Tower View Creator

Tekla Structures
Not version-specific
Tekla Structures
Tower View
tower
Sloped
tapered
tower line
Line
transmission
Environment
Not environment-specific
Tower View Creator is an extension which create side views for 'Tower Line Tool'. As the views are created along the slope, it is easy for the user to work on specific side views created on slope if the tower line is tapered.

How to locate

The installers are available at Transmission Tower Collection. After installaion, the Tower view creator comes under Transmission Tower Collection in the Application & Components. The icon is as shown below.
 
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Usage

Input for this extension:

Select Tower Line for which the views are to be created. This should be done before running the Tower View Creator extension. No need to select if there is only one Tower Line in the model as that is automatically considered as input for the Tower View Creator.

Extension Window:

 
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Check/ uncheck checkboxes for the views which needs to be created. Group uncheck/ check button provided for each group for easiness. Give the view names in the respective text boxes. Give the view depths for a different one than default. Use set work plane option to set work plane to a particular view. Click on create button.
Check views dialog. You can see the newly created views there. If you set work plane to a particular plane, then that view with work plane set on the view, will be opened as default view.

Sample output

 
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