To illustrate
the shape and dimensions of a profile you have created, you can create an image of it. Tekla Structures shows the image when you browse for profiles in the profile
catalog.
The image must be in Windows bitmap
(.bmp) format and can be created with any bitmap editor, such
as Microsoft Paint.
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Take a
screenshot of the profile that you have drawn or sketched.
For
example, press the Print Screen (Prt
Scr) key to take a screenshot of your entire desktop. To take a
screenshot of an active window, press Alt+Print
Screen. The screenshot is placed on the clipboard.
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Open the
screenshot in a bitmap editor and modify the image if necessary.
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Save the
image in .bmp format in the
..\ProgramData\Trimble\Tekla
Structures\<version>\Bitmaps folder.
The file name must
match the profile name. For example, if the name of a fixed profile or a sketched profile is mysketch, the
image must be named mysketch.bmp.
If the profile has been created using a .clb file, the name of
the image file must also include the library ID that has been used for the
profile in the .clb file and in the
profitab.inp file. For example, if the
library ID is BuiltUps and the cross section
name is BOXISMC, name the image file
BuiltUps.BOXISMC.bmp.
Note that the profile names, cross section names, and library IDs are case
sensitive.
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Restart
Tekla Structures.
The image is now shown in the profile catalog.
