Create anchor bolt plans using saved settings

Tekla Structures
2020
Tekla Structures
anchor bolts
anchor bolt plans

Create anchor bolt plans using saved settings

Anchor bolt plans are general arrangement drawings showing the anchor bolt layout. You can create anchor bolt plans in Master Drawing Catalog or using ribbon or pop-up menu commands.

Tekla Structures selects the objects that are included in the anchor bolt plan based on the following default rules:

  • The part is a column or an almost vertical beam.

  • The part is the main part of an assembly.

  • A base plate is included in the assembly, and it is located lower than the main part. If there is more than one part in the column assembly that fulfills the rules, the lowest part of them is considered to be the base plate.

  • Bolts are attached to the base plate.

  • The assembly is cut by the view plane.

  • The boundary box of the base plate in the xy-direction intersects the boundary box of the column.

Create anchor bolt plan

Below you will create an anchor bolt plan using the Master Drawing Catalog.

Before creating the anchor bolt plan, create a model view that is in the XY-plane.

  1. On the Drawings & reports tab, click Create drawings > Master drawing catalog.

  2. Double-click a saved settings master drawing that has been created for anchor bolt plans, for example, anchor_bolt_plan.

  3. Open the General Arrangement Drawing Properties dialog box by clicking Edit drawing properties....

  4. Click View

  5. On the Anchor bolt plan tab, ensure that the option Show as anchor bolt plan is set to Yes.

    Define the drawing as an anchor bolt plan when you are creating the drawing. You cannot convert a general arrangement drawing to an anchor bolt plan afterwards.

  6. Modify the enlarged part view scale, if necessary.

  7. If needed, set the Create detail views option to Yes to create separate detail views.

    If you select No, Tekla Structures dimensions the anchor bolts in the enlarged view. Tekla Structures groups similar detail views so that similar details are drawn only once.

  8. Set the Detail view scale.

  9. Click Save to save the changes in the saved settings file.

  10. Click OK to close the Master Drawing Properties dialog box.

  11. Click Create drawings.

  12. Select one view in the xy-plane.

    If you select some other type of view or several views, Tekla Structures displays a warning message and the anchor bolt plan is not created.

  13. Click Create.

    Tekla Structures creates the anchor bolt plan.

    Tekla Structures creates bolt dimensions in the anchor bolt plan in the directions of the bolt group coordinate system. If the angle between the bolt group and the view coordinate systems is not orthogonal, Tekla Structures adds angle dimensions to the detail view. Use the advanced option XS_ANCHOR_BOLT_PLAN_USE_VIEW​​​​​​​​​​_COORDSYS_FOR_BOLT​​​​​​​​​​_​DIMENSIONS to create the dimensions in the x and y directions of the main view.

When details are compared, the following aspects are taken into account:

  • bolt dimensions

  • column profile

  • column orientation (coordinate system)

  • plate profile

Tip:

In the created drawing, go to the File menu, click Settings and check that Ghost outline is selected and Drawing Color Mode is set to Color. In color drawings with white background, hidden objects are shown as ghost outlines, if this setting is selected. In gray scale and black and white drawings, hidden objects are not shown even if Ghost outline is selected.

Define anchor bolt plan parts using drawing filters

  1. Create the necessary general arrangement drawing filters in the Filter Properties subdialog box of the General Arrangement Drawing Properties dialog box.

  2. On the File menu, click Settings > Advanced options and go to the Drawing Properties category.

  3. Enter the following values for the following advanced options:

If you do not use these advanced options, the default rules are used for determining the columns, base plates, and anchor bolts to be included in the anchor bolt plan.

Note:

Using these advanced options only affects the creation of new anchor bolt plan drawings, and has no affect on the existing anchor bolt plan drawings.

Include assemblies in anchor bolt plans

If you have anchor bolts at varying elevations, you can create a general arrangement drawing at the level of the top-most base plate/anchor bolt.

The anchor bolt plan view extrema looks downwards. If the lowest level anchor bolt is not shown, adjust the advanced option XS_ANCHOR_BOLT_PLAN_DRAWING_TOLERANCE.

To specify the tolerance:

  1. On the File menu, click Settings > Advanced options > Drawing Properties.
  2. Set a value for the advanced option XS_​ANCHOR_​BOLT_​PLAN_​DRAWING_​TOLERANCE.

    Define the distance in millimeters. The default value is 200 mm.

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