Tekla Structures 2018i contains improvements in bent plate creation.

• You can now create conical bent plates. Previously, only cylindrical bent plates could be created.

  Use the new Create cylindrical bent plate and Create conical bent plate commands to create the bent plates.

  Both types of bent plates can be created either by selecting parts or by selecting part faces. Tekla Structures creates the conical bent plate if the parts or part faces can form a conical shape. If the selected parts or part faces are such that creating a cylindrical bent plate is possible, a cylindrical bent plate is created.

  You can create different shapes of conical bent plates: inward bend, outward bend, or with 180 degrees opening angle.

  For example:

  

• On the new bent plate toolbar that opens when you start a bent plate command, you can now set the radius (for cylindrical bent plate) or radiuses (for conical bent plate) before creating the bent plate.

  

  If you do not enter any radius, Tekla Structures creates the bent plate using the default radius.

• Now Tekla Structures creates cylindrical bent plates even if the parts are intersecting. Note that this works only with the By parts option.

  

  You can add another intersecting plate to an already created bent plate.

  

• You can now modify the lateral boundaries of the bends both in the cylindrical and in the conical bent plates. When you select the bending line, the lateral boundary handles appear. You can move the boundary, add new points to the boundary or remove points from the boundary.

  

• After you have created the bent plate, you can modify the angle of the bent plate using the new angle manipulator wheel. On the contextual toolbar, click the Enable angle manipulator button to enable the wheel in the model.