Reinforcement 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.

array (91): 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.

creation did not work on slabs that contained a great number of notches. This has now been fixed.

Previously, 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 layer swapper components were removed when repairing the model and/or ignored in shared models. This has now been fixed.

Corbelconcrete part representing a structure that projects from the face of a concrete part and that serves as a support for an overhanging part and connects the parts

reinforcement (81): The component is now created properly in situations where the corbel is smaller than the column.

Pad footingfooting that supports a single point of contact

Pad footing usually supports one column.

reinforcement (77): The reinforcement is now created properly if you rotate 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.

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Concrete console (110) and Concrete beam-beam (112): Previously, when modifying the components with changes that did not affect 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.

, the numbering was changed to not up to date. This has now been fixed. 

Hollowcore reinforcement strands (60) now reads more values of the defined gridmodeling aid that represents a three-dimensional complex of intersecting grid planes or intersecting grid planes and curved grid surfaces

The grid is defined by coordinates in 3D space. It is shown two-dimensionally on the view plane by dash-and-dot lines. A grid can be rectangular or radial.

It is possible to have more than one grid in a model. For example, a large-scale grid for the entire structure, and smaller grids for some detailed sections.

It is also possible to show grids and grid line labels in drawings, and to modify how they are shown in the drawings.

from external files. This allows you to add a bigger grid for the strands. This has been improved on the external files side only, and not in the dialog box, because of length limitations.

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 connector: The gapany space between two objects

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

defined using the Free space A option now works correctly for aligned walls.

Create 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.

around part (92): Cuts with the exact same shape as the input partpart that exists in a model and that the user selects when creating a component or another part

are now correctly updated when the input part is moved.

Truss (S78): Vertical beams are new created with the correct profile and correct properties.

Portal bracing (105): The default values for welding are now handled correctly.

Haunchcomponent object that represents a wedge-like structure that strengthens a beam at its end

(40): Previously, when two-sided haunches were created, some welds were missing for the second haunch. This has now been fixed, and all welds are created correctly.

End platecomponent object that represents a plate welded perpendicular to the end of the component secondary part

(144): Previously, stiffeners were created in the same position when a connection was modeled in certain way. This has now been fixed.

Railings (S77): Previously, using the connection to connect middle rails to stanchions created the connection only for one rail. This has now been fixed and both rails are now connected to the stanchions as defined on the Middle rails tab.

Shear 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.

(103): Previously, bolt edge distances were not correct. This has now been fixed.

Extend full depth tab (82): Previously, bolts were created incorrectly in some situations. This has now been fixed.

Two sided end platecomponent object that represents a plate welded perpendicular to the end of the component secondary part

(142): Previously, the welds between the haunchcomponent object that represents a wedge-like structure that strengthens a beam at its end

plates and end plates were missing when a 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.

was skewed. This has now been fixed.

Stiffeners (1034): Previously, 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 was incorrectly applied. This has now been fixed.

NC/DSTV: Closing the NC Files export dialog box no longer causes a Tekla Structures 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. 

Reference models: Sometimes imported curved 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.

beams appeared with rough segmenting. This has now been fixed.

Sometimes inserting a reference modelmodel which the designer can use as an aid when building another model

A reference model is created in Tekla Structures or in other software and can be inserted to Tekla Structures. The reference model appears together with the model but it is not modified by Tekla Structures. The user can snap to reference model points.

For example, an architectural model, a plant design model, or a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) model can be a reference model.

failed because of special characters.

Now all characters below 256 are allowed in a reference model file name: both ASCII (0-127) and extended ASCII (128-255).

NC/DSTV: Before, when the diameter of a round cut was less than the maximum diameter for circular cuts to be drilled, these cuts were not exported to DSTV as drilled holes. This has now been fixed.

Drawing properties can now be reported from a CAST_UNIT row also if the drawing sheet number 0 is used.

Drawing attributes could not be reported through a REBAR row if the row was outputting a rebar set bar. This has now been fixed.

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.

level filter properties and dimensioning rules were not working from the XS_PROJECT and XS_FIRM subfolders. This has now been fixed.

In some cases, an active drawing command was not correctly finished when you closed 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.

, causing crashes and other invalid behavior. This has now been fixed.

Sometimes Tekla Structures froze when you opened a drawing that contained graphical objects (polygons) with hatches. This has now been fixed.

Previously, recreating cloned drawings added non-existing extra drawings to the drawing listlist of drawings that provides information about the drawings in a particular model and that is used for searching, managing, and printing the drawings

In the drawing list, the user can, for example, search, open, update, freeze, lock, and delete drawings. The drawing list can also be used to display the associations between the drawings and the parts in the model.

