2.15.10 The "View properties" window / The "Display" button
The "Display" button of the "View properties" window
configures the rendering type of various objects. It is a very useful tool
as some object types, such as welding, bolted joints, additional geometry,
and others are not necessarily to be displayed. It is important to mention
that configuring the rendering mode does not delete the objects, but just
hides them off the view. Before getting to the "View properties"
list, first of all, let's get acquainted with the “components”
as the majority of settings are focused exactly on these.
Create several components and examine how the rendering settings work.
Go to the column located at the intersection of the grid lines А
and 2. Enable the
Ctrl+F
hotkey combination to get to the "Applications and Components"
catalog.
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Write into the search bar number 119 - one of the component’s numbers.
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Insert this component in the model. But first of all, let's
configure the bolts' standard and size parameters of the component
by double-clicking on the component icon.
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At the window opened go to the “Bolts” tab and proceed as
Select an option for the "Standard" parameter.
Indicate the size of the bolts as 20 mm.
Press the “Apply” button thus all the subsequently created
components will be defined by the above configurations.
Close the window by pressing the “Ok” button.
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The algorithm for creating a component is as follows:
Make sure all operations are canceled or press the “Esc” key.
Select a required component type from the "Applications and components"
catalog.
Select the column by a left-click on it.
Select the beam to be connected to the column.
To disable the “Create component” tool, press the “Esc”
button.
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Proceed in a similar way for the second beam.
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Let’s create one more component joining the 3rd beam to the column's
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Find at the Applications and components catalogue the component No 29
and preset it by configuring the bolt’s standard and size parameters.
Set up the bolt’s size at 20 mm. Refer to the picture below:
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Now create the component between the column’s flange and the 3rd
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Close the “Applications and component” catalogue.
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Now we have created a new object type - the component.
Try out toggling between display color modes by using the hotkey combinations
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As you can see, switching the display color mode does not affect the component's
rendering, this being the TS instrumentation allowing it to easily look
over the joints without hiding the other objects. Changing a component’s
display color mode is done by toggling between the following hotkey combinations:
Shift+1, Shift+2, Shift+3, Shift+4, Shift+5. Try using them on your
own.
By a double-click at any point of the work area open the “View
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The “Display” menu consists of numerous rows and columns,
forming a table. In the below picture you can see each row numbered and
each column color-coded. Let’s review these on a case-by-case
basis.
Columns: Visibility in model/ Visibility in components sections
The column framed with red refers to the simple objects without
adjoint components. The one framed in green refers to the objects, joined
to each other by a component.
Item
1 -The "All" row
- this row is a checkbox, which is simultaneously activating/ deactivating
all the items. Deactivate all the checkboxes.
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It is important to mention if none of the views is selected and if the
“Modify” button is not pressed, then there will be no changes
in the representation of the model. Thus, select the required view by a
left-click on it. A selected view has a red/yellow frame on its circumference.
To unselect a view, hold on to the Ctrl key pressed and make a left-click
at any place of the view. Simultaneously selecting several views,
applies the display settings configurations to all of them.
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If after the properties are reconfigured there are several objects displayed
at the view then go to the right-click menu and select the “Redraw
view” tab. Thus the TS will automatically update the view properties
according to the new settings specified.
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Hence, according to the “Display” menu configurations, there
Item 2 - The "
Points" raw
- allows displaying construction geometry objects, such as points.
Let’s create several points with the “Points” checkbox
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Thus we can create points, but they will not get displayed in the view.
Redrawing the view hides the points.
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Now, let’s activate the “Points” check box and press
Note that there is no respective checkbox at the “Components”
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All the points become visible and do not disappear when redrawing the
Item 3 - The "
Parts" row
is the tool, which allows displaying/hiding parts.
Activate the respective checkbox at the visibility “In model”
column, leaving the other column's checkbox blank, and press the “Modify”
button.
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As a result, we get displayed only beams, columns, and none of the component
Activating the “Parts” checkbox, visibility “In
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Activating both "Part" checkboxes displays all the parts of
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Note that bolts and other object types are still not visible.
Going to the “Representation” column drop-down box, we can
examine various options for the “Parts” rendering. Set
up the box value at “Reference line” and press the “Modify”
button.
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Now all the objects are represented as lines. This regime is essential
when designing big projects. Though nowadays it is of no use due to the
high operational speed of modern computers. Switch the representation type
to “Fast”.
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All the parts are displayed in a standard way, except for the fact there
is no painting at the part’s edges (not applicable for the new TS
interfaces). Previously, setting up the “Fast” representation
mode was a reasonable solution when PC capacity was not enough for
processing significant volumes of geometry. For modern PCs it is
of no relevance using the “Fast” representation mode, thus
we will always set this field as the “Exact” option.
There is one more representation mode available, providing a more detailed
rendering for rounding radiuses in profiles, but unfortunately, it is not
accessible at the “Display" menu for selecting.
