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Tekla Structures 11.1 Release Notes

Product version 11.1

June 2005

Copyright 2005 Tekla Corporation


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Contents

1 Tekla Structures 11.1 Common features ..............................................1.1 General ..................................................................................................

Recording and running macros........................................................

Coordinate symbol in rendered view................................................

Disable Advanced options dialog box...............................................

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 11.2 Modeling............................................................................................... 1

Adding surface treatment to parts.................................................. 1

Parametric sketching improvements .............................................. 1

Units in parametric profile name .................................................... 2

Binding objects to center and cut planes ........................................ 2

Create clip planes ........................................................................ 2

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 2

1.3 Drawings .............................................................................................. 2Cloning from template .................................................................. 2

Hatch patterns for surface treatment .............................................. 2

Associative drawings.................................................................... 2

Detail view and symbol ................................................................. 3

Moving views............................................................................... 3

Templates and reports.................................................................. 3

Plotting and printing...................................................................... 3

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 41.4 Import and export .................................................................................. 4

3D DWG/DXF export.................................................................... 4

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 4

1.5 Custom components.............................................................................. 4


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Performance improvements........................................................... 46

Automatic seam positioning........................................................... 47

Using Excel with custom components............................................. 47

Imperial units in formulas .............................................................. 48

Battering connection (13) improvements......................................... 48

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 491.6 Components.......................................................................................... 50

Stairwell and elevator shafts (90) ................................................... 50

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 51

2 Tekla Structures 11.1 Steel Detailing .................................................... 532.1 Modeling............................................................................................... 53

2.2 Drawings............................................................................................... 54Contour plate orientation............................................................... 54

2.3 Import and export................................................................................... 54

Fabtrol XML import (17) ................................................................ 54

CNC............................................................................................ 55

IFC import.................................................................................... 55

2.4 Components.......................................................................................... 56

Building (S91) .............................................................................. 56

Beam to beam connections........................................................... 57

Beam to column connections......................................................... 58

Bracing connections ..................................................................... 58

Macros and details ....................................................................... 58

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 59


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3 Tekla Structures 11.1 Precast Concrete Detailing ............................. 63.1 General ................................................................................................ 6

3.2 Modeling............................................................................................... 6

Family numbering ........................................................................ 6

Fixed drawing main view............................................................... 6

Deforming parts ........................................................................... 6

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 6

3.3 Drawings .............................................................................................. 6

Dimensioning by reference points.................................................. 6

Templates and reports.................................................................. 6

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 6

3.4 Custom components.............................................................................. 6

Custom components in cast-units.................................................. 6

3.5 Components ......................................................................................... 6Modeling of floor bay (66) ............................................................. 6

Concrete stairs (7)........................................................................ 6

Modeling of slab area (88) ............................................................ 6

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 7

3.6 Reinforcement....................................................................................... 7

New reinforcement components .................................................... 7

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 7

4 Tekla Structures 11.1 Analysis and design ......................................... 74.1 Analysis and design............................................................................... 7

Loading....................................................................................... 7

Slab spanning direction ................................................................ 7

Analysis & Design models dialog box............................................. 7

Response spectrum..................................................................... 7

Analysis properties for slab components........................................ 7Connections of plate elements improved........................................ 7

Rigid diaphragm improvements ..................................................... 7

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 7


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5 Tekla Structures 11.0 Common features .............................................. 835.1 General................................................................................................. 84

Batch file settings in the user interface ........................................... 84

Performance improvements........................................................... 87

New Template Editor - version 3.2 ................................................. 87

Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 90

5.2 Modeling............................................................................................... 92

Sketching cross sections............................................................... 92

Show or hide handles (contour plates and concrete slabs) ............... 94

Selecting part handles .................................................................. 95

Binding objects to different types of plane....................................... 95

Making construction lines magnetic................................................ 96

Improvements to copy and move tools ........................................... 97

Surface treatment......................................................................... 97Miscellaneous............................................................................ 101

5.3 Drawings............................................................................................. 102

Associative drawings .................................................................. 103

Dimensioning improvements ....................................................... 108

Dimension line tags .................................................................... 110

Unfolding fixes ........................................................................... 110

Weld symbol improvements......................................................... 111

Drawing list improvements .......................................................... 111Elevation dimensions.................................................................. 113

Improvements to section view symbols and labels......................... 114

Drawing color............................................................................. 115

Templates and reports................................................................ 115

New surface treatment fields in report templates ........................... 116

Miscellaneous............................................................................ 116

5.4 Import and export................................................................................. 119

Import MicroStation 8 DGN files................................................... 119IFC import and export ................................................................. 119

Web viewer models .................................................................... 121

Miscellaneous fixes .................................................................... 121

5.5 Custom components ............................................................................ 121


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Performance improvements ........................................................ 12

New properties for custom components ....................................... 12

Editing custom components ........................................................ 12

Define parameters for part adds .................................................. 12

Imperial units in formulas............................................................ 12

New detail position options ......................................................... 12Miscellaneous........................................................................... 12

5.6 Components ....................................................................................... 12

Component catalog improvements............................................... 12

Use Excel in connection design................................................... 13

Miscellaneous............................................................................ 13

6 Tekla Structures 11.0 Steel Detailing ................................................. 136.1 Modeling............................................................................................. 13

New weld options....................................................................... 13

6.2 Drawings ............................................................................................ 13

6.3 Import and export ................................................................................ 13

NC file settings moved to user interface ....................................... 14

NC fixes.................................................................................... 14

6.4 Components ....................................................................................... 14

New help for tower and bracing components ................................ 14

Improvements to existing moment connection checks ................... 14

AutoConnection improvements.................................................... 14

Beam to beam connections......................................................... 14

Beam to column connections ...................................................... 14

Gusset connections.................................................................... 14

Macros and details..................................................................... 14

Cold rolled................................................................................. 14

Miscellaneous............................................................................ 14


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7 Tekla Structures 11.0 Precast Concrete Detailing ........................... 1477.1 Modeling............................................................................................. 147

Deforming parts.......................................................................... 147

Add surface treatment to parts..................................................... 149

Miscellaneous............................................................................ 151

7.2 Drawings............................................................................................. 152

Cast unit drawing improvements.................................................. 152

Show undeformed shape of parts in drawings ............................... 153

Reinforcement marks and dimension lines.................................... 154

Show tiled surface treatment in drawings...................................... 155

Templates and reports................................................................ 157

Miscellaneous............................................................................ 160

7.3 Components....................................................................................... 161

Corbel connection (14)................................................................ 161Seating with dowel connections................................................... 161

Miscellaneous............................................................................ 162

7.4 Reinforcement..................................................................................... 162

Spiral reinforcement groups......................................................... 162

Reinforcement mesh properties................................................... 164

Reinforcement components......................................................... 166

Miscellaneous............................................................................ 170

8 Tekla Structures 11.0 Analysis and design ....................................... 1718.1 Analysis and design............................................................................. 171

Extended clash check................................................................. 171

New design codes...................................................................... 172

New seismic codes..................................................................... 172

Analyzing composite beams........................................................ 173

Load groups............................................................................... 174Changes in ULS and SLS design checks...................................... 175

Load distribution fixes ................................................................. 176

Miscellaneous............................................................................ 177


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Tekla Structures 11.1 Common features

1 Tekla Structures 11.1

Common features

Tekla Structures version 11.1 is a main release and contains many new feat

and fixes.Compatibility Tekla Structures 11.1 is compatible with all previous versions. You can ope

work with existing models using Tekla Structures 11.1.

