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Tekla StructuresRelease Notes

Product version 14.0April 2008

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Contents

1 Tekla Structures 14.0 Release Notes....................................................... 9

2 Steel Detailing.......................................................................................... 112.1 General ................................................................................................................................................. 11

New licensing system FLEXnet........................................................................................................ 11New menu structure ......................................................................................................................... 12Menu tooltips.................................................................................................................................... 13Improvements in using multi-user models........................................................................................ 13Selecting objects using right-click .................................................................................................... 14Controlling access to attribute files .................................................................................................. 15Custom toolbar for the Options dialog box....................................................................................... 15Model templates............................................................................................................................... 16Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 17

2.2 Modeling ............................................................................................................................................... 18Detecting changes in reference models........................................................................................... 18Improvements in clash checking ...................................................................................................... 21Checking for duplicate objects ......................................................................................................... 21Snapping to part center lines ........................................................................................................... 22New Copy and Move commands ..................................................................................................... 23Querying assembly properties ......................................................................................................... 23Querying part properties .................................................................................................................. 24Improvements in flying through the model ....................................................................................... 25Improvements in tubular sections .................................................................................................... 26Improvements in surface treatment functionality.............................................................................. 27Improvements in welds .................................................................................................................... 28Splitting plates and slabs ................................................................................................................. 28Using parametric profile separators with multiple characters........................................................... 30Finding distant objects ..................................................................................................................... 30Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 31

2.3 Drawings............................................................................................................................................... 33Creating multiple drawings of the same object ................................................................................ 33Improvements in associativity and intelligent cloning....................................................................... 33Exaggerated dimensions.................................................................................................................. 37Dimensioning bolt position from neighbor part working points......................................................... 40

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New angle dimension type ............................................................................................................... 42Dimension unit formatting according to German conventions.......................................................... 43Customizable line types in drawings ................................................................................................ 44Changing the view scale .................................................................................................................. 45Symbol with partial profile - new part representation option............................................................. 46Improvements in grid labels ............................................................................................................. 49Defining a fixed size for detail boundaries........................................................................................ 49Fixed placing of drawing views......................................................................................................... 50Fixed placing of dragged drawing objects ........................................................................................ 51Improvements in representation of view labels ................................................................................ 51Improvements in hidden object representation in drawing views ..................................................... 54Creating surface treatment symbols................................................................................................. 55Removing change symbols .............................................................................................................. 57Scaling line weights while printing.................................................................................................... 57.NET support for drawings................................................................................................................ 59Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 59

2.4 Templates and Reports......................................................................................................................... 61Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 61

2.5 Import and Export.................................................................................................................................. 62Improvements in NC files ................................................................................................................. 62Improvements in Export Drawings dialog box .................................................................................. 62Exporting user-defined and template attributes as property sets into IFC models ........................... 63Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 64

2.6 Custom Components ............................................................................................................................ 64Speed improvements ....................................................................................................................... 64Limitations in opening models with custom components ................................................................. 65Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 65

2.7 Components.......................................................................................................................................... 65New components for pre-engineered buildings................................................................................ 65Improvements in stair components .................................................................................................. 67Connections ..................................................................................................................................... 74Details .............................................................................................................................................. 80Cold rolled ........................................................................................................................................ 82

3 Precast Concrete Detailing..................................................................... 853.1 General ................................................................................................................................................. 85

New licensing system FLEXnet ........................................................................................................ 85New menu structure ......................................................................................................................... 86Menu tooltips .................................................................................................................................... 87Improvements in using multi-user models ........................................................................................ 87Selecting objects using right-click .................................................................................................... 88


Controlling access to attribute files .................................................................................................. 89Custom toolbar for the Options dialog box....................................................................................... 89Model templates............................................................................................................................... 90Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 91

3.2 Modeling ............................................................................................................................................... 92Detecting changes in reference models........................................................................................... 92Improvements in clash checking ...................................................................................................... 95Checking for duplicate objects ......................................................................................................... 95Snapping to part center lines ........................................................................................................... 96New Copy and Move commands ..................................................................................................... 97Querying cast unit properties ........................................................................................................... 97Querying part properties .................................................................................................................. 98Improvements in flying through the model ....................................................................................... 99Improvements in surface treatment functionality............................................................................ 100Improvements in shortening........................................................................................................... 101Splitting plates and slabs ............................................................................................................... 101Defining and showing the top-in-form face..................................................................................... 103Using parametric profile separators with multiple characters......................................................... 103Finding distant objects ................................................................................................................... 104Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 105

3.3 Drawings............................................................................................................................................. 106Improvements in associativity and intelligent cloning..................................................................... 106Exaggerated dimensions................................................................................................................ 110Dimension unit formatting according to German conventions........................................................ 113New angle dimension type ............................................................................................................. 114Improvements in reinforcement dimensions .................................................................................. 115Customizable line types in drawings .............................................................................................. 118Better text placing in reinforcement pull-outs ................................................................................. 119Changing the view scale ................................................................................................................ 120Symbol with partial profile - new part representation option .......................................................... 121Improvements in grid labels ........................................................................................................... 123Defining a fixed size for detail boundaries ..................................................................................... 124Fixed placing of drawing views ...................................................................................................... 124Fixed placing of dragged drawing objects...................................................................................... 125Scaling line weights while printing.................................................................................................. 126Placing of the base points of the reinforcing bar mark leader lines................................................ 127Improvements in representation of view labels .............................................................................. 128Improvements in hidden object representation in drawing views................................................... 131Creating surface treatment symbols .............................................................................................. 132Removing change symbols ............................................................................................................ 134New option in representation of reinforcing bars............................................................................ 134.NET support for drawings ............................................................................................................. 135


Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 1353.4 Templates and Reports....................................................................................................................... 137

Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 1373.5 Import and Export................................................................................................................................ 138

Improvements in Export Drawings dialog box ................................................................................ 138Exporting user-defined and template attributes as property sets into IFC models ......................... 138Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 139

3.6 Custom Components .......................................................................................................................... 140Speed improvements ..................................................................................................................... 140Limitations in opening models with custom components ............................................................... 140Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 140

3.7 Components........................................................................................................................................ 140Precast stairs (65) .......................................................................................................................... 140Corbel connection (14) ................................................................................................................... 141Modeling tools ................................................................................................................................ 143Reinforcement components ........................................................................................................... 144

Edge and corner reinforcement (62) ........................................................................................ 144Beam reinforcement (63) ......................................................................................................... 145Beam end reinforcement (79) .................................................................................................. 146

3.8 Reinforcement..................................................................................................................................... 147New reinforcing bar bending types................................................................................................. 147Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 150

4 Engineering............................................................................................ 1534.1 General ............................................................................................................................................... 153

New licensing system FLEXnet ...................................................................................................... 153New menu structure ....................................................................................................................... 154Menu tooltips .................................................................................................................................. 155Improvements in using multi-user models ...................................................................................... 155Selecting objects using right-click .................................................................................................. 156Controlling access to attribute files................................................................................................. 157Custom toolbar for the Options dialog box ..................................................................................... 157Model templates ............................................................................................................................. 158Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 159

4.2 Modeling.............................................................................................................................................. 160Detecting changes in reference models ......................................................................................... 160Splitting plates and slabs................................................................................................................ 163Improvements in clash checking .................................................................................................... 164Snapping to part center lines.......................................................................................................... 165New Copy and Move commands ................................................................................................... 166Querying part properties................................................................................................................. 166


Improvements in flying through the model ..................................................................................... 167Using parametric profile separators with multiple characters......................................................... 168Improvements in shortening........................................................................................................... 168Improvements in tubular sections .................................................................................................. 169Finding distant objects ................................................................................................................... 170Checking for duplicate objects ....................................................................................................... 170Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 171

4.3 Drawings............................................................................................................................................. 172Creating multiple drawings of the same object .............................................................................. 172Improvements in associativity and intelligent cloning..................................................................... 173Exaggerated dimensions................................................................................................................ 177Dimension unit formatting according to German conventions........................................................ 180Dimensioning bolt position from neighbor part working points....................................................... 181New angle dimension type ............................................................................................................. 183Improvements in reinforcement dimensions .................................................................................. 184Customizable line types in drawings .............................................................................................. 187Better text placing in reinforcement pull-outs ................................................................................. 188Changing the view scale ................................................................................................................ 189Symbol with partial profile - new part representation option .......................................................... 190Improvements in grid labels ........................................................................................................... 192Defining a fixed size for detail boundaries ..................................................................................... 193Fixed placing of drawing views ...................................................................................................... 193Fixed placing of dragged drawing objects...................................................................................... 194Scaling line weights while printing.................................................................................................. 195Placing of the base points of the reinforcing bar mark leader lines................................................ 196Improvements in representation of view labels .............................................................................. 197Improvements in hidden object representation in drawing views................................................... 200Creating surface treatment symbols .............................................................................................. 201Removing change symbols ............................................................................................................ 203New option in representation of reinforcing bars............................................................................ 203.NET support for drawings ............................................................................................................. 204Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 204

4.4 Templates and Reports ...................................................................................................................... 206Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 206

4.5 Import and Export ............................................................................................................................... 207Improvements in NC files ............................................................................................................... 207Improvements in Export Drawings dialog box................................................................................ 208Exporting user-defined and template attributes as property sets into IFC models......................... 208Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 209

4.6 Reinforcement .................................................................................................................................... 210New reinforcing bar bending types................................................................................................. 210Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 212


4.7 Analysis and Design............................................................................................................................ 213Analysis model geometry ............................................................................................................... 213Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 213

5 Project Management ............................................................................. 2155.1 Fix list .................................................................................................................................................. 215

TEKLA STRUCTURES 14.0 9Tekla Structures 14.0 Release Notes

1 Tekla Structures 14.0 Release Notes

Tekla Structures version 14.0 is a main release and contains many new features and fixes.

Compatibility Tekla Structures 14.0 is compatible with all previous versions. You can open and work with existing models using Tekla Structures 14.0. Note the following issues:

• To avoid conversion problems, always open a model created with an older version of Tekla Structures as a single-user model first.

• Updating drawings created with an older version of Tekla Structures in Tekla Structures 14.0 may cause problems. We recommend that you complete any drawings you have started using your current version or recreate the drawings using Tekla Structures 14.0.

• We recommend that you always check that custom components created in older versions work correctly in the new version of Tekla Structures.

When you open custom components made with an older version of Tekla Structures in the Custom component editor, and the new version contains improvements requiring update, Tekla Structures asks whether you want to update the component. If you do not update the component, it works in the same manner as in the version where it was originally made, but you do not gain the benefits of the improvements.

If you choose to update the component, you need to check and sometimes even recreate dimensions depending on the improvements. When you delete a dimension and create a new one (even with the same name), also the equations containing the dimension need to be edited, because the dependency created by the equation is lost when a dimension is deleted. You can recreate the dimensions and edit the equations easily in the Custom component editor.

We suggest that you complete any models you have started using your current version.

Installing Tekla Structures setup creates a new subfolder for Tekla Structures 14.0

You need Windows Administrator rights to install Tekla Structures 14.0. This ensures that all Windows system folder *.dll files are updated.

Once you save a model in Tekla Structures 14.0, you cannot open it in previous versions of Tekla Structures.

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TEKLA STRUCTURES 14.0 11Steel Detailing

2 Steel Detailing

2.1 General

New licensing system FLEXnetTekla Structures 14.0 includes a new licensing system called FLEXnet, provided by Macrovision. The new licensing system does not affect the functioning or features of Tekla Structures.

The main benefits of the new licensing system are:

• Hardware locks and password files are no longer needed.• Updating and renewing of licenses is easier.

• Handling of licenses is more efficient. The licenses can be installed on a server in a local area network. When users start Tekla Structures, it automatically obtains a license from the server. When the user no longer needs the license, the license is returned to the license server and it is available to another user.

• Users can be guaranteed access or denied access to certain Tekla Structures configurations. You can create user groups with different access rights.

• When users leave the office and have no connection to the license server, they can borrow licenses for a limited time for offline use. The borrowed license is reserved for the user until it expires or it is returned.

• You do not have to install all of your licenses on the same server. You can, for example, activate half of your licenses on a common server and the rest of the licenses locally on each user's laptop. You can easily change the location of the licenses by returning the licenses to Tekla and then activating themon another computer.

You cannot use your existing hardware locks, password files or floating licenses with Tekla Structures 14.0.

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Installation

The installation process consists of the following phases:

1. Installing the FLEXnet license serverYou can install the license server on one or more servers. For single users, Tekla Structures and the license server can also be installed on the same computer.

2. Activating the licenses on the license server

During the activation, the license rights are transferred from Tekla to your company and the licenses become enabled.

3. Configuring the license server

4. Pointing the license server to the Tekla Structures installation on each client computer

For technical support, please contact your local Tekla Structures helpdesk.

New menu structureTekla Structures 14.0 includes a new menu structure, both in the Model and Drawing Editors.The new menu structure will benefit both new and existing users of Tekla Structures.

Changes in the menu structure

The number of menus has been cut down from 16 to 10 in the Model Editor, and from 9 to 8 in the Drawing Editor.

Benefits Benefits for new users:

• Logical, easy to use and learn structure.• Easier to find menu-related commands . There is no need to search through menus when

you cannot remember the name of a particular command.

• Shorter learning curve.

Benefits for existing users:

• More logical menu structure that follows your workflow. • Related commands are found within the same menu. There is no need to search out

infrequently used commands .

• It is easier to discover new commands.

Changes in default toolbars

The contents of the default toolbars for both the Model and Drawing Editor have been checked based on user feedback received by Tekla and collected by the Automatic User Feedback Program. Some new icons have been added to toolbars and some seldom used have been removed.

Users of Steel Detailing configuration now have only steel-related icons visible by default. You can have concrete-related icons visible easily if needed by clicking a button that opens the concrete toolbar.

You can customize your toolbars by using the Customize dialog box.

You can also revert to the Tekla Structures version 13.0 toolbars by clicking Tools > Toolbars > Version 13 Toolbars > All Default Toolbars.

For more information on the new menu structure, see New Menu Structure Tutorial in Help > Learning Center > New Menu Structure Tutorial.

Before setting up the license server, make sure you have read the Tekla Structures FLEXnet Licensing User Guide PDF, which is available in the ...\TeklaStructures\License folder.


Menu tooltipsIn addition to the conventional tooltips and the enhanced tooltips, there is now a new type of tooltip available called the menu tooltip.

