Part and neighbor part properties in drawings

Use the settings in part properties or neighbor part properties to check and change the part or neighbor part properties. In the neighbor part properties, you can also control the visibility and appearance of neighbor part bolts.

To go to part or neighbor part properties:

On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties, select the drawing type and navigate to the part or neighbor part properties.
In an open drawing, double-click the drawing view frame, and click Part or Neighbor part in the options tree.
In an open drawing, double-click the drawing background, and navigate to the part or neighbor part properties.
Click a part in an open drawing. If the property pane is not open, double-click the part.
In Quick Launch, start typing part properties, and then select Drawing part properties from the list.
You can also access the part properties through the drawing property pane object list.

Also see the following support article: Neighboring parts in drawings.

The following table lists all settings on all property levels (drawing, view, object). All part properties do not contain all of the settings listed below.


Option	Description
Save, load and search properties in property pane	To load existing properties, select the properties from the list. To save the modified properties, click . You can also save the properties with another name. To search for a property, start typing the property name.
Visibility	Click the eye button to activate or deactivate the options.
Inner contours	Show the inner contours of a tube.
Hidden lines Own hidden lines	When Hidden lines is active, Tekla Structures shows hidden lines in secondary and neighbor parts. If Own hidden lines is active, Tekla Structures shows hidden lines in main parts.
Reference lines	Show reference lines. On the drawing and view level, you have the following options available for parts: Select the Main part: Beam, Plate or Polygon check box to show reference lines in main parts. Select the Sec part: Beam, Plate or Polygon check box to show reference lines in secondary parts.
Connecting side mark	Show connecting side marks.
Edge chamfers	Show edge chamfers.
Center line	Show center lines. Note that the center line is only shown for assembly main parts and not for secondary parts when looking from the cross section direction. If the part is viewed from the side, the center line is also shown for secondary parts. Note that the Symbol offset value affects the size of the center line cross. If the value is 0, the cross is not visible. On the drawing and view level, you have the following options available for parts: Select the Main part: Beam, Plate or Polygon check box to show center lines in main parts. Select the Sec part: Beam, Plate or Polygon check box to show center lines in secondary parts.
Orientation mark	Show orientation marks.
Connecting side mark	Show connecting side marks.
Pop-mark	Show pop-marks defined in NC settings.
Edge chamfers	Show edge chamfers.
Fillet edge	Show fillet edges.
Representation type	Outline shows parts as solid objects. Exact shows parts as solid objects. This option also draws the fillet edges and chamfers in the profile cross sections. For some profiles, Outline shows them as well. Workshop form draws round tube profiles as wrap-around templates. Note that Workshop form can only be used in single part drawings. Symbol draws parts as lines. Type the symbol offset in Symbol offset. Symbol with partial profile shows a partial profile of the part. You can also adjust the length of the partial profile (Partial profile length), and the offset of the partial profile from the middle point of the part (Partial profile offset). Bounding box draws parts as boxes surrounding the actual profiles. Bounding box is a good option to use with complex items with an extrema box containing many polygons that slow down drawings, because Bounding box makes drawings faster. Base box shows parts as boxes and uses the h and b values from the profile catalog as box dimensions.
Symbol offset	Define the distance of the end points of reference lines and center lines from the end points of the object. Note that the Symbol offset value affects the size of the center line cross. If the value is 0, the cross is not visible.
Bolt representation	This setting is only available on the drawing and view level for neighbor parts. The options are: solid exact solid Symbol Symbol2 Symbol3 DIN symbol User-defined symbol created in Symbol Editor. The DIN symbol option corresponds to German standards (DIN). The only DIN symbols you can control are: Symbol 24 for normal workshop bolts Symbol 25 for normal site bolts Symbol 26 for front countersunk site bolts Symbol 27 for back countersunk site bolts Symbol 28 for front countersunk workshop bolts Symbol 29 for back countersunk workshop bolts Symbol 30 for front countersunk holes Symbol 31 for back countersunk holes
Symbol content	This setting is only available on the drawing and view level for neighbor parts. Select whether to include hole or axis in the symbol.
Neighbor parts	This setting is only available on the drawing and view level for neighbor parts. None does not show neighbor parts. Connected parts shows all parts connected to the model object. Connecting parts shows only the parts the model object is connected to. All components combines the Connected parts and the Connecting parts options. By extreme shows all parts within the boundaries of the main and secondary part.
Main/Secondary parts	This setting is only available on the drawing and view level for neighbor parts. Main parts shows only neighbor parts that make the main part of an assembly or a cast unit. Secondary parts shows only neighbor parts that are secondary parts of an assembly or a cast unit. Both shows both main and secondary parts.
Skew parts	This setting is only available on the drawing and view level for neighbor parts. Yes shows skew parts as neighbor parts in the drawing, No does not.
Bolts	This setting is only available on the drawing and view level for neighbor parts. Yes shows the bolts in the neighbor parts, No does not.
Visible lines	Set the color and type of visible lines.
Hidden lines	Set the color and type of hidden lines.
Center line	Set the Color of the center lines. You can change the color of the center lines on the drawing and view level only. You can adjust the line type of part center lines with the advanced option XS_CENTER_LINE_TYPE.
Reference lines	Set the color and type of reference lines.
Bolts: Color	This setting is only available on the drawing and view level for neighbor parts. Sets the color of the bolts in neighbor parts.
Fill	To add a hatch to outer part faces, use the Part faces area, and to add a hatch to cross sections in section views, use the Sections area.
Type	Define the hatch type to be used. Clicking the ... button next to the list opens a preview of the hatch patterns. Automatic selects the hatch pattern automatically from the hatch pattern schema files. None uses no hatch.
Color	Define the color for the fill. You can select a predefined color or use Special color that is not converted to black in printouts.
Background	Define the background color for the fill. Background color selection is disabled for hardware hatches. Background color can be set for automatic hatches, but it has effect only if the automatic hatch is not defined for the material in the hatch pattern schema file.
Scale	Automatic scales and rotates the hatch automatically. Custom allows you to select scaling and rotation manually. Scaling in X direction and Scaling in Y direction define the scales in the X and Y direction. Keep X:Y scaling ratio retains the relative proportions in the hatch pattern. Scaling angle rotates the hatch. For example, Angle 0.0 is for horizontal and Angle 90.0 for vertical.