Before you create single-part, assembly or cast unit drawings, you need to select the views that you want to include automatically. At the same time, you can set the necessary view properties.

1. On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type.
   
2. Load the drawing properties file that you want to modify from the list at the top.
3. Click View creation.
4. Go to the Attributes tab and change the settings as required.

   These settings apply to all views in the drawing. Here you can select the coordinate system, set the coordinate system rotation, and undeform warped or cambered parts.

5. Select the views you want to create. You can create as many views as you like.

   • If you select Off , Tekla Structures does not create the view, but dimensions the parts in the available views. If you set all four main views off, Tekla Structures will still create one front view.

   • If you select On , Tekla Structures always creates the view, even if it was not necessary in order to show the dimensions. For section views, Tekla Structures creates one additional section view showing the middle of the main part. For end views, Tekla Structures creates an end view from one end of the main part.

   • If you select Auto , Tekla Structures creates the view if it is necessary in order to show the dimensions. For section views, Tekla Structures creates the necessary number of views to show all the dimensions. For end views, Tekla Structures also creates another end view from the other end of the main part, if there are dimensions at that end.

6. For each of the views that you create, select the view properties that you want to use in the View properties column.

   The lists contain predefined view properties for different types of drawings, also the view properties that you save in the View Properties dialog box.

7. Check the view properties for each view by selecting the view from the list and clicking View properties button, and modify the properties as required.
8. Check the settings on the Attributes 1 tab.

   Here you can set the view scale and size, view extension distance, view place, and rotation of 3D views, show a reflected view and apply detailed object level settings for the selected view.

9. Check the settings on the Attributes 2 tab.

   Here you can undeform warped or cambered parts, shorten parts, show openings and recesses, set the datum point for elevations and select the dimension creation method in the selected view.

10. Check the settings on the Label tab.

    Here you can define the label text and position, add a symbol in the label and show the view direction marks in the selected view.

11. Select options from the options tree, and modify dimensioning, mark and object settings as required.
12. Save the view properties by clicking Save.
13. Click Close.
14. Click Save to save the drawing properties, then click OK and create the drawing.