When you open a drawing, Tekla Structures activates drawing mode.

• The ribbon, File menu, side pane, selection switches, and snap switches for modeling mode are replaced by those of drawing mode. Model views remain on the screen in the background. When you close the drawing, you automatically return to modeling mode.

• The contextual toolbar and context menu contain commands and controls that are specific to drawings and drawing objects, and they vary depending on the drawing content that you have selected.

  

  

• Avvio rapido contains drawing-specific commands, and you can use it to find commands, dialogs, and toolbars. Start typing the name of the command, for example, dimension, and start the command by clicking the name of the dimensioning command in the displayed list.

The following image identifies the locations of the controls in drawing mode:

(1) The File menu contains commands and basic settings that can be used in drawing mode.

(2) The drawing mode ribbon and the tabs mostly contain commands available for drawings only, some commands are common with modeling mode. When you click a command on the ribbon, the related help opens in the Istruttore side pane.

(3) By default, the Quick Access Toolbar contains the Salva, Annulla, Ripeti, and Annulla cronologia buttons. You can customize the Barra di accesso rapido according to your needs.

(4) Use the Quick Launch for searching drawing-related commands.

(5) Use the side pane to check instructions for the currently active ribbon command, view and modify object properties, view notifications and adjust notification settings, open Libreria 2D, open Gestione contenuto disegno, open the Applicazioni e componenti catalog, or to access Tekla Online services.

(6) This is your Tekla Structures drawing.

(7) Use the Snap switches to control which points you can snap to and pick.

(8) Use the selection switches to scale down the amount of selectable objects. Click the Filtro di selezione button to create new selection filters.

(9) The status bar shows instructions and error messages.