The menu tooltips provide the same functionality as the enhanced tooltips, but for menu commands. The menu tooltips are displayed in a separate window, which you can drag and drop to any position on the screen:

To hide or display the menu tooltips, click Tools > Options > Menu Tooltips.

Improvements in using multi-user modelsVersion of the server

The Active Multi-Users dialog box now displays also the version of the server you are running.

Clearing locks You can now clear the locks of objects from other users on the multi-user server. To do this, right-click a user in the Active Multi-Users dialog box and select Clear locks.


Using this command removes all the locks the user has on objects. This means that if an application error has occurred on the user’s computer, the locks on locked objects can be cleared.

To use this feature you need to define the action AllowMultiuserKick and give full permissions to the users that may clear locks in the file privileges.inp located in the folder ..\TeklaStructures\14.0\environments\*your_environment\inp.

When you are about to open a drawing, Tekla Structures displays a notification on the status of the drawing. The options are:

• Someone is already editing it.• Someone has already edited it (drawing has been saved to their computer, but not yet to the

server).

• The drawing has already been saved and there is a newer version available on the server.

Deleting unnecessary drawing files

Every time you update a drawing,Tekla Structures creates a new drawing (.dg) file in the drawings sub-folder of the model. After that, the previous drawing file is not used.

In previous versions, it has not been possible to get rid of these unnecessary drawing files in multi-user mode. This is because during a multi-user session it is not possible to know whether a file is going to be used by some other user logged to the model when someone exits the model. To get rid of these files, you have had to log onto the model in single-user mode and exit the model with saving.

Now in Tekla Structures 14.0 you can have the unnecessary drawing files deleted automatically when the last user exits the model and saves the model. To do this, set the variable XS_DELETE_UNNECESSARY_DRAWINGS to TRUE in the global_default_env.ini file located in the ..\TeklaStructures\14.0\environments\country-independent folder. For additional safety, drawing files that are less than seven days old are not deleted.

Selecting objects using right-clickNow when you click a model or drawing object with the right mouse button, Tekla Structures automatically selects the object and opens its pop-up menu. Previously you first had to select the object, and then right-click to open the pop-up menu.

If you already have several objects selected and you right-click one of them, Tekla Structures keeps the objects selected and opens the pop-up menu. If you right-click outside the selected

Locks for drawings are only used when a drawing is edited manually, not for example when drawings are automatically edited through cloning.


objects, Tekla Structures deselects them, selects the object you right-clicked, and opens its pop-up menu. Right-clicking the plain view background also keeps the current selection.

To turn this feature on or off, click Tools > Options > Select on Right-Click. A check mark next to Select on Right-Click indicates that the feature is active.

Controlling access to attribute filesYou can now control access to attribute files by defining which attribute files are visible in the user interface. The user interface becomes clearer, as the unnecessary attribute files are not shown.

To do this, use the new variable XS_ATTRIBUTE_FILE_EXCLUDE_LIST in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > File Locations.

Enter the file name or a part of the file name that you want to exclude from the user interface as the value for the variable. If you enter many values, separate them using a semicolon (;). For example, setting the variable to _eng;_det removes all the attribute files that include the string _eng or _det in their name from the user interface.

Custom toolbar for the Options dialog boxYou can now create a custom toolbar to access the tab pages of the Options dialog box more easily. Each tab page has its own command on the custom toolbar, which means you have direct access to any tab page of the dialog box.

To create a custom toolbar for the Options dialog box:

1. Click Tools > Customize...2. On the Toolbars tab, click New....

A new toolbar with the name UserToolbar 1 appears in the toolbar tree. You can enter a new name for the toolbar.

3. In the Category list box, select Options to display the available commands.

4. Select the commands and click the right arrow to add them to the new toolbar:

You can use Ctrl and Shift to control the selection also when you select objects using right-click.


5. Select the Visible checkbox to display the new toolbar in Tekla Structures.

6. Click Close.

Model templatesYou can now use model templates as a basis when you create new models. Model templates consist of predefined settings.

You can also assign a keyboard shortcut to any of the above commands. Copy the command to the User menu to activate the shortcut.

For more information on assigning keyboard shortcuts, see Defining shortcuts in the online help.


Fix listInitialization files • The first character was not found in path command in initialization files. For example, path

c:\TeklaStructures\13.1\nt\bin;... became PATH=:\TeklaStructures\13.1\nt\bin;...This has now been fixed.

Speed improvements

• Tekla Structures versions which use the FLEXnet licensing system work also on 64-bit Windows operating systems, but they are run in 32-bit mode, which means that the maximum virtual memory address space for Tekla Structures is 4 GB. The practical benefit from this is the ability to work with models twice as big as before without the risk of running out of memory.

• Creating parts and using reference model objects is now considerably faster.

• All operations with large construction circles are now significantly faster to display in the model. For example, selecting large construction circles, or redrawing views that contain large construction circles is much faster than in previous versions.

Multi-user improvements

• The Active Multi-Users dialog box now keeps the current sort order even if you click Refresh.

Server program settings

• The New dialog box now remembers also the port numbers of the multi-user servers that you have used before.

Viewer configuration

• The question Do you want to save the model before you exit? has been replaced with the question Do you want to exit? in the Viewer configuration, because saving models with this configuration is not possible.

For more information on creating model templates, see the Tekla Struc-tures 14.0 Administrator’s Guide.

The 1stStepsWithTeklaStructures template is meant to be used only with the First Steps with Tekla Structures interactive tutorial.

This fix relates to installing Tekla Structures and customizing the instal-lation on an advanced level.


2.2 Modeling

Detecting changes in reference modelsReference models are often updated, but the changes are rarely documented. In Tekla Structures 14.0 you can now easily see the changes between an old and a new reference model by using the new commands in the Reference Object Properties dialog box.

You can choose to display one of the following:

• The new file• The old file

• Unchanged objects

• Changed objects

• Deleted objects

• Inserted objects

To detect changes:

1. Select the reference model and double-click it to display the Reference Object dialog box. 2. Browse for the name of the old file by clicking the Browse... button next to the Old file

name field.

3. Select an option in the Show list box in the Change detection section. For example, select Changed to see the changed objects in a reference model.

You can detect changes in reference models that are of the following file formats:

• IFC (.ifc)• Cadmatic (.3dd)

• WebViewer (.xml)

• DWG (.dwg)


4. Click Display. Tekla Structures highlights the changed reference model objects.

5. Click Modify to stop detecting the changes.

Example In the following example you will see the how the changes are displayed in the reference model.

The old file:

The new file:


The Show option has been set to Changed in the Reference Object Properties dialog box:

The Show option has been set to Inserted in the Reference Object Properties dialog box:

The Show option has been set to Deleted in the Reference Object Properties dialog box:


Other improvements in reference models

• You can now import also files of STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product model data) format as reference model into Tekla Structures.

Improvements in clash checkingThe following improvements have been made to clash checking in Tekla Structures 14.0:

• Clash checking now recognizes clashes with reference models. The IDs of the clashing reference model objects are displayed in the clash check log in the List dialog box.The following file types are supported:

• IFC• DWG

• DGN

• Clashes of objects that are only touching one another are not included in the clash check log.

• Colliding parts are now highlighted in yellow already during clash checking.

• The clash check progress is displayed in the status bar. You can continue working during the clash check.

• If you start clash checking while another clash check is still running, you can choose whether to continue checking, restart the operation and check the currently selected parts, or stop checking.

Checking for duplicate objectsWhen you copy or move objects, Tekla Structures checks for duplicate objects in the location where you are about to copy or move the objects to. Tekla Structures also checks for duplicates if you create new parts in the same location with an existing part.

If you are working on a large model, running the clash check may some-times be slow. In that case you can use the old clash checking function-ality, which does not recognize clashes with reference models.

To revert to the old functionality, set the variable XS_USE_NEW_CLASH_CHECK to FALSE in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Modeling Properties. The default value is TRUE.


If duplicates are found, you can choose whether to keep or delete the duplicate objects.

Use the variable XS_DUPLICATE_CHECK_LIMIT_FOR_COPY_AND_MOVE in Tools > Options... > Advanced Options > Modeling Properties to define the maximum number of objects that can be checked for duplicates while copying or moving objects.

If the selection contains too many objects, Tekla Structures does not check for duplicates. The default value is 100.

Snapping to part center linesIn Tekla Structures 14.0 you can snap to part center lines in model views. This is very useful, for example, when you model braces.

When you want to snap to part center lines, ensure that the Snap to geometry points / lines

switch is active.

To show part center lines in a model view:

1. Double-click the plain view background.2. In the View Properties dialog box, click the Display... button.

3. In the Display dialog box, click the Advanced tab.

Tekla Structures considers two objects duplicates if they have the same orientation and the same size of bounding box.

This functionality does not apply to objects that you copy by using a modeling tool, such as the Array of Objects (29) component.


4. Select the Part center lines check box.

5. Click the Modify button.

6. Close the Display and View Properties dialog boxes.

For more information on snapping, see Snap switches and Snapping in the online help.

New Copy and Move commandsTekla Structures 14.0 includes the following new copy and move commands on the Edit menu:

• Copy Special > To Another Object

• Move Special > To Another Object

Use these commands to copy or move selected objects from an object to another similar object. This is useful, for example, when you detail previously modeled parts.

The objects between which you copy or move can have different dimensions, length, and rotation.

If you copy or move objects from an assembly or cast unit, Tekla Structures copies the assembly structure as well, if possible. For example, sub-assemblies are copied as sub-assemblies if a parent object is found.

Associative copy and move

If you copy or move reinforcement or surface treatments and want them to adapt to the part they are copied or moved to:

• The reinforcement or surface treatment handles must be in part corners.• The parts between which you copy or move must have the same number of cross section

corners.

• Circular parts must have the same cross section dimensions.

Usage To copy or move objects from an object to another object:

1. Select the objects to copy or move.2. Right-click and select Copy Special > To Another Object or Move Special > To Another

Object from the pop-up menu.

3. Select the object to copy or move from (source object).

4. Select the object to copy or move to (target object).

With the Copy command you can create multiple copies by selecting several objects to copy to.

Querying assembly propertiesYou can now show assembly properties using a customized report template in the Inquire Object dialog box.


To query assembly properties and show them using a customized template:

1. Use the Template Editor to modify the TS_Report_Inquire_Assembly.rpt report template to suit your needs.For more information on modifying templates, see the Template Editor (TplEd) online help.

2. In Tekla Structures, click Tools > Inquire > Object, or press Shift+I.

3. Select the assembly whose properties you want to query.

Querying part propertiesYou can now show part properties using a customized report template in the Inquire Object dialog box. The Inquire Object dialog box shows the customized content on the top, and then lists the standard content.


To query part properties and show them using a customized template:

1. Use the Template Editor to modify the TS_Report_Inquire_Part.rpt report template to suit your needs.For more information on modifying templates, see the Template Editor (TplEd) online help.


3. Select the part whose properties you want to query.

Improvements in flying through the modelFlying through the model has been renewed and improved in Tekla Structures 14.0 in several ways:

• The flying is more stable than before. • It is now easier to remain on a specific level when flying.

• The flying speed grows now exponentially when you are approaching the model from a distance.

To fly through a model, you must have a rendered view open, with Projection set to Perspective. See View properties for more infromation on how to change view properties. Use the keyboard shortcut Shift+F to start flying though the model, or click View > Fly.

Pick the view to fly in.Tekla Structures displays an arrow symbol to indicate the flying direction.


You have the following options when flying:

• To fly forward, move the mouse forward. To change the flying direction, move the mouse to the desired direction.

• To change the camera angle, scroll with the mouse wheel.

• To change the level you are flying on and to go straight up or down, hold down the Ctrl key and move the mouse forward to go up, and backwards to go down. Release the Ctrl key to contínue flying on a level.

• To fly in the direction of the camera angle, hold down the Shift key and scroll forwards to go down or backwards to go up.

• You can also pan while using the Fly command. To do this, activate the Fly command, and use the middle mouse button to pan when needed.

Improvements in tubular sectionsThe number of segments Tekla Structures uses to display tubular sections in model views is now calculated as a function of the diameter of each section and the allowed chord tolerance. This makes the calculation more accurate. The number of segments is now always a multiple of four, which ensures that also snapping is accurate.

Chord tolerance is the maximum difference between a straight segment used to display a tubular section in model views and the actual tubular section:

Use the following variables in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Speed and Accuracy to control the chord tolerance:

• XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_SMALL_TUBE_SIZE_LIMIT:Use to define the limit that determines whether a tube is considered small when calculating the chord tolerance. The value is compared to the diameter of the profile. Enter the value in millimeters. The default value is 50.0.

• XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_FOR_TUBE_SEGMENTS:

Use to define the chord tolerance for round tubes larger than the limit set by the variable XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_SMALL_TUBE_SIZE_LIMIT. Enter the value in millimeters. The default value is 1.0.

• XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_FOR_SMALL_TUBE_SEGMENTS:

Use to define the chord tolerance for round tubes smaller than or equal to the limit set by the variable XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_SMALL_TUBE_SIZE_LIMIT. Enter the value in millimeters. The default value is 1.0.


These variables are no longer in use in Tekla Structures 14.0:

• XS_SMALL_TUBE_ROUND_SEGMENTS

• XS_ROUND_SEGMENTS

• XS_LARGE_TUBE_ROUND_SEGMENTS

Improvements in surface treatment functionalityThe following improvements have been added to the surface treatment functionality in Tekla Structures 14.0:

• Associativity of parts has been improved. If you modify a part, but the basic part geometry stays the same, surface treatment follows the part's size, form and position correctly.

• Modifying parts with multiple surface treatments is now remarkably faster.

Take these things into account when adding surface treatment to chamfered parts:

• Surface treatment does not work on sketched profiles with chamfers.• Add surface treatment before chamfering the part. If surface treatment is applied to a

chamfered part, the surface treatment chamfer cannot be modified later on.

• The chamfers for the main part and surface treatment are separate. Modifying the main part chamfer does not affect the surface treatment chamfer.

• The orientation of unsymmetric chamfers depends on the face where it was created (such as top, bottom, left, or right). To change the orientation of an unsymmetric chamfer, you must swap the chamfer's x and y values.

Do not change the chord tolerance settings during a project. Changing them automatically recreates the tubular sections in the model when you restart Tekla Structures, resulting in slightly different part solids, which may affect numbering.


