Release Notes - Tekla Structures 2019i SP7
2019i SP7: New features and improvements
In addition to fixes, Tekla Structures 2019i SP7 delivers useful improvements 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.
and in template attributes for rebar sets.
New buttons in Document manager
Document manager has two new buttons at the bottom of the window:
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The Delete button for deleting the selected drawings or file documents. Previously, you could only delete selected drawings by selecting Delete in the context menu.
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The Open previous drawing and
Open next drawing buttons for opening the previous or next drawing while a drawing is open. Previously, you could only open previous and next drawings by pressing Ctrl+Page Up or Ctrl+Page Down on the keyboard.
TTSD-21855
New template attributes for rebar sets
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You can now use SUB_ID_WITH_LETTERS and SUB_ID_WITH_LETTERS_LAST as template attributes when you report tapered bar groups created by rebar sets.
TTSD-20561
Defect number | Development area | Description |
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TSAC-3385, TSAC-4340, TSAC-4341 | Concrete components |
Concrete foundation (1030) has been improved as follows:
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TSAC-4346 | Concrete components |
Reinforcement meshreinforcement that represents a mesh of steel bars in two perpendicular directions |
TSAC-4699 | Concrete components |
Meshreinforcement that represents a mesh of steel bars in two perpendicular directions |
TSAC-4622 | Concrete components |
Previously, Wallplate that represents a structure such as a wall or roof panel |
TSAC-4583 | Concrete components |
Seating with dowel to flange (77), Two sided seating with dowel to flange (78): The bearing pad no longer collides with the column. |
TSAC-4531 | Concrete components |
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 |
TSAC-4530 | Concrete components |
Meshreinforcement that represents a mesh of steel bars in two perpendicular directions |
TSAC-4487 | Concrete components |
Pad footingfooting that supports a single point of contact |
TSAC-4450 | Concrete components |
Wallplate that represents a structure such as a wall or roof panel Note that the Wall layout connector component is not adjusted or updated when one of the connected Wall layouts is moved. For this you still need to delete the corrupted connector and add a new one. |
TSAC-4435 | Concrete components |
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 |
TSAC-4411 | Concrete components |
Reinforced concrete(1) concrete structure which contains reinforcement designed on the assumption that the concrete and reinforcement act together in resisting forces |
TSAC-4405 | Concrete components |
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 |
TSAC-4396 | Concrete components |
Rectangular column reinforcement (83): You can now create intermediate links as one stirrup group with the Create as one group option on the Intermediate links tab. |
TSAC-4302 | Concrete components |
Wallplate that represents a structure such as a wall or roof panel |
TSAC-3549 | Concrete components |
Sandwich and double wallplate that represents a structure such as a wall or roof panel
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TSAC-4809 | Steel components |
Create holesmall hollow open throughout a part or assembly that is usually used for fastening parts with bolts or other such objects |
TSAC-4763 | Steel components |
Wraparound gussetcomponent object that represents a plate that connects braces to a beam, column, or base plate |
TSAC-4647 | Steel components |
Truss (S78): Vertical beams are new created with the correct profile and correct properties. |
TSAC-4637 | Steel components |
Column - 2 beam (14): Previously, plates were created with swapped width and height values. This has now been fixed. |
TSAC-4594 | Steel components |
Portal bracing (105): The default values for welding are now handled correctly. |
TSAC-4572 | Steel components |
Gusseted cross (62): Previously, slotted holes for clip angles for the second brace were applied incorrectly in the component. This has now been fixed. |
TSAC-4501 | Steel components |
Haunchcomponent object that represents a wedge-like structure that strengthens a beam at its end |
TSAC-4491 | Steel components |
Seatcomponent object that represents a structure upon which a component secondary part rests |
TSAC-4484 | Steel components |
End platecomponent object that represents a plate welded perpendicular to the end of the component secondary part |
TSAC-4453 | Steel components |
Base platecomponent object that represents a plate welded to a column base |
TSAC-4428 | Steel components |
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. |
TSAC-4399 | Steel components |
Joist to column, type 1 (161): Previously, defining the cut back distance of the bottom chord caused the component to crash. This has now been fixed. |
TSAC-4398 | Steel components |
Shear plate(1) part that represents a flat structure |
TSAC-4376 | Steel components |
Column with stiffeners W (182): Previously, the weld properties in the component did not match the values set in the dialog box. This has now been fixed. |
TSAC-4375 | Steel components |
Extend full depth tab (82): Previously, bolts were created incorrectly in some situations. This has now been fixed. |
TSAC-4308 | Steel components |
Two sided end platecomponent object that represents a plate welded perpendicular to the end of the component secondary part |