Drawing list is used in Tekla Structures until version 2018. See document manager.

in Document managertool that is used for listing and managing drawings and other types of documents

With the document manager the user can, for example, reorganize, update, freeze, lock, and delete drawings.

The user can also organize file documents, such as PDF, NC, and DWG files, and drawings, in document categories, and search documents and open drawings.

Document manager is replacing drawing list from the version 2018i onwards.

. This has now been fixed.

In some cases, adding a graphical object in a drawing caused Tekla Structures and Windows to freezeto prevent Tekla Structures from updating annotation objects and certain drawing view properties in a drawing when it updates the drawing as the model changes

When a drawing is frozen, only part geometry is updated when the model changes.

for several minutes. This has now been fixed.

Lines that link rebar dimensions are now drawn using drawing coordinates instead of model coordinates. This means that reinforcement marks are placed correctly again. 

Previously, layout files were randomly missing from exported drawing files when the layout files were read from XS_FIRM or XS_PROJECT folders. This has now been fixed.

NUMBER_IN_DRAWING regarding rebar groups was not updated correctly in an associative noteassociative annotation object that can include any additional information about the building object it is attached to

One building object can have several associative notes.

. This got broken in another fix regarding rebar set groups, and has now been fixed.

Symbol files in the model were not used in printing if the same symbol filefile that contains symbols

The symbol file in use can be changed in the symbol files dialog box.

was present elsewhere (defined by DXK_SYMBOLPATH). This has now been fixed.

Previously, the sort order in Document Managertool that is used for listing and managing drawings and other types of documents

With the document manager the user can, for example, reorganize, update, freeze, lock, and delete drawings.

The user can also organize file documents, such as PDF, NC, and DWG files, and drawings, in document categories, and search documents and open drawings.

Document manager is replacing drawing list from the version 2018i onwards.

was reset when you saved a multi-user modelmodel that is used for collaboration and that is opened in multi-user mode

. This has now been fixed.

Previously, when you printed drawings to plot files, when a revision was included in a plot file name that contained a period (for example, a date), the revision text was not inserted in the correct location. This has now been fixed.

Previously in some situations, pour GUIDs between different Tekla Model Sharingcloud service for collaboration and for storing and sharing a model

Tekla Model Sharing is one of the Tekla Online services.

users could go out of sync. Because of this, pour data was corrupted and Tekla Structures could crash during read-in. This has now been fixed.

Previously, when inviting users to a shared modelmodel used for collaboration over the Tekla Model Sharing service

With a shared model, each user works with their own model and the changes are shared through Tekla Model Sharing. A shared model requires the use of a single-user model. The same model cannot be a shared model and a multi-user model.

in the Start sharing dialog box, the email addresses that had capital letters were temporarily shown as duplicated in the list of users until you reopened the dialog box. There were also issues in receiving email invitations to the model. Now this has been fixed.

Previously, excluding a folder from sharing only worked for folders directly under the model folderfolder that is used for storing files associated with a model

Tekla Structures stores all files associated with a model in a folder it creates with the same name as the model database (.db1).

In multi-user mode all users access the same model folder.

, not for sub-folders. This has now been fixed.

If the value of XS_COLLECT_MODEL_HISTORY is FALSE when you start sharing a model, the Start sharing command will change the value to TRUE automatically. However, previously the Sharing history dialog box did not show the sharing history, even though the value had been changed to TRUE. This has now been fixed.

In non-parallel tapered curved rebar groups, overlapping legs were in some cases not offset perpendicular to the bar plane. This has now been fixed.

Previously, rebar set hooks could appear at the wrong angle in drawings. This has now been fixed.

Previously, in some rare cases, Tekla Structures could crash when moving objects. This has now been fixed.

Direct modificationfunction that activates the mode where the model objects can be modified by using handles

Direct modification enables additional handles and modification options.

was not working when using the concrete item command, so the preview and the placing tool were not visible. This has now been fixed.

When merging complex parts by using the Added material > Attach to part command, Tekla Structures sometimes crashed. This has now been fixed.

When creating a spiral beambeam that follows the form of a helix and is defined by a start point, center point and the rotation axis

Spiral beams can be concrete spiral beams or steel spiral beams. They can be used to create spiral staircases, complex architectural structures, and concrete parking ramps, for example.

Spiral beam can rise from the work plane or be flat. If the spiral beam rises, the total rise is defined between the start and the end point.

, the snapping now works correctly.

Snapping to intersections has been improved. Previously, snapping could find incorrect intersections.

Previously, in some rare cases, Tekla Structures could crash when you moved a custom componentcomponent that the user creates and uses for creating model objects whose composition the user can modify as a group

and then modified a property in the custom component dialog box. This happened when a bent plate(1) part that is created from contour plates, or beams whose profile is a plate

(1) Bent plates can include conical or cylindrical sections.

