Creating and saving a template in Template Editor

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Tekla Structures

Before you start, we recommend you define various preferences including the appearance of the Workarea, the graphical units (Metric or Imperial) and the references to data files.

Click File > New
Select the template type: graphical or textual.
To create a new template based on a pre-defined template, select a file from the pre-defined templates section in the Template Types window.
Click OK.

An empty template opens in the Workarea and you are ready to begin working with the template. Or in the case of a pre-defined template, one that is ready to be populated.
Click File > Save As to save the template.
The standard file selection dialog box will appear for you to specify the name, save location and file extension. Template Editor automatically adds the selected extension to the file name.

or

Click File > Save as version to save the template in an older supported version of Template Editor. Click the version from the dialog that opens. If you save it in an older version, you are presented with a list of unsupported features. The standard file selection dialog box will appear for you to specify the name, save location and file extension. Template Editor asks if you want to overwite the existing file if you save it in a different version.
Click OK.

You can begin working with the template and add components and objects.

Note:

Templates created with version 3.60 or later are not compatible with previous versions because of expanded attribute options.

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