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Setting the visibility of texts, drawing objects and graphical fields in Template Editor

Modified: 21 Apr 2023 Tekla Structures 2023
2023
Tekla Structures

You can use a rule to set the visibility of texts, drawing objects and graphical fields during output. Set the visibility of these objects when you are inserting a new ones, or you can modify existing texts, drawing objects or graphical field.

Do one of the following:

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Set the text, drawing object or graphical field to always be visible

  1. Insert a new text, drawing object or graphical field or double-click an existing one to open the properties dialog box.

  2. Click Always visible. This means the text, drawing object or graphical field will always be visible during template output.

  3. Click OK to accept the changes and close the dialog box.

Set the text, drawing object or graphical field to be output under certain conditions

  1. Insert a new text, drawing object or graphical field or double-click an existing one to open the properties dialog box.

  2. Click Visible. This means the text, drawing object or graphical field is only visible according to the rule that is applied to it.

  3. Click Rule to open the Rule Contents dialog box.

  4. Add the rule and click OK. The result should be TRUE (output) or FALSE (not output) when Visible is selected.

    This rule below means the graphical field is output when the value for SHAPE_INTERNAL is equal to 1.

  5. Click OK to accept the changes and close the dialog box.

See also

Inserting a graphical field in Template Editor

Template text properties

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