We recommend that you complete any models you have started using your

rent version.

Installing Tekla Structures setup creates a new subfolder for Tekla Structures 11.1.

You need Windows Administrator rights to install Tekla Structures 11.1. Th

ensures that all Windows system folder *.dllfiles are updated.

Topics This chapter is divided into following sections:

General(p. 8)

Modeling(p. 11)

Drawings(p. 26)

Import and export(p. 45)

Custom components(p. 46)

Components(p. 50)

Once you save a model in Tekla Structures 11.1, you can open

in Tekla Structures 11.0, but not in older versions, in Xsteel, o

in Xengineer.


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8 Release NotesTekla Structures 11.1 Common features

1.1 General

This section describes the following new features and fixes:

Recording and running macros

In Tekla Structures 11.1 you can record user interface macros to simplify some

tasks that need many mouse clicks. You can record series of actions from menus,

dialog boxes and shortcuts.

To record a macro:

1. Click Tools > Macros...to open the Macrosdialog box.

2. Type in a name for the macro.

3. Click Record.

4. Perform the commands in the user interface.

5. Click Stopto stop recording.

6. To perform the recorded macro, select the macro and click Run.


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The recorded macros are saved as *.csfiles, in ../environments/cou

independent/macrosfolder:

To view and edit the recorded macro:

1. First check that the file type .csis associated with suitable text editor

2. In Tekla Structures, click Editon the Macrosdialog box, and the file is

opened in the associated editor.

To create a macro file manually, click Createin the Macrosdialog box. This

mand creates an empty macro file, which you can manually edit, or copy an

paste macros from other files.

Coordinate symbol in rendered view

Now you can see the model direction easier with the new coordinate symb

located in the lower right corner of the model view. The coordinate symbo

lows the workplane.

Disable Advanced options dialog box

You can disable the Advanced optionsdialog box so that the variables can b

edited in the batch files only.

To disable the dialog box, set the following variable in the batch file:

set XS_DISABLE_ADVANCED_OPTIONS=TRUE

The recorded macro is

saved in drawingsor

modelingfolder, depend-

ing on in which mode the

macro was recorded.


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Miscellaneous

Tekla Structures 11.1 includes following new features and fixes:

Cursor line width

Set the cursor line width in rendered views with variable

XS_RENDERED_CURSOR_LINE_WIDTH:

1. Click Tools > Advanced options, and go to the Model viewcategory.

2. Enter cursor line width in the Valuefield.

Possible values are 1, 2, or 4. Any other value is handled as 1.

Default value is 2.

Any other number will be treated as 1.

3. Click Applyand OK.

4. You need to restart Tekla Structures before the change is applied.

Fixes

In single user mode, if you open a model in Tekla Structures Viewer,

the model is no longer locked. You can open locked models in the

Viewer, in single user mode.

When the orthogonal snapping was on, picking the first position was

sometimes difficult. Now the reference point handling is disabled

when starting a command and enabled after picking the first position.

Cursor line width is 1 Cursor line width is 4


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1.2 Modeling


Adding surface treatment to par ts

Tekla Structures 11.1 includes following improvements in adding surface tr

ment to objects:

Cuts and

recesses

Now when you add surface treatment to parts with openings or recesses, se

Cut by father part cutscheckbox in the Surfacing propertiesdialog box.

When you select this option, Tekla Structures recognizes the openings and

recesses in the part.

Add surface

treatment to cut

faces

You can now add surface treatment to cut faces (faces created by a cut).

To add surface treatment to cut faces:

1. Click the Create face surfacingor Create polygon surfacingicon.

2. Pick the origin of the surface treatment.

3. Pick the direction.

4. Select the cut face to apply the surface treatment to:


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5. If you chose polygon surface treatment, continue picking the polygonal area.

Surface treatment added to cut faces is modifed according to the

changes made to the part.

Add face surface

treatment

In Tekla Structures 11.1 you can apply the surface treatment to parts in the fol-

lowing ways:

1. Click the Create face surfacingicon


3. Pick the direction of the surface treatment.

4. Select the part faces to apply the surface treatment to.

Pick faces one by one, or use window selection:

Drag the mouse fromleft to rightto select all faces totally within

that rectangular area:


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Drag the mouse from right to leftto select all objects totally or

partly within that rectangular area:

Add polygon

surface treatment

1. Click the Create polygon surfacingicon


3. Pick the direction of the surface treatment.

4. Pick the part face to add the surface treatment to.

5. Pick points to form the surface treatment area.

If you pick points outside the part face, the surface treatment is

forced to fit inside the face:

If all corner points of the surface treatment are not on the part face

plane, the corner points are forced to a face of the part.


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Overlapping

surface

treatments

When you create overlapping surface treatments, the smaller surface treatment

overrides the larger one.

The overriding is recognized in reports (only the visible area is calculated).

Numbering Surface treatment is now considered in numbering:To set Tekla Structures compare surface treatment in numbering click Setup >

Numbering..., and select Surfacingscheckbox on the Numberingtab.

Cutting surface

treatment

Use variable XS_POLYGON_CUT_EXTRA_THICKNESSto define the cut depth of

polygon cut, for example, to be able to cut thick surface treatment with polygon

cut command:

1. Click Tools > Advanced options..., and go to the Modelingcategory.

2. Set the cut thickness with variable XS_POLYGON_CUT_EXTRA_THICKNESS.

The default value is 5.0.

Parametric sketching improvements


Number of

parameters

Include unlimited number of parameters in sketched profiles.


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Sketch browser

dialog box

Now you can view and modify sketch properties in the Sketch browser dial

box:

1. Click Sketch browsericon to open the Sketch browserdialog b

Click a line, dimension, chamfer or constraint in the Cross section

sketch editor viewand Tekla Structures highlights it in the browser.Or click a part in the browser to have Tekla Structures hightlight it in

the view.

Use the popup menu, for example, to add equations, copy names,

copy values, or delete objects.

Create links between the sketch parameter variables, created in the

Variablesdialog box, and sketch objects to create parametric profiles.

The sketches are parameterized in the same way as the custom

components. For more information, see Using variables to

define cross section propertiesin the online help.

Objects includ

in the sketched

profile.


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Chamfers Use chamfers when sketching profiles:

1. In the Cross section sketch editor view, the yellow circles represent chamfers.

Double-click a yellow circle to open the Chamfer propertiesdialog box:

2. Select chamfer type, enter X and Y dimensions.

3. Click Modifyand the chamfer is applied to the selected corner.

The chamfers are shown in the Sketch browserdialog box, where you can add

equations to them.


