Modify section mark properties

Tekla Structures
2022
Tekla Structures

Modify section mark properties

You can modify section mark, section view label, and section cutting line properties in an open drawing.

  1. Double-click the section mark.

  2. On the Cutting line tab, set the section mark line length and offset (distance between the mark and the section).
  3. On the Section mark tab, click the ... button next to A1A5 to open the Mark Contents dialog box and select the elements to be included in the section mark.
  4. If needed, select an element from the list, click Add > and select the frame Type and Color. You can set these individually for each element.
  5. If needed, select an element from the list and select the text Color, Font and Height. You can set these individually for each element.
  6. On the Position tab of the Mark Contents dialog box, set the side to show the text, the text position, the horizontal and vertical offset, and the text rotation. Text positioning depends on whether you use a symbol or not.
  7. Click Modify.
  8. In the Symbol area, define the section mark symbols. You can select from a list of predefined arrow symbols or use your own custom symbol. The symbol properties can be given separately for both the left and the right section mark symbols. Also set the color, size and position of section mark symbols.
  9. On the View label tab, click the ... button next to A1A5 to open the Mark Contents dialog box, and select the elements to be included in the section view label.
  10. Modify the element appearance and mark position as described above.
  11. Click Modify.
  12. Select the view label Symbol to be used in the label. You can also set the color, size, and the line length of the section view label line and symbol.
  13. Set the label position and whether you wan to center it according to the view frame or view boundary (view restriction box)
  14. Click Modify.
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