Customize print file names (old printing)

By default, Tekla Structures uses the drawing names as print file names. You can customize these file names using an advanced option indicating the drawing type, and entering switches defining the format of the print file name as a value.

To customize the filenames:

On the File menu, click Settings > Advanced options and go to the Printing category.
Enter switches for the advanced options XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_A, XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_W, XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_G, XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_M, and XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_C.

You can also combine several switches. The switches are not case sensitive.
Click OK.

Example

The example below results in the filename E_P1_PLATE_Revision=2.dxf:

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

Switches for customizing print file names

Use the following switches when you want to customize the print file name format. If you are defining these in an .ini file, use double %%. Use single % in the Advanced options dialog box.


Switch	Example of the result	Description
`%NAME%` `%DRAWING_NAME%`	P_1	Part, assembly, or cast unit position, using the filename format prefix_number.
`%NAME.-%` `%DRAWING_NAME.-%`	P-1	Part, assembly, or cast unit position, using the filename format prefix-number.
`%NAME.%` `%DRAWING_NAME.%`	P1	Part, assembly, or cast unit position, using the filename format prefixnumber.
`%REV%` `%REVISION%` `%DRAWING_REVISION%`	2	Drawing revision number, if Include revision mark to file name is checked in the Print Drawings dialog box.
`%REV_MARK%` `%REVISION_MARK%` `%DRAWING_REVISION_MARK%`	B	Drawing revision mark, if Include revision mark to file name is checked in the Print Drawings dialog box.
`%TITLE%` `%DRAWING_TITLE%`	PLATE	Drawing name from the drawing properties dialog box.
`%UDA:<drawing user-defined attribute>%`	Painted	Value of a drawing user-defined attribute. The drawing user-defined attributes are defined in objects.inp. The actual values for the user-defined attributes are entered in the drawing-specific user-defined attributes dialog box.
`%REV? - <text>%`	2 - Rev	Adds conditional prefixes. In this example, if `REV` exists, Tekla Structures adds the text between ? and % to the filename.
`%TPL:<template attribute>%`	Base plate	You can use here template attributes that can be found in Template Editor. The actual values for these attributes are entered in the drawing properties dialog box. Examples: `%TPL:TITLE1%` `%TPL:TITLE2%` `%TPL:TITLE3%` `%TPL:DR_DEFAULT_HOLE_SIZE%` `%TPL:DATE%` `%TPL:TIME%` `%TPL:DR_DEFAULT_WELD_SIZE%`

Note:

The print output 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.