TSAC-4307 | Steel components |
Two sided end platecomponent object that represents a plate welded perpendicular to the end of the component secondary part |
TSAC-4282 | Steel components |
Joist to beam, type 1 (160), Joist to column, type 1 (161), Two sided joist to column (162), Joist to column, type 2 (163), Joist to column and beam (164): The bolt extra length is now correctly applied in the component. |
TSAC-3036 | Steel components |
Stiffeners (1034): Previously, the gapany space between two objects |
TSAC-970 | Steel components |
Railings (S77): The start and end closures are now fitted to the first and last stanchion. |
TTSD-39252 | Import, export, interoperability |
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 |
TTSD-38879 | Import, export, interoperability |
Reference models: IFCfile format commonly used in BIM that facilitates software interoperability |
TTSD-38844 | Import, export, interoperability |
Reference models: Sometimes imported curved IFCfile format commonly used in BIM that facilitates software interoperability |
TTSD-36914 | Import, export, interoperability |
IFC2x3 export: The Tapered curved rebar groups are no longer exported so that the self-intersecting bars are clashing (2D). |
TTSD-34846 | Import, export, interoperability |
Sometimes inserting a reference modelmodel which the designer can use as an aid when building another model Now all characters below 256 are allowed in a reference model file name: both ASCII (0-127) and extended ASCII (128-255).
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TTSD-29715 | Import, export, interoperability |
IFC2x3 export: Radial grids are now exported properly. |
TSAC-3134 | Import, export, interoperability |
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. |
TTSD-39652 | Templates and reports |
In some cases, custom properties returning double.Max could cause 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 |
TTSD-38579 | Templates and reports |
Drawing properties can now be reported from a |
TTSD-35705 | Templates and reports |
In addition to the environment folders, graphical templates can be read from the |
TTSD-34086 | Templates and reports |
Drawing attributes could not be reported through a REBAR row if the row was outputting a rebar set bar. This has now been fixed. |
TPLED-178 | Templates and reports |
Previously, column headers were not positioned correctly in tables that were filled vertically from top to bottom and aligned to the right. This has now been fixed. |
TTSD-38077, TTSD-39255 | Drawings |
Drawing viewview that includes selected model objects or an area in the model, that is represented in a drawing |
TTSD-35538, TTSD-33208 | Drawings |
The Rebar number mark property is now correctly updated in rebar dimension marks with subgrouping for rebar sets after the model is updated and renumbered. |
TTSD-39500 | Drawings |
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 |
TTSD-39216 | Drawings |
Creating a polyline or a polygon in drawings 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 |
TTSD-39027 | Drawings |
Sometimes Tekla Structures froze when you opened a drawing that contained graphical objects (polygons) with hatches. This has now been fixed. |
TTSD-38604 | Drawings |
If a drawing had shorteningdeforming that decreases the modeled length of a part in a drawing by a value the user has entered |
TTSD-38559 | Drawings |
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 |
TTSD-37800 | Drawings |
When you change the value of the |
TTSD-37775 | Drawings |
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 |
TTSD-37388 | Drawings |
Previously, the line thickness was not updated in black and white drawing modemode that is used for editing the appearance and content of drawings |
TTSD-37352 | Drawings |
Lines that link rebar dimensions are now drawn using drawing coordinates instead of model coordinates. This means that reinforcement marks are placed correctly again. |
TTSD-37023 | Drawings |
Rebar groupgroup of reinforcing bars that are side by side and have identical properties, except the possible variation in bar lengths |
TTSD-36525 | Drawings |
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. |
TTSD-35642 | Drawings |
A drawing viewview that includes selected model objects or an area in the model, that is represented in a drawing |
TTSD-34642 | Drawings |
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 |
TTSD-33595 | Drawings |
Dimension associativitydrawing property that represents the linking of drawing objects to model objects so that the former are updated according to changes made to the latter in the modeling mode |
TTSD-33468 | Drawings |
Symbol files in the model were not used in printing if the same symbol filefile that contains symbols |
TTSD-32458 | Drawings |
Previously, Tekla Structures could sometimes crash when you moved several drawing views at one go from one drawing to another drawing. This has now been fixed. |
TTSD-27852 | Drawings |
Previously, the sort order in Document Managertool that is used for listing and managing drawings and other types of documents |
TTSD-24134 | Drawings |
If an assembly contained a spiral beambeam that follows the form of a helix and is defined by a start point, center point and the rotation axis |
TTSD-20200 | Drawings |
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. |
TSAC-4697 | Drawings |
Rebar groupgroup of reinforcing bars that are side by side and have identical properties, except the possible variation in bar lengths |
TTSD-35504, TTSD-37034 | Tekla Model Sharing |