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Extrude sketched

polyline

You can now create easily a cold rolled (constant thickness) cross section b

sketching an open polyline, and defining extrusion type and thickness of th

file.

Extrusion typedefines how the polyline is extruded:

Sketch editor view Sketch browser dialog

box

Description

Extrusion Type

Extrusion Type = 0

Polyline is extrud

metrically from th

line (the line you

sketched).

Default value

Extrusion Type = 1 Polyline extruded

outside of the skeline.

Extrusion Type = 2 Polyline extruded

inside of the sketc

line.


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Use equations in Thicknessproperty to define the thickness of the extruded

polyline.

Angle constraint Add angle constraint to a sketch:

1. Click icon in the Cross section sketch editor view.

2. Pick the lines counter-clockwise.

3. Tekla Structures creates the angle constraint.

Visualization of

constraintsNow you can view the constraints in the editor view, by selecting them in theSketch browserdialog box:

1. Click Sketch browsericon .

2. Select the constraint in the Sketch browserdialog box.

3. The line in question is displayed as dashed line, and the constraints are high-

lighted in the Cross section sketch editor view.


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Deleting

constraints

To delete a constraint:

1. Click Sketch browsericon .

2. Select the constraint in the Sketch browserdialog box.

3. Right-click and select Deletein the popup menu:

Part and

connection

positioning

planes

Use commands Show or hide part positioning planesand Show or hide conn

positioning planeson the sketching toolbar to view the control positioning p

of the profile.

Connection

positioning

planes

Tekla Structures uses the connection positioning planes for positioning com

nents to parts, for example, custom components to concrete slabs, if you ha

selected the Position in relation to primary partscheckbox in the component d

box, on the Generaltab.

By default, Tekla Structures uses solid edge planes of the main part as the r

ence points, but if you have modified the part or connection positioning pla

Cross section sketch editor view, Tekla Structures uses those instead of the d

planes.

Part positioningplanes

Part positioning planes (top, bottom, left and right) affect how the part is ptioned in the model (the properties on the Positiontab, in the part propertie

log box).


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The following pictures display the default part positioning planes in the Cross

section sketch editor viewand in part end view.

The following images display modified part positioning planes in the Cross sec-

tion sketch editor viewand how the part reference line position has changed in the

model:

Cross section sketch editor

view: Part positioning planes inthe default position

Part end view: The On planeand

At depthproperties are both setto Middle, with 0 offset.

Cross section sketch editor view:

Modified part positioning

planes.

Part end view: The On planeand Atdepthproperties are both set to Mid-

dle, with 0 offset.


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To view or modify the planes:

1. Open the Cross section sketch editor view.

2. Click icon to show default part positioning planes, or icon

show the connection positioning planes.

The part positioning planes are displayed as blue lines. The connection positioning planes are displayed as green lines.

3. In the upper right and lower left corners are handles which you can dr

modify the location of the planes. The modified planes are saved with

sketch.

4. To revert to the default planes: select the plane lines and select Deletethe pop-up menu. Then click the Show or hide part positioning planeso

Show or hide connection positioning planesicon again.

Miscellaneous

fixes

Sometimes the profile dimensions were corrupted when the sketched

profiles were updated in the model after closing the sketch editor.

Fixed.

For more information on sketching tools, seeSketching and using cross s

tionsin the online help.


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Units in parametric profi le name

The parametric profile name now consists of correct imperial units and values:


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Binding objects to center and cut planes

Tekla Structures 11.1 includes new options for binding objects to planes:

Center planes

Cut planes

Use to bind object handles to cut surfaces.

When you create distances to bind model objects together, use the second li

on theSnap settingstoolbar to select the plane to bind the object to. The op

are:

Boundary planes of parts

Center planes of parts

Outline planes of parts

Cut planes

Grid planes

Create clip planes

Now you can create up to six clip planes to any rendered model view:


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To create a clip plane:

1. Select a rendered model view

2. Right-click and select Create clip planefrom the popup menu.

3. Select the clip plane position: pick any plane.

4. To end the command, right-click and select Interrupt.

5. Clip plane is displayed with a symbol.

Selected planeClip plane symbol


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6. To move the clip plane, click the symbol, drag and drop it to the new l

tion.

You can only move the plane to the direction of plane normal (and opp

7. To delete a clip plane: Click the clip plane symbol and click Delete.

Miscellaneous


Plane-line and part-line intersection points

Command Points > Plane-line intersection did not work cor-

rectly. Now once you have picked the plane, you can pick multiplelines after that.

Command Points > Part-line intersection did not work cor-

rectly. Now once you have picked the part, you can pick multiple

lines after that.

For more information, see Points > Plane-line intersectionin the

online help.

Part cutsIf a part was cut with part cutor polygon cutcommand, using this part to cuanother part did not work correctly. Fixed.


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Numbering parts

Even if a plate created as beam and a contour plate were identical, they got dif-

ferent position numbers. Now Tekla Structures assigns same position numbers to

plates created as beams, and to contour plates.

Handle size

Now you can modify the handle size in the model view:1. Open the Advanced options dialog box (Tools > Advanced options...) and go

to Model viewcategory.

2. Define the handle size with variable XS_HANDLE_SCALE.

The default value is 1.0

Value larger than 1.0 enlarges the handles

Value smaller than 1.0 decreases the handle size

3. Close the rendered view and reopen it to view the modified handle size.

Miscelleneous

fixes

When you saved a model in the multiuser mode, the work plane sym-

bol was sometimes drawn to wrong position. Fixed.

1.3 Drawings


Cloning from template

Now you can clone drawings from templates. Templates are drawings included

in a Tekla Structures model, which is defined as the template library.

To define the drawing template library, set, in the batch file, the vari-

able XS_DRAWING_TEMPLATES_LIBRARY to point to the model

folder that contains the template drawings:

set XS_DRAWING_TEMPLATES_LIBRARY=%XS_RUNPATH%\DrawingLi-

brary

For example:

set XS_DRAWING_TEMPLATES_LIBRARY=C:\TeklaStructuresMod-els\CloningTemplate (where CloningTemplate is the model name).


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To clone from a drawing template:

1. Create the template drawings, and define the template library in the ba

file.

2. Click Drawing> Clone drawing... (or click Clone...in the drawing list d

box), to open the Drawing cloningdialog box.

3. Select the drawing objects that you want to copy into the new drawing

the Objects and actions in cloningproperties.

4. Select Drawing templateoption and press Templates...button.

5. In the Drawing templatesdialog box, select the template drawing.

6. In the model, select the part.

7. In the Drawing cloningdialog box, click Clone selected.


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Hatch patterns for surface treatment

Now you can use hatches with all surface treatment types in drawings.