Improvements in weldsTekla Structures 14.0 includes the following improvements in welds:

Welding single parts

You can now create welds also for single parts, without connecting parts. For example, you can weld seams in tubular sections.

To do this:

1. Click Detailing > Weld > Create Weld to Part.2. Select the part to weld.

3. Pick the points you want the weld to pass through.

4. To finish picking, click the middle mouse button or click Edit > Finish Polygon Input.

The welds of single parts are associative, so they move with the welded part. Welds extending along the whole part length also adapt to the changes in the part length.

Other weld improvements

• Polygon welds are now associative with the main part of the weld.• Handles are now shown for welds.

• Lengths of polygon welds are now correct. The weld lengths are calculated also for the new single part welds.

Splitting plates and slabsYou can now split plates and slabs into several parts by using the Edit > Split command. For example, you can divide an existing slab into two separate slabs whose thickness is different.

To model tubular sections with visible seams, use the SPD profile.

Plates and slabs are always split by using a polygon.

When you pick the corner points of the polygon to be used for splitting, make sure the starting and end points are:

• on the edge or outside of the part, and• on the same side of the part.


To split plates or slabs:

1. Click Edit > Split.2. Pick the part to be split.

3. Pick positions to outline the polygon to be used for splitting.

In the following example, the starting (1) and end (4) points are on the edge of the part:

4. Click the middle mouse button to close the polygon and to split the part.

If you split contour plates that have bolts, welds or surface treatments, check the result after splitting.


Using parametric profile separators with multiple charactersYou can now use parametric profile separators that have multiple characters in addition to the standard separators (*, X, -, /).

Use the variable XS_USER_DEFINED_PARAMETRIC_PROFILE_SEPARATORS in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Profiles to define additional separators that consist of multiple characters. Separate the values with commas, for example GA,ABC.

Finding distant objectsSometimes using the Fit Work Area to Entire Model command resulted in a huge work area, because the model contained some distant objects that were not easy to find. You can now use the new Find Distant Objects command to find these objects.

Follow these rules in naming:

• Use upper case letters in separator names.• Do not enter digits, commas, or special characters in separator

names.

• Do not start separator names with a dash (-) or full stop (.).

• Do not start separator names with an inch separator (", ', /) when using imperial units.


To find distant objects:

1. Click Tools > Diagnose & Repair Model > Find Distant Objects.Tekla Structures displays a list of object IDs.

2. Select an object in the list.

3. Right-click and select a command from the pop-up menu.

You can, for example, inquire or delete the object.

Use the variable XS_DISTANT_OBJECT_FINDER_TOLERANCE in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Model View to define the distance outside of which the object must be located for it to be listed.

The distance is measured from the nearest part. Enter the value in meters. The default value is 100.

Fix listSurface treatment • You can now save and load definition table values in the Surface Treatment Properties

dialog box.• Chamfers with surface treatment are now bent in the correct direction. The chamfers for

surface treatments and normal parts now behave identically.

• If you change the part's rotation, surface treatment now follows the rotation correctly.

• If you add surface treatment to a complex slab and then move a corner's handle, surface treatment now follows the part face correctly.

Magnetic grid planes

• Magnetic grid planes now work correctly. If you copy or move the grid, all the parts and components located on the magnetic grid planes follow it.

You cannot use this command to find parts (such as beams, columns or plates).


Mirrored grids • If you mirrored a grid and then modified the copied grid labels, the copied grid was incorrectly moved in the negative z direction. This has now been fixed.

Snapping • In previous versions, it was not possible to snap to the midpoint of the last polygon segment. This has now been fixed.

Measuring unit • The measuring unit used in Tools > Measure now follows the length setting you can configure in Tools > Options > Options... > Units and decimals.

Numbering • Clearing of part numbers now works also when the assemblies are selected.• When you had numbered a standard part model using the option Check for standard parts,

the part prefixes from the standard part model were applied to the standard parts in the actual model. This has now been fixed.

Reference models

• If the work area did not contain the whole reference model, the reference model disappeared when you saved the model in multi-user mode. This has now been fixed.

Assemblies • It is no longer possible to use the Add to assembly commmand to add an assembly to itself.• The Edit > Copy Special > To Another Plane command works now also when the Select

assemblies switch is active.

Filtering • When you created a selection filter, selected Apply, closed the Object Group - Selection Filter dialog box and opened it again, you were not able to edit the filter value anymore. This has now been fixed.

• Also empty properties (that is, properties that are not set) can now be filtered in the Object Group - Selection Filter dialog box. Empty values in the filtering are matched to empty properties.

Bolt representation

• You can now define the color of bolts in rendered views when you are using the bolt representation option Fast.To do this, use the new variable XS_VIEW_FAST_BOLT_COLOR in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Model View. Define the color using the RGB (Red Green Blue) values. The scale is from 0 to 1. Use for example 0.0 0.0 0.0 for black and 1.0 1.0 1.0 for white.

Cross sections • Exporting a profile with a large number of cross sections caused an application error. This has now been fixed.

Selecting objects • Now when you have selected a component, right-clicking a part of that component keeps the selection as it is.

Object representation settings

• If you used a user-defined attribute for defining the coloring and transparency of parts, and if the attribute was defined to use integer values, Tekla Structures incorrectly used the upmost object representation setting to define the coloring and transparency of all parts whose attribute value field was empty. This has now been fixed. Object representation settings now work correctly also for user-defined attributes that use integer values.

Screenshots • The Tools > Screenshot command does not always work properly in Windows Vista. You can use any of the following workarounds to solve this problem:

• Use the command Tools > Screenshot > Custom....• Adjust the visual effects for best performance in the Performance Options dialog box

in Windows Vista.

• Use the built-in Snapping Tool in Windows Vista to capture screenshots.


2.3 Drawings

Creating multiple drawings of the same objectYou can create multiple drawings of the same single-part, cast-unit or assembly drawing in the drawing properties dialog box.

Usage To create multiple drawings:

1. Open the drawing properties dialog box.2. Adjust the drawing properties and change the name so that it refers to the type of drawing

you want to create, for example FRAME 3D. Do not touch the Sheet number.

3. Click Apply to keep the changes and leave the dialog box open.

4. Create a drawing of the object by selecting the appropriate command from the Drawings & Reports menu.

5. In the drawing properties dialog box, adjust the drawing properties again and change the name to match the type of the new drawing, for example FRAME FRONT. Change the sheet number in the Sheet number text box to get another drawing of the same assembly with a different sheet number.

6. Click Apply and create a new drawing of the same object.

7. Continue making all the sheets you need in the same way as above.

Example An example how the Drawing List shows the multiple drawings:

Improvements in associativity and intelligent cloningDimensions • Dimensions are now created for new parts when you update the drawing.

• Linked dimensions stay linked in cloned drawings.

• Angle dimensions are associative also when there are no parallel planes for the vectors defining the angle. In this case the angle is associated to the three picked points.

• The direction of the diagonal straight dimensions is updated according to the end points.


• The associativity of the curved radial dimensions has been improved.

General arrangement drawings

• Grid properties, such as the color or the label position, are also cloned.

Welds • Merged welds are now cloned.

Placing marks • Marks do not move to incorrect positions any longer during drawing update.

Cut symbols • Cut symbols are now adjusted correctly during drawing update. They follow the section view size.

Placing views • When you update or clone a drawing, the views are automatically placed so that the relative positions of the views are maintained when possible and the view layout that you have defined is not lost. To accomplish this, set the variable XS_INTELLIGENT_DRAWING_ALLOWED to TRUE in Tools > Options > Advanced Options > Drawing Properties. Use advanced drawing property XS_DRAWING_UPDATE_VIEW_PLACING to control how the view placing works:

If the views do not fit on the screen after scaling, Tekla Structures increases the sheet size using the layout properties if autosizing is enabled (Layout > Drawing size > Size definition mode > Autosize.

Loading drawing templates through AutoDrawings

You can now load drawing templates using the AutoDrawings dialog box. Each drawing template can be from a different model.

1. In the AutoDrawings dialog box, select the drawing type and click Edit.2. In a text editor, replace the string set_drawing_attribute with a string

set_template_drawing.

3. Enter a definition for set_template_drawing. Give the model path and the name of the drawing template, for example set_template_drawing("C:\TSModels\AngleModel":"[A.2]") and save the file. Below is an example of how contents might look like.

set_drawing_type(assembly)

set_template_drawing("C:\TSModels\AngleModel":"[A.2]")

set_filter(beams)

create_drawings()

4. Click Create from all or Create from selected. AutoDrawings creates new drawings using the defined drawing as a template.

Value Description

TRUE Updates the view placing. Does not affect the scale or the sheet size. This is the default value.

TRUE, SCALE Updates the view placing and scales the view if the view does not fit on the sheet. Tekla Structures scales the views smaller using the scales in layout properties.

TRUE, SHEET Updates the view and increases the sheet size if the view does not fit on the sheet.

TRUE, SHEET, SCALE

Updates the view, scales the view and increases the sheet size, if neces-sary.

FALSE Does not update the view placing or change the view scale or sheet size.


Loading drawing templates in the Clone Drawing dialog box

The Clone Drawing dialog box has been improved. You can now load drawing templates from other models.

1. Select Other model.2. Browse for the model and the click the Select template button to open the list of drawings

that the selected model has.

3. Select a drawing template from the list.

4. Leave the list open and make the necessary selections in the Clone Drawing dialog box.

5. Clone the template drawing by clicking Clone selected.

Creating and viewing preview images of drawings

You can now take preview images of drawing templates. These screenshots are automatically saved in the drawings folder as .png files. You can later browse through the preview images and quickly find the drawing template you are looking for.

1. Open the drawing of which you want to make a preview image.2. Select Tools > Create Preview Image.

To view the preview images:

1. Open the Clone Drawing dialog box by selecting Drawings & Reports > Clone Drawing.2. Select Other model and browse for the model.

3. Click the Select template button to open the list of drawings that the selected model has.


4. On the list, there is a small icon in the Preview column if the drawing has a preview image. Double-click the drawing to open the preview image.


Exaggerated dimensionsFor narrow gaps between parts, thin plates, and other small dimensions it was sometimes unclear what the dimension was indicating. Now you can show narrow dimensions more clearly using the exaggerated dimensions.

To set the exaggeration:

1. Go to Tools > Options > Options... > Drawing dimensions.

2. Use Exaggeration limit field to set the exaggaration limit value.

All the dimensions that are narrower than the limit you set are exaggerad in the drawings.

3. Select Paper or Model as the exaggeration scaling method, and click OK.

If you select Paper, the exaggeration limit is multiplied by the view scale. For example, if the scale is 1:10 and the limit is 10 mm, then all the dimensions smaller than 100 mm are exaggerated.

If you select Model, and the scale is 1:10, all the dimensions smaller than 10 mm are exaggerated regardless of the drawing scale.

4. In Dimensioning > Dimension Properties, go to Marks tab.

5. To enable the exaggeration, set Exaggeration to Specified.

6. Set the values for Direction, Origin, Width, Position and Height.

7. Click Apply.


When you have selected to show the dimensions as exaggerated, a dimension that is narrower than the limit you set is exaggerated. If there are many exaggerated dimensions, they are re-arranged so that all dimensions are placed correctly.

You can contol the exaggerated dimensions also with the ExaggerateSelectedDimensions macro. The macro exaggerates the dimensions you select.

Example An example of gusset plate dimensions which have not been exaggerated:

An example of gusset plate dimensions whose exaggeration direction has been set to Both:

Depending on whether you set the exaggeration for one dimension or the whole set of dimensions, the exaggerated dimensions may look different.


An example of exaggaration in general arrangement drawing:


Dimensioning bolt position from neighbor part working pointsYou can now dimension the bolt position from the neighbor part working points in assembly drawings.

To do this:

1. Double-click the drawing background to display the Assembly Drawing Properties dialog box.

2. Click Dimensioning....

3. On the Position dimensions tab, select Working points from the Position bolts to: list box.

If all dimensions are not exaggerated to the same direction, the placing of dimensions may not work correctly in all cases. This may happen when a dimension wider than the set limit locates between exaggerated dimen-sions and there is not enough space for all the exaggerations.

To solve this, you can change the exaggeration limit, or reduce the exag-geration width, or set the direction of the exaggeration for the whole dimension set left or right.


Example

New angle dimension typeYou can now use a new angle dimension type to create angle dimensions whose arc distance can be modified and whose vertex is always at the angle vertex. With the current Degrees on side angle dimension, the symbol is shrunk to a pre-set size, and when the symbol is dragged away from the actual angle, the symbol has a leader line. The new angle dimension Degrees at angle vertex does not use a leader line, and you can resize the angle dimension symbol.

To set the new angle dimension type:

1. Double-click the angle dimension to display the Dimension properties dialog box.2. Select Degrees at angle vertex from the Angle: list box.


3. Click Apply.

Example Current Degrees on side angle dimension symbol:

New Degrees at angle vertex angle dimension symbol:

Dimension unit formatting according to German conventionsIn cast-unit and general arrangement drawings you can now format the units used in dimensions according to German conventions. Everything under 100 cm is shown in centimeters, and everything above 100 cm is shown in meters (millimeters are shown as superscript). Use the variable XS_SUPERSCRIPT_HEIGHT_FACTOR in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Dimensioning: General to define the size of the superscript.

To set the dimension units:

1. In the Drawing Editor, click Dimensioning > Dimension Properties...


2. Select cm / m in the Units: list box.

3. To get the millimeter precision, select 1/10 in thePrecision list box .

4. To be able to show the millimeters as superscript, select ###/##.### in the Format list box.

5. Click Apply.

Example

Customizable line types in drawingsYou can now define your own line types to suit your project-specific needs. The possibility to customize line types improves the clarity and readability of your drawings. Also the zooming of line types is improved: now the line type itself is enlarged when zoomed.

You can define own line types, and use them wherever line type settings are available. The customized line types are handled the same way as other line types. The customized line types are defined in line type file format (.lin). To customize line types, open


TeklaStuctures.lin file in ..\environments\country-independent\inp. By default, the most widely used line types are available in the file.

TeklaStructures.lin.id file contains the names of the line types visible in the user interface and the unique IDs assigned for each line type. The value of the ID must be greater than 10, for example:

CENTER, 1000

BORDER, 1002

DASHDOT, 1003

You can use TeklaStructures.lin also for mapping the exported line types.

Examples of customizable line types are available wherever line types are available:

For more information on customizing your line types, see Customized line typesin the online help.

