Tekla Structures – Basics
In this section This section presents basic Tekla Structures vocabulary and concepts so that you can start modeling. The illustration below shows the modeling guides you use in Tekla Structures windows. | ||||
To update the project information, click File > Project Properties…. The Project Properties dialog box appears. Tekla Structures displays this information in different reports and drawing titles. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*& | The names in the image below refer to template fields, which you can use when designing your own reports and templates. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Getting Started | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Command | Icon | Description | |||||
Using Three Points | ![]() |
Sets the work plane according to three picked points. | |||||
Parallel To View Plane | If | Sets the work plane to be equivalent to the view plane of a picked view. | |||||
To Part Front Plane | ![]() |
Sets the work plane parallel to the front plane of a part. | |||||
To Part Top Plane | D. | Sets the work plane parallel to the top plane of a part. | |||||
To Part Back Plane | ![]() |
Sets the work plane parallel to the back plane of a part. | |||||
To Part Bottom Plane | & | Sets the work plane parallel to the bottom plane of a part. | |||||
Saving a model and exiting Tekla Structures | |||||||
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Save as Autosave | To save a model, click File > Save or Click File > Save as… to save a model with a new name, or to give a new model a specific name. Tekla Structures automatically saves the model at set intervals. To set the interval and define the location of autosave files, see Autosave in the online help. |
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Saving models differs in multi-user mode. See Multi-user mode in the online help. | ||||||
Exit | To exit Tekla Structures, close the Tekla Structures window, or click File > Exit. A confirmation dialog box appears and you can choose whether or not to save the model. |
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