To show hatching in the drawing, select Show patterncheckbox in the drawing

surfacing properties dialog box:

The direction of the hatch pattern is the same as the direction of the surface treat-

ment.

Surfacing.htc Which hatch to use with which surfacing type is configured in surfacing.htc

file (located in .../environments/*your environment*/system folder).

In the file is defined following:

Surfacing type:

1 = concrete finish

2 = special mix

3 = tile surface

4 = steel finish

Surfacing code:

This is the abbreviation used in drawings and reports, for exam-

ple, MF.

See product_finishes.dat file for a full list of surfacing codes.


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Hatch name

Extra scale

Extra scale is a numeric value that Tekla Structures uses to scale

hatches.

Color (optional)

If you do not define a color for a hatch in the surfacing.htc

schema file, Tekla Structures uses the color defined on theAppearancetab of the drawing surfacing properties dialog box.

The color and type definition in Visible linesis used for the front

side surface treatment, and in the Hidden linesfor back side.

View available

hatches

To view a list of existing hatches:

1. Open, for example, Circle propertiesdialog box by double-clicking Cir

icon on the Drawings: Drawingtoolbar. (Also other drawing object prop

include fill type selection).

2. Click Select...to open the collection of available hatch patterns. When

click a pattern, you can view the name in the Typelist box, in the Circl

Associative drawings

Tekla Structures 11.1 includes following improvements in associative draw

Texts in drawings Text objects are now associative (text position is updated when the model

changes).

Text type Description

Text The insertion point (the point you pick

when adding the text) is associative. Yocan drag the text, and it stays associativ

Text along line The start and end point of the line are as

ciative.

Text with leader line The starting point of the leader line is as

ciative.

The direction angle is maintained when

model changes and drawings are update

Along line, arrow at

start point

The starting point of the line is associati

(the point where Tekla Structures createthe arrow).


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Drawing objects The following drawing objects are now associative:

Associative notes Tekla Structures 11.1 includes new drawing object: associative note, you can use

associative note as an extra marks in drawings. The note works like, for example,

part mark, and it is updated according to the changes made to the object it is

added to.

Associative note can be added to following objects: Part

Bolt

Reinforcing bar

Surfacing

Object Icon Description

Line One or two points (start and end points) can be

associative.

Arc

Circle The center point is associative.

Rectangle The first two points are associative.

Polyline One or two points (the first two) can be associa-

tive.

Polygon

Cloud

Command Icon

Associative note with leader

line

Associative note without

leader line.

Associative note along line.


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You can add multiple notes to one object, and place the notes freely. Add a

modify the content of the notes the same way as with part marks.

Associative notes can contain following elements:

To add associative note, click Create > Associative noteand select type:

With leader line and Without leader line options

1. Pick the part to indicate to which part this note belongs to.

If you chose With leader line, the point you pick is the first point of the line.

2. Pick a point to place the note.

Along line option:

1. Pick the part to indicate to which part this note belongs to.

2. Pick a point to indicate the start of the line along which you want to pl

the note.

3. Pick the end point of the line along which you want the text to appear.

Detail view and symbol

With Tekla Structures 11.1 you can create detail views:

To create a detail view:

Element Description

Text Opens dialog box where you can type in text to t

note.User-defined attribute Adds a user-defined attribute to the note.

Symbol


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1. Click Create > Detail view, or click icon on the Drawings: Viewtoolbar.

2. Pick the first corner of the detail view.

3. Pick second corner.

4. Pick position for the detail symbol.

5. Tekla Structures creates the detail view and adds a detail symbol to the orig-

inal view:

Double click the detail symbol to modify the label properties:

Detail symbol

Detail view

Detail label


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To modify the detail label properties on the drawing level:

1. In the drawing properties dialog box, click Detail label...to open the de

label dialog box.

2. Modify the properties and click Modifyand OK.

Moving viewsNow you can move section and detail views on another drawing sheet in th

drawing list. When you move views to another drawing, the original drawi

will contain a reference to the target drawing.

To move drawing views to another drawing:

1. Open the drawing and the Drawingsdialog box (drawing list).

2. Select the drawing view you want to move, right-click and select Move

drawingfrom the popup menu.

3. Select the target drawing from the drawing list.

4. Click Moveon the Move view to drawingdialog box.

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The moved views contain a reference to the drawing where the original section

or detail was located. Also the section and detail contain reference to the drawing

where the view was moved to:

Label texts

To edit the reference text in the labels, use the following variables ( Tools >

Advanced options... , in Drawing propertiescategory):

XS_SECTION_VIEW_REFERENCE - section view label

XS_SECTION_SYMBOL_REFERENCE - section symbol label

XS_DETAIL_VIEW_REFERENCE - detail view label

XS_DETAIL_SYMBOL_REFERENCE - detail symbol label

Enter the label content in the Valuefield:

Label text can include free text and user-defined and template

attributes surrounded by % characters. For example,See

%DRAWING_TITLE%.

Target drawing C.1 - 1 where

the section view was moved to.

View label contains reference to

the original drawing B.1

Original drawing B.1 - 1 contain-

ing section view.

Section view label contains

reference to drawing C.1.


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If you set the variable in the batch files, use double % charactersaround the user-defined and template attributes.

For example, See %%DRAWING_TITLE%%.

Templates and reports

HTML-file

Now when a report type (.rpt) is set to be graphical, a html-file is created.

New template fieldsTekla Structures 11.1 includes following new template fields for parts, asse

blies and cast units:

Variable set in Advance options dialog box:

Field name Description

AREA_PROJECTION_GXY_NET Area of the "shadow" of the part a

bal XY-, XZ-, or YZ-plane. **AREA_PROJECTION_GXZ_NET

AREA_PROJECTION_GYZ_NET

AREA_PROJECTION_GXY_GROSS Area of the "shadow" of the part a

bal XY-, XZ, or YZ-plane. ***AREA_PROJECTION_GXZ_GROSS

AREA_PROJECTION_GYZ_GROSS

AREA_PROJECTION_XY_NET Area of the "shadow" of the part a

local XY-, XZ-, or YZ-plane. **AREA_PROJECTION_XZ_NET

AREA_PROJECTION_YZ_NET

AREA_PROJECTION_XY_GROSS Area of the "shadow" of the part a

local XY-, XZ-, or YZ-plane. ***AREA_PROJECTION_XZ_GROSS

AREA_PROJECTION_YZ_GROSS

AREA_PGZ Area of faces which outward normpoints to positive or negative glob

axis.AREA_NGZ

AREA_PGX Area of faces which outward norm

points to positive or negative glob

axis.AREA_NGX


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** XXX_NETarea is the area of the shadow excluding the interior outlines

(=holes).

*** XXX_GROSSarea is the area of the exterior outline of the shadow excluding

the interior outlines (=holes).

LONG_HOLE_X and LONG_HOLE_YFormulas GetValue("HOLE.LONG_HOLE_X")andGetValue("HOLE.LONG_HOLE_Y")returned slotted value other than zero,

even when only the slot hole dimension was defined in the Bolt propertiesdialog

box, but there were no slot holes activated for any bolt plys.

