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Erection Drawing
1. Purpose and description
Use this tool to create plan/elevation drawings using a selected grid.
2. System requirements
Tekla Structures version: 17.0
.NET Framework version: 4.0
Environments: All
Languages: English
3. Installation
1. Download the Erection Drawing installation package from the Tekla Exranet.
2. Run the installation package.
4. Use for
To use the application:
1. Go to Tools >Macros... to open the Macros dialog box.
2. Select ErectionDrawing and click Run.
3. The ErectionDrawing dialog window will open.

4. Make the desired modifications (if needed).
5. Click on the Create button.
6. Select the/a grid.
7. The drawings are created.


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5. Application properties
5.1. Generate Option
5.1.1 Plane
Field Description
GA Attribute file Define the GA attribute file type.
The options vary depending on the environment.
Model view
attribute file
Define the model view attribute file type.
The options vary depending on the environment.
Text description
for drawing titles
Define the text description for drawing titles.
Plan grid lines drawing are created first after them the Elevations.
The checkbox enabled/disables the Generate Options for Plane option.
5.1.2 Message text
Field Description
Message
text
Shows a message in the status bar.
When the tool is not running there is no message displayed.
When the tool is running the following message will appear:
Please select a grid.
After the grid is selected the following messages will appear:
Creating plan drawings ->Creating elevation drawings.
After the tool finishes the following message will appear to inform
the user: Plan and elevation drawings created.
If only Plan option is checked then the message will be: Plan
drawings created and if only Elevation is checked then the
message will be: Elevation drawings created.
5.1.3 Elevation
Field Description
GA Attribute file Define the GA attribute file type.
The options vary depending on the environment.
Model view
attribute file
Define the model view attribute file type.
The options vary depending on the environment.
Text description
for drawing titles
Define the text description for drawing titles.


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The checkbox enables/disables the Generate Options for Elevation option.
5.2. Options
Field Description Default
Drawing name
prefix
Define de drawing title name prefix.
Eg: E for Erection or S for Structural

Starting number
for the sheet
Define the starting number for the sheet. 1
5.3. Additional buttons
Field Description
Create Use to create drawings using the properties from the dialog box.
Cancel Use to exit the program.
6. Additional information
The tool also creates model views when clicking the Create button.
Every time you click on the Create button a new set of model views is created. The
name of the model views will have a different number at the end which represents the
number of times the model view was created.
If you want add spaces in the drawing title, they need to be added in the Drawing
name prefix.
The created drawings will have at the title the text from the Text description for
drawing titles +the name of the view.

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