Large icons for toolbars and other user interface improvements
2018i
Tekla Structures
Large icons for toolbars and other user interface improvements
Version 2018i improves the usability of Tekla Structures in many ways: you can customize the toolbars and resize the icons on the toolbars, for example.
Large icons for toolbars
You can now resize the icons on the toolbars. Previously, you had to change the display scaling settings in Windows to make the icons larger.
Use the slider in to adjust the icon and at the same time the toolbar size.
This setting affects the icons on the following toolbars in the modeling and drawing mode:
- Selecting toolbar
- Snapping toolbar
- Snap override toolbar
- Work plane handler toolbar
Show and hide toolbars
You can now switch toolbars on and off in .
You can control the visibility of the following toolbars in the modeling and in the drawing mode:
- Selecting toolbar
- Snapping toolbar
- Snap override toolbar
- Work plane handler toolbar
- Contextual toolbar
Alternatively, you can control the visibility of toolbars using Quick Launch.
Show and hide switches on the toolbars
You can now customize toolbars by hiding switches on the Selecting , Snapping , and Snap override toolbars, both in the modeling and in the drawing mode.
Use the new eye
button to control the visibility of the switches.
- Click the eye buttonto open a list that contains all the switches on the toolbar.
Alternatively, right-click on the toolbar to open the list.
- To hide a switch, click the name of the switch in the list.
The selected switch becomes hidden on the toolbar, and the eye button changes to
. - To make the switch visible again, click the hidden switch in the list.
Distribute the customized toolbars
The customized toolbars are saved to ..\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Trimble\TeklaStructures\<version>\Toolbars folder as .json files.
Company administrators can distribute the customized toolbars to the whole organization, in the same way as customized ribbons or property pane layouts. Place the customized toolbar files in a folder called \Toolbars in a project, firm, or environment folder.
If you distribute the customized toolbar files, the files in ..\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Trimble\TeklaStructures\<version>\Toolbars have the highest priority in the search order, and after that Tekla Structures uses the default search order.
Show parts in a selected view angle
Columns, beams, plates, panels, slabs, and footings now have a new View angle option on the contextual toolbar.
You can set the part view angle by selecting a top, back, right, bottom, front, or left view of the part. The part is instantly shown in the desired angle and the view is zoomed in, making it faster and easier to examine the selected part.
To return to the original 3D view, click the button in the middle of the view angle options.
The view angle is based on the selected part's coordinate system so that the top view is looking to the negative z-direction. For example, if you select the top view, Tekla Structures sets the current view angle from up to down in the coordinate system.
Note: Tekla Structures shows the part in the current view, which is the view where your mouse has last been. If the contextual toolbar is located, for example, on top of two views, the part is shown in the view where your mouse has last been and not in the view where the part was selected.
Changed default keyboard shortcut for direct modification
The default shortcut for direct modification is now D , instead of Ctrl+D. Previously, the shortcut D was used for Drag and drop. Now drag and drop does not have a default shortcut anymore.
If needed, you can customize the keyboard shortcuts in .
License type visible in About Tekla Structures
The license type of Flexera licenses can now been see in the About Tekla Structures dialog box. It is either Domestic or Enterprise. For the Partner edition, the value is Partner and for the Tekla Campus edition the value is Educational.