Category in Advanced options dialog: Export

The setting Update Tekla Structures linework only is only shown in the Export drawings as DWG/DXF/DGN dialog if you have set this advanced option to TRUE.The default value is FALSE.

Update Tekla Structures linework only updates the Tekla Structures drawing content only and keeps other content that is created in the CAD software intact at the same time. Blocks (groups), created by Tekla Structures will be updated. Note that you need to have the same drawing exported already, and the layer or level setup and the layer or level template must be the same as during the previous export. All CAD lines that were added previously will stay in the file and only Tekla Structures content will get updated, unless editing was done in the CAD block editor.

This setting is user specific, and it is saved in the options.bin under the user folder.

Note that if you edit content of a block (CAD object), and then select the Update Tekla Structures linework only option, the whole block will be re-written, and the changes made in CAD will not be kept. To keep the changes in CAD, you need to explode a block before editing it.

For example, you may want to use this option if you have added drawing title blocks in the CAD software after the first export of the drawing from Tekla Structures, and want to keep these tables as they are, and update only the objects that exported from Tekla Structures.

For more information about the DWG export, see Export a drawing in 2D DWG, DXF, or DGN format.