Changing the view scaleWhen you change the drawing view scale, the dimensions now stay aligned.

Example An example of the original dimensions:

User-defined line types can not be mapped to other (user-defined) line types in DWG export.

Default line types can be mapped to user-defined line types.

In some cases the customizable lines types may not work correctly, and therefore this feature is disabled by default. To enable the customizable line types, rename the xTeklaStructures.lin.id file in ..\environments\country-independent\inp to Tekla-Structures.lin.id.


Before, when you changed the drawing view scale, the dimensions did not stay on the same line (figure on the left). This has been fixed, and the dimensions now stay aligned when you change the view scale (figure on the right).

Symbol with partial profile - new part representation optionSymbol with partial profile

You can now use the new part representation option to show a partial profile of the part.

To do this:

1. Double-click the part to display the Drawing part properties dialog box.2. Select the option Symbol with partial profile in the Part representation list box.


Example An example of the Symbol with partial profile selection:

Below are some examples of how curved beams look like with different part representation selections.

Selection Outline:

You cannot change the length of the partial profile. The length is fixed to 1000 mm.


Selection Symbol:

Selection Symbol with partial profile:


Improvements in grid labelsAdjusting the thickness of the grid label frame

You can adjust the line thickness of the grid label frame. You may want to emphasize the grid label frames so that they are shown with a thicker line than the rest of the grid.

1. Go to Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Drawing Properties2. In XS_DRAWING_GRID_LABEL_FRAME_LINE_WIDTH_FACTOR, enter the

factor for the width of the grid label frame.

Position of the grid label

The grid labels are now placed so that the grid line touches the grid label frame and there is no gap between the grid label frame and the grid line

Defining a fixed size for detail boundariesYou can now define a fixed size for the detail boundaries in detail views. The detail boundary size can be defined for circle-shaped detail views. When the detail boundaries are of the same size, the appearance of drawings is more consistent.

Each color has a certain line thickness. The thickness of the grid label frame on the printed black-and-white drawings depends on the color that has been defined for the grid label in the grid properties and on the value of the XS_DRAWING_GRID_LABEL_FRAME_LINE_WIDTH_FACTOR.


Use the new variable XS_DETAIL_BOUNDARY_RADIUS in Tools > Options... > Advanced Options > Drawing Properties to set the detail boundary size. Enter a numeric value for the radius in millimeters.

Example

Fixed placing of drawing viewsNow you can select whether to use Free or Fixed placing for drawing views. Fixed placing has earlier been available for marks, welds, dimensions, and additional drawing objects.

Fixed placing is useful, for example, when you create single-part views for parts in an assembly, change drawing layout, or run Arrange Drawing Views command.


Fixed placing of dragged drawing objectsNow you can set dimensions, marks, associative notes, texts, and views to have fixed placing when you drag them away from their original locations.

When you set the new variables XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_DIMENSIONS_TO_FIXED, XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_MARKS_TO_FIXED, XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_NOTES_TO_FIXED, XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_TEXTS_TO_FIXED and XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_VIEWS_TO_FIXED to TRUE in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Drawing Properties, the dragged drawing objects use fixed placing routine instead of free placing

Improvements in representation of view labelsThere are several improvements to the view labels.

Defining the length of the view label line

You can now define the length of the view label line. To define the lenght:

1. Double-click the border around a drawing view to open the View Properties dialog box.2. Go to the Label tab.

3. Select Minimum or Custom as the Line lenght.

If you select Minimum, the view label line is the length of the label text. If you select Custom, give the desired lenght of the view label line.


4. Click Modify.

Aligning the view label contents

You can align the contents of a view label according to your requirements. To align the contents:


3. Select the view label text that you want to align, and click the ... button next to text field to open the Mark Contents dialog box.

4. Go to the Position tab.

5. Select the alignment from the Alignment drop down list.


6. Click Modify.

Aligning the view label

You can select whether to align the view label center to the view frame or center to the view restriction box. To select the alignment:


3. On the Label position group box, select Center by view frame or Center by view restriction box as the horizontal position of the view label.

4. Click Modify.

Example

View label aligned center to view frame

View label aligned center to restriction box


Improvements in hidden object representation in drawing viewsThe representation of hidden objects in drawings and drawing views has been improved. Previously when you hid a part from a drawing or a drawing view, the hidden lines behind the part were not updated to visible lines. Now the object representation of those hidden lines is updated, meaning that they become visible.

Example For example, if you have a wall panel which is supported by a steel frame, and you hide the wall panel, the previously hidden objects behind the wall become automatically visible. The object visibility is rechecked every time you hide or show objects in a drawing. This means that the object representation is always up-to-date.


Creating surface treatment symbolsYou can now create surface treatment symbols that are oriented according to the surface treatment in the drawing view. You can do this in cast unit drawings. The surface symbols are d isplayed in the middle point of the surface treatment.

To do this, use the new AddSurfaceSymbols macro:

1. Open the drawing where you want the surface treatment symbols to appear: • Click Drawings & Reports > Drawing List...

• Select the drawing in the Drawing List dialog box and click Open.

2. Click Tools > Macros...

3. In the Macros dialog box, select AddSurfaceSymbols and click Run.

4. In the Create surface symbols dialog box, select the desired elements fom the Available elements list, and click Add.

If the macro is missing from the list, copy the macro from the ..\environments\country-independent\macros folder to your local environment macros folder (defined with the variable XS_MACRO_DIRECTORY).


5. Select whether to create the symbols for all views or for the selected view in Create symbols for.

If you want to create the symbols for a specific view, select first the view in the drawing and then select Selected views.

6. Set the font properties in the Font section.

7. Click Create. Tekla Structures creates the symbols in the drawing.


Removing change symbolsYou can now remove change symbols in a drawing with the macro RemoveChangeClouds. When you run this macro, commands Remove Dimension Change Symbol, Remove Mark Change Symbol and Remove Associative Note Change Symbol are run. As a result mark change symbols, associative note change symbols, and dimension change symbols are removed in the drawing, and you do not have to run each command separately.

To remove change symbols:

1. Open the drawing where you want to remove the change symbols.• Click Drawings & Reports > Drawing List....• Select the drawing in the Drawing List dialog box and click Open.

2. Click Tools > Macros....

3. In the Macros dialog box, select RemoveChangeClouds and click Run.

Tekla Structures removes the change symbols.

Scaling line weights while printingNow when you print a drawing to a smaller paper size, the line weights are scaled accordingly. This means that no lines are drawn too thickly and the drawings are more readable.

Example Original drawing line weights:


Earlier, when you scaled the drawing by 0.2 in the Print Drawings dialog box, the result was the following because the printed line weight did not scale according to the changed paper size:

Now, when you scale the drawing by 0.2, the line weights are scaled, which makes the scaled drawing more readable:


.NET support for drawingsTekla Structures 14.0 includes .NET support for drawings. You can use the following objects and commands:

• Drawing• Insert (General Arrangement drawing only)• Enumerate and select (Drawing list)

• View

• Insert by restriction box• Insert by given part list

• Enumerate and select

• Graphic objects

• Insert• Enumerate and select

• Text


• Straight dimension• Insert• Enumerate and select

Fix listCurved section views

• Many fixes have been made to curved section views. They now work correctly.

Part representation

• The Symbol part representation option works now correctly for curved beams and polybeams.

Drawing views • The drawing view boundaries are now considered when placing marks for reinforcing bar groups with multiple leader lines. If only a part of the reinforcing bar group is shown, only the visible reinforcing bars of the reinforcing bar group get leader lines.


• Drawing views with elevation dimensions that you had added manually in the drawing were extended to zero level when you modified a part in the model and updated the drawing. This has now been fixed.

Dimensions • If the font of angle dimension text was changed to a more solid one, the changed font overlapped the degree symbol. This has been fixed, and the degree symbol now displays properly in angle dimensions.

• When you updated a drawing, also some dimensions that did not need to be updated were modified in certain rare occasions. This has now been fixed.

• Use the new variable XS_ANGLE_DEGREE_SYMBOL (Tools > Advanced Options > Drawing Properties) to show the degree symbol correctly in Japanese. By default, the value is unicode:176. The value can be changed depending on the wanted character. To add the degree symbol in Japanese or in another Asian language, copy the symbol from a text file and paste it directly in the advanced options. Do not use a unicode value.

Moving level marks in horizontal direction

• You can now move level marks in horizontal direction.To do this:

1. Select the level mark.2. Drag the level mark horizontally to a new location while pressing down the Shift key.

Color of the dimension invalidity change symbol circle

• You can now define the color of the dimension point invalidity symbol circles. The symbol is shown for invalid dimension points when Check Dimension Point Validity is selected. Use the variable XS_DIMENSION_POINT_CIRCLE_COLOR in Tools > Options > Advance Options... > Dimensioning: General to set the color.

Reinforcement improvements

• If a reinforcing bar was defined with three points so that the start and end points were the same, the reinforcing bar was not visible in drawings. This has now been fixed.

• Adjust Reinforcing Bars command now works correctly also in case of tapered reinforcing bars.

• Reinforcement mesh was drawn incorrectly if you had selected outline as its representation. This has now been fixed.

• Reinforcing bars were drawn incorrectly in section views if you had selected filled line as their representation. This has now been fixed.

Old degree symbol New degree symbol

You can also move the level mark using the command Edit > Move > Linear.


• Reinforcing bar ends were drawn incorrectly if you had selected double lines as the representation of the bars. This has now been fixed.

• Using the Leader lines to one point option in Identical marks in same cast unit list box in the Merged reinforcement mark properties dialog box now results in the desired outcome.

• Reinforcement mark which was along a reinforcing bar in a group was rotated in a cloned drawing. This has now been fixed.

• Reinforcement marks for reinforcement meshes are now placed correctly when you use the Arrange Drawing Objects command.

Cast unit drawings

• Tekla Structures could not handle several drawings created from the same cast unit. For example, after numbering, the drawings got unnecessarily marked not up-to-date, and drawing titles and revisions were lost. This has now been fixed.

Part marks • Part marks whose Placing is set to fixed are no longer moved when the drawing is updated.• When updating a drawing, the part mark did not always follow the part if the part had been

moved in the model. This has now been fixed.

• Part marks that you had adjusted in the drawing by holding down the Shift key and moving the mark were rearranged when you updated the marks. The associativity symbol was not removed even though the mark was not associative anymore, and caused the incorred update of the marks. This has now been fixed.


• When you had a curved section view in a drawing and you closed and saved the drawing and then re-opened it, the curved section view had changed into a section view. This has now been fixed.

Customizing toolbars

• You can now add the Flip outside dimensions icon on your customized toolbar in the Drawing Editor.For more information on how to customize toolbars, see Creating a user-defined toolbar in the online help.

Multi-drawings • Merged weld marks were placed outside the drawing view in a multi-drawing. This has now been fixed.

Hatching • Automatic hatch scaling and custom hacth scaling did not work properly. This has now been fixed. You can adjust hatch scaling settings using the options on the Fill tab in the Drawing part properties dialog box.

• The Keep ratio of x and y setting on the Fill tab in the drawing part properties dialog box now works correctly.

Key plans • It is no longer possible to select and modify a part from the key plan view.

Improvements in dialog boxes

• The Save as field in dialog boxes did not accept names with spaces. This has now been fixed.

2.4 Templates and Reports

Fix listNew template attributes

• Tekla Structures 14.0 includes the following new template attributes:• RADIUS shows the radius of a curved beam• CURVED_SEGMENTS shows the number of straight segments used to show a curved

beam in model views


Summing values • The Sum values across all rows function works now correctly also in subrows.

AREA_PROJECTION

• In some cases, when you opened drawings or templates containing AREA_PROJECTION template attributes for projected area (such as AREA_PROJECTION_XY_GROSS), the memory usage increased considerably and an application error occurred.

Reinforcing bar angles

• The dimension rounding settings of reinforcing bars defined in the rebar_config.inp file no longer affect bar bending angles in reports and pull-outs.

2.5 Import and Export

Improvements in NC filesTekla Structures 14.0 introduces the following improvements in NC files:

Defining the number of parts for selected parts only

You can now use the new variable XS_DSTV_NUMBER_OF_PARTS_BY_SELECTION in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > CNC to define the number of parts in the header of an NC file by the parts that have been selected in the model.

When you have set the variable to TRUE, and selected the Create for selected parts option in the NC Files dialog box, the number of parts in the header of the NC file matches the number of selected parts.

New variables The following new variables have been added to Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > CNCto replace the functionality of the variable XS_KALTENBACH which has been removed:

• XS_DSTV_CREATE_AK_BLOCK_FOR_ALL_PLATES: Set to TRUE to create AK blocks in DSTV files also for rectangular plates.

• XS_DSTV_NO_SAWING_ANGLES_FOR_PLATES_NEEDED: Set to TRUE to have no sawing angles written to the DSTV file header for plates.

• XS_DSTV_PLATE_PROFILE_WITH_WIDTH: Set to TRUE to have both the plate thickness and the plate profile width written in the DSTV file header, and to FALSE to have only the plate thickness written in the DSTV file header.

New option for drilling

You can now use a new option in the NC File Settings dialog box to drill a hole to the inner corner of the notch.

Improvements in Export Drawings dialog boxThe Export drawings dialog box is easier to use, as the different options are now located on three tabs:


• Export file: Use to include information such as Name and Type of the file that is exported.• Layer options: Use to define the properties related to layers: for example, to specify which

layers different drawing objects belong to.

• Options: Use to define other properties, for example Scale.

For more information see Exporting drawings in the online help.

Exporting user-defined and template attributes as property sets into IFC models

You can now export user-defined and template attributes as property sets into IFC models. You can also create multiple sets and name the sets as required.

To do this:

1. Search for the attributes you want to export in the following files:• User-defined attributes in the file objects.inp, located in the folder

..\TeklaStructures\14.0\environments\<your_environment>\inp

• Template attributes in the file contentattributes_global.lst, located in the folder ..\TeklaStructures\14.0\environments\<your_environment>\template\settings

2. Open the file IFC_properties_sets.inp located in the folder ..\TeklaStructures\14.0\environments\country-independent\inp by using any standard text editor.

This file defines which attributes are exported and in what format they are exported. Possible formats are STRING, INTEGER, FLOAT and DATE.

All attributes with the same property set name will be joined to the same property set.