For this purpose we can proceed in the following way: select the objects
required and in the right-click menu enable the “Show with exact
lines” tab while simultaneously holding on the Shift key pressed.
This regime can be enabled permanently at the TS advanced settings, but
it is not recommended from the practical side, as it impedes snapping to
the profile faces.
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To disable the "Show with exact lines" regime, proceed the same
way as when activating it: in the right-click menu, select the respective
tab without holding on the Shift key pressed.
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Item 3.1 -
The "Current representation mode" box.
Go to the list of the available parameters. These are exactly the
options which we exercise when using the hotkey combinations of Ctrl+1,Ctrl+2,Ctrl+3,Ctrl+4,Ctrl+5.
Test these out by yourself.
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Item 3.2 -
The
"C
urrent representation mode of the parts in components" box.
Go to the list of the available parameters. These are exactly the options
that we exercise when using the hotkey combinations of Shift+1, Shift+2,
Shift+3, Shift+4, Shift+5. Test these out by yourself.
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Item 4 - The "
Bolts" row. T
hese checkboxes allow displaying/hiding bolts ( not applicable to the
bolt holes, as these are a different object type).
Enable the bolts checkboxes.
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In the adjacent box, there are available several representation modes
for bolts. Select the option “Fast”. Similar to the above
case, the “Fast” representation mode uses much fewer PC resources.
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Restore the representation mode to the “Exact” one.
Item 5 - The "Holes" raw
- All the predrilled holes in the TS are done by using the “Create
bolted connection” tool. It is strictly forbidden and is a huge error
creating predrilled holes using the “polygon cut” or the “Line
cut” tools.
Thus the “Holes” checkbox allows displaying/hiding bolt holes.
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Note that holes in the TS are not considered the absence of material but
as a special material type. Thus we can not see the holes themselves and
the objects behind them. Toggling between various display modes offers
various color visibility options, where the Ctrl+5 Shift+5 provides
the best visibility for the bolt holes.
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Similar to the bolts, bolt holes can be rendered under various representation
Try using the “Fast” type. As you can see, the holes
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The “Fast” and the “Exact slotted holes” regimes
Item 6 - The "Welds" row.
This checkbox displays/hides welded seams in the model. Let’s
activate the checkboxes and set them up at the “Exact” representation
mode to get their location.
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As you can see, each welded seam is marked up with a cloud and is shown
as a three-dimensional body. In general practice, there are many welds
thus all the correspondent clouds clutter up the model view.
Let’s display the welds as a three-dimensional body with no cloud
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All the clouds were automatically hidden. The “Fast” representation
type displays only clouds, without depicting the welds' three-dimensional
bodies. In practice, usually, it is convenient to hide the weld bodies
by disabling all the checkboxes.
Item 7 - The "Construction planes"
checkboxes allow displaying/hiding construction geometry objects.
Create an object at any place of the model by referring to the below picture:
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As we have just created the object, it is still visible in the view. Select
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As the correspondent checkboxes are not activated, redrawing the view
Now, activate the "Construction planes" checkboxes.
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Item 8 - The "Reinforcing bars"
checkbox relates to displaying/hiding the reinforcing bars in the objects.
Create an arbitrary concrete column of the 800*800 profile.
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Go to the “Applications and components” catalog by enabling
the Ctrl+F hotkey combination and select component No 83- “Rectangular
column reinforcement” and apply it to the column by executing a left-click
on it.
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In the right-click menu, select the “Redraw view” tab, and
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In the “Display” menu, activate the respective checkboxes
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Item
9 - The “
Surface treatment and surfaces”
checkboxes refer to displaying/ hiding surface treatments.
Create a beam of an arbitrary profile and 1000 mm length.
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Create surface treatment at all faces of the beam.
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Redraw the view according to its current settings.
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The surface treatment object was hidden. Go to the “Display”
menu of the “View properties” and enable all the respective
surface treatment checkboxes.
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Item
10 -The "
Pour break"
checkbox displays/hides the junctions between concrete elements.
Create a concrete slab with dimensions of 1000 x 1000 mm.
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Copy the object (Ctrl+C) twice in the way that the copied objects have
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Displaying junction lines in the concrete objects is not a correct way,
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The present TS version does not allow hiding junction lines between concrete
elements.
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11 -
Loads
- represent a definite object type necessary when working with the
calculation models created in the TS ( we will examine in detail these
types of models at the respective section). Create several point loads
by enabling the respective tool and indicating the point loads by a right-click
in the model. You can simultaneously indicate several loads at various
locations.
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As we have just created the point loads, these are still visible in the
model. However, redrawing the view hides the point load objects. Redraw
the view by enabling the respective tab from the right-click menu.
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Thus all the point load objects are hidden off the view. Restore rendering
this object type by enabling the respective check box at the view properties
menu.
