to the Windows print device interface.

You print drawings as a PDF file, save them as a plot file (.plt) for printing with a printer or plotter, or print them on a selected printer.

To print to several paper sizes, you must modify the drawingsizes.dat file. You can also change the line width of the printed drawings.

You can use advanced options specific to the drawing type to define how Tekla Structures automatically names .pdf files and .plt files.

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