You can modify the drawing properties
of the building objects (parts, bolts, reinforcement, surface treatment, welds, pour breaks,
pour objects, reinforcement) in an open drawing. For example, you can change the color and
how different kinds of lines are shown, or use fills in parts and cross sections.
Limitations: The
color of the center lines can be changed only on the drawing and view level, not on
the object level. For center lines, you can only adjust the color in object
properties dialog box. You can adjust the line type of part center lines with the
advanced option XS_CENTER_LINE_TYPE.
To modify the
properties of a building object in a drawing:
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Double-click a building object, for example a part, reinforcement, surface
treatment, or bolt.
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Switch all
the check boxes off in the dialog box by clicking the on/off switch
at
the bottom of the dialog box.
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Select the
check boxes of only those properties that you want to modify.
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On the
Content tab, select the part representation, whether to show hidden lines, center
lines and reference lines, and which additional markings to show.
Note that the center line is
only shown for assembly primary parts and not for secondary parts when
looking from the cross section direction. If the part is viewed from the
side, the center line is also shown for secondary parts.
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On the
Appearance tab, select the color and type of the lines.
It is easier to adjust the center line color, if you hide the hidden lines
on the Content tab first.
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On the
Fill tab, set the part and section fill options and add hatches.
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Click
Modify.
You can also change the part reference line type using the advanced option
XS_DRAWING_PART_REFERENCE_LINE_TYPE, and use the advanced XS_DRAWING_POINT_SCALE to scale the points Tekla Structures uses to create reference lines
