Remove mesh width and length from template

Tekla Structures

Not version-specific

Tekla Structures

Mesh size

mesh mark

edit templates

Environment

Not environment-specific

Question:
How can I have a template to not show mesh width and length, so that only diameters and spacings are visible?

Answer:
There are at least two options to achieve the desired result:

You can edit the contents of the Size attribute for meshes in the rebar_config.inp file found in your environment folder. The size attribute defines the values that are displayed when Size is used in part marks, templates, associative notes and et cetera. If you want to hide the total width and length of meshes in all annotations, you can do it there. The line to edit looks like this:

RebarMeshSize="%CC_DIAMETER_LONG%/%CC_DIAMETER_CROSS%-%CC_PITCHING_LONG%/%CC_PITCHING_CROSS%-%WIDTH%/%LENGTH%"

If you don't want to change all annotations, you can also build the value field of the template manually, attribute by attribute. The formula should look similar to this:

     GetValue("CC_DIAMETER_LONG") + "/" + GetValue("CC_DIAMETER_CROSS") + "-" + GetValue("CC_LONG") + "/" + GetValue("CC_CROSS")