In Concrete console (111), the console is now correctly created when there is another component placed on the same level.

Wallplate that represents a structure such as a wall or roof panel

In Tekla Structures, a panel is created by picking two or more points.

In cast-in-place concrete the term wall refers to a concept similar to panel.

layout has been changed so that an opening which is not created for all layers is not taken into account when the layout is divided (by seams) into individual walls.

In Meshreinforcement that represents a mesh of steel bars in two perpendicular directions

In Tekla Structures, the reinforcement mesh bars in one direction are called main bars and reinforcement mesh bars perpendicular to them are called crossing bars.

bars, adding hooks to primary bars no longer affects the cover thickness of secondary bars.

Concrete console (110): Cut around anchor rod is now correctly created when using HII profile as secondary part(1) part that exists in a building object and that is connected to the main part

(1) Secondary part can be an assembly secondary part or a cast unit secondary part.

(2) input part that the user selects after selecting the component main part when creating a component

(2) A component can have none, one or more component secondary parts.

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Previously, if the saved property filefile that contains properties or settings in the property pane or a dialog box

Property files are saved in the current model folder. The user can copy property files to the project or firm folders for future use.

User-defined attributes can be stored as a property file.

of an existing Sandwich wallplate that represents a structure such as a wall or roof panel

In Tekla Structures, a panel is created by picking two or more points.

In cast-in-place concrete the term wall refers to a concept similar to panel.

window was missing, the component created very big cut parts in modification. This caused a high computer load and Tekla Structures did not respond for a while. This has now been fixed.

The Rebar end anchor and Rebar coupler components have been changed to work correctly with rebar sets in curved cases, when multiple small leg faces form a curve. Previously, only some of the couplers or end anchors were created.

In Holesmall hollow open throughout a part or assembly that is usually used for fastening parts with bolts or other such objects

Hole is created in the same way as bolts and hole properties are defined in the bolt properties.

generation (32), it is now possible to place the opening by the opening center point.

Rebar coupler and end anchor components now set the value IfcMechanicalFastener for the IFCfile format commonly used in BIM that facilitates software interoperability

IFC is an open specification developed by the IAI (International Alliance for Interoperability).

Model can be exported into an IFC file.

Entity attribute for parts and assemblies created by these components.

In Meshreinforcement that represents a mesh of steel bars in two perpendicular directions

In Tekla Structures, the reinforcement mesh bars in one direction are called main bars and reinforcement mesh bars perpendicular to them are called crossing bars.

bars, the mesh is now created correctly regardless of the complexity of its polygon.

The following improvements have been made in Hollow core lifting loops:

• You can now move individual lifters in the x and y direction using direct modificationfunction that activates the mode where the model objects can be modified by using handles
  
  Direct modification enables additional handles and modification options.
  
  . You can also change the lifter type from the direct modification toolbar.
• On the Basic settings tab, you can now define the channel numbers at all channels or at the second channel.
• You can now define the following new options in the configuration file: MainPartProfile, ChannelOptions, RecessName: cutpartname, and GroutingProfile.

In Meshreinforcement that represents a mesh of steel bars in two perpendicular directions

In Tekla Structures, the reinforcement mesh bars in one direction are called main bars and reinforcement mesh bars perpendicular to them are called crossing bars.

bars by area, changing the value of the Up directionconnection or detail property that indicates how the created connection is rotated around the component secondary part, or the created detail around the component main part, relative to the current work plane

The up direction options are +x, -x, +y, -y, +z, -z, and auto.

option no longer causes an incorrect number of rebars to be created.

Stanchions (S76) no longer crashes when a user defines a long part prefix.

In Wraparound gussetcomponent object that represents a plate that connects braces to a beam, column, or base plate

(58), the end gusset bolted to the beam or column does not disappear anymore.

In Bolted moment connection (134), the gapany space between two objects

The term gap is used in its general sense in Tekla Structures.

between the stiffenercomponent object that represents a structure that strengthens a steel beam or column

Stiffeners are usually plates.

Stiffeners are used to prevent web buckling at supports or concentrated loads.

and the main part(1) part that exists in a building object and that determines the position number for the assembly or cast unit and the direction of assembly or cast unit drawings

(1) Main part can be an assembly main part or a cast unit main part.

