Using exact drawing view scale and automatic drawing size is very useful, for example, when the number, size, or location of drawing views may change.

Note that the following instructions do not apply to GA drawings.

1. On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type.
2. Load drawing properties that are as close to the ones you need as possible.

3. Click Layout.

4. Set Size definition mode to Autosize.

   The available sizes for autosizing are defined in the Drawing size settings dialog box, which you can access through Layout editor.

5. Go to the Scale tab and set Autoscale to No.

   This way Tekla Structures uses the exact scale that you have set for the main views and section views.

6. Click View creation in the options tree on the left, select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View properties.
7. On the Attributes 1 tab, set the desired Scale.
8. Save the view properties and click Close.

9. Click Save to save the drawing properties, then click OK and create the drawing.

When you create the drawing, Tekla Structures creates the views using the selected scale and selects the smallest drawing size where the views fit in the drawing.

Note that each drawing size might have its own individual table set, so the table set might also change when Tekla Structures adapts another drawing size. Tekla Structures uses only drawing sizes that use the drawing layout that you have selected from the Layout list.