XS_​DRAWING_​TEMPLATES_​LIBRARY

Tekla Structures
2019
Tekla Structures

XS_​DRAWING_​TEMPLATES_​LIBRARY

Category : Drawing Properties

You define the location of the drawing template library by setting this advanced option to point to the model folder that contains the template drawings

This advanced option is model specific and the setting is saved in the options database..

Example

C:\TeklaStructuresModels\CloningTemplate

(where CloningTemplate is the model name).

To use the a cloning template library and the cloning template:

  1. Open the user.ini file located in the folder ..\Tekla Structures\<version>\nt\bin in a text editor.

  2. Set the advanced option XS_DRAWING_TEMPLATES_LIBRARY to point to the model folder that contains the cloning templates (template library):

    set XS_DRAWING_TEMPLATES_LIBRARY=%XS_RUNPATH%\DrawingLibrary

    For example:

    set XS_DRAWING_TEMPLATES_LIBRARY=C:\TeklaStructuresModels\CloningTemplate

    (where CloningTemplate is the model name).

  3. To open the Clone Drawing dialog box, click Clone in Document manager.

  4. Use the Objects and actions in cloning options to define the drawing objects to be cloned and the actions for each cloned object.

  5. Select the Clone from > Other model option. You can see that the CloningTemplate folder is displayed in the box.

  6. Click the Select template... button.

  7. In the Drawing Templates dialog box, select the cloning template.

  8. Leave the list open and clone the drawing by clicking Clone selected.

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