(2) input part that the user selects first when creating a component

(2) Connections and details always have a component main part.

web is now correctly created when connecting to the main part web.

In U.S. Bearing plate(1) part that represents a flat structure

(1) In some contexts, for example in analysis, the term plate object may be used to refer to plates.

(2) plate that represents a steel structure

(2) Plate is mainly used as a connection piece or as a floor plate.

(1044), you can now set on the Plates tab that the bearing plate is created horizontally.

In Bolted moment connection (134), you can now cut the flange plates parallel to the main part(1) part that exists in a building object and that determines the position number for the assembly or cast unit and the direction of assembly or cast unit drawings

(1) Main part can be an assembly main part or a cast unit main part.

(2) input part that the user selects first when creating a component

(2) Connections and details always have a component main part.

when the secondary part(1) part that exists in a building object and that is connected to the main part

(1) Secondary part can be an assembly secondary part or a cast unit secondary part.

(2) input part that the user selects after selecting the component main part when creating a component

(2) A component can have none, one or more component secondary parts.

is sloped.

Organizertool that is used for categorizing and managing model information, object properties and object property queries, and model object classification

Organizer consists of two tools, object browser and categories.

does not write headers and footers to Excel pages anymore. Users can now define their own headers and footers in Excel.

In DWG export, if you selected export line type to be following Tekla Structures object and a layer, continuous line type is now exported explicitly as continuous line type. Previously continuous line type was exported as by layer.

In drawing DWG export, exporting using basepoints now follows the IFCfile format commonly used in BIM that facilitates software interoperability

IFC is an open specification developed by the IAI (International Alliance for Interoperability).

Model can be exported into an IFC file.

base pointpoint in a model that is used to define a starting point in surveying and that is used as an anchor point in coordinate and height transformations

A Tekla Structures project can have several base points but only one of them can be the project base point.

Base points allow the use of another coordinate system needed for interoperability and collaboration. Base points can also be used in drawings, and in reports and templates. Model origin is the default base point in Tekla Structures.

Base points are also called control points.

export logic.

When you copied multiple drawing views to other drawing views, the view relationships could sometimes get broken, and drawing export no longer worked, for example. This has now been fixed.

In PDMS link, the polybeams are now rotated correctly.

Tekla Structures now contains IFCfile format commonly used in BIM that facilitates software interoperability

IFC is an open specification developed by the IAI (International Alliance for Interoperability).

Model can be exported into an IFC file.

plug-in version 5.23.

When you imported a physical modelstructural model with a direct or indirect counterpart in the structure to be built

from Tekla Structural Designer to Tekla Structures, slabs were sometimes imported to incorrect locations. This has now been fixed.

Eliplan Export (68): The export log now contains detailed information about unmapped records.

Reports now show default values for option list user-defined attributes (UDAobject property created by the user in order to widen the range of predefined object properties

User-defined attributes are used when the predefined object properties are not sufficient but more properties are needed. For example, comment, locked, and erection status are user-defined attributes.

) that do not have a value.

In the Dimension properties dialog box, the Background mask setting on the Appearance tab is now correctly applied when clicking Apply.

Sometimes weld contour lines in drawings were not exported or printed. This has now been fixed.

Previously, when you were creating a polygon or a polyline in a drawing and if you were panning the screen during the process, extra points were sometimes  added to the polyline or polygon. This has now been fixed.

Now setting the option Welds in hidden parts to None in weld markmark that includes a set of selected property elements related to a weld

view properties hides the welds in the drawing viewview that includes selected model objects or an area in the model, that is represented in a drawing

A drawing view is a container for model and drawing objects.

A drawing can include several drawing views, which usually are two-dimensional views, plane views, to the model.

Examples of drawing views in Tekla Structures include main views, section views, single-part views, and 3D views.

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The filtering category check in drawing objectobject that is represented in a drawing

level settings filters now works as in Tekla Structures 2017 and earlier versions when you define multiple rules, and recognizes the difference between different object types.

The number of objects selected is now updated on the status bar when selecting all marks or all weld marks of the selected objects in a drawing.

Drawing time did not take into account daylight saving time. This has now been fixed.

Views where parts had multiple cuts are now handled better in the paper space of the DWG export.

Hiding parts in a drawing was unnecessarily hiding templates as well. This no longer happens.

Dragging of mark handles did not always work correctly. This has now been fixed.

