Change advanced option values in Advanced options dialog box

Use advanced options to configure Tekla Structures to suit the way you work, or to comply with specific project requirements or industry standards.

Note:

The settings in the Advanced options dialog box override the settings in any other initialization files. We recommend that you change advanced options in the Advanced options dialog box in most cases.

In some cases, you might need to change the advanced option in an .ini file, such as when the advanced option does not exist in the Advanced options dialog box, or when you want to use the same value in all new models.

For example, you can add the advanced option to an environment .ini file. For more information about other .ini files, see Typical initialization files (.ini files) and their reading order.

On the File menu, click Settings > Advanced options to open the Advanced Options dialog box.
Browse the categories or search to find the advanced option that you want to set.

To search for advanced options, enter a search term in the Search field. To search for the search term in all categories, select In all categories.

You can also use wildcards in searches. For example, to find all advanced options that have the words anchor and filter, with any characters between these two words, enter anchor*filter.
Select the type of the advanced options from the list next to the option type.
- You can change the type of role-specific advanced option between SYSTEM (ROLE), MODEL (ROLE), and DRAWING(ROLE).
  - When you change the option type to SYSTEM(ROLE), the value automatically changes to the default value.
  - When you enter a value for a SYSTEM (ROLE) option, it changes to MODEL (ROLE) or DRAWING(ROLE).
- You can change the type of system-specific advanced options from SYSTEM to MODEL(SYSTEM). When you change the option type to MODEL(SYSTEM), the value is saved in the options database. If you change the advanced option back to SYSTEM, the value is removed from the options database and the value specified in initialization files is used.
Enter the value for the advanced option or select the value from the list.
- You can use switches with some advanced options, for example, to define the contents of marks: %TPL:PROJECT.NUMBER%.
  
  If you are defining a switch for an advanced option in the Advanced Options dialog box, use single percent signs %xxx% around the switch.
  
  If you are defining the switch in an .ini file, use double percent signs %%xxx%% around the switch.
  
  For example, add %%BOLT_NUMBER%%*D%%HOLE.DIAMETER%% to define the advanced option XS_BOLT_MARK_STRING_FOR_SIZE in an .ini file.
- If you need to enter a folder path, you can type a backslash at the end of the folder path or leave it out.
Click Apply or OK.

Tip:
To create a complete list of advanced options in a text file, click Write to file. The list shows the name of the advanced option together with its current value and type. Note that writing to a file is only an export of the current settings, it is not another way of changing the advanced options.