(1) 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

was used in the custom component that was located far away from the origin. This has now been fixed.

It is now again possible to bind multiple weld handles at the same time.

When installing a .tsep package that is not compatible with any of the Tekla Structures versions on your computer, Tekla Structures extension manager now displays a message about the situation and shows a list of the Tekla Structures versions that the extension is compatible with.

All empty subfolders are now correctly deleted from the \Extensions\To be installed\ folder when the .tsep packages installation is complete. The subfolders left from older installations are also deleted.

Previously, .tsep system logging sometimes conflicted with virus scanners, which could cause issues in extension or environment installations. The .tsep logging has now been changed to make it more robust, and to allow scanning of the log while in use.

When opening the custom component editortool that is used for modifying component that is created by a custom component, and for creating dependencies between component objects and other model objects

, Tekla Structures now asks whether to update the custom componentcomponent that the user creates and uses for creating model objects whose composition the user can modify as a group

to the current version of the component. The message is shown if Tekla Structures cannot find the custom component version. This can happen if the custom component has been created with an earlier Tekla Structures version.

Previously, you could not open the dialog box of a .NET component published in the Applications & components cataloguser interface for displaying or modifying information in categorized lists

For example, profile catalog and shape catalog are catalogs.

. This has now been fixed. .NET components now correctly use their attribute file when inserting the components to the model.

The profile database file profdb.bin is no longer unnecessarily created in the model folderfolder that is used for storing files associated with a model

Tekla Structures stores all files associated with a model in a folder it creates with the same name as the model database (.db1).

In multi-user mode all users access the same model folder.

when importing custom components.

Layout managertool that is used to import and export layout data between Tekla Structures and field layout devices

Layout manager enables the use of accurate model point and line data on the construction site.

: Previously, deleting a layout pointpoint that can be exported to a layout device

Layout point can be a reference point.

in the model and then selecting this point in Layout manager caused an error. This has now been fixed.

Previously, when 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.

the model, clicking Cancel in the numbering report could reset any custom setting in some dialog boxes opened from the ribbon, for example, in dialog boxes under Numbering settings and Drawing properties. This has now been fixed.  

Previously, in the traditional properties dialog box for a contour platepart whose outline form the user defines by picking three or more points

The user can define the shape of the contour plate parallel to the work plane. The profile in use defines the thickness. The corners of the contour plate can be chamfered.

, the Modify button also applied the values. This has now been fixed.

Previously, in some models, opening model views could cause Tekla Structures to crash. This has now been fixed.

In the Applications & components cataloguser interface for displaying or modifying information in categorized lists

For example, profile catalog and shape catalog are catalogs.

, the search box tooltip text has been improved. The square brackets are now shown correctly as [ ], instead of a rectangle [].

EliPLAN Export (68): Previously, revision marks were sometimes not exported for other objects than hollow core slabs. This has now been fixed.

Export Unitechnik (79): You can now specify how the SLABDATE maximum part length and width are exported by using the Maximum dimensions setting on the SLABDATE block data tab.
The options are:

• 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.
  
  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.
  
  (default) - Checks the main part geometry, same as before

• Cast unit bounding box - Checks the entire cast unit geometry, including all protruding embeds

• Scanned contour - Checks all contour polygons

• Scanned all parts - Checks all contour and 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 fastened together on site. In Tekla Structures, embeds are typically steel parts and they are added to cast units as sub-assemblies.
  
  polygons

Export Unitechnik (79): The cast unit position and cast unit number used in the SLABDATE block are now read from the cast unit main partmain part that exists in a cast unit

The cast unit main part in a concrete cast unit is, by default, the part with the largest volume of concrete.

The user can change the cast unit main part.

for both shells of 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.

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BVBS Export: On the Data content tab, in the Position source setting, there is a new option Reinforcement template available.
 

Export Unitechnik (79): Previously, for double walls with a shell offset at start end, and 1st shell turning enabled in 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.

turned setting on the TS configuration tab, the second shell of the double wall had an incorrect X axis offset. This has now been fixed.

Export EliPLAN file (68): It is now possible to export weep holes only at the middle of elements with a length less than the length specified for the new setting At middle only, length less than on the Plotter data tab.

Export EliPLAN file (68): It is now possible to read the erection section from a 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 from a custom property using the Erection section setting on the Data content tab.

Export EliPLAN file (68): You can use the new Project number and Project name settings on the Data content tab to specify the project number and project name in the exported file, using the set project user-defined attributes or template attributes and user-defined text.

Export Unitechnik (79): Initially, the Bottom rebar = type 1 option on the Reinforcement tab was not working correctly for the reinforcement in the second shell of a 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.

, when using shell-specific coordinate systems. This has now been fixed.