.TPL File Extension
Canvas Template
| Developer | Canvas GFX |
| Popularity |
3.1 | 14 Votes |
A TPL file may also be a drawing template created by select Canvas GFX applications, such as Canvas X Pro and Canvas X Draw, technical illustration programs. It contains preset graphics and settings for creating new drawings, such as diagrams or blueprints, with similar appearance and content.
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Various Canvas drawing applications, such as Canvas X Pro, Canvas X Draw, and Canvas X Geo, support the Canvas Template (TPL) format. The family of Canvas X applications specializes in creating and editing technical illustrations and specialized visualizations, such as blueprints for buildings, floorplans, workflow diagrams, and maps with geospatial data.
Canvas X users utilize TPL files to save drawings they can replicate to create other drawings. Creating templates saves users time by not having to re-create a drawing from scratch.
How to create a TPL file with Canvas X Pro
Various Canvas X applications can create TPL files. For example, to create a TPL file with Canvas X Pro, select , then choose from the "Save as type" dropdown menu.
How to open a TPL file
You can open a TPL file with various Canvas GFX applications, including Canvas X Pro, Canvas X Draw, and Canvas X Geo.
For example, to open a TPL file with Canvas X Pro, select . If the TPL file is saved in the default "Templates" folder in the program installation directory, you can select .
How to convert a TPL file
Various Canvas GFX applications, including Canvas X Pro, Canvas X Draw, and Canvas X Geo, can convert TPL files to other formats.
For example, Canvas X Pro can convert TPL files to many file types including the following formats:
- .CVXCAD - Canvas X Pro Drawing
- .CVX - Canvas Drawing
- .DWG - AutoCAD Drawing
- .DXF - Drawing Exchange Format
- .PSD - Photoshop Document Format
- .JPG - JPEG Image
- .PNG - Portable Network Graphic
- .GIF - Graphical Interchange Format
- .SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics File
- .EPS - Encapsulated PostScript
- .PDF - Portable Document Format
Programs that open or reference TPL files
Phorum Template
| Developer | Phorum |
| Popularity |
3.8 | 5 Votes |
A TPL file may also be a template used by Phorum, a PHP and MySQL-based open source message board system. It contains template code, which is mainly plain HTML mixed with Phorum custom template language that consists of simple statements. TPL files are used to display dynamic data generated by Phorum, such as search results, message information, and lists of private messages.
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The template language found in TPL files consists of HTML and simple Phorum template statements. These statements support four data types, which may be integers, strings, PHP constants, or template variables. Since the template language is stored in TPL files as plain text, you can open and edit TPL files with any text editor.
Phorum typically uses TPL files for storing template code but may also use .PHP files if they are placed in the template directory and are named with the appropriate basename. For example, if Phorum is displaying the footer template, it first searches for footer.php in the template directory and if the file does not exist, will then look for footer.tpl. The inclusion of PHP files allows users to only use PHP/HTML code for templates if they do not want to use the Phorum template language required by TPL templates.
Programs that open TPL files
PrestaShop Template File
| Developer | PrestaShop |
| Popularity |
3.3 | 4 Votes |
A TPL file may also be a template written in the Smarty 3 templating language, which is similar to HTML. It is used by PrestaShop e-commerce software to generate the HTML of a webpage to customize e-commerce-related pages visited by users, such as product, cart, and checkout pages.
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PrestaShop is an open-source e-commerce solution that allows users to manage various e-commerce needs on their websites, such as product listings and payments. Users can customize these various facets through themes, which consist of TPL templates, and add-on modules provided by PrestaShop and third-party developers.
Users can download the software for free, then upload and install it to the web server hosting their website. Users are then able to create new TPL templates or modify pre-existing templates for their specific e-commerce needs.
For example, if you want different layouts for the same product page that change based on the country location of the user, you can create a new TPL template for the product page and place it in the appropriate directory. When a user in the specific location views that product, PrestaShop checks for that new product.tpl file, generates a webpage and returns it to the user, who views it in his web browser.
PrestaShop comes with the "Classic" theme pre-installed. This theme can be found in the "themes" folder in the PrestaShop installation. The "classic" theme folder includes the "assets," "modules," "plugins," and "templates" (stores the TPL files) subfolders. All TPL templates must be stored in the "templates" subfolder in the theme's folder. In this case, TPL templates for the "classic" theme are stored in the following directory:
/themes/classic/templates/
There are a large number of TPL templates included with each theme and they are organized into various subfolders in the templates folder. Some notable TPL files that can be found these subfolders include product.tpl (product page), product-list.tpl (product list page), cart.tpl (shopping cart details), and checkout.tpl (checkout purchase process).
How to open a TPL file
You can open TPL files with any text editor, since the files are saved in plain text format. However, you may want to use a source code editor that supports the Smarty 3 templating language or allows you to install a plugin that supports the language to provide helpful coding features.
You can open TPL files with Microsoft Visual Studio Code in Windows, macOS, or Linux. Then, you can install the free "Smarty" extension to add support for syntax highlighting and snippets in the Smarty 3 templating language.
Programs that open TPL files
Archicad Template
| Developer | GRAPHISOFT |
| Popularity |
2.5 | 2 Votes |
A TPL file may also be a project template created with GRAPHISOFT Archicad architectural designing software. It stores default settings for a project, project preferences, and elements placed in the project model. TPL files are similar to .PLN projects but are meant for saving settings to replicate the configuration of a project.
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Archicad is a building information modeling (BIM) program providing various tools for designing and visualizing structures, interiors, exteriors, and landscapes. While you will most likely save projects in the native Archicad PLN format, you can save a project as a TPL file if you want to replicate it.
How to create a TPL file with Archicad
To create a custom TPL template, select , and choose "ARCHICAD Project Template" as the file type from the dropdown menu. Archicad saves TPL files in the following locations by default:
- Windows - \Program Files\Graphisoft\ARCHICAD 24\Defaults\ARCHICAD
- Mac - \Applications\Graphisoft\ARCHICAD 24\Defaults\ARCHICAD
How to open a TPL file
You can open an Archicad TPL template with GRAPHISOFT Archicad in Windows and macOS. To open a TPL file, select and choose the template you want to open. You can also select and choose .
How to convert a TPL file
GRAPHISOFT Archicad can convert TPL templates to various file types, including the following formats:
- .PLN - Archicad Solo Project
- .PLA - Archicad Project Archive
- .DWG - AutoCAD Drawing
- .DXF - Drawing Exchange Format
- .IFC - Industry Foundation Classes File
- .C4D - Cinema 4D Model
- .3DS - 3D Studio Scene
- .SKP - SketchUp Document
- .OBJ - Wavefront 3D Object File
- .STL - Stereolithography File
- .PDF - Portable Document Format
- .JPG - JPEG Image