Previously, if you had manually merged some marks in a drawing, they were sometimes changed unexpectedly if you changed the view settings. This should no longer happen.

Mark aligning is now able to better align more marks close to the view center.

Sometimes linking a view to a drawing from another drawing, and then moving the same view further to a third drawing using the command Move to drawing caused an ID conflict resulting to an infinite loop. This has now been fixed.

Search results are now saved as before.

An applicationpart of Tekla Structures functionality that is developed in order to extend the capability of Tekla Structures but that is not included in the Tekla Structures installation

error occurred when you used the backspace key on the keyboard to cancel the previously picked points while creating a polygon or a polyline. This has now been fixed.

In some of the drawing modemode that is used for editing the appearance and content of drawings

Tekla Structures switches to the drawing mode when the user opens any drawing.

dialog boxes the on/off switch at the bottom was not working. This has now been fixed.

Earlier, if you set a drawing table layoutplan that defines the selection, placing, and scale of tables in a drawing

to empty and it was previously not empty, the previous tables were still visible. This has now been fixed, and the previous tables are no longer visible.

Previously, drawing views were sometimes jumping when moving them. This has now been fixed.

When editing drawings with the Drafter license and using the Draw polygon command, the backspace key now works for undoing or removing the last selected point of the polygon.

Previously, line types in some hatches and symbols were incorrect when printing using the Print Drawings dialog box. This has now been fixed. Note that this problem did not concern the so called "old" printing functionality.

Earlier, curved section views did not work for spiral beams, for example, when you wanted to unfold a spiral stairs drawing. Now the curved section views also work for spiral beams.

The .rtf files in Tekla Structures now support simple tables.

You can now enter text in the Prefix and Postfix boxes in the Dimension Properties dialog box in drawings.

Rebar groupgroup of reinforcing bars that are side by side and have identical properties, except the possible variation in bar lengths

marking: When Mark1 and Mark2 have no text, the new Extra line length setting on the Mark 3 tab is activated.

In Tekla Model Sharingcloud service for collaboration and for storing and sharing a model

Tekla Model Sharing is one of the Tekla online services.

, there could in some cases be numberingprocess of assigning position numbers to parts, cast units, assemblies, or reinforcement

In Tekla Structures, the position numbers assigned in the numbering are shown in marks and templates, for example.

changes when a user read in, even if no changes had been made in the local model. This has now been fixed.

In Tekla Model Sharingcloud service for collaboration and for storing and sharing a model

Tekla Model Sharing is one of the Tekla online services.

, manual assignments of rebar sets to pour units are now shared correctly. Previously, manual assignments were not shared if rebar sets had first been automatically assigned to pour units in the model.

The user is now more clearly informed in the rare cases where the user tries to log in to the Sharing service while being a member in several different Tekla Model Sharingcloud service for collaboration and for storing and sharing a model

Tekla Model Sharing is one of the Tekla online services.

organizations.

Tapered rebar groupgroup of reinforcing bars that are side by side and have identical properties, except the possible variation in bar lengths

dimensions are now reported correctly when the first bar is excluded.

There is a new template attributeattribute in a template object that Tekla Structures uses to calculate and display information from a model database

Template attributes represent object properties.

IS_CURVED for reinforcing bars.  The value is 1 when the reinforcing barreinforcement that represents a steel bar used to reinforce a concrete structure

The steel bars are usually ribbed and they are used to increase the tensile strength of concrete.

is curved bar or has a shape similar to a curved bar. Otherwise, the value is 0.

Rebar shape managertool that is used for customizing the bending shapes of reinforcing bars

Rebar shape manager can be used for bending shapes only and not for any other reinforcing bar properties.

has been changed so that the formularule stated in a mathematical language

Formula is part of an equation.

value is properly calculated and shown also when the formula contains any ‘if-then-else-endif’ statements.

Tekla Structures now supports the Mass Import Tool correctly at position Depth.

Duplicate bolts on a part (bolt in the same location as another bolt) can now be ignored in part numberingprocess of assigning position numbers to parts, cast units, assemblies, or reinforcement

In Tekla Structures, the position numbers assigned in the numbering are shown in marks and templates, for example.

using the new advanced option XS_BOLT_DUPLICATE_IGNORE.