AREA_PGY Area of faces which outward normal

points to positive or negative global Y-

axis.AREA_NGY

AREA_PZ area of faces which outward normal

points to it's positive or negative local

Z-axis.

AREA_NZ

AREA_PX Area of faces which outward normal


X-axisAREA_NX

AREA_PY Area of faces which outward normal


Y-axisAREA_NY

AREA_FORM_TOP Area of faces which outward normal

points to top of form.

AREA_FORM_BOTTOM Area of faces which outward normal

points to bottom of form

AREA_FORM_SIDE Area of faces which outward normal

points to form sides

Field name Description


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Primary and secondary parts in templates

You can now add attributes of primary and secondary parts of connections

templates and reports:

The row content type is CONNECTION.

Value field formula can be GetValue("PRIMARY.XXX")or

GetValue("SECONDARY_1.XXX"), for example,

GetValue("PRIMARY.AREA").

Surface treatment in templates and reports

In previous version template attributes SURFACING_NAME and

CODEgave the same result. Fixed.


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New template attributes in Tekla Structures 11.1: MATERIAL,

NAME, and THICKNESS for surface treatment.

See the following example on corresponding properties and template fields:

Show or hide +0.000 levels

The template attributes ASSEMBLY_BOTTOM_LEVEL,

ASSEMBLY_TOP_LEVEL,CAST_UNIT_TOP_LEVEL,

CAST_UNIT_BOTTOM_LEVEL return nothing in the part marks, if the

level value is zero (+0.000).

If you need to see also the zero values, click Tools > Advanced

options, then in the Marking: parts category, set the new variableXS_DRAWING_IGNORE_ZERO_LEVELS_IN_PART_MARKS to

FALSE.

By default this variable is set to TRUE, which means that zero

levels are not shown in part marks.

Fixes

In the Template Editor, text fields were too long with some font sizes

in japanese text. This problem has now been fixed.

Template attributes DATEand TIMEare now available for all rows.

The move command now has a predefined shortcut m.

NAME

CODESURFACING_NAME

MATERIAL

THICKNESS


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The template attribute NAME_SHORT now returns correct values from

the bolt assembly catalog:

for bolts, it returns bolt "Standard"

for studs, it returns the name of the bolt, not the short name of

the bolt asssembly.

Plotting and printingTekla Structures 11.1 includes following new features and fixes:

Plotting gray hatches

Now you can define a special hatch color, which will not be converted to b

when plotting. This color will be plotted as color or grayscale, depending o

selected printer settings. The hatch color is defined using the RGB (Red G

Blue) values (scale is from 0 to 255).

To define a special color hatch:

1. Open the Advanced optionsdialog box (Tools> Advanced options...) an

to Hatchingcategory.

2. Define the gray color with the following variables:

set XS_HATCH_SPECIAL_COLOR_Rto 214

set XS_HATCH_SPECIAL_COLOR_Gto 214

set XS_HATCH_SPECIAL_COLOR_Bto 214

The default value for hatch is black (0,0,0).

Smaller values give darker shade, higher values lighter.3. Click Applyand OK.

You do not have to restart Tekla Structures to activate changes to these

ables.

To use the hatch color:

1. Open the drawing.

2. Open the drawing object properties dialog box (rectangle, polygon, or

cle).

3. Select fill color Special.

The hatch is plotted in color or grayscale, depending on the selected pr

settings.


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To use the same color in automatic section hatching, set the color index number

in the .htcfile to 120.

For more information, see Hatching in section viewsin the online help.

Plotting continuous lines

To display continuous lines (for example, if the line goes through text or drawing

marks) in plotteddrawings or in printingto DXF / DWG,switch the following

variables off:

XS_USE_LINECLIP_IN_EXPORTfor DXF / DWG export.

XS_USE_LINECLIPfor normal plotting.

To display continuous lines:

1. Click Tools > Advanced options, and go to the Plottingcategory.

2. Type in FALSEin the Valuefield of the variable.

By default, the value is TRUE.

In print the gray

shade is darker.


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Miscellaneous

You can now set the variables XS_PLOT_ORIGIN_MOVE_Xand

XS_PLOT_ORIGIN_MOVE_Yin the Advanced optionsdialog box,

Plottingcategory, without restarting Tekla Structures.

Section view direction

Now Tekla Structures creates the section views in GA drawings always so,

the z axis points up:

Section views for XY plane views, or gently sloped planes like roof

planes, the viewpoint is rotated so that section views vertical axis

will be parallel to the global z axis.

In section views for XZ or YZ planes, the z axis points up.

Confirm save when closing a drawing

If you have not made any modifications and close the drawing, Tekla Struc

does not display a confirmation dialog to prompt you to save the drawing.

Use variable XS_ALWAYS_CONFIRM_SAVE_WHEN_CLOSING_DRAWINGto

Tekla Structures always display the confirmation dialog:

1. Click Tools > Advanced options...and go to the Drawing propertiescate

2. Set XS_ALWAYS_CONFIRM_SAVE_WHEN_CLOSING_DRAWINGto TRUE

The default value is FALSE.

XS_USE_LINECLIP = TRUE XS_USE_LINECLIP = FALSE


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Extra line around hatching

Now you can add extra lines, in different colors, around the automatic hatching

in section views. To set Tekla Structures add extra lines:

1. Click Tools > Advanced options...to open the Advanced optionsdialog box.

2. In the Hatchingcategory, select variable XS_SECTION_LINE_COLOR.

3. Enter value for the color (from 1 to 14) in the Valuefield.

The default value is 0 (no extra lines).

The number corresponds to the color sequence in drawing object

properties:

Miscellaneous

Tekla Structures 11.1 includes fixes for the following:

Parts Round holes were shown as rectangular, if the part representation

was set to Bounding boxor Base box.

Main part

direction

Problems occured with complex main part handling. Main part direc-

tion was handled in a wrong coordinate system.

To show lines around hatching, and to be able to add extra lines

in different colors, you may need to set variable

XS_DRAW_ALL_SECTION_EDGES_IN_DRAWINGSto TRUE in

the batch files. The variable is set to FALSEby default.

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

etc.


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Drawing views If the associativity was set (variable

XS_INTELLIGENT_DRAWING_ALLOWEDset) and you dragged the

drawing view frames to change their size, froze the drawing and

opened the drawing again, the drawing view frames took the original

size. Fixed.

Marks Surfacing mark properties: Leader line type settings did not work

correctly.

If a drawing included several level marks, only one was updated

when the model was changed and you updated the drawing. Now all

the level marks are updated.

Part mark properties now include Finishin the elements list. Use this

element in mark to show the Finishproperty of the part.

When in general arrangement drawings, the Parts out of view plane

property is set to Not visible(in General - part mark propertiesdialog

box, on the Generaltab), you could not add part marks to parts out of

the view plane. Now part marks can be created regardless of the visi-

bility settings.

