Define a firm folder for images and symbols

Tekla Structures
2018
Tekla Structures

Define a firm folder for images and symbols

You can define a firm folder where Tekla Structures always searches for the images and symbols. When you store the images and symbols in this folder, you do not have to move them from folder to folder when you install a new version of Tekla Structures. Installing a new version does not replace the files in the firm folder.

Define the firm folder in the options.ini file under the model folder or user.ini using the advanced option XS_FIRM.

To define the firm folder for images and symbols in the options.ini file:

  1. Modify the options.ini file to include the advanced option DXK_SYMBOLPATH that points to the firm folder.

    The advanced option DXK_SYMBOLPATH may contain multiple paths separated by semicolons.

    Since Tekla Structures version 19.0, the folder path definitions like %DATADIR% or %XS_FIRM% in DXK_SYMBOLPATH have not converted the paths correctly when used in options.ini located in the firm folder. However, these definitions work correctly if used in user.ini. Currently in options.ini in the firm folder you need to write the absolute paths for DXK_SYMBOLPATH , like in the example below:

    DXK_SYMBOLPATH=C:\ProgramData\Tekla Structures\2017\Environments\common\symbols\;C:\firm\Symbols\;

  2. In Template Editor, click Options > Preferences > File Locations and enter the path to the firm folder also for Symbols, pictures.
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