When set to:

• FALSE (default): Although the final geometry is the same, the parts may have different numbering results.
• TRUE: Duplicate bolts are ignored in part numbering.

The tolerated distance for bolts to be considered duplicates can be adjusted with the advanced option XS_BOLT_DUPLICATE_TOLERANCE. Note that the size of the holes are not taken into consideration, only the placement.

In some cases, translated column headers in dialog boxes could cause issues in some languages. This happened in Russian in the Design groupgroup of physical parts that Tekla Structures uses when it searches for optimal profiles for steel parts and optimal reinforcement for concrete parts

numberingprocess of assigning position numbers to parts, cast units, assemblies, or reinforcement

In Tekla Structures, the position numbers assigned in the numbering are shown in marks and templates, for example.

applicationpart of Tekla Structures functionality that is developed in order to extend the capability of Tekla Structures but that is not included in the Tekla Structures installation

, for example. The column headers are now shown in English as previously.

Numberingprocess of assigning position numbers to parts, cast units, assemblies, or reinforcement

In Tekla Structures, the position numbers assigned in the numbering are shown in marks and templates, for example.

of selected objects could fail when a cast unit contained rebar sets. This has now been fixed.

When importing .tsc files created with Tekla Structures 2017i or older to the shape catalogcatalog that displays a list of predefined item shapes

The shapes are modeled using software other than Tekla Structures, for example SketchUp.

, previously the geometry representationthe way that the information included in a model is represented visually

was imported as .xml files. This happened by copying the file from .tsc (= geometry xml + metadata). Now Tekla Structures makes a conversion for the geometry .xml to exist as compressed .tez files in the \ShapeGeometries folder.

The Logical weld property now works in reports. Previously, the result in a report was always empty. 

Modifying the flat section (plate(1) part that represents a flat structure

(1) In some contexts, for example in analysis, the term plate object may be used to refer to plates.

(2) plate that represents a steel structure

(2) Plate is mainly used as a connection piece or as a floor plate.

) of a bent plate(1) part that is created from contour plates, or beams whose profile is a plate

(1) Bent plates can be conical or cylindrical.

Curved beams, spiral beams, or deformed parts cannot be used for creating a bent plate.

(2) component object that represents an angle that is bent from a plate and that connects parts

does not change the side boundaries anymore if the side boundary is not tapered.

Previously, temporary numeric identifiers could be incorrectly handled when using the Save as command. This caused Save as to fail for some models and Tekla Structures displayed the error message "Model in memory is corrupted". This has now been fixed.

The Modify Profile Catalogcatalog that displays profiles and information on the profiles

In addition to the available profiles in the respective Tekla Structures environment, the user can add fixed or parametric user-defined profiles to the profile catalog. It is also possible to import profiles to the profile catalog.

dialog box now always shows all profiles. When selecting a profile for a part in the Select Profile dialog box, the Show all profiles check box is now by default selected.

In a multi-user modelmodel that is used for collaboration and that is opened in multi-user mode

, the selected objects now stay selected when the model is saved. Also, the numberingprocess of assigning position numbers to parts, cast units, assemblies, or reinforcement

In Tekla Structures, the position numbers assigned in the numbering are shown in marks and templates, for example.

of the selected objects now works correctly when synchronizing with the master modelmulti-user model from and to which information is fetched and saved in multi-user mode, and into which Tekla Structures merges changes that individual users make in the working models

It is not possible to work on the master model.

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Previously, the Help viewer displayed a warning message about scrips in the offline help package. This prevented the navigation and search working correctly unless you clicked the message and allowed the scrips to run. Now the scripts in the offline help package are allowed to run automatically.

Previously, loads were not removed from the view when deleting a load groupset of loads and loadings that are caused by the same action and to which the user wants to refer collectively

Loads belonging to the same load group are treated alike during load combination.

with loads. This has now been fixed.

Previously, load groups were not correctly removed from analysis models that were created with Selected parts and loads as the option for analysis modelstructural model that is created from a physical model and used on the one hand for analyzing structural behavior and load bearing, and on the other hand for design

Analysis model can be viewed in Tekla Structures in a model view.

Analysis model that is made with Tekla Structures can be worked on in other analysis and design software or application.

content. This happened in two situations:

• When you deleted a load groupset of loads and loadings that are caused by the same action and to which the user wants to refer collectively
  
  Loads belonging to the same load group are treated alike during load combination.
  
  from the Tekla Structures model.
• When the load group in the analysis model was referenced in load combinations, but no loads of this group were included in the analysis model.