3. Enter the property sets to be exported in the file using the following syntax:

<Exported IFC Property set name> <Exported IFC Property name> <User-defined or template attribute> <Value type of attribute>

An example of a possible property set would be:

My_property_set_name My_property_name USER_FIELD_1 STRING


Fix listSDNF Import • Parts which were rotated and had offsets were not imported correctly. This has now been

fixed.• Handles of a part were not located correctly when the mirroring option in SDNF format had

been used. This has now been fixed.

• SDNF import did not detect the member change correctly if the member was rotated and connecting point was not on the neutral axis.

• The option Apply cuts and fittings in the Import CAD dialog box now works correctly.

• SDNF import set two beams into same location. This has now been fixed.

SDNF Export • Plates were exported sometimes into wrong part planes when the plate contained an inner corner in the start or end point of the plate. This has now been fixed.

CIS/2 Import • CIS/2 import did not work in Tekla Structures 13.1. This has now been fixed.

IFC Export • Tekla Structures now supports the following new entities:• IfcWallStandardCase: used for all upstraight walls.• IfcWall: used for all other walls.

• The layer name now includes also the phase number in IFC export. The format used is TS_<phase number>_<phase name>. For example, phase A number 203 becomes TS_203_phaseA.

• Column profiles were not always written correctly in IFC export. This has now been fixed.

• Placement errors occurred in IFC export. This has now been fixed.

• Members were not fitted correctly when you used the AUTO export type. This has now been fixed.

• The number of written objects (every even hundred) and the total amount of objects are now displayed in the application window so that you can see how the export is progressing.

• The color is now written correctly to all parts in IFC export.

Pop-marks • If one of the pop-marks that you wanted to create fell within the edge distance you had given, no pop-mark was created or it was created in an incorrect position. For example, for a stiffener, you may have had to give an edge distance of 0, which caused the pop-mark to be created incorrectly on the edge of the beam. This has now been fixed.

DSTV • DSTV files of models that include plates in skewed positions are now correct.

2.6 Custom Components

Speed improvementsThe parameters, distances and equations of custom components are now used from the component definition in the library database instead of the model database. This makes the model size smaller, and using of the custom components considerably faster.


Limitations in opening models with custom componentsIf you open a model with custom components created with an older version of Tekla Structures in Tekla Structures 14.0, and then open the model again with an older version of Tekla Structures, the input (.inp) files are not copied to the model folder. Because of this, the custom component dialog boxes are empty.

To prevent this, copy the input files from the folder ..\TeklaStructuresModels\<your_model>\CustomComponentDialogFiles into the folder ..\TeklaStructuresModels\<your_model>.

Fix listCustom component names

• The number of characters you can use in custom component names is now 79.

Magnetic planes • If a point was on a magnetic plane and also bound with a distance variable, the binding to the magnetic plane did not work correctly. This has now been fixed.

2.7 Components

New components for pre-engineered buildingsTekla Structures 14.0 includes new components that can be used for pre-engineered building (PEB) frames. Each section of the frame presented in the picture below is fully customizable.

PEB Knee Joint (S93)

This new component creates connections to the frame corner.


PEB Tapered Section (S94)

This new component creates the required parts for the welded frame.

PEB Frame (S92) This new component internally uses the following components:

• PEB Tapered Section (S94) to create different parts


• PEB Knee Joint (S93) to create connections to the frame corner

• Tapered column base plate (1068) to create base plates

• Tapered beam to tapered beam (200) to create the splice connections

The result is a fully customizable PEB Frame.

Improvements in stair componentsTekla Structures 14.0 includes several improvements in stair components.

Notching the stringers

You can now automatically have the stair components take connecting parts into account and to notch the stringers accordingly. To do this, use the new options on the Picture tab:


Pick the points in the following order:

1. Pick the start point of the stair.2. Pick the end point of the stair.

3. Pick the connecting beam on the bottom of the stair.

4. Pick the connecting beam on the top of the stair.

New component to connect the stringer to supporting beams

You can now use the new Stringer to Channel (127) component to create connections between the stringer and the supporting channels.

Even if you have not used these new options, in which case you need to pick only two points (one for the bottom step, one for the top step), Tekla Structures prompts you to pick objects after you have picked the two points. In this case do not pick any new objects but exit by clicking the middle mouse button.


Stringer extensions

You can now have different stringer extensions separately for the left and right-hand side.


Improvements in Z Pan (S74)

The following improvements have been included in Z Pan (S74) in Tekla Structures 14.0:

• In US Imperial environment, you can select the gage material from the UDA list box on the Z Pan tab.

• There are two new bending options on the Z Pan tab:


• You can define the nose profile for treads on the Z Pan tab.

• You can define properties for vertical and bent plate brackets on the Vertical bracket and Bent plate bracket tabs.

Stair base details The following improvements have been included in Stair base detail (1038),(1039) and (1043) in Tekla Structures 14.0:

• There are new cut options for the stringer on the Picture tab in Stair base detail (1038) and (1043):


• You can use studs in Stair base detail (1038) and (1039). To do this, use the new options on the Bolts tab.

Improvements in Ladder (S60)

The following improvements have been included in Ladder (S60) in Tekla Structures 14.0:

• You have more spacing options on the Picture tab:


• You can define the properties for part profiles on the Parts tab.

• There are new options for hoops on the Cage tab:

• There are new options for base and back support brackets on the Supports tab:


• You can now flare out the round cage at the bottom of the stairs by using the Flared hoop option on the Cage tab:

ConnectionsSeal plates • The seal plate length is now calculated correctly from the offset that you have defined in the

following components:• Welded gusset (10)

• Bolted gusset (11)

• Diag. brace conn (12)

• Bracing cross (19)

• Corner bolted gusset (57)

• Wraparound gusset cross (60)

• Windbrace connection (110)

• Bent gusset (140)


Stay (10) • You can now define the Bolt standard, Tolerance and Thread in mat for the connection on the Conn/Purlin and Conn/Rafter tabs.

Bolted gusset (11)

• You can now define the gusset plate size accurately also when there are secondary parts on both sides of the primary part by using the options on the Gusset tab.

• The following dimension on the Brace bolts 1 and Brace bolts 2 tabs did not affect the correct secondary part, if the secondary parts was picked in reversed order.

JP Floor beam gusset (11)

• The gusset is now created correctly if the center line of the secondary beam intersects the primary beam below the center line of the primary beam. The following bolt alignment option on the Bolts tab no longer causes a solid error:


• You can again create lower flange cuts with the connection.

Joining plates (14)

• Applying a gap between the end plates and using stiffeners no longer causes the stiffeners to clash with the plates.

• You can now define the holes groups for rafters for the first and second secondary part separately on the Holes tab.

Tube gusset (20) • The cut to the primary part is now created correctly.

Stiffened end plate (27)

• The stiffener now fits also to U sections.

Haunch (40) • The end plate is now created with the profile names that you have defined on the Components tab in the Options dialog box also in the France environment.

• The part prefix for the horizontal haunch plate is now read from the Welded to secondary field that you have defined in the Options dialog box by default.

• Weld number 7 is now positioned correctly.

U.S. Seat Connection (72)

• The reference point position of the bolts is now the same for both bottom and top bolts.

U.S. Seat Connection 2 (73)

• The options in the Slots in list box on the Bolts tab now work correctly.

Splice connection (77)

• You can now use this connection to connect built-up sections having the same height.

Beam with stiffener (129)

• When using channel as the secondary beam, you can omit the unnecessary web ratholes with the following option on the Picture tab.


Stub (133) • The primary edge distance of web bolts is now correct.• The Splice tab contains new options to create splice with Splice connection (77) with

selected properties.

• Default uses the standard properties for Splice connection (77).• None leaves the splice out.

• Auto Default takes the default value, which is same as the standard properties if you have not defined AutoDefault rules for Splice Connection (77).

• With Specified option you can use any saved properties you have available for Splice component (77).

Clip angle (141) • You can now switch the side of the clip angle also in situations where the connection is in the end of of the primary part.

• You can now control the bolts in the top and bottom angle seats separately on the BoxPBolts and BoxSBolts tabs.

• The clip angle height is now modified correctly when you define it on the Picture tab.


• Bolts are listed in reports according to the secondary beam and not according to the clip angle, when the clip angle is workshop bolted to the main part and site bolted to the secondary beam.

Two sided end plate (142)

• The Pos_no fields that you have defined on the Components tab in the Options dialog box for the prefix and start number of the part position are now working correctly also for haunches.

• The haunch plates are now sized correctly also when end plates are extended.

• The order of the secondary parts can now be changed when the profiles of the parts change so that the largest part automatically becomes the first secondary part. To enable this feature, set the Sort secondaries by profile height to Yes in the Picture tab.

• You can now define the holes groups for rafters for the first and second secondary part separately on the Holes tab.

• Bolt length is now correctly calculated when using very thick end plates or fitting plates.

Two sided clip angle (143)

• Angle box bolts are now changed into workshop bolts when you select the Workshop option from the list box and click Modify.

• Creating framing conditions with haunch plates no longer creates double bolt groups.

• Angle boxes on top flanges have been added to the Angle box tab.

• Bolts are listed in reports according to the secondary beam and not according to the clip angle, when the clip angle is workshop bolted to the main part and site bolted to the secondary beam.

End plate (144) • The bolts are now created correctly also when only one bolt is used in the horizontal and comb plate.

Shear plate simple (146)

• The distance between the shear plate and the main part was not always correct. This has now been fixed.

• The thickness given for the stiffener in the Angle box tab had an effect on the distance from the top of the beam to the first bolt. This has now been fixed.

Tapered column-beam stub (150)

• The connection now works also when the bracket length is set to 600 or less.

Column with stiffeners W (182)

• The weld preparation angle of the flange is now cut correctly.


Column with stiffeners W (182) and Column with stiffeners S (187)

• The value you had defined as the edge distance from the face of the column flange was used as the distance from the bottom of the top stiffener to the top edge of the shear connection plate. This resulted in a misshaped shear connection plate. This has now been fixed.

• When no stiffeners were created, the secondary beam was incorrectly cut. This has now been fixed.

Shear plate tube column (189)

• You can now define the plate notch height at the bottomof tube columns on the Plates tab.

Improved dialog boxes

• The following components have improved user interface containing more pictures: • Windbracing (1)

• Welded gusset (10)


• Bracing cross (19)

• Tube gusset (20)

• Tube crossing (22)

• Diagonal splice (53)

• Corner tube gusset (56)

• Corner bolted gusset (57)

• Boomerang wrapped diagonal (58)

• Boomerang tube diagonal (59)

• Boomerang bracing cross (60)

• Wrapped cross (61)

• Gusset wrapped diacro (62)

• Corner wrapped gusset (63)

• Std bracing connection (67)

• U.S. Base plate connection (71)

• Portal bracing (105)

• Windbrace connection (110)

• Bent gusset (140)

• Heavy brace (165)

• Central gusset (169)

• Gusset stiffeners (171)


• Leg - 2 & 3 Diagonals (177)

• Leg - 1 Diagonal (178)


DetailsTurnbuckle bracing (S3)

• An unnecessary gap between the gusset and the fastener plate is no longer created when turnbuckle bracing is connected to column web and the Connection type is set to Battledore.

Truss (S78) • You can now rotate diagonals and verticals created from single member (new feature) and twin member (existing feature).

• Use the following new dimensions to extend the diagonal and vertical members between the chords created from twin profiles.

Bridging (80) • Applying the component to Z121 sections caused an application error. This has now been fixed.

• The Bridging type options Generic and Named have been removed.

Batten plates (S85)

• Fields for part and assembly position number have been added to batten plate legs and back plates.

Improved dialog boxes

• The following details have improved user interface containing more pictures: • End plate detail (1002)

• Stiffeners (1003)

• Base plate (1004)

• Stiffened notch (1006)

• Stiffened base plate (1014)

• Web stiffened base plate(1016)

• Horizontal stiffener (1017)




• U.S. Base plate (1047)

• Standard Tee (1050)

• Standard L (1051)

• Circular base plates (1052)



• Penetrating Diaphragm (1058)

• Inner Diaphragm (1059)

• Web Stiffeners (1060)

• Standard gusset (1065)

• Box column base plate (1066)

• Cast-in plate (1069)

Stiffeners (1003) and Multiple stiffeners (1064)

• Stiffeners created by these system components now read the flange slope ratio from the profile catalog. In previous versions, the stiffener always used a constant slope for stiffeners, regardless of the flange slope ratio defined in the profile catalog.

• Stiffeners are now correctly applied to built-up members with U- or C-shaped flanges.

• If Stiffeners (1003) were


Stair Base Detail (1043)

• The PBolts and SBolts tabs have been improved:• You can now select the Bolt size and Bolt standard from a list box also on the PBolts

tab.• You can now use inches when defining the bolt to bolt distances on the PBolts tab.

• The dimensions are now displayed in the correct location in the model.

U.S. Bearing plate (1044)

• Fields for assembly prefix and start number have been added.

U.S. Base plate (1047)

• Modifying the detail resulted in unwanted anchor rod assemblies in Tekla Structures 13.0 SR4 and 13.0 SR5. This has now been fixed.

• Holes in the cast plate did not follow the given bolt offset. This has now been fixed.

• Plate offset along h direction did not move the cast plate. This has now been fixed.

• Previously the shear key was not created, if the leveling plate was created. Now both the shear key profile and the leveling plate can be created at the same time and shear key profile is always connected to base plate.

Multiple stiffeners (1064)

• You can again create stiffeners also to an U-profile.• The stiffener edge distance options now work correctly.

Cast-in plate (1069)

• This detail now applies to any picked point along the beam and not only the end point. This makes it easier to place the detail correctly when the beam is modeled to the center line of the wall.

Cold rolledCold rolled overlap (1)

• Now also I and T profiles are rotated correctly when you are using them as cleats.• Tekla Structures automatically selects the correct side of C- or U-shaped purlins to create

the cleat and stays, so that you do not have to rotate the purlins to get the correct position.

Cold rolled sleeved (2)

• Assemby prefixes of the cleat and sleeve profile have been fixed on the Cleats tab.

Metl-Con Std. Tie-Bay

• Struts now work also in situations where sections are not facing the same direction and where odd or even numbers of sections are not all facing the same direction.

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3.1 General









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3.2 Modeling





• Changed objects

• Deleted objects


To detect changes:


name field.





• DWG (.dwg)





The old file:

The new file:






• IFC• DWG

• DGN














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corners.








Querying cast unit propertiesYou can now show cast unit properties using a customized report template in the Inquire Object dialog box.


