Define drawing size and drawing view scale

Tekla Structures
2022
Tekla Structures

Define drawing size and drawing view scale

Tekla Structures offers you three combinations of settings that you can use for defining the drawing size and the drawing view scale. You can use exact drawing view scale and automatic drawing size, automatic drawing view scale and exact drawing size, or both automatic drawing scale and drawing size.

What happens in each of the three combinations of settings:

  • Autosizing: If you always want to use a certain drawing view scale, then you would set the exact scale to be used and let Tekla Structures automatically select the drawing size that suits the selected scale.

    You can define different scales for main views and section views. All main views in a drawing automatically use the same scale unless you fine-tune individual views manually.

  • Autoscaling: If you always need to use a certain drawing size, for example, A3, A4 or A1, then you would set the size and let Tekla Structures automatically select the drawing view scale that suits the selected size.

    Tekla Structures first tries to use the preferred scale for the drawing views, then the alternative scales, and selects the largest possible scale.

  • Autosizing and autoscaling: If you are not bound to any specific drawing sizes or drawing view scales, you might want to let Tekla Structures take care of both.

Set exact drawing view scale and automatic drawing size

You can let Tekla Structures find appropriate sizes and table sets for drawings. Tekla Structures automatically updates drawings to adapt to these changes by using different drawing sizes and table sets.

Using exact drawing view scale and automatic drawing size is very useful, for example, when the number, size, or location of drawing views may change.

Note that the following instructions do not apply to GA drawings.

  1. On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type.
  2. Load drawing properties that are as close to the ones you need as possible.
  3. In drawing properties, click Layout in the option tree on the left.

  4. Set Size definition mode to Autosize.

    The available sizes for autosizing are defined in the Drawing size settings dialog box, which you can access through Layout editor.

  5. Go to the Scale tab and set Autoscale to No.

    This way Tekla Structures uses the exact scale that you have set for the main views and section views.

  6. Click View creation in the options tree on the left, select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View properties.
  7. On the Attributes 1 tab, set the desired Scale.
  8. Save the view properties and click Close.
  9. Click Save to save the drawing properties, then click OK and create the drawing.

When you create the drawing, Tekla Structures creates the views using the selected scale and selects the smallest drawing size where the views fit in the drawing.

Note that each drawing size might have its own individual table set, so the table set might also change when Tekla Structures adapts another drawing size. Tekla Structures uses only drawing sizes that use the drawing layout that you have selected from the Layout list.

Set exact drawing size and automatic drawing view scale

If you need to use a specific size in your drawings, for example, A3, A2, or A1, you can specify the exact size, and let Tekla Structures automatically select the suitable drawing view scale. The drawing size should always be smaller than the actual paper size to accommodate printer margins.

Note that the following instructions do not apply to GA drawings.

  1. On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type.
  2. Load drawing properties that are as close to the ones you need as possible.
  3. In drawing properties, click Layout in the options tree on the left.
  4. On the Drawing size tab, set Size definition mode to Specified size .
  5. Select the size from the Drawing size list.

    The available drawing sizes are defined through the Layout editor.

  6. Select the table set from the Layout list.
  7. On the Scale tab, set Autoscale to Yes.
  8. Set the Main view scales and Section view scales.

    Enter the denominators of scales and separate them with spaces. For example, enter "5 10 15 20" for the scales 1/5, 1/10, 1/15, and 1/20.

  9. Select the Scale change mode option that defines the relationship between the scales of main and section views within a drawing.

    The options are:

    • main = section: The scales of the main and section view are equal.

    • main < section: Main view scales are smaller than section view scales.

    • main <= section: Main view scales are smaller than or equal to section view scales.

  10. Click View creation in the options tree on the left, select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View properties.
  11. Enter the preferred scale.

    Do the same for each view that you create.

  12. Save the view properties and click Close.
  13. Click Save to save the drawing properties, then click OK and create the drawing.

Tekla Structures creates the drawing using the specified size. Tekla Structures first tries to use the preferred scale for the drawing views, then the alternative scales, and selects the largest possible scale.

Autoscale and autosize drawings

If you are not bound to any specific drawing sizes or drawing view scales, you can let Tekla Structures take care of both.

First set autoscaling and after that autosizing.

Note that the following instructions do not apply to GA drawings.

  1. On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type.
  2. Load drawing properties that are as close to the ones you need as possible.
  3. Click View creation in the options tree on the left, select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View properties.
  4. On the Attributes 1 tab, set the preferred drawing view scale in the Scale box.

    Do the same for all of the views you plan to create.

  5. Click Save to save the view properties. Do this for all of the views you have modified.
  6. Click Close to return to drawing properties.
  7. Click Layout, go to the Scale tab and set Autoscale to Yes.
  8. Set the alternative Main view scales and Section view scales.

    Enter the denominators of scales and separate them with spaces. For example, enter "5 10 15 20" for the scales 1/5, 1/10, 1/15, and 1/20.

  9. Select the Scale change mode, which defines the relationship between the scales of main and section views within a drawing.

    The options are:

    • main = section: The scales of the main and section view are equal.

    • main < section: Main view scales are smaller than section view scales.

    • main <= section: Main view scales are smaller than or equal to section view scales.

  10. Enter the Preferred size.
  11. On the Drawing size tab, set Size definition mode to Autosize.
  12. Click Save to save the drawing properties, then click OK and create the drawing.

When you use both autoscaling and autosizing at the same time, Tekla Structures follows the steps below:

  • First Tekla Structures tries to find a drawing size where the drawing contents fit by first trying to use the exact scale defined in View Properties > Attributes 1 and the smallest drawing size defined in the current layout. The sizes are defined through Drawings & reports > Drawing properties > Drawing layout editor.

    For more information, see Create and edit drawing layouts.

  • Then Tekla Structures increases the drawing size until it reaches the Preferred size defined in Layout > Scale.

  • If the drawing fits with the original scale, Tekla Structures tries to increase the scale using the alternative main and section view scales you defined in Layout > Scale.

  • If the drawing does not fit to any of the defined scales, Tekla Structures starts to increase the drawing size until the contents fit, using Autosize. When necessary, Tekla Structures changes to another appropriate table set within the current layout.

  • When the views fit, Tekla Structures begin to increase the scale again so that the final drawing uses the largest possible scale.

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