You can open another drawing while you already have a drawing open.
Do any of the following:
- On the Drawing tab, click Document manager ( Ctrl + O ), and then double-click a drawing to open it.
- To open the next drawing in the Document manager , press Ctrl + Page Down.
- To open the previous drawing in the Document manager , press Ctrl + Page Up.
If you have made some changes in the currently open drawing, Tekla Structures asks you if you want to save the changes before opening another drawing. You also have a chance to take a snapshot of the current drawing or mark it ready for issuing. If you have set the advanced option XS_ALWAYS_CONFIRM_SAVE_WHEN_CLOSING_DRAWING to TRUE the confirmation message is always shown. The default value is FALSE. This means that if you close a drawing without making any changes, Tekla Structures does not by default prompt you to save the drawing.
When you open a drawing, a message box is displayed showing the progress and what is happening, and a snapshot of the drawing is displayed. You can click Cancel to cancel the opening.