You use decimals instead of fractions in your part marks in the US environment Imperial role by adding a formula in the mark template value field.
- On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type.
- Load drawing properties that are as close to the ones you need as possible.
- Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings: Click View creation in the options tree on the left, select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View properties.
- Click Part mark.
- In the mark properties dialog box, double-click the User-defined attribute element in the Available elements list to add it in the mark.
- In the Mark content - template dialog box, click Create new.
This starts the Template Editor.
- Click and create a new graphical template.
- Click .
- Select PART as the content type.
- Click , and place the field.
- In the displayed Select Attribute [Part] dialog box, click the Formula button.
- Add the following formula in the Formula box and click OK :
"L " + format(GetValue("HEIGHT"),"Length","inch",1) + " x "+ format(GetValue("WIDTH"),"Length","inch",1) + " x " + format(GetValue("PROFILE.FLANGE_THICKNESS_1"),"Length","inch",2)
- Double-click the value field to open the Value Field Properties dialog box.
- Set the Data type to text, enter a name for the field, for example, PART_MARK , and ensure that the length value you give in the Length field is high enough to fit all the characters and numbers included, for example, 20.
- Click OK.
- Click and minimize the height and the width of the row.
- Click to save the template.
The template is by default saved as a .tpl file in the \mark folder under the model folder. You can copy this template to other models as required.
- In Tekla Structures , click Refresh list in the Mark content - template dialog box to see the template you created.
- Select the template and click OK.
- Save the mark properties for later use with a unique name.
- Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings:Click Save to save the changes in view properties and Close to return to drawing properties.
General arrangement drawings: Click OK.
- Click Save to save the drawing properties, then click OK and create the drawing.