This has now been fixed.

The loading of the analysis models could fail when saving a multiuser model (where model is reopened), or opening the multiuser model. If the model was saved after this failure, the analysis modelstructural model that is created from a physical model and used on the one hand for analyzing structural behavior and load bearing, and on the other hand for design

Analysis model can be viewed in Tekla Structures in a model view.

Analysis model that is made with Tekla Structures can be worked on in other analysis and design software or application.

was lost.

Previously, when using Robot as the design software, after saving and restarting Tekla Structures and running the analysis again the "... limit values of deflections not done" message appeared and the design could not be done. This has now been fixed.

Tekla Structures now shows a warning message when overlapping analysis bars are connected to the same analysis nodeanalysis model object that Tekla Structures creates at a defined point of an analysis model based on analysis part connectivity

Tekla Structures creates nodes at ends and intersection points of analysis parts, and the corners of analysis areas.

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Curved beams are now exported correctly to Tekla Structural Designer.  Set the option for Curved beams to Use curved member in one of these dialog boxes: In the Analysis Model Propertiessettings that are defined by giving values to the properties associated with an analysis model

Analysis model settings can be defined in the physical model or in the analysis model.

dialog box on the Analysis modelstructural model that is created from a physical model and used on the one hand for analyzing structural behavior and load bearing, and on the other hand for design

Analysis model can be viewed in Tekla Structures in a model view.

Analysis model that is made with Tekla Structures can be worked on in other analysis and design software or application.

tab or in the Beam Analysis Properties dialog box on the Bar attributes tab.

Clash check of DGN objects against native Tekla Structures objects has been improved.

Copying and modifying the number of objects copied with an array tool by using another array tool does not make Tekla Structures to crash anymore.

Property panecontrol element in Tekla Structures user interface in the form of a side pane window

The property pane can be used to show and modify the properties of model objects.

can now use customized files from the environment folders.

The property panecontrol element in Tekla Structures user interface in the form of a side pane window

The property pane can be used to show and modify the properties of model objects.

now keeps the properties of the selected object typedescription of a group of objects that share common characteristics

The objects are grouped based on different characteristics in models and in drawings. Examples of model object types are beams and rebar sets. Examples of drawing object types are parts and marks.

visible after modification. Previously, you had to open the object type list and select the modified object type again to view the properties.

When you have added a custom componentcomponent that the user creates and uses for creating model objects whose composition the user can modify as a group

command button to the ribbon, holding down Shift and clicking the command button now opens the custom component dialog box.

Improvements in Unitechnik Export (79):

• Cut part formers are now exported with thickness and installation height of the host part cutcut that is defined by a cutting part
  
  section, instead of the thickness and position of the cut itself.

• Embeds that are outside the double wallplate that represents a structure such as a wall or roof panel
  
  In Tekla Structures, a panel is created by picking two or more points.
  
  In cast-in-place concrete the term wall refers to a concept similar to panel.
  
  shells are now are now exported to the intended shell if added as sub-assemblyassembly in a nested assembly that is subordinate to a parent assembly
  
  . If  added to cast unit, will be exported in main part(1) part that exists in a building object and that determines the position number for the assembly or cast unit and the direction of assembly or cast unit drawings
  
  (1) Main part can be an assembly main part or a cast unit main part.
  
  (2) input part that the user selects first when creating a component
  
  (2) Connections and details always have a component main part.
  
  's shell (usually the 1st shell).

• The following new special assembly export codes (installation types) can now be used: 0, 41, 42, 43.

  • 41 - 43 can be used for orienting the embedbuilding object that represents an object that is to be cast into a concrete structure and that is used to connect structures or as an aid when constructing a structure
    
    For example, a cast-in socket is an embed that is placed in concrete structures to allow parts to be bolted together on site. In Tekla Structures, embeds are modeled as steel sub-assemblies that are inside a concrete nested assembly.
    
    symbols according to model orientation:

    • 41: Insertion point embed assembly COG and orients towards the start to end point axis.

    • 42: Insertion point embed part start point and orients towards the end point.

    • 43: Insertion point embed assembly COG and orinets towards the axis of the longest edge.

