Category in Advanced options dialog box: Drawing properties

Use this advanced option to define the custom arrow symbol Tekla Structures uses as the section end symbol. To use a custom arrow symbol, select Custom from the End list in the section mark properties.

By default Tekla Structures uses the symbol no 0 in the sections.sym file (located usually in the folder ..\environments\common\symbols\). To use another symbol, enter the symbol file name first, then the @ sign and then the number of the symbol, for example sections@0.

Here's the symbol selected in Symbol Editor:

To open Symbol Editor, click File > Editors > Symbol editor. There you can open different symbol files and check the included symbols and their numbers.

For more information about symbols, see Add symbols in drawings.

This advanced option is model specific and the setting is saved in the options database.

See also

XS_​SECTION_​SYMBOL_​LEFT_​ARROW_​SYMBOL

Define automatic section view properties

Add and modify section marks in drawings

Creating custom section arrows in a special format