Previously in some situations, pour GUIDs between different Tekla Model Sharingcloud service for collaboration and for storing and sharing a model |
TTSD-39160 | Tekla Model Sharing |
Previously, downloads were occasionally jammed in the Tekla Model Sharingcloud service for collaboration and for storing and sharing a model If you are a Tekla Model Sharing on-premises server user, note that this Tekla Structures service pack is not compatible with on-premises server versions older than version 3.13.9. To continue using Tekla Model Sharing, you need to update the Tekla Model Sharing on-premises server to version 3.13.9. Tekla Model Sharing on-premises server version 3.13.9 is downward compatible. All previous Tekla Structures versions in which Tekla Model Sharing is available, starting from Tekla Structures 21.0, work with this server version. |
TTSD-38820 | Tekla Model Sharing |
Previously, when inviting users to a shared modelmodel used for collaboration over the Tekla Model Sharing service |
TTSD-38578 | Tekla Model Sharing |
A new Add button has been added to the Convert to multi-user modelmodel that is used for collaboration and that is opened in multi-user mode |
TTSD-37993 | Tekla Model Sharing |
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 |
TTSD-37935 | Tekla Model Sharing |
Previously, start sharing and write out could sometimes fail if the temporary packet creation file was locked by another 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 |
TTSD-30917 | Tekla Model Sharing |
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. |
TTSD-38740 | Reinforcement |
Previously, there was an error in the property panecontrol element in Tekla Structures user interface in the form of a side pane window |
TTSD-38392 | Reinforcement |
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. |
TTSD-38105 | Reinforcement |
Previously, if you changed the phase of a rebar set in the Phase managertool that is used for assigning model objects to phases |
TTSD-37921 | Reinforcement |
Previously, rebar set hooks could appear at the wrong angle in drawings. This has now been fixed. |
TTSD-38648, TTSD-39096, TTSD-39705, TTSD-37163, TTSD-39015 | Modeling |
Previously, the construction arcconstruction object that represents an arc defined by three points
These issues have now been fixed. The construction arc and circle commands now follow the snapping depth and snapping plane type. |
TTSD-39480 | Modeling |
Previously, in some rare cases, Tekla Structures could crash when moving objects. This has now been fixed. |
TTSD-39125 | Modeling |
Previously, moving a part with edge chamfers and welds could cause Tekla Structures to crash. This has now been fixed. |
TTSD-39025 | Modeling |
Direct modificationfunction that activates the mode where the model objects can be modified by using handles |
TTSD-38833 | Modeling |
Status bar messages for geometry editingmethod that is used to modify an item’s shape or to create a new item shape based on an existing item |
TTSD-38386 | Modeling |
When merging complex parts by using the Added material > Attach to part command, Tekla Structures sometimes crashed. This has now been fixed. |
TTSD-37861 | Modeling |
Previously, selecting a concrete part with the Alt key pressed did not select the rebar sets. This has now been fixed. |
TTSD-37507 | Modeling |
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 |
TTSD-36061 | Modeling |
Obsolete data is now more efficiently removed from the model databasedatabase file that contains a model |
TTSD-35634 | Modeling |
Snapping to intersections has been improved. Previously, snapping could find incorrect intersections. |
TTSD-34621 | Modeling |
Previously, you had to change the work planeplane that the user has chosen in a model and that is currently active for working on in a model view |
TTSD-33685 | Modeling |
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 |
TTSD-33232 | Modeling |
Previously, snap highlight sometimes got stuck in the view until the view was redrawn. This has now been fixed. |
TTSD-26408 | Modeling |
It is now again possible to bind multiple weld handles at the same time. |
TTSD-25375 | Licensing |
Administrators can now set a registry setting so that the license expiry messages will not be seen by users. This can help in situations where overnight processing is run using Tekla Structures - the overnight processing is not impacted when licenses have less than 1 month until the expiry. |
TTSD-38187 | Installation |
When installing a |
TTSD-37957 | Installation |
When importing |
TTSD-35775 | Installation |
All empty subfolders are now correctly deleted from the |
TTSD-33042 | Installation |
Model environment information is now taken from |
TTSD-31795 | Installation |
Previously, |
TTSD-39163 | Tools and components |
Tekla Structures no longer crashes when trying to open a custom componentcomponent that the user creates and uses for creating model objects whose composition the user can modify as a group |
TTSD-38589 | Tools and components |
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 |
TTSD-37216 | Tools and components |
Previously, concrete cover attributes for parts did not appear in the custom componentcomponent that the user creates and uses for creating model objects whose composition the user can modify as a group |
TTSD-35938 | Tools and components |
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 |
TTSD-34876 | Tools and components |
Symbol Editortool in Tekla Structures that is used for creating and modifying symbols to be used in drawings, reports, and templates |
TTSD-19052 | Tools and components |
The profile database file |
