XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_A

Category in Advanced options dialog: Printing

Use this advanced option to define print file names for assembly drawings. This advanced option also affects how the exported DWG/DXF/DGN files are named.

Enter any combination of text and options:


Value	Example of the result in the print file name	Description
`%NAME%` `%DRAWING_NAME%`	P_1	Part, assembly, or cast unit position, using the file name format `prefix_number`.
`%NAME.-%` `%DRAWING_NAME.-%`	P-1	Part, assembly, or cast unit position, using the file name format `prefix-number`.
`%NAME.%` `%DRAWING_NAME.%`	P1	Part, assembly, or cast unit position, using the file name format `prefixnumber`.
`%REV%` `%REVISION%` `%DRAWING_REVISION%`	2	Drawing revision number.
`%REV_MARK%` `%REVISION_MARK%` `%DRAWING_REVISION_MARK%`	B	Drawing revision mark.
`%TITLE%` `%DRAWING_TITLE%`	PLATE	Drawing name from the drawing properties dialog.
`%UDA:<drawing user-defined attribute>%`	Painted	Value of a user-defined drawing attribute, f For example, `UDA:DRAWING_USERFIELD_1`. The user-defined drawing attributes are defined in objects.inp. The actual values for the user-defined attributes are entered in the drawing-specific user-defined attributes dialog.
`%REV? - <text>%`	2 - Rev	Adds conditional prefixes. In this example, if `REV` exists, Tekla Structures adds the text between ? and % to the file name. The question mark (?) can be used for querying if a `<variable>` is set, and if it is not set, the `<text>` after the question mark until the last % will be printed.
`%TPL:<template attribute>%`	Base plate	You can use template attributes that can be found in Template Editor. The actual values for these attributes are entered in the drawing properties dialog. Examples: `%TPL:TITLE1%` `%TPL:TITLE2%` `%TPL:TITLE3%` `%TPL:DR_DEFAULT_HOLE_SIZE%` `%TPL:DATE%` `%TPL:TIME%` `%TPL:DR_DEFAULT_WELD_SIZE%`

This advanced option is role specific. When the type SYSTEM(ROLE) is in use, the default value is used. When the type MODEL(ROLE) or DRAWING(ROLE) is in use, you can change the value, which is then the same for all users in the current model.

Example

The example below results in the assembly drawing PDF name E_P1_PLATE_Revision=2.pdf:

E_%NAME.%_%TITLE%%REV?_Revision=%%REV%

E = is the text you want to have in the beginning.

NAME. = P1, which is the part position without punctuation.

TITLE = PLATE, which is the name that you have entered in the Name box in drawing properties.

REV? = Empty, if there are no revisions. If a revision exists, the text after the question mark (?) together with the revision value according to the revision information defined in Rev.No. in the Revision handling dialog are written in the plot file name.

Revision= is the text to be printed, if REV gives a value. If REV does not give a value, the text Revision= will not be printed.

REV = 2, because 2 is the revision number in the Revision handling dialog.

Note:

The print file name switches %DRAWING_NAME% and %NAME% that should produce an underscore in the print file name (P_1) do not work if XS_ASSEMBLY_POSITION_NUMBER_FORMAT_STRING does not use a separator between the values (for example, %ASSEMBLY_PREFIX%%ASSEMBLY_POS%), or if XS_USE_ASSEMBLY_NUMBER_FOR is set.

To make the switches work, do the following:

If you want to use XS_ASSEMBLY_POSITION_NUMBER_FORMAT_STRING, use a dot (.) slash (/) or hyphen (-) between the values, for example, %ASSEMBLY_PREFIX%.%ASSEMBLY_POS%, or similar.
Leave XS_USE_ASSEMBLY_NUMBER_FOR empty.

Note:

When you define a switch in the Advanced options dialog, you only use single percent signs around the switch %xxx%. When you define a switch for an advanced option in an .ini file, you need to use double percent signs around the switch %%xxx%%. For example, type %%BOLT_NUMBER%%*D%%HOLE.DIAMETER%% for the advanced option XS_BOLT_MARK_STRING_FOR_SIZE when you define it in an .ini file.

XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_A

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Example

XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_A