The model is the single source of information for drawings. The drawing is just another view to the model, usually a 2D viewview that displays objects two-dimensionally

. This ensures that the information in drawings and reports is always up-to-date.

Creating drawings is fast, efficient and controlled thanks to one centralized location, Master drawing catalog.

Automatic workshop single-part and assembly drawings, and cast unit drawings of selected parts with predefined settings for layout, views, dimensions, marks, and building objects. View properties are defined separately for each view before a drawing is created.

Automatic general arrangement drawings and anchor bolt plans of selected views.

Drawing objects are associated with model objects, and updated when the model changes.

Changing some of the properties requires the recreation of the drawings.

If there are several identical parts, cast units or assemblies in the model, Tekla Structures creates only one drawing.

You can modify drawing properties on three levels; drawing, view and object level, depending on the drawing type and the desired results.

The drawings consist of three main types of elements: drawing layoutplan of a drawing that includes the table layout and definitions of the sheet size

Tekla Structures includes several predefined drawing layouts, which are drawing-type specific. The user can also create new drawing layouts.

, drawing views, and drawing objects. You can select what to include in the drawing before you create it, and also add necessary objects in an existing drawing.

You can check previews of the drawings and print your drawings to pdf, printer or plot file.

You can control drawing revisions, and issue, lockto prevent unwanted action in a model or a drawing

It is possible to lock model objects, reference models, and drawings, for example.

, and freezeto prevent Tekla Structures from updating annotation objects and certain drawing view properties in a drawing when it updates the drawing as the model changes

When a drawing is frozen, only part geometry is updated when the model changes.

drawings.

You can use interactive editing tools for adding dimensions, various sketch objects, marks, notes, texts, symbols, images and links in the drawings.