Dimensioning Sometimes grid dimensions were overlapping in drawings. Now grid

dimensions are always freeplaced.

In Tekla Structures 11.1, Combine equal dimensionsproperty cannot

be used with US absoluteand US absolute 2dimension types.

Degree symbol in angle dimensions is now closer to the text:

Sometimes complex main parts were not dimensioned correctly,

when variable

XS_COMPLEX_PART_MEMBERS_DO_NOT_HAVE_TO_BE_MAIN_PART

was set (Tools > Advanced options..., Dimensioning: partscategory)

and the first (the lowest or leftmost) part was secondary.

Sometimes protection did not work correctly with dimension line exte

sions. Now the extension line protection areas are created correctly.

For more information on protection areas, seeProtectionin the online

If you modified the second or the second last dimension point in a

combined dimension line, also the tag texts were deleted from that

side of the dimension line. Fixed.

Grids Sometimes you could not drag the grid line mark, if there was only

one grid line in the drawing. Fixed.


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Texts and

symbols

The Angleproperty in the Text propertiesdialog box affected how the

protect area of text with leader line was drawn. Now also the protect

area of text with leader line is always drawn horizontally.

Sometimes when you moved or copied texts in drawings, using the

pop-up menu commands, Tekla Structures freeplaced them. Now

only texts that have Placingproperty set to Free, are freeplaced, and

texts with fixed placing are moved or copied where you want to place

them.

Symbols were not placed correctly when picking the insertion point

in the Drawing editor. Fixed.

Multinumber characters were not always correct in single drawings,

if the number of valid characters was different for assembly and part

multinumbers (set with variables

XS_VALID_CHARS_FOR_ASSEMBLY_MULTI_NUMBERSand

XS_VALID_CHARS_FOR_PART_MULTI_NUMBERS). Fixed.

Keyplan Using key plan reserved a lot of memory. Fixed.

Saving, opening

and closing

If you froze a drawing with P flag, and updated it afterwards, Tekla

Structures displayed a warning message saying the drawing is not up

to date. Fixed.

Drawings created with old Xsteel versions (version 5.5 or older)

could not be opened in Tekla Structures. Fixed.When you used user-

defined attributes in the value field of variable

XS_ASSEMBLY_POSITION_NUMBER_FORMAT_STRING

(Tools> Advanced options..., Numberingcategory) opening drawings

was slower than without it. Fixed.

Cloning If a drawing represents several similar assemblies and one of theassemblies is modified, a new assembly drawing is cloned automati-

cally to suit the changed situation. The cloning did not always work

properly in 11.0 or earlier versions, if the single part views were pre-

sented in the assembly drawing. The single part views are still not

cloned when cloning assembly drawings.

Drawing list Sometimes the Titlefields in the drawing list were displayed incor-

rectly when creating drawings. Fixed.


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1.4 Import and export


3D DWG/DXF export

It's now possible to export Tekla Structures model as 3D DWG.

1. Open a Tekla Structures model.

2. Click File > Export > 3D DWG...to open the Export 3D DWG/DXFdialog b

This dialog box has replaced theExport 3D DXFdialog box. Now

you can use the same properties to both DWG and DXF export.

3. Modify the properties:

Export as: You can export the model as faces, lines or reference

lines.

Part andBolt accuracy: Normal, High or No bolts.

Cuts: to export cuts

Inner contours: for example, to export the inner contours of a

tube. If you select No, the tube is exported as a solid.

4. Enter the file name, or use Browse...to navigate to another file

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6. To export the model, click:

Export allto export the whole model, or

Export selected to export selected parts from the model.

Miscellaneous


Reference import now supports layers in DWG,DGN,and IFC files.

In Tekla Structures 11.0, when you copied objects from another

model (Edit > Copy from model...), all phases were imported into thecurrent phase. Fixed.

If you tried to turn on the visibility of an IFC reference object while

the IFC file was not in the right location, Tekla Structures closed

without any warning.

1.5 Custom components


Performance improvements

Now custom component creation in large model is even ten times faster than in

previous versions.

Exporting 3D DWG or DXF as Facesuses more memory and

might take time, but the end result is better.

If the model is large, or you have less memory to use, Export asReference linesoption is faster, and the resulting file size is

smaller.


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Automat ic seam pos it ioning

Custom seams include new feature: automatic positioning.

You can now select whether to place the seam to the points you picked, or t

Tekla Structures place the seam automatically.

Using Excel with custom components

Now you can link Excel spreadsheets with Tekla Structures custom compo

for example, for connection check.

For custom components, you need to add property Use external designto th

tom component dialog box. Otherwise use Excel with custom components

same way as with other components.

To add Use external designproperty to the component dialog box:

1. Select the component, then right-click and select Edit custom compone

2. In the custom component editor, click to open Variablesdialog b

3. Click Addbutton, and enter following information:

To place the seam to the posi-

tion you picked, select Place to

picked positionscheckbox.

To place the seam automatically, des

the Place to picked positionscheckbo

and select one of the positioning opti


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4. Save and close the custom component editor.

5. The new property Use external designis now in the component propertiesdialog box.

Spreadsheet

location

By default, the spreadsheets locate in folder..\TeklaStructures\*your

version*\environments\country_independent\exceldesign.

The location of the spreadsheet is specified in excel.vbtile (in

..\TeklaStructures\*your version*\nt\bin\plugins

folder).

Spreadsheet

name

The name of the file must be component_*component name*.xls

For example component_custom1.xls for a custom compo-

nent named custom1.

For more information on the required Excel files, file locations and how to per-

form the connection check with Excel, see Using Excel in connection designin

the online help.

Imperial units in formulas

To convert Imperial units to internal units (metric) in formulas, use the new func-

tion ValueWithUnit(value, unit)or acronym vwu(value, unit).

Example: vwu(4.0, "in") returns 101.6 mm

Known units are:

"ft" ("feet", "foot")

"in" ("inch", "inches")

"m"

"cm"

"mm"

"rad"

"deg"

Battering connection (13) improvementsNow if you fit the secondary part at an angle to the main part, and the battering

would be less than the value you entered in the angle field, the free space is

adjusted so that the final length of the secondary beam is the same as the length

of the corresponding horizontal beam.


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Miscellaneous


Part cuts could not be used to cut parts in the Custom component edi-

tor. Fixed.


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1.6 Components


Stairwell and elevator shafts (90)

Tekla Structures 11.1 includes new macro, for creating stairwells and elevator

shafts:


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Miscellaneous


In previous versions you could not modify a component, created in

Tekla Structures Steel Detailing configuration, in Tekla Structures

Full Detailing configuration without converting it.

Now you can modify components created with other configurations inFull Detailing configuration, without converting them, if the compone

does not include reinforcing bars or cast units welds.


