sneak preview tekla structures 2018

Sneak Preview Tekla Structures 2018

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Usability takes a leap

Tekla Structures 2018 is bloated with bigger and smaller usability improvements. Totally new functionalities such as Property pane, Select previous, Undo historyand Online side pane and other improvements will increase your productivity.

User interface improvementsUndo history

Select previous

Work plane handler

Property pane

Tekla Online

Property pane highlights

Information always up-to-date (auto-get)

Visual feedback on what will be changed

Content is fully customizable

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Property pane highlights

When several objects are selected:

– See all different properties

– Filter down different object types

Use also for starting a command!

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Property pane

Only one property pane for all objects: easy to use, easy to learn.

Common properties for several objects

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“This could become a great verification tool”

“Its great feature as you can

customize it.”

“...see the UDA properties that you want in the

project.”

Property pane in Tekla Structures

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Customization of Property Pane

Customizable for each object type Visibility, renaming and placing of properties Bring most needed UDA’s to Property pane

Snapping & Selecting toolbars

Toolbars renewed

New selection switches for rebar sets

Quickly switch used Work plane or Base point

Adjust to available window space

Can be made floating or docked

Select previous

Better control with new functionality

You can now re-select objects that you have accidentally deselected

Works in model and drawings

Undo History

Save time and prevent errors when undoing actions Clearly see what you may have

done by accident

Quickly and accurately undo mistakes and accidents

Easily undo or re-do many actions at once

Inquire coordinates of a point

Pick any point in the model to show– Local coordinates– Model coordinates (Global)– Project Base point coordinates– Current base point coordinates

Side pane windows

Free placement of side pane windows

Can be docked or floating

Several side pane windows open at the same time

More efficient drawing production

Bill faster – protect revenue

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Easy Drawing Sheet Setup

WYSIWYG Drawing Sheet Setup– Productivity

– Easy adoption & faster learning

– Customizable

– Now possible to refresh

Drawing layout Editor

2017 SP3

2017i 2018

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Modify model object properties from GA drawing

Faster corrections to model from drawing editor

– Enables changes to model object properties from GA drawing

– Name, profile, grade of material, class, finish and UDA's

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Modify Model Objects Properties From GA Drawing

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Improved automatic mark placement

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Quicker annotation for faster issuing of drawing– Avoid crossing leader lines

– Stack and place evenly

– Near current location & Ignore current locations work for fixed marks too

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Arrange and align marks

Achieve better mark placement with less effort– Avoid crossing leader lines

– Stack and place evenly

– Near current location & Ignore current locations work for fixed marks too

Clear rebar drawings

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Filled line Single line Single line with filled ends

2017 SP5

2017i SP1

2018

New representation mode for rebar to create clearer drawings. Suitable for sections.

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Rebar drawing tools

Meet drawing standards easily

Rebar end symbol (extension)

Rebar annotation tools in version

– Group marking

– Group dimensions

– Cranking

– Pullouts

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Faster and better mark-up on drawings

Drawing content manager

Quick and easy way to review, add and locate drawing content.

• Check and edit multiple objects or marks• Modify, add or remove marks and associative notes• Search drawing content live

“Useful feature, when working on complex assembly

drawing and erection plan”

“Gives then ability to better control how

welds could be identified and added in

drawings”


Quick and easy way to review, add and locate drawing content.• Check and edit multiple objects or marks

simultaneously• Modify, add or remove marks and associative notes• Search live through drawing content• Easier to manage changes

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Quick and easy way to review, add and locate drawing content.

Modeling Maintenance

Numbering

Better support for workflows Use phase to define work

packages

Force separate marks for issuing, ordering, etc.