TSAC-4658 | Tools and components |
Layout managertool that is used to import and export layout data between Tekla Structures and field layout devices |
TSAC-4303 | Tools and components |
Layout managertool that is used to import and export layout data between Tekla Structures and field layout devices |
TSAC-4174 | Tools and components |
Layout managertool that is used to import and export layout data between Tekla Structures and field layout devices |
TTSD-24536 | Numbering |
Previously, when numberingprocess of assigning position numbers to parts, cast units, assemblies, or reinforcement |
TTSD-38656 | User interface |
The height of the monitor or the number of monitors do not cause issues anymore with the saved Windows registry values for the Width of the snapping toolbar. |
TTSD-39838 | User interface |
Previously, in the traditional properties dialog box for a contour platepart whose outline form the user defines by picking three or more points |
TTSD-39640 | User interface |
Tekla Structures no longer crashes when using the arrow keys to move up and down in the list of models. Previously, Tekla Structures could crash when there were so many models that all of them could not fit in the window at the same time. |
TTSD-38182 | User interface |
Previously, in some models, opening model views could cause Tekla Structures to crash. This has now been fixed. |
TTSD-31714 | User interface |
Previously, Tekla Structures crashed when you used the down arrow key to scroll down a list in the Ribbon editortool that is used for customizing the ribbon and adding user-defined commands to it |
TTSD-22567 | User interface |
In the Applications & components cataloguser interface for displaying or modifying information in categorized lists |
TTSD-21871 | User interface |
Previously, Tekla Structures crashed when the main Tekla Structures window was minimized while another Tekla Structures dialog box was maximized. The crash happened when using multiple displays. This has now been fixed. |
TSAC-4814 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
EliPLAN Export (68): Previously, revision marks were sometimes not exported for other objects than hollow core slabs. This has now been fixed. |
TSAC-4810 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
Export ELiPLAN file (68): When irregular cutouts exceeding the contour consist of multiple polygonal cuts, the amount of the exported plotting lines is now optimized. |
TSAC-4740 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
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.
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TSAC-4709 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
Export Unitechnik (79): Tekla Structures now gives a warning message when a double wallplate that represents a structure such as a wall or roof panel |
TSAC-4694 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
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 |
TSAC-4693 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
Export Unitechnik (79): Previously, the file name extension could not be used to populate a data field with the ''file name section" option. This has now been added, with the number 6 presenting this sixth file name section. |
TSAC-4526 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
BVBS Export: On the Data content tab, in the Position source setting, there is a new option Reinforcement template available. |
TSAC-4510 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
Export Unitechnik (79): You can now export element quantity in the SLABDATE block using the new setting Export quantity. If the exported sets have multiple cast units, they will have their quantity marked in the SLABDATE reference number field. The export sets are defined by the file name definition or cast unit position. The options are:
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TSAC-4509 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
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 |
TSAC-4489 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
Export Unitechnik (79): Previously, the exposure classpart property that groups parts according to identifiers given by the user |
TSAC-4472 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
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. |
TSAC-4469 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
Export EliPLAN file (68): It is now possible to read the erection sequence from a UDAobject property created by the user in order to widen the range of predefined object properties |
TSAC-4468 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
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 |
TSAC-4461 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
Export EliPLAN file (68): Previously, when exporting an element with notches at the start and at the end of the element, the coordinates of embeds inside the element were sometimes exported incorrectly. This has now been fixed. |
TSAC-4440 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
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. |
TSAC-4432 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
Export Unitechnik (79): You can now specify a manual Unitechnik meshreinforcement that represents a mesh of steel bars in two perpendicular directions |
TSAC-4372 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
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 |
TSAC-3165 | Import, export, interoperability (concrete) |
Export Unitechnik (79): The cutpart former 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 |