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Tekla Structures 11.1 Steel Detailing


Steel Detail ing

In addition to the features and fixes in chapter 1, Tekla Structures 11.1 Stee

Detailing configuration contains also the following new features and fixes:Topics This chapter is divided into following sections:

Modeling(p. 53)

Drawings(p. 54)

Import and export(p. 54)

Components(p. 56)

2.1 Modeling


Miscellaneous

Tekla Structures 11.1 includes fixes for the following

Unpainted steel is now added to surface treatment hatch schema file

surfacing.htcin Europeand US Imperialenvironments as

4,UP,ANSI32,1,1


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2.2 Drawings


Contour plate orientation

Instead of automatic plate orientation, you can now set the contour plate main

axis to follow the line created by the first and second points you pick. Use this

feature if you want to have different plate orientation in drawings or reports.

To define the contour plate orientation with first and second picked points:

1. Create the contour plate. The first and second picked points will define the

plates main axis.

2. Double-click the plate to open the Contour plateproperties dialog box.

3. Click User-defined attributes..., and go to the Orientationtab.

4. Select From 1st to 2nd creation pointin the Main axis directionlist box.

5. Click Modify, and close the dialog box.

6. Click Tools > Numbering > Modifiedto update numbering.

7. Create, for example, a single-part drawing of the plate, to view the orienta-

tion of the plate.

2.3 Import and export


Fabtrol XML import (17)

Use to import fabrication status information for parts in a Tekla Structures model

from an XML file written by Fabtrol:


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1. Click File> Import.

2. Select any of the following options FEM, CIMSteel, CAD, or Other, to op

New import modeldialog box.

3. In the New import modeldialog box, select Fabtrol XML importfrom the

list box and click the Propertiesbutton to open the Fabtrol XML import

dialog box.

4. Click the Browsebutton against the Input filefield to locate the file to im

5. Click OKto import status information into the model.

CNC

In Tekla Structures 11.1 you can include hard stamps also for second-

ary parts in DSTV files. To do this, enter TRUEin the Valuefield for

the variable XS_SECONDARY_PART_HARDSTAMP.

Note that Tekla Structures does not create hard stamps for plates.

In Tekla Structures 11.0 DSTV format was fixed to follow the DSTV

standard even better than before, by switching the places of phase

and drawing identification in the DSTV file header.

Because of this change, dstv2dxf converter does not add correct texts

to DXF files, and some CNC controller softwares interprets the

DSTV files incorrectly. To enable the fix and create similar DSTV

files as before, set variable

XS_NC_DISABLE_PIECE_IDENTIFICATION_FIXto FALSEin the

batch files. By default, the variable is set to TRUE.

In Tekla Structures 11.0 you could not create NC files of, for exam-

ple, z or zz profiles. Now you can create NC files of all other profiles

by using profile type SO in NC file settingsdialog box.

In Tekla Structures 11.0 hard stamps did not affect the DSTV file

names. This has been fixed. Now the file name is based on Assembly

positionand / or Part positionelements (on the Hard stamptab, in the

NC file settingsdialog box).

IFC import

The reading of boundary representation (BREP) in IFC reference files has

improved.


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2.4 Components


Building (S91)

Use this macro to create a portal frame building with saddle roof. The macro cre-

ates frames and connections, purlins, roof and vertical bracing, and gable end

posts. You can use Tekla Structures system connections and custom connections

in the macro. The left and right columns and rafter profiles are identical.

To create a building with the macro:

1. Click Ctrl + Fto open the Component catalog, and search for Building (S91)

macro.

2. Double-click the macro to open Building (S91)dialog box.

3. Modify the properties, and click Applyor OK.

4. Pick the creation point for the building. The building will be created in X

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Beam to beam connections

Tekla Structures 11.1 includes the following new features and fixes:

Two sided clip angle (143)

Now contains the Angle Boxtab which used to add a seat angle under

one of the secondary parts to fulfill OSHA safety requirements.

Use the options on this tab to determine seat angle position, orientation

method of attachment (bolted or welded). Use the options on the BoxP

and BoxSBoltsto control the bolting of the seat angle to primary and se

ary parts.

Shear plate simple (146)

There is no longer a gap between shear plate and column with NS / FS opti


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Beam to column connections


Haunch (40)

Entering a value on the Picturetab for a gap between the column and the end

plate now correctly affects only the distance between the column and the end

plate, not the plate on the web of the column.

Column wi th st iffeners W (182)

Now uses the correct properties for weld no 2.

Bracing connections


Turnbuckle bracing (S3)

Turnbuckle was rotated incorrectly when created between columns. Fixed.

Windbracing (1)

Connection Windbracing (1) did not work in Tekla Structures 11.0. Fixed.

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UltraZED File transfer (93)

UltraZed file transfer (93) macro did not process Apex Struts (ULT-ATC*

tions). Fixed.

Multiple stiffeners (1064)

Chamfers were created in the wrong corner in Tekla Structures 11.0. Fixed

When the primary part is C-profile, the chamfers are incorrect.

Miscellaneous

Tekla Structures includes following new features and fixes:

Component Std bracing connection (67)created the second bolt incor-

rectly, and the plates were not bolted together. Fixed.

Component L spice (175)did not handle the chamfers correctly. Fixed.


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Tekla Structures 11.1 Precast Concrete Detailing


Precast ConcreteDetailing

In addition to the features and fixes in chapter 1, Tekla Structures 11.1 Prec

Concrete Detailing configuration contains also the following new features fixes:

Topics This chapter is divided into following sections:

General(p. 61)

Modeling(p. 61)

Drawings(p. 64)

Custom components(p. 67)

Components(p. 67)

Reinforcement(p. 70)

3.1 General


Numbering

Cast-in embeds are now considered in numbering:

Click Setup > Numbering..., and select Embedded objectscheckbox on the N

beringtab.

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Family numbering

When you use family numbering, the assembly or cast unit position numbers

consist offamily numberand qualifier. For example:

Family number is the same for assemblies and cast units which are

similar to the criteria you define in the Numbering setupdialog box.

Assemblies or cast units which have the same family number but dif-

ferent exact geometry or materials have different qualifier number.

To define numbering:

1. Click Setup > Numberingto open the Numbering setupdialog box.

2. On the Family numberingtab, define how to use family numbering for series:

3. Click Add serieto open the Add serie dialog box. All the assembly and cast

unit numbering series in the model are listed here.

4. Select a numbering serie and click Add. The numbering series is shown in

the family numbering field.

Assembly position number:

Family number QualifierTT/102

TT/102-3

3


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5. Modify the compare criteria for each numbering serie separately. The

paring options are:

Main part profile

Secondary parts

Chamfers

Material

Overall length

Cuts

Name


7. Update the numbering.

Fixed drawing main view

Now you can define which part face is the front view in the drawing (the tform). Use this feature to define the casting direction for a concrete part.

To set the front view for a part:

1. Double-click the part to open part properties dialog box.

2. Click User-defined attributes...to open the user-defined attributes dialo

3. On the Parameterstab, select the view direction in the Fixed drawing m

viewlist box:

To get the front view shown in the "top form" face in drawing:

1. Open the drawing properties dialog box.

2. Click View...to open the drawing view properties dialog box.

3. To see the top in view correctly in the drawing, select Fixedin the Coorsystemon the Attributestab:


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Deforming parts

Tekla Structures 11.1includes following new features and fixes:

You can warp, camber and shorten steel and concrete beams and col-

umns.