To query cast unit properties and show them using a customized template:

1. Use the Template Editor to modify the TS_Report_Inquire_Cast_Unit.rpt report template to suit your needs.For more information on modifying templates, see the Template Editor (TplEd) online help.


3. Select the cast unit whose properties you want to query.









Improvements in surface treatment functionalityThe following improvements have been added to the surface treatment functionality in Tekla Structures 14.0:

• Associativity of parts has been improved. If you modify a part, but the basic part geometry stays the same, surface treatment follows the part's size, form and position correctly.

• Modifying parts with multiple surface treatments is now remarkably faster.

Take these things into account when adding surface treatment to chamfered parts:

• Surface treatment does not work on sketched profiles with chamfers.• Add surface treatment before chamfering the part. If surface treatment is applied to a

chamfered part, the surface treatment chamfer cannot be modified later on.

• The chamfers for the main part and surface treatment are separate. Modifying the main part chamfer does not affect the surface treatment chamfer.

• The orientation of unsymmetric chamfers depends on the face where it was created (such as top, bottom, left, or right). To change the orientation of an unsymmetric chamfer, you must swap the chamfer's x and y values.


Improvements in shorteningShortening now works correctly also for undeformed parts. Also the following improvements have been included in the shortening functionality in Tekla Structures 14.0:

• Numbering now works correctly for reinforcing bars that are in deformed cast units.• Part shortening is now symmetrical also for parts with components. Shortening is applied

linearly and symmetrically along the part coordinate axis to the part and its sub-components (such as embeds).

• Handles now work correctly in shortened parts.

• Reinforcement modeling tools now work correctly for shortened parts.






To have a concrete part lengthened in cast unit drawings, type a negative value in the Shortening field.






Defining and showing the top-in-form faceTekla Structures 14.0 includes new commands on the Modeling menu which you can use to define the top-in-form face of a concrete part and to show it in model views.

Usage To define the top-in-form face of a concrete part:

1. Click Modeling > Cast Unit > Set Top in Form Face.2. Select the part face which will face upwards in the form.

To show the top-in-form faces of concrete parts in a model view:

1. Click Modeling > Cast Unit > Show Top in Form Face.2. Select the parts.

Tekla Structures highlights the top-in-form faces in red:



Use the Rendered, Rendered (dark colors), or Hidden lines representa-tion for parts when you define the top-in-form face in rendered views.

You can also right-click the part and then select Cast Unit > Set Top in Form Face or Cast Unit > Show Top in Form Face from the pop-up menu.











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• If you used a user-defined attribute for defining the coloring and transparency of parts, and if the attribute was defined to use integer values, Tekla Structures incorrectly used the


upmost object representation setting to define the coloring and transparency of all parts whose attribute value field was empty. This has now been fixed. Object representation settings now work correctly also for user-defined attributes that use integer values.



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Placing views • When you update or clone a drawing, the views are automatically placed so that the relative positions of the views are maintained when possible and the view layout that you have defined is not lost. To accomplish this, set the variable XS_INTELLIGENT_DRAWING_ALLOWED to TRUE in Tools > Options > Advanced Options > Drawing Properties. Use advanced drawing property XS_DRAWING_UPDATE_VIEW_PLACING to control how the view placing works:

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5. Click Apply.

Example



1. Double-click the angle dimension to display the Dimension properties dialog box.


2. Select Degrees at angle vertex from the Angle: list box.

3. Click Apply.



Improvements in reinforcement dimensionsThe following improvements have been included to reinforcmenet dimensioning functionality:

• You can now create tagged and non-tagged reinforcement dimension marks manually and edit the mark contents and other properties in the Dimension Properties dialog box.

• Tagged and non-taged dimension marks now have their own standard files:

• Dimension_mark.dim: standard file for dimension marks• Tagged_dimension_mark.dim: standard file for tagged dimension marks

• You can now create reinforcement dimension marks automatically.


Adding dimension marks without tags manually

To add dimensions and dimension marks without tags to the reinforcement:

1. In the cast unit drawing, select the reinforcing bar group you want to dimension.2. Right-click the reinforcing bar group and select Add Mark > Dimension Mark from the pop-

up menu.

3. Double-click the created dimension to display the Dimension Properties dialog box to.

4. The default content of the dimension marks is defined in a standard file. Load the standard file dimension_mark.

5. Go to the Marks tab and change the selections, if necessary.

6. Make other property changes on other tab pages, if necessary.

7. If you want to save the settings in the standard file to save the settings in the standard file dimension_mark, click Save.

8. Click Modify to apply the changes in the selected dimension.

Example of dimension marks without tags:

Creating automatic reinforcement dimensions

You can create dimensions with dimension marks for reinforcing bar groups automatically through selections in the cast unit drawing properties.

You can adjust the settings both in the Model Editor before creating a new drawing and in the Drawing Editor when you have a drawing open. To create automatic reinforcing bar group dimension.

1. If you have the drawing open in the Drawing Editor, double-click the drawing background to display the Cast Unit Drawing Properties dialog box. If you are creating a cast unit drawing in Model Editor, select Drawings & Reports > Drawing Settings > Cast Unit Drawing.

2. Click Dimensioning... and go to the Reinforcement dimensions tab.

3. To create the dimensions, select Dimensions for reinforcing bar groups > On. Selecting On activates the other options on this tab.


4. Adjust other dimension options:

• Select the location for the dimension mark from the Mark location list box.

Option creates a dimension mark without tag and the rest of the options

tagged dimension marks.• To edit mark contents, click Edit mark contents. The Dimension Mark Content

Properties dialog box is displayed. Select the desired elements one by one from the Available elements list and add them in the Elements in mark list by clicking Add. Click OK to save your selections.

• Select Close dimensions to binding geometry > Yes to add closing dimensions to the edge of the part. If you select No, only the reinforcing bar group is dimensioned.

5. If you are editing the drawing properties in Drawing Editor, click Modify . If you are creating the drawing in Model Editor, click Apply and select Drawings & Reports > Create Cast Unit Drawing to create the cast unit drawing.

Example of dimension marks:

The settings that you have defined in the Cast Unit - Dimension Proper-ties dialog box also apply to reinforcing bar group dimensions.


Example of tagged dimension marks:

Example of closing dimensions:


You can define own line types, and use them wherever line type settings are available. The customized line types are handled the same way as other line types. The customized line types are defined in line type file format (.lin). To customize line types, open TeklaStuctures.lin file in ..\environments\country-independent\inp. By default, the most widely used line types are available in the file.


CENTER, 1000

BORDER, 1002

DASHDOT, 1003





Better text placing in reinforcement pull-outsThe placing of dimension and angle text in reinforcement pull-outs is now much better: the texts no longer overlap and the angle dimensions are no longer upside down.

Example New text placing in pull-out pictures:








Use the variable XS_REBAR_PULLOUT_ANGLE_TEXT_FRAME in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Concrete Detailing to turn off the text frame around the pullout angle text.




To do this:






Selection Outline:

Selection Symbol:




Example




Placing of the base points of the reinforcing bar mark leader linesThe automatic placing of the base points of the reinforcement bar mark leader lines has been improved. The location of the automatically placed base point is now clearer and more unambiguous: Tekla Structures selects the location of base point so that it only points to one reinforcing bar.

The following new variables in Tools > Options... > Advanced Options > Concrete Detailing can be used in automatic placing of the base points:

• XS_ENABLE_REBAR_MARK_LEADER_LINE_BASE_POINT_OPTIMIZATION: When the variable is set to TRUE, Tekla Structures selects an optimal place for the base point.

• XS_REBAR_MARK_LEADER_LINE_BASE_POINT_SEARCH_TOLERANCE: Use to define how far the other reinforcing bars must be from the base point so that Tekla Structures can place the base point. Enter the value in millimeters.

• XS_REBAR_MARK_LEADER_LINE_BASE_POINT_SEARCH_STEP_LENGTH: Use to define the step length while searching for an optimal place for the base point along the reinforcing bar. Enter the value in millimeters.

Example An example showing non-optimized base points.

Old placement New placement


An example showing optimized base points.








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4. Click Modify.

Example










New option in representation of reinforcing barsYou can now choose to show reinforcing bars in drawings as double lines with filled ends.

To do this, select the option double lines with filled ends in Representation of reinforcing bars list box in the Drawing reinforcement properties dialog box.




• View



• Graphic objects


• Text





Part representation








Cast unit drawings

















• Tekla Structures 14.0 includes the following new template attributes:


• RADIUS shows the radius of a curved beam• CURVED_SEGMENTS shows the number of straight segments used to show a curved

beam in model views


AREA_PROJECTION












To do this:

1. Search for the attributes you want to export in the following files:


• User-defined attributes in the file objects.inp, located in the folder ..\TeklaStructures\14.0\environments\<your_environment>\inp



























3.6 Custom Components

Speed improvementsThe parameters, distances and equations of custom components are now used from the component definition in the library database instead of the model database. This makes the model size smaller, and using of the custom components considerably faster.

Limitations in opening models with custom componentsIf you open a model with custom components created with an older version of Tekla Structures in Tekla Structures 14.0, and then open the model again with an older version of Tekla Structures, the input (.inp) files are not copied to the model folder. Because of this, the custom component dialog boxes are empty.

To prevent this, copy the input files from the folder ..\TeklaStructuresModels\<your_model>\CustomComponentDialogFiles into the folder ..\TeklaStructuresModels\<your_model>.

Fix listCustom component names

• The number of characters you can use in custom component names is now 79.

Magnetic planes • If a point was on a magnetic plane and also bound with a distance variable, the binding to the magnetic plane did not work correctly. This has now been fixed.

3.7 Components

Precast stairs (65)Tekla Structures 14.0 includes a new precast stairs component that creates different stairs with the following optional parts:

• Stairs• Landings


• Ridges

• Stringers

• Anti-skid

Examples

Corbel connection (14)• You can now define the corbel width to be different from the column width. To do this, use

the following new fields on the Picture tab:

If you change the corbel width, the dimensions of the bearing plate adapt to the changes.

Situation Description

Example of staircase with:

• Square step shape• Stringers on both sides

• Top and bottom landings


• Chamfered step corners• Ridges on both sidess


• Rounded step corners• Anti-skid profile

• Bottom landing


• Corbel connection (14) now creates a bolt plate and a nut. You can also create a recess for them.

Use the new fields on the Parts tab to define the dimensions of the bolt plate and nut:

On the Reinforcing bar tab you can define the dimensions of the recess:

• The Parts tab now contains the following property fields for the corbel, bolt plate, and nut:

• t

• Pos_No

• Material

• Name

• Class

• The Parts tab contains one more field that you can use to define the dimensions of the bearing plate:

• You can now create two reinforcing bars in a corbel. To do this, select Double in the Number of bars list box on the Reinforcing bar tab. Then define the distance between the bars.


• For beveled corbels, you can create reinforcing bars that are bent to the same angle as the bevel has. This is the default for beveled corbels.

• To offset the reinforcing bars from the center line of the column, use the new field on the Reinforcing bar tab:

This moves the reinforcing bars, bar holes, recesses, and the bearing plate relative to the column, not the corbel.

• Fixed: If the main part of the corbel connection was a wall or a beam, using the default settings of Corbel connection (14) created a reinforcing bar with infinite length. The default value for the bar length inside a wall or beam is now 0.

Modeling toolsAutomatic seam recognition (30)

• Objects in custom seams were sometimes created on the wrong edge of the seam parts. If you now select Original in the Seam input part order list box, the objects in custom seams are created on the correct edges of the parts. In some cases you may need to change the Seam direction. This has now been fixed.

Double tee beam (51)

• Modifying the deforming properties of a double tee slab when there was a seam between two slabs and a reinforcement component in slabs sometimes caused an application error. This has now been fixed.

Wall panel (64) • Wall panel (64) did not split reinforcing bars that were partially cut by or too close to an opening. This has now been fixed.

Export data to EliPlan file (68)

• Information on partial skew end was missing in the export. This has now been fixed.• Some slabs were exported incorrectly as beams. This has now been fixed.

• Tekla Structures now supports lifting loop export in plotter data.

• The slab overall dimensions (L, L2, DL) were calculated on the basis of top of the slab only. Now these values are calculated on the basis of the top and the bottom of the slab. Plotter data was still correct and given from the minimum slab end location.

• Two new product code mappings have been added: name + profile and name. If no specific product code has been given either in the profile catalog or in the model, Tekla Structures maps the following values (in this order):

• Part name + profile

• Profile

• Name

If none of these exists in the mapping file, the part name is exported as the product code.

Export unitechnik (79)

• Exporting a part that included a reinforcement mesh caused an application error. This has now been fixed.


Lifting anchor (80)

• If you used custom components as lifting anchors, the Up direction options -y and +y did not work correctly. This has now been fixed.

Stairwells and elevator shafts (90)

• You can now define the part prefix and start number for wall panels on the Attributes tab.• Stairs are now created using the new Precast stairs (65) component.

Reinforcement componentsCorbel reinforcement (81)

• You can now define a concrete cover for the top and bottom surfaces of the corbel.• You can also define a different concrete cover for each side of stirrups. To do this, select

Different each side in the new Concrete cover list box on the Stirrups tab.

• You can now create two pairs of additional bars crossing each other. To do this, select the new option in the list box on the Additional bars tab:

• Corbel reinforcement (81) now works also for round columns. Note that you need to manually adjust the corbel to the round column.

• Fixed: If you created corbel reinforcement using the default settings, some reinforcing bars collided.

Rectangular column reinforcement (83)

• In some cases intermediate links appeared outside the concrete columns. This has now been fixed.

Hole reinforcement (84)

• You can now create round openings using Hole reinforcement (84).

Edge and corner reinforcement (62)• You can now define a size limit for holes. Below this limit holes do not require edge and

corner reinforcement. If a hole is not rectangular or round, the size of the hole is determined by the maximum dimension of the bounding box around the hole.For example, if you do not want to create edge or corner reinforcement around holes that are 200 mm or smaller, enter 200 in the Min hole size field on the Picture tab.

• Edge bars of two openings are now combined if the following conditions are met:

• The distance between the openings is less than two times the anchoring length.• The top or bottom edges of the openings are on the same level.

• Edge bars around openings are now bent if there is not enough space to achieve adequate anchorage using straight bars. Previously, edge bars might protrude from concrete.


• The Cut out handling options on the Picture tab have been improved, and the U bars around cut-outs are now created correctly.