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Item
12 -The "
Cuts and added material"
checkboxes allow displaying/ hiding the added material objects,
which are resulted from using the “Polygon cut”, “Line
cut”, “Part cut” tools, except for the “Fit part
end” tool.
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It is important to mention that the output of the tools is always visible,
Let’s create a beam of 1000 mm length and a line cut on it, executed
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Create a polygon cut as it is shown below:
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Create a beam with the profile of D200 at an angle to the initial one.
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Create a part cut off the initial beam by the oblique beam.
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Delete the oblique beam, but leave the added material object. Now we have
created all types of added material, which representation can be operated
by setting out the “Display” menu.
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Redraw the view.
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Please note, that only the dash-dotted bodies got hidden (added material
bodies), but the cutting line itself and the updated part’s shape
remained unchanged. It is not possible to edit the added material
geometry as it is not available for selection.
There is a way for displaying any hidden objects without changing the
Let’s try this out by proceeding on the following steps: select
the beam, press the “Delete” button and further enable the
Ctrl+Z hotkey combination.
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Since added material bodies can not subsist without the object which they
are shaping out, they have been deleted as well and got drawn back at the
backtracking. This method works similarly for welds, bolts, surface treatments,
chamfers, reinforcement objects. This is a very handy trick frequently
used in practice.
Redraw the view by proceeding to the respective tab in the right-click
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Go to the “View properties” window and enable the “Cuts
and added material” checkboxes to display the added material bodies
in the model on permanent.
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Now, when redrawing the view does not hide away these types of objects.
Item
13 - The "
Fittings" checkbox
stands for hiding cutting planes, resulted from applying the “Fit
part end” tool. Note that the “Line cut” tool outputs
are not controlled by the “Fittings” checkbox. The reason for
dedicating a separate line for the “Fit part end” tool is that
it is one of the most frequent uses for modeling, while the other added
material tools are being applied as intended.
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The view settings do not affect the properties of the tool, just
the visibility of the fitting planes. The part itself is always displayed
undercut.
Create a beam of an arbitrary profile, 1000mm in length, at the top view
window. Execute “Copy special -Linear” of the beam by
Y-axis 5 times equidistantly at 200 mm.
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Make sure that the Z-axis is perpendicular to the eye gaze direction.
Apply the “Fit part end” tool simultaneously to all the beams
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Execute the line cut over the beams at their right side. Keep in mind
that the “Line cut” tool requires indicating the cutting side
and is not expanding the objects’ lengths.
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Rotate the view and make sure that all the fitting and line cut
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Redraw the view by proceeding to the right-click menu and enabling the
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As you can see in the below picture, all the fitting planes disappeared,
except for the line cut planes, as visibility of the latter is controlled
by the “Cuts and added material” checkbox.
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Disable the “Cuts and added material” checkmarks.
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Delete one of the beams.
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Enable the Ctrl+Z hotkey combination.
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The added material body that appeared refers to the deleted and restored
Reenable the checkboxes involved above.
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Item
14 - The "
Component symbol" checkbox
- allows displaying/hiding the clouding indicating the component’s
main axis. Clouding looks like a multiaxial arrow. Displaying this symbol
defines the way how the connection was created: by using a component or
by using parts, not united into a component.
Let's create a connection between a beam and a column. Access the
Application and components catalog by enabling the Ctrl+F hotkey combination
and find component No 119.
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The green lines above the component are the symbol of a component. Redraw
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Note that welds, bolts, fittings are displayed at the view, as the respective
checkboxes are activated at the “Display” settings menu. Let’s
mark up both checkboxes to see the component's symbol. It is important
to mention that each component can be composed of several standard components,
which are marked by a blue circle on the view. That is why the “Component
symbols” check mark refers to two boxes, identifying visibility in
the model and components.
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Item
15 - The "
Grids"
checkbox displays/hides the grids, which might turn into a high exigency
case if there are numerous grids in the model. Grids rendering requires
sufficient PC resources, as maximizing/minimizing or rotating the view
makes software calculating the scale anew.
As we have already created a grid, let’s display it by activating
the respective line at the “Display” menu. As grids can not
be located inside components, thus there is no checkmark at the column
“Visibility in components”.
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Item
16 - The "
Construction lines"
checkbox allows displaying construction geometry tools in the model,
except for planes and points, these being defined by separate fields at
the “Display” menu.
Create several elements, such as a circle and a line.
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Create a line originating from the circle’s midpoint.
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Redraw the view according to the current view settings.
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Go to the “Display” menu of the "View Properties"
window and set up the respective field for reflecting the construction
geometry object permanently.
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Item
17 - The "
Reference objects" checkbox
displays/hides all the reference models, used up in the current
project, not depending on their visibility settings.
A reference model is usually represented as a two-dimensional drawing
or a 3D model, made up of other software and imported to the Tekla Structures.
These models are mostly of Dwg, Dxf, IFC formats.
When importing such models make sure that the view settings allow displaying