2019i SP7: New features and improvements

Tekla Structures
2019i
Tekla Structures

Fixes

Defect number Development area Description
TSAC-4346 Concrete components Reinforcement mesh array (91): Mesh creation did not work on slabs that contained a great number of notches. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-3385, TSAC-4340, TSAC-4341 Concrete components Concrete foundation (1030) has been improved as follows:
  • On the Picture tab, you can now define an offset for the injection tube from the bottom of the column. Also, the sloping injection hose is now properly fitted to the column edge.
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  • On the Parts tab, there is a new option, Poly-profile (as sub-assembly), for Type of reinforcing bars. This new option creates a poly-profile as a sub-assembly to the foundation part.
TSAC-3549 Concrete components Sandwich and double wall: Creating insulation at the corners has been improved in situations when the corner parts are smaller than the insulation itself.
  • On the Vertical section tab, there is a new option for creating a gap between the inside and the front of the inner shell at the bottom and the top. The gap is filled with insulation.
  • On the Horizontal section tab, the empty void created between the front of the created corner part and the front of the insulation is now by default filled with insulation.
TSAC-4302 Concrete components Wall layout connector: The gap defined using the Free space A option now works correctly for aligned walls.
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-4405 Concrete components Hollowcore reinforcement strands (60) now reads more values of the defined grid 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.
TSAC-4411 Concrete components Reinforced concrete stair (95): Previously, floor-level profiles could be created in wrong positions or they were not created at all. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-4435 Concrete components Concrete console (110) and Concrete beam-beam (112): Previously, when modifying the components with changes that did not affect numbering, the numbering was changed to not up to date. This has now been fixed. 
TSAC-4450 Concrete components Wall layout connector has been changed so that there is no crash when getting values and layers from a corrupted Wall layout component.

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-4487 Concrete components Pad footing reinforcement (77): The reinforcement is now created properly if you rotate the main part.
TSAC-4530 Concrete components Mesh bars: Cover thickness is now applied correctly. The meshes in the panels no longer depend on the cuts in the panels.
TSAC-4531 Concrete components Corbel reinforcement (81): The component is now created properly in situations where the corbel is smaller than the column.
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-4622 Concrete components Previously, Wall layout layer swapper components were removed when repairing the model and/or ignored in shared models. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-4699 Concrete components Mesh bars by area: The distribution of the negative cover thickness for bars has now been fixed.
TSAC-3036 Steel components Stiffeners (1034): Previously, the gap between the stiffener and the main part web was incorrectly applied. This has now been fixed.
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-4307 Steel components Two sided end plate (142): Previously, the welds between the haunch plates and end plates were missing when a secondary part was skewed. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-4308 Steel components Two sided end plate (142): Previously, welds number 1 and 5 were also used to weld haunch plates to the secondary parts. 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-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-4398 Steel components Shear plate (103): Previously, bolt edge distances were not correct. This has now been fixed.
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-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-4453 Steel components Base plate (1004), Web stiffened base plate (1016): Previously, the leveling plate did not follow the position of the additional beam. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-4484 Steel components End plate (144): Previously, stiffeners were created in the same position when a connection was modeled in certain way. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-4491 Steel components Seat type 9 (73): Previously, setting the number of bolts to 0 for the vertical or horizontal direction caused Tekla Structures to crash. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-4501 Steel components Haunch (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.
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-4594 Steel components Portal bracing (105): The default values for welding are now handled correctly.
TSAC-4637 Steel components Column - 2 beam (14): Previously, plates were created with swapped width and height values. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-4647 Steel components Truss (S78): Vertical beams are new created with the correct profile and correct properties.
TSAC-4763 Steel components Wraparound gusset (58): The bolt assembly option for