• New options have been added to define how to create reinforcement around corner cut-outs.

Use the Max corner cut out size field on the Picture tab to define a size limit for corner cut-outs. Below this limit cut-outs do not require edge or corner reinforcement.

Select an option in the Corner cut out handling list box to define how corner cut-outs affect the edge bars.

• Fixed: Diagonal bars were created for the inner corners of cut-outs. Now if you want to create diagonal bars, use the Max cut out size field to define the size of cut-outs that require diagonal corner bars.

• Fixed: Too many edge bars were created at cut-outs. Now the number of created bars is correct, according to what you have specified on the Edge bars tab.

• Fixed: Reinfocing bars were placed radially around round openings. Now the bars are placed as if the opening was rectangular and of the same size as the diameter of the round opening.

Beam reinforcement (63)• You can now create up to three rows of main bars at the bottom of the beam and define the

distances between the rows.

Option Description

Edge bars from both sides of the corner cut-out are bent.

This option overrides the corner bar settings 1, 2, and 3:

Both edge bars and the U bars are moved a distance equal to the length of the shorter side of the cut-out.

No bars are moved. Edge bars are created as if there was no cut-out.


• You can now create different stirrups in two ledges. To do this, use the new list box on the Stirrup spacing tab and select Different each ledge to activate the Upper ledge stirrups fields.

• The Stirrup spacing tab now includes two methods to define the spacing of ledge stirrups:

• Target: Tekla Structures creates equal spaces between the bars, aiming the spacing value as closely as possible to the value you specify. This is the default option.

• Exact: The first and last space of a zone adjust themselves to even out bar distribution. The spaces in the middle of each zone are exactly the size you specify.

• Fixed: If you created a cut to the beam flange, also the main stirrups were removed around the cutting point. Now only the ledge stirrups are removed.

• Fixed: Beam reinforcement (63) created reinforcement in steel parts. This happened, for example, if you selected both steel and concrete beams with window selection.

Beam end reinforcement (79)You can now define the width of the oblique bar 4.

You can also create gaps between the stirrups and the U bars, so that the horizontal U bars 1 and the vertical framing bars 3 fit inside the stirrup bars 5. To define the gaps, use the new Tolerance gap for stirrup (5) fields.

Lapping bars 3 You can now create vertical framing bars (bar type 3) of two bars joined with a splice. To do this, use the new list box on the Bars tab:


If you choose to splice bars, you can select the splice type:

For lap splices you can define the lap length L and whether the bars are on top of each other or parallel to each other.

For all splice types, you can define the offset of the splice center point from the horizontal center line of the beam end.

3.8 Reinforcement

New reinforcing bar bending typesTekla Structures 14.0 now recognizes the following reinforcing bar bending types:

Option Description

Lap up Creates a lap splice above the horizontal center line of the beam end.

Lap down Creates a lap splice below the horizontal center line of the beam end.

Lap both Creates a lap splice centered to the horizontal center line of the beam end.

Muff joint Creates a muff joint.Weld joint Creates a welded joint.


Type Image

4_4

14_3

14_4

14_5


17

43_2

44_2

45_2

61_2

Type Image


Fix list• You can now model reinforcing bars of bending types 36_2 and 36_3 also so that the end

segments D1 are hooks.

• The dimensions and angles of the bending types 64 and 65 have been fixed as follows:

• Standard stirrups of bending type 14 were sometimes recognized as type 72. This has now been fixed.

64_2

65_2

Type Image


• When you cambered a part, the reinforcing bars did not always adjust correctly. This has now been fixed.

TEKLA STRUCTURES 14.0 153Engineering

4 Engineering

4.1 General









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4.2 Modeling





• Changed objects

• Deleted objects


To detect changes:


name field.





• DWG (.dwg)





The old file:

The new file:



• IFC• DWG

• DGN







switch is active.




















corners.


















Improvements in shorteningShortening now works correctly also for undeformed parts. Also the following improvements have been included in the shortening functionality in Tekla Structures 14.0:

• Numbering now works correctly for reinforcing bars that are in deformed cast units.• Part shortening is now symmetrical also for parts with components. Shortening is applied

linearly and symmetrically along the part coordinate axis to the part and its sub-components (such as embeds).

• Handles now work correctly in shortened parts.

• Reinforcement modeling tools now work correctly for shortened parts.



names.



To have a concrete part lengthened in cast unit drawings, type a negative value in the Shortening field.


Improvements in tubular sectionsThe number of segments Tekla Structures uses to display tubular sections in model views is now calculated as a function of the diameter of each section and the allowed chord tolerance. This makes the calculation more accurate. The number of segments is now always a multiple of four, which ensures that also snapping is accurate.

Chord tolerance is the maximum difference between a straight segment used to display a tubular section in model views and the actual tubular section:

Use the following variables in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Speed and Accuracy to control the chord tolerance:

• XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_SMALL_TUBE_SIZE_LIMIT:Use to define the limit that determines whether a tube is considered small when calculating the chord tolerance. The value is compared to the diameter of the profile. Enter the value in millimeters. The default value is 50.0.

• XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_FOR_TUBE_SEGMENTS:

Use to define the chord tolerance for round tubes larger than the limit set by the variable XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_SMALL_TUBE_SIZE_LIMIT. Enter the value in millimeters. The default value is 1.0.

• XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_FOR_SMALL_TUBE_SEGMENTS:

Use to define the chord tolerance for round tubes smaller than or equal to the limit set by the variable XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_SMALL_TUBE_SIZE_LIMIT. Enter the value in millimeters. The default value is 1.0.

These variables are no longer in use in Tekla Structures 14.0:

• XS_SMALL_TUBE_ROUND_SEGMENTS

• XS_ROUND_SEGMENTS

• XS_LARGE_TUBE_ROUND_SEGMENTS

Do not change the chord tolerance settings during a project. Changing them automatically recreates the tubular sections in the model when you restart Tekla Structures, resulting in slightly different part solids, which may affect numbering.


Reference models






Bolt representation





• If you used a user-defined attribute for defining the coloring and transparency of parts, and if the attribute was defined to use integer values, Tekla Structures incorrectly used the upmost object representation setting to define the coloring and transparency of all parts whose attribute value field was empty. This has now been fixed. Object representation settings now work correctly also for user-defined attributes that use integer values.



in Windows Vista.


4.3 Drawings

Creating multiple drawings of the same objectYou can create multiple drawings of the same single-part, cast-unit or assembly drawing in the drawing properties dialog box.

Usage To create multiple drawings:

1. Open the drawing properties dialog box.2. Adjust the drawing properties and change the name so that it refers to the type of drawing

you want to create, for example FRAME 3D. Do not touch the Sheet number.

3. Click Apply to keep the changes and leave the dialog box open.


4. Create a drawing of the object by selecting the appropriate command from the Drawings & Reports menu.

5. In the drawing properties dialog box, adjust the drawing properties again and change the name to match the type of the new drawing, for example FRAME FRONT. Change the sheet number in the Sheet number text box to get another drawing of the same assembly with a different sheet number.

6. Click Apply and create a new drawing of the same object.

7. Continue making all the sheets you need in the same way as above.

Example An example how the Drawing List shows the multiple drawings:











Placing views • When you update or clone a drawing, the views are automatically placed so that the relative positions of the views are maintained when possible and the view layout that you have defined is not lost. To accomplish this, set the variable XS_INTELLIGENT_DRAWING_ALLOWED to TRUE in Tools > Options > Advanced


Options > Drawing Properties. Use advanced drawing property XS_DRAWING_UPDATE_VIEW_PLACING to control how the view placing works:









set_filter(beams)

create_drawings()




Value Description




TRUE, SHEET, SCALE















7. Click Apply.





5. Click Apply.

Example

Dimensioning bolt position from neighbor part working pointsYou can now dimension the bolt position from the neighbor part working points in assembly drawings.

To do this:

1. Double-click the drawing background to display the Assembly Drawing Properties dialog box.

2. Click Dimensioning....


3. On the Position dimensions tab, select Working points from the Position bolts to: list box.


Example



1. Double-click the angle dimension to display the Dimension properties dialog box.2. Select Degrees at angle vertex from the Angle: list box.


3. Click Apply.



Improvements in reinforcement dimensionsThe following improvements have been included to reinforcmenet dimensioning functionality:

• You can now create tagged and non-tagged reinforcement dimension marks manually and edit the mark contents and other properties in the Dimension Properties dialog box.

• Tagged and non-taged dimension marks now have their own standard files:

• Dimension_mark.dim: standard file for dimension marks• Tagged_dimension_mark.dim: standard file for tagged dimension marks

• You can now create reinforcement dimension marks automatically.


Adding dimension marks without tags manually

To add dimensions and dimension marks without tags to the reinforcement:

1. In the cast unit drawing, select the reinforcing bar group you want to dimension.2. Right-click the reinforcing bar group and select Add Mark > Dimension Mark from the pop-

up menu.

3. Double-click the created dimension to display the Dimension Properties dialog box to.

4. The default content of the dimension marks is defined in a standard file. Load the standard file dimension_mark.

5. Go to the Marks tab and change the selections, if necessary.

6. Make other property changes on other tab pages, if necessary.

7. If you want to save the settings in the standard file to save the settings in the standard file dimension_mark, click Save.

8. Click Modify to apply the changes in the selected dimension.

Example of dimension marks without tags:

Creating automatic reinforcement dimensions

You can create dimensions with dimension marks for reinforcing bar groups automatically through selections in the cast unit drawing properties.

You can adjust the settings both in the Model Editor before creating a new drawing and in the Drawing Editor when you have a drawing open. To create automatic reinforcing bar group dimension.

1. If you have the drawing open in the Drawing Editor, double-click the drawing background to display the Cast Unit Drawing Properties dialog box. If you are creating a cast unit drawing in Model Editor, select Drawings & Reports > Drawing Settings > Cast Unit Drawing.

2. Click Dimensioning... and go to the Reinforcement dimensions tab.

3. To create the dimensions, select Dimensions for reinforcing bar groups > On. Selecting On activates the other options on this tab.


4. Adjust other dimension options:

• Select the location for the dimension mark from the Mark location list box.

Option creates a dimension mark without tag and the rest of the options

tagged dimension marks.• To edit mark contents, click Edit mark contents. The Dimension Mark Content

Properties dialog box is displayed. Select the desired elements one by one from the Available elements list and add them in the Elements in mark list by clicking Add. Click OK to save your selections.

• Select Close dimensions to binding geometry > Yes to add closing dimensions to the edge of the part. If you select No, only the reinforcing bar group is dimensioned.

5. If you are editing the drawing properties in Drawing Editor, click Modify . If you are creating the drawing in Model Editor, click Apply and select Drawings & Reports > Create Cast Unit Drawing to create the cast unit drawing.

Example of dimension marks:

The settings that you have defined in the Cast Unit - Dimension Proper-ties dialog box also apply to reinforcing bar group dimensions.


Example of tagged dimension marks:

Example of closing dimensions:


You can define own line types, and use them wherever line type settings are available. The customized line types are handled the same way as other line types. The customized line types are defined in line type file format (.lin). To customize line types, open TeklaStuctures.lin file in ..\environments\country-independent\inp. By default, the most widely used line types are available in the file.


CENTER, 1000

BORDER, 1002

DASHDOT, 1003





Better text placing in reinforcement pull-outsThe placing of dimension and angle text in reinforcement pull-outs is now much better: the texts no longer overlap and the angle dimensions are no longer upside down.

Example New text placing in pull-out pictures:








Use the variable XS_REBAR_PULLOUT_ANGLE_TEXT_FRAME in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Concrete Detailing to turn off the text frame around the pullout angle text.




To do this:






Selection Outline:

Selection Symbol:




Example




Placing of the base points of the reinforcing bar mark leader linesThe automatic placing of the base points of the reinforcement bar mark leader lines has been improved. The location of the automatically placed base point is now clearer and more unambiguous: Tekla Structures selects the location of base point so that it only points to one reinforcing bar.

The following new variables in Tools > Options... > Advanced Options > Concrete Detailing can be used in automatic placing of the base points:

• XS_ENABLE_REBAR_MARK_LEADER_LINE_BASE_POINT_OPTIMIZATION: When the variable is set to TRUE, Tekla Structures selects an optimal place for the base point.

• XS_REBAR_MARK_LEADER_LINE_BASE_POINT_SEARCH_TOLERANCE: Use to define how far the other reinforcing bars must be from the base point so that Tekla Structures can place the base point. Enter the value in millimeters.

• XS_REBAR_MARK_LEADER_LINE_BASE_POINT_SEARCH_STEP_LENGTH: Use to define the step length while searching for an optimal place for the base point along the reinforcing bar. Enter the value in millimeters.

Example An example showing non-optimized base points.

Old placement New placement


An example showing optimized base points.








4. Click Modify.








6. Click Modify.





4. Click Modify.

Example










New option in representation of reinforcing barsYou can now choose to show reinforcing bars in drawings as double lines with filled ends.

To do this, select the option double lines with filled ends in Representation of reinforcing bars list box in the Drawing reinforcement properties dialog box.




• View



• Graphic objects


• Text





Part representation








Cast unit drawings

















• Tekla Structures 14.0 includes the following new template attributes:


• RADIUS shows the radius of a curved beam• CURVED_SEGMENTS shows the number of straight segments used to show a curved

beam in model views


AREA_PROJECTION





Improvements in NC filesTekla Structures 14.0 introduces the following improvements in NC files:

Defining the number of parts for selected parts only

You can now use the new variable XS_DSTV_NUMBER_OF_PARTS_BY_SELECTION in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > CNC to define the number of parts in the header of an NC file by the parts that have been selected in the model.

When you have set the variable to TRUE, and selected the Create for selected parts option in the NC Files dialog box, the number of parts in the header of the NC file matches the number of selected parts.

New variables The following new variables have been added to Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > CNCto replace the functionality of the variable XS_KALTENBACH which has been removed:

• XS_DSTV_CREATE_AK_BLOCK_FOR_ALL_PLATES: Set to TRUE to create AK blocks in DSTV files also for rectangular plates.

• XS_DSTV_NO_SAWING_ANGLES_FOR_PLATES_NEEDED: Set to TRUE to have no sawing angles written to the DSTV file header for plates.

• XS_DSTV_PLATE_PROFILE_WITH_WIDTH: Set to TRUE to have both the plate thickness and the plate profile width written in the DSTV file header, and to FALSE to have only the plate thickness written in the DSTV file header.