  • 0 ignores the symbol and will use the sub-assembly bounding boxrectangular border with the smallest measure within which all the selected points that position the model objects lie
    
    In Tekla Structures two-dimensional bounding boxes are used in drawings and three-dimensional bounding boxes in models.
    
    setting according to the insertion COG setting (1 - 5), for example, PLATE(1) part that represents a flat structure
    
    (1) In some contexts, for example in analysis, the term plate object may be used to refer to plates.
    
    (2) plate that represents a steel structure
    
    (2) Plate is mainly used as a connection piece or as a floor plate.
    
    0 0 4.

• When a rebar fails the validation for diameter of length limitation, you are now notified by a log message.

• Reinforcement types 1, 2, 5 and 6 are now correctly exported in double wall shells 1 and 2 regardless of turning.

• Freely selectable bending forms with 6 bending rows are now exported without an extra row, which caused errors in some user interfaces.

• The embed plotting option now works consistently for embeds that have more than two hierarchy levels.

• The Text[Template]#Counter option was improved, and now more than one template can be used, and text delimiters are also supported. The Text[Template]#Counter option was also added for the settings Article number - rebar and Article number - meshreinforcement that represents a mesh of steel bars in two perpendicular directions
  
  In Tekla Structures, the reinforcement mesh bars in one direction are called main bars and reinforcement mesh bars perpendicular to them are called crossing bars.
  
  on the Reinf. data specification tab.

• The user-defined attributes dialog box for surface objects now contains a new tab Unitechnik, where you can define line attributes that override scanned line attributes.

• Embeds tab:

  • There is a new option Yes, no rotation on pallet available for the setting Special assembly export. With this option, the embed symbols are placed according to the panel rotation, but the symbols themselves are not rotated.

  • Embeds, insulation, electric tubes, opening embed, opening cutout, cutpart former, opening with corner symbols, braced girder and ignored parts from export can now be designated by classpart property that groups parts according to identifiers given by the user
    
    The identifiers of classes are usually numbers. Classes can be used for defining the color of parts in the model, for example. Class does not influence the numbering of model objects.
    
    or by name in the dialog box. Previously, only class could be used.

  • Embeds in special assembly symbol definition file can now also be designated by template property and its value in format [TEMPLATE:VALUE] instead of the embed name.

• SLABDATE block data specification tab:

  • You can now export weight in the SLABDATE block as cast unit weight or as template property using the new Production weight options Cast unit weight and Template.

  • You can now select which value is exported as total thickness by using the new setting Total thickness. The options are:

- Cast unit thickness
- Concrete part thickness
- Main part thickness
- Template

• TS configuration tab:

  • There are two new options for the setting Export CUTOUTs: Exclude selected excludes from the export the modeled cut parts that you define by class or name, and Selected only includes in the export the cut parts that you define by class or name.

• ​Reinforcement tab:

  • There is a new option Bent meshes with end hooks available for the setting Bent reinf. as unfolded. This option exports end hook shapes L, S and U (flection form 1, 4 and 5) as terminal hooks according to the Unitechnik specification. Other shapes are exported as free flection forms like before.

• Mounting part data specification tab:

  • It is now possible to define the type of the mounting part by class or by name in Type of mounting part. Define the exceptional classes/names in the first dialog field separated by blank space and the paired mounting part types in same sequence separated by blank space.

• Pallet tab:

  • Now when you have selected Combined, n slabdate, 1 part as the output file structure, you can select the logic of sequencing panels on pallet using main part or cast unit ACNuser-defined attribute of an assembly or a cast unit that identifies the assembly or cast unit main part
    
    A control number does not affect numbering.
    
    Control numbers are running numbers.
    
    or number, main part UDAobject property created by the user in order to widen the range of predefined object properties
    
    User-defined attributes are used when the predefined object properties are not sufficient but more properties are needed. For example, comment, locked, and erection status are user-defined attributes.
    
    or main part template, or  Unitechnik transport UDAs.You can set the sequence as Ascending or Descending.

  • With the new setting Y offset you can specify the Y offset of elements on the pallet.

• Log files tab:

  • With the new setting Write file name to UDA, you can select to write the full export file name (File name with extension) or the export file name without the file name extension (File name without extension) to hidden mainpart UDA UT_FILE_NAME.