New option to compare Phase in numbering

Parts and assemblies in different phases will get different numbers

Construction Objects

Easy management of construction objects

Construction objects can now be assigned to a phase

Filtering of construction objects is now possible

By phase

By type

Construction Objects

Improved visibility for easier modeling Construction points on the view plane are now blue

New advanced options to control the line type: XS_CONSTRUCTION_CIRCLE_LINE_TYPE

XS_CONSTRUCTION_LINE_LINE_TYPE

Modeling Complex Objects

Model more

Polygon point limit increased

Create large, complex plates and polybeams

Manage large bolt groups as a single object

Easily create large sets of studs

Import complex cross sections

Filtering improvements

Faster and easier filter creation

New “Multi-select” Quickly select multiple values

Available in model and drawings

Filter grids for flexibility

Grids can be filtered out by GUID Use the Object category

Use GUID as property

Use “Does not equal” condition

Select value from the model for the right GUID

New DSTV to DXF Converter Extension

Easy creation of DXF for plate processing Modern UI for all settings

Supports many new features Control decimals

New mark content control & location options

Support for contour lines and marks

Support for bending lines

Easy layer definition

Rebar set – the new development

Usabilitity of rebar sets keeps on improving due better performance, new selectionswitches and other new features. Reporting of rebar sets has now a lot of newpossibilities especially with tapered rebar groups.

Better grip on rebar sets

New selection switches

– Inquire, report, export bars or bar groups

– Attach to or detach from pours

Select individual bar from rebar set

Select bar group from rebar set

All three switches select old rebars

New reporting possibilities

Tapered groups can now have same position number

– differentiate with sub-ID

Possibility to number identical groups and number of bars in a group

Also other new template and format string attributes

Pour unit for better control

Handling the content of a pour is easy and consistent with the pour unit identical to assembly concept.

Pour unit - a new object type! Easily manage and report what is

needed for pour and when▪ Assembly-like hierarchy for

pours■ Pour unit

↳ Pour object (Concrete properties)↳ Rebar etc.↳ Formwork etc.

Pour object Pour unit

New tools for precast detailing

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Double wall details tool

One tool to automatically optimize and create:– Reinforcement

– Braced Girders

– Lifters

– Propping inserts

Productive double wall detailing!

Easy to use!

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T-Connector for Wall Layout

Easy way of adding T-connection to walls

Wall seam is created to location of connection

– Seam is often created in location of connection. Now seam location is adaptive to connecting wall.

Use connections components for details

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Geometry detailing strip

Easy modeling of: – Recesses patterns (reveal)

– Mock joints

– Facade protrusions (sweeps)

– Wall corbels

– Wall edge thickenings

Use with any object

Together with Wall Layout, the wall elementation is taken into account

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Bricks on wall

Add brick surface with opening details

Creation method

– Corner bricks as parts

– Opening bricks as parts

– All bricks as parts

Get brick quantities as UDA

Productive brick facade modeling!

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Propping inserts

Add propping inserts and supports to walls

– Use any propping insert (custom part)

– Define number of supports manually or by wall length

– Automatically avoid openings

Faster wall detailing!

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Stacker

Plan delivery stacks

– Truckload according to erection plan

– Optimized logistics

Clear sight to planned truckload

Expand your BIM workflow!

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Production data exports

BVBS– Now can be operated while drawing editing

– New options for drawing mark and rebar position

– Mark rebar UDA’s during export

Eliplan– New options for piece data attributes

Weight (new basic options, or user-defined template) Area (Net area with recesses, full-depth cuts only or gross area) Precision level of properties (number of decimal digits)

– New control options for plotting cuts and embeds By name, class, material, UDA By depth position

– Intelligent orientation of slabs with sawed sides

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Unitechnik– More control for the contour, openings and shuttering

Simplify the contour with bounding box geometry

Exclude cut outs from export or plot them as embeds

A new way to control shuttering line attribute for a specific edge

– New functionality for embed plotting Rebars can now be plotted as embeds

Embed export can now be controlled for individual embeds (or parts within embed)

– Better input of model attributes into info fields Important new options for element attributes and more fields for project data

Combined user-defined text and automatic model properties

Control embed info using UDA’s

– Improved functions for automatic checking Added intelligence for preventing export of invalid production data

The log is more informative

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PXML

– A lot of new options to control to exported shape and orientation

Shape option ‘Full-depth cuts only’

