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Printing drawings using Tekla Structures

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printertoinstances
file

Switches for customizing print file names

Switches for customizing print file

names
Added March 5, 2015 | Last updated March 11, 2015 by Tekla User Assistance
Software version: 21.0

Use the following switches when you want to customize the print file name format. If you are
defining these in an .ini file, use double %%. Use single % in the Advanced Options
dialog box.
Switch

Example
of the
result

Description

%NAME%
%DRAWING_NAME%

P_1

Part, assembly, or cast unit position,

using the filename format
prefix_number.

%NAME.-%
%DRAWING_NAME.-%

P-1

Part, assembly, or cast unit position,

using the filename format prefixnumber.

%NAME.%
%DRAWING_NAME.%

P1

Part, assembly, or cast unit position,

using the filename format
prefixnumber.

%REV%
%REVISION%
%DRAWING_REVISION%

Drawing revision number, if Include

revision mark to filename is checked
in the Print Drawings dialog box.

%REV_MARK%
%REVISION_MARK%
%DRAWING_REVISION_MARK%

Drawing revision mark, if Include

revision mark to filename is checked
in the Print Drawings dialog box.

%TITLE%
%DRAWING_TITLE%

PLATE

Drawing name from the drawing

properties dialog box.

%UDA:<drawing
user-defined
attribute>%

Painted

Value of a drawing user-defined

attribute. The drawing user-defined
attributes are defined in
objects.inp. The actual values for
the user-defined attributes are entered
in the drawing-specific user-defined
attributes dialog box.

%REV? - <text>%

2 - Rev

Adds conditional prefixes. In this

example, if REV exists, Tekla
Structures adds the text between ? and
% to the filename.

%TPL:<template
attribute>%

Base
plate

You can use here template attributes

that can be found in Template Editor.
The actual values for these attributes
are entered in the drawing properties
dialog box. Examples:
%TPL:TITLE1%
%TPL:TITLE2%
%TPL:TITLE3%
%TPL:DR_DEFAULT_HOLE_SIZE%

Switch

Example
of the
result

Description

%TPL:DATE%
%TPL:TIME%
%TPL:DR_DEFAULT_WELD_SIZE%

See also
Customizing print file names
Objects.inp properties
Template Attributes Reference Guide
XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_A
XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_C
XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_W
XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_M
XS_DRAWING_PLOT_FILE_NAME_G