New option for drilling

You can now use a new option in the NC File Settings dialog box to drill a hole to the inner corner of the notch.









To do this:

1. Search for the attributes you want to export in the following files:• User-defined attributes in the file objects.inp, located in the folder

..\TeklaStructures\14.0\environments\<your_environment>\inp







4.6 Reinforcement

New reinforcing bar bending typesTekla Structures 14.0 now recognizes the following reinforcing bar bending types:

Type Image

4_4

14_3

14_4

14_5


17

43_2

44_2

45_2

61_2

Type Image


Fix list• You can now model reinforcing bars of bending types 36_2 and 36_3 also so that the end

segments D1 are hooks.

• The dimensions and angles of the bending types 64 and 65 have been fixed as follows:

• Standard stirrups of bending type 14 were sometimes recognized as type 72. This has now been fixed.

64_2

65_2

Type Image


• When you cambered a part, the reinforcing bars did not always adjust correctly. This has now been fixed.

4.7 Analysis and Design

Analysis model geometryTekla Structures 14.0 includes many new analysis features and major improvements in how analysis models are created and how they can be modified. In Tekla Structures 14.0 you can:

• Automatically control the analysis model geometry by using rules, which you can define and save for future use.

• Show analysis parts in model views as a representation of analysis properties applied on physical parts.

• Graphically modify the analysis model geometry by moving the handles of analysis parts.

Geometry settings

You can define the settings for the analysis model geometry in the Analysis Geometry Settings dialog box. To open the dialog box, click Analysis > Geometry Settings....

Modifying geometry

In addition to moving the analysis part handles, you can also modify the analysis model geometry by using the commands in Analysis > Edit Geometry.

See also For more information, see Analysis model geometry in the online help.

Fix listLoad groups • Now when you click OK or Apply in any load properties dialog box, the currently active

load group is also changed.• When you create load combinations by loading them from a file, Tekla Structures now

displays a message if load groups are ignored for the following reasons:

• There are no loads belonging to a load group in the current analysis model.• The load group type is different from the type in the source model.

Analysis models • You can now analyze contour plates and concrete slabs and panels as beams by selecting Beam in the Type list box on the Analysis tab in the part properties dialog box.

• Merging nodes into a single node within the distance you specified with Node merge distance now works also on columns.

• Defining a rigid link between two members by using the user-defined attribute Rigid link in the part properties did not always work. This has now been fixed.

• Analysis models of curved walls were sometimes incorrect when the curved walls were connected to other walls or slabs.

• Supports were missing from some nodes of supported walls.• Loads on curved walls were not distributed correctly.

This has now been fixed.

• If two walls connected with each other in a corner, the walls were extended over the corner in the analysis model. This has now been fixed.

• Analysis models of trusses are now more accurate, and top chords remain straight.


• Clicking the View results button in the Analysis & Design models dialog box did not always have an effect. This has now been fixed.

Running structural analysis

• Tekla Structures now displays an error message if you try to run structural analysis and you have not selected an analysis application.

TEKLA STRUCTURES 14.0 215Project Management

5 Project Management

5.1 Fix listProject status visualization

• In the Project Status Visualization dialog box, clicking the step buttons in a different order sometimes generated different reports. This has now been fixed, and Tekla Structures now generates the same report, no matter in which order you click the step buttons.

• 4D report function did not work if you tried to use cast unit reports that had additional summary rows underneath the cast unit row. This has now been fixed. You can now use summary rows that are lower in the hierarchy than the cast unit rows.

Tekla StructuresAdministrator's Guide

Upgrade guide from 13.1 to 14.0

This new Administrator's Guide was formerly called the Localization Guide. It is meant as a guide for advanced users to find out the additional customizations available in new Tekla Structures versions.

AdministratorsGuide.doc

1 GENERAL SETTINGS 2 (11)

Table of contents 1. GENERAL SETTINGS .....................................................................................................................................................3

1.1 Objects.inp...............................................................................................................................................................3 1.1.1 New user-dependent attributes added in country-independent objects.inp.........................................................3 1.1.2 Unitechnik tab page added..................................................................................................................................3

1.2 Modeling variables...................................................................................................................................................3 1.2.1 Round profiles .....................................................................................................................................................3

1.3 Drawing variables ....................................................................................................................................................6 1.3.1 Cloning from drawing templates in other models using AutoDrawings................................................................6 1.3.2 Excluding standard parts in drawings..................................................................................................................6 1.3.3 User-defined line types........................................................................................................................................7 1.3.4 Deleting unnecessary drawing files.....................................................................................................................8 1.3.5 Change to reinforcement group dimension marks...............................................................................................9

1.4 Reports & Templates ...............................................................................................................................................9 1.4.1 Model templates ..................................................................................................................................................9

1.4.1.1 General.......................................................................................................................................................9 1.4.1.2 How to create a model template: ................................................................................................................9

1.5 Miscellaneous Variables ........................................................................................................................................10 1.5.1 Controlling access to attribute files....................................................................................................................10

2. STEEL SPECIFIC SETTINGS........................................................................................................................................10 2.1 Fabrication Information ..........................................................................................................................................10

2.1.1 Number of parts in NC files for selected parts...................................................................................................10 2.1.2 New functionality under XS_KALTENBACH .....................................................................................................11 2.1.3 New ability to set fast bolt color.........................................................................................................................11

Administrator's Guide Tekla Structures

Copyright© 2008 Tekla Corporation


1. GENERAL SETTINGS

1.1 Objects.inp

1.1.1 New user-dependent attributes added in country-independent objects.inp

unique_attribute("ACTUAL_FAB_DATE", "j_ActualFabDate", date, "%d", no, none, "0.0", "0.0") { value("", 0) }

unique_attribute("SHIPMENT_DATE", "j_ShipmentDate", date, "%d", no, none, "0.0", "0.0") { value("", 0) }

unique_attribute("SHIPMENT_NUMBER", "j_ShipmentNumber", string, "%s", no, none, "0.0", "0.0") { value("", 0) }

attribute("PRODUCT_CODE", "j_Product_code", string, "%s", no, none, "0.0", "0.0") { value("", 0) }

attribute("PRODUCT_DESCR", "j_Product_description", string, "%s", no, none, "0.0", "0.0") { value("", 0) }

1.1.2 Unitechnik tab page added

Added for concrete only.

1.2 Modeling variables

1.2.1 Round profiles

In previous versions, the number of segments for round profiles was set with the following variables:

- XS_SMALL_TUBE_ROUND_SEGMENTS - XS_ROUND_SEGMENTS - XS_LARGE_TUBE_ROUND_SEGMENTS




These variables are not used anymore. Now in Tekla Structures 14.0, the accuracy can be optimized with the following variables:

- XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_FOR_SMALL_TUBE_SEGMENTS (Default is 1.0) - XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_FOR_TUBE_SEGMENTS (Default is 1.0) - XS_CHORD_TOLERANCE_SMALL_TUBE_SIZE_LIMIT (Default is 50.0)

In the example below, the chord tolerance limit is set to 5 for tubes having a diameter larger than 150 mm. Tekla Structures automatically first optimizes the number of segments to 10, which results in a chord tolerance under 5 mm:




To get proper snapping points, the number of segments is always a multiple of 4, and so the actual end result in this case is 12 segments.

For a tube with a diameter of 1000 mm, the number of segments needs to be increased to keep the maximum inaccuracy at less than 5 mm. This means a minimum of 23 round segments, and as it has to be a multiplex of 4, it gets 24 round segments:

For tubes with a diameter smaller than 150 mm, the chord tolerance is set to 1. So, for this tube Tekla Structures automatically creates 12 round segments.




Because changing this variable automatically recreates the round profiles when you restart Tekla Structures to match the new chord tolerance, it also means that the part solids are slightly different in numbering, for example. Therefore, we do not recommend you change the chord tolerance settings during the project.

1.3 Drawing variables

1.3.1 Cloning from drawing templates in other models using AutoDrawings

Cloning already edited drawings from a separate cloning template is often the best way to create drawings, especially if the automatic drawing created by Tekla Structures does not produce an adequate result.

Now in Tekla Structures 14.0 you can tell the drawing wizard in AutoDrawings not only to automatically use the best possible saved drawing setup, but for certain kind of parts tell Tekla Structures to clone the drawing intelligently from another model.

For example:

set_drawing_type(assembly) set_template_drawing(New model 1222:A.3) set_filter(Railings) clone_drawings()

1.3.2 Excluding standard parts in drawings

When you create assembly drawings with single parts included, you have been able to control which parts do not get automatic single part drawing with variable XS_SINGLE_EXCLUDE.

Now a new option STANDARD has been added. By defining STANDARD for variable XS_SINGLE_EXCLUDE, no included single part drawings standard parts are included in XS_STD_PART_MODEL.

For example:

XS_SINGLE_EXCLUDE=MAIN_SHAFT_AND_STANDARD

This will not create included single part drawings for the assembly main part or for any standard parts in the assembly. All the other single part drawings are created.




1.3.3 User-defined line types

Custom line types can be defined with the file TeklaStructures.lin in the XS_INP folder. The bitmaps for these options are defined with the file TeklaStructures.lin.id in the same folder.

By default the most widely used line types are available.

If you add new customized line types, you need to add corresponding bitmaps in the ...\nt\bitmaps folder and name them dr_line_type_xxx.bmp, for example dr_line_type_CENTER.bmp.

To define your own line types in TeklaStructures.lin:

- Every line starts with A, this indicates the beginning of the line type pattern.

- In a line you can use three different objects: dashes, dots and spaces. The length of lines and spaces are defined just by numbers.

- To define a dash (-) with certain length, define just the length using positive numbers.

- To define a space ( ) with certain length, define just the length using negative numbers.

- To define a dot (.) use number zero (0).

- The patterns must begin with a dash and typically end with a space, although the space at the end is not required.

So, let's check for example line type definition for DASHDOT:

A, 12.7, -6.35, 0, -6.35




This means that first there is a line with length of 12.7, then a space with length of 6.35 units, then a dot, then again a space with length of 6.35 units (before the first dash is drawn again).

After you type the line type pattern, press ENTER.

1.3.4 Deleting unnecessary drawing files

Every time a drawing is updated, a new .dg file is created in the drawings sub-folder. After that, the previous .dg file is not being used.

In all previous versions, it has not been possible to get rid of these unnecessary drawing files in multi-user mode. This is because during a multi-user session it is not possible to know whether a file is going to be possibly used by some other user logged to the model, when someone exits the model. To get rid of these files, users have had to log onto the model in single-user mode and exit the model by saving it.

Now in Tekla Structures 14.0, the unnecessary drawing files are deleted, when the last user exits the model by saving it. This is only done if you set the variable XS_DELETE_UNNECESSARY_DRAWINGS to TRUE.

For additional safety, the .dg file is not deleted if it is less than 7 days old.




1.3.5 Change to reinforcement group dimension marks

Reinforcement group dimension mark content is now defined in the dimension_mark.dim file. In earlier versions the content was defined in rebar_config.inp.

Please update the contents of the dimension_mark.dim file to suit your needs. This change is described in more detail in the Release Notes.

1.4 Reports & Templates

1.4.1 Model templates

1.4.1.1 General

Model template in Tekla Structures works in a similar way as the MS Word document template. Using the model template you can save the desired settings in a model and use that model as a template when you are creating of new models. Using the model template is an easier way for doing the same thing as opening the desired "seed" model and using the File > Save as command.

The location of model templates is defined by the variable XS_MODEL_TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY. By default, this variable points to the folder %XS_DIR%\environments\xxx\model_templates\. For example, you can set this variable to point to the same location as your XS_FIRM points to.

Any model under that folder will be available as a model template if the file TeklaStructuresModel.xml in the model folder contains the setting <IsTemplate>TRUE</IsTemplate>. The default is FALSE.

1.4.1.2 How to create a model template:

When creating a model template, always start by creating a new, empty model. This is because old models can not be completely cleaned; they contain quite a lot of information even if you delete all objects from the model.

1. Create a new model with the name you would like the new template to have (for example "Steel framework").

2. Add the desired profiles, custom components etc. to the model.

3. Save and exit the model.

4. Move the whole model folder in the location pointed by the variable XS_MODEL_TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY. By default, it points to the folder %XS_DIR%\environments\xxx\model_templates\.



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5. Edit the file TeklaStructuresModel.xml under the model folder as show below using a text editor, for example Notepad. NOTE: Do NOT edit TeklaStructuresModels.xml that is in the \TeklaStructures_Models folder (or in the place pointed by XS_RUNPATH).

1.5 Miscellaneous Variables

1.5.1 Controlling access to attribute files

You can now control the access to the attribute files by defining the attribute files that are visible in the user interface.

To do this, use the new variable XS_ATTRIBUTE_FILE_EXCLUDE_LIST in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > File Locations. Enter the file name or a part of the file name that you want to exclude from the user interface as the value for the variable. If you enter many values, separate them using a semicolon. For example, _eng;_det .

2. STEEL SPECIFIC SETTINGS

2.1 Fabrication Information

2.1.1 Number of parts in NC files for selected parts

We have now added a new variable XS_DSTV_NUMBER_OF_PARTS_BY_SELECTION (values FALSE/TRUE) to set the number of parts in the header of an NC file by selected parts.



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Traditionally, the number of parts in the DSTV file has been for the whole model regardless of the selection. Now, with this new option you can set the number of parts to consist of the selection only.

2.1.2 New functionality under XS_KALTENBACH

We have added new variables to replace the variable XS_KALTENBACH in functionalities mentioned in the variable names:

- XS_DSTV_CREATE_AK_BLOCK_FOR_ALL_PLATES: Set to TRUE to create AK blocks in DSTV files also for rectangular plates.

- XS_DSTV_NO_SAWING_ANGLES_FOR_PLATES_NEEDED: Set to TRUE to have the sawing angles written to the DSTV file header for plates.

- XS_DSTV_PLATE_PROFILE_WITH_WIDTH: Set to TRUE to have both the plate thickness and the plate profile width written in the DSTV file header and to FALSE to have only the plate thickness written in the DSTV file header.

2.1.3 New ability to set fast bolt color

Fast bolt color can now be set with the following variable:

XS_VIEW_FAST_BOLT_COLOR=1.0 1.0 1.0 (default)

Enter the colors as RGB (Red Green Blue) values. The scale is from 0 to 1. 0



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