Secondary parts can be exported as additional lots or automatically excluded

Cut objects to mountparts

Orientation can be controlled with surface object

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Do More

Steel

Spiral Beam

All new spiral beam

Easily model spiral structures

Stringers, handrails, ramps

Easy input and editing

Control sweep, rise, and radius parametrically

Accurate detailing

No ‘roll’ in the profile

Maintains a constant up direction for the cross section along the spiral path

Spiral Beam

New in 2018

Improved tessellation Accurate modeling

Depth offset Easy & accurate alignment

DM Improved Snapping steps to zoom

IFC Export as BREP

Easy modeling of spiral staircases Dynamic UI with live update

Use plate or profile stringers

Steps modeled as items, plates or custom components

Modify key options and dimensions directly in the model

Spiral staircase 2.0 – Extension

Spiral Staircase 2.0 – Extension

For more details search for:Monday Minutes Recent Tekla Steel Developments

Bent Plate Improvements

Easier editing

– Move handles out of plane

Bent plate custom components

– Automate bent plate details

Improved control of unfolded orientation

– Desired fabrication output

Welding Enhancements

Model with accurate welds

– Productive modeling of accurate welds

– Improve weld quantity reporting

– Drive welding automation

– Easy weld preparation detailing

Enhancements

– Compound weld support improved

– Double sided polygon welds

– Preparation details dimension tools

Weld preparation details

Dimensioning plug-in extensionAutomate heavy plate drawings

Create plate drawings with automatic section views for edge preparations

Views automatically created, dimensioned and oriented according to the preparation

Note: Dimensioning plug-ins require use of the new view based drawing dialogs. See extension page for details.

Do More with extensions

Tekla Warehouse

Add-ons for better productivity and higher quality

• Tools for modeling and drawings, libraries and templates

• Easy to import and install

• Easy to share internally and globally

https://warehouse.tekla.com

Plates from built-up section & Plate beam converter

Careful model management. Better productivity.

• Additional profiles are supported

• Plus more fixes and improvements

Complex Polybeams

Be more productive laying out complex geometry for stadium seats, architectural steel, stair cases

• Create curved beams easily

• Import data from a file

Extensions from the Warehouse

Updates to productivity improving tools based on your requests

• Modify model object properties from a GA drawing

• Metal Framing tools – easier to use

• No paint area – productivity increased

• Pattern line – enhanced libraries for faster use

• Rebar hole – more flexible detailing

Modify Model Objects Properties From GA Drawing

Point Clouds

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Point Cloud

All needed points with color at once in 3D with one surveyor input

• Import processed scanned information to Tekla Structures to set out your structural model

• All common formats

• Snap to and clip point clouds

• Point Cloud Manager extension:

• combine several point cloud models for visualization

• create potree files

• trim point clouds to be smaller

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Point Cloud Visualization

Post processed laser scan information in Tekla for merging the existing with the design

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Tekla Model Sharing

Try it! More information coming soon!– Saves time in projects in the same office

– Gives you flexible access to the project

Highlights in TS 2018– Enhanced performance and improvements in change

and conflict handling (Numbering, unnecessary flags cleared)

– Sharing automation tool

– Reserve next write out

– Admins have now more tools to ensure effective usage of Tekla Model Sharing (Management Console)

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What’s new in IFC

Improvements in IFC import

– Bounding box representation

– Geometry creation failures are indicated and missing elements have visual representation

Tekla Structures now supports IFC4!– Pour units, rebar sets, class or object

group colors

New DWG/DXF export Work with others in the wider Project Team

Submit DWG’s according to project standards

Find Tekla objects Set DWG layer Set styles etcEdge, line, hatch ?

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Trimble Connector

Publish IFC directly to Trimble Connect– Trimble Connector now supports the use of IFC

setting files

– Coordinate system now follows what has been set in workplane handler

Share views and selections with Trimble Connect Desktop

Add attachments to ToDo notes

Create easy filters for mobile users!– Use Organzier categories in Trimble Connect Mobile

Find out more

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Release notes at:support.tekla.com

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