Seams and connections work with warping.

Miscellaneous

Now when you copy cast unit members and reinforcing bars, the new

object will belong to the same assembly if the copied object is inside

an existing assembly.

3.3 DrawingsThis section describes the following new features and fixes:

Dimensioning by reference points

In previous Tekla Structures versions cast-in embeds (steel parts or assemblies

added to cast units) were dimensioned in cast unit drawings the same way as sec-

ondary objects in assembly drawings. In Tekla Structures 11.1 the embedded

objects can be dimensioned by reference point.

To set dimensioning by reference points:

1. Open the Cast unit drawing propertiesdialog box and click Dimensioning...

2. On the Position dimensionstab in the Cast unit - dimensioning propertiesdia-

log box, select By reference pointin the Embedded objectslist box:


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Templates and reports

Now you can create reinforcing bar bending schedule in HTML for-

mat, containing the real bending shape pictures.

Reinforcing bar pictures are now automatically created in the

model folder and linked to HTML reports. The images are saved in *model folder*/Reports/

*reportname*_images folder.

Strands were listed together with reinforcement bars in templates and

reports. Now they have their own content type STRAND, so you can

distinguish them from reinforcement bars.

The template attribute STRAND_PULL_FORCEnow outputs correct

values in reports. Template attributes CAST_UNIT_TOP_LEVELand

CAST_UNIT_BOTTOM_LEVELdid not work in part marks. Fixed.

Miscellaneous


Pull-out pictures

Reinforcement pull-out picture is now displayed as deformed in

deformed view.


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New property for the reinforcement pull-outs in part marks: Exagger-ation

Use the Exaggerationproperty for better visualization of the reinforcement bar

hooks in pull-outs:

Fixes

Tekla Structures now takes reinforcement into account when calcu-

lating drawing view boundaries.

The cast-in embeds were not dimensioned correctly in undeformed

views. Fixed.

Detail of a pull-out pic-

ture with Exaggeration

property selected:

Exaggerationnot

selected:


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3.4 Custom components


Custom components in cast-units

Adding custom components, used for example as cast-in embeds, to cast un

now made easier:

Now you can add the whole custom connection to the cast unit by

right-clicking and selecting Cast unit > Add tofrom the pop-up menu:

You can also remove the custom component from the cast unit, and

explode the cast unit from the pop-up menu.

3.5 Components


Modeling of f loor bay (66)

Use this new component to create various types of concrete slabs. The com

nent creates slabs between two support lines, which can be polylines or slo


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Concrete stairs (7)

Includes the following new features and fixes:

User interface includes pictures.

New properties: you can define thickness of stairs in top and bottom

and the draft.


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The concrete stairs (7) macro has now default values: properties which are e

use the default values.

Modeling of slab area (88)Tekla Structures 11.1 includes fixes for the following:

When you selected Seam center pointin the Origin pointlist box, the

slabs were not positioned correctly, and a gap might have been cre-

ated between the slabs.

In some cases the macro created steel beams instead of concrete.

Fixed.

Tekla Structures did not always update default values, if you entered

a new value, and then erased value field and clicked Modify. Fixed.

Now the created slab can rotate only around its center axis.

You can now warp slabs with fanned layout.

Tekla Structures no longer ignores the standard spacing value of

seams, when the option Width of indexed elementis used.


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Miscellaneous


It is now possible to add equations to strand properties in the model

browser.

Xsnap now also works for seam handle points.

Cutting hollow core slab with Grating penetration (92)macro gener-

ated an application error. Fixed.

3.6 Reinforcement


New reinforcement componentsTekla Structures 11.1 includes the following new reinforcement components:

Component Description

Topping (58) Creates toppings on

precast concrete parts.

Wash (59) Creates washes on

precast concrete parts.


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Miscellaneous

Tekla Structures 11.1 includes fixes for following:

Slab bars (18)

Now intersection points for rebars are searched from rebar level and not fro

middle of slab. Pockets and recesses are now taken into account

Automated reinforcement layout - double tee beam (51)

The additional corner reinforcement bars were not attached to the part. Fix

Hollow core reinforce-

ment (60)Creates hollow co

reinforcement.

Post tensioning (61) Creates post-tens

ing cables in con-

crete parts.

Component Description


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Tekla Structures 11.1 Analysis and design


Analysis and design

4.1 Analysis and design

The Tekla Structures 11.1 Analysis and Design module contains the follow

new features and fixes:

Loading(p. 74)

Slab spanning direction(p. 75)

Analysis & Design models dialog box(p. 76)

Response spectrum(p. 76)

Analysis properties for slab components(p. 77)

Connections of plate elements improved(p. 78)

Rigid diaphragm improvements(p. 78)

Miscellaneous(p. 79)


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Loading

Tekla Structures includes new part properties to be used with area load genera-

tion according to part geometry. The Loadingtab has been added to the beam,

polybeam, concrete beam, and concrete panel properties dialog boxes. This fea-

ture is especially needed for concrete slabs, which are not always included in the

analysis model.

Generate self weight load includes parts, for example decks, weight to analysis

model as a load even if the part is not otherwise included in the analysis model. If

part is included in the analysis model, self weight is not generated as a separate

load.

You can also enter slab live load or additional self weight (screed, services) usingthree additional loads with load group name and load value. The direction of the

load is according to load group direction.

Using Part namesfilter you can make sure that area load from concrete slab is

transferred to correct parts, for example beams supporting the slab. So you usu-

ally enter the beam name as a value.


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Select Use continuous structure load distributionif you want to divide the m

the load to middle supports on continuous structures.

Slab spanning direction

With new spanning settings of the slab you can better control how slab is c

nected to beams and which beams carry the load from slab.

Spanning has following options:

Singlespanning slabs carry load in one direction. Beams parallel to sin

spanning direction will not be connected to the slab, and will not carry

load from slab.

Doublespanning slabs carry load in two directions. Beams in both

directions will carry the load.


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You can define primary axis direction with following optional ways:

Click Parallel to part and then select the beam in the model that is parallel to

the direction.

Click Perpendicular to part and then select the beam in the model that

is perpendicular to the direction.

When load is applied on slab, the spanning setting of the load does not have any

effect, but the spanning is determined using the spanning setting of the slab itself.

Analysis & Design models dialog box

Command Analysis > Create modelis now in the Analysis & Design models dia-

log box too.

Analysis menu commands are now available from the pop-up menu in the Anal-

ysis & Design models dialog box.

Response spectrum

Seismic analysis using response spectrum is now available in Analysis model

attributes. The spectrum data, loads and masses will be sent to STAAD.Pro for

analysis. You can either use displacement or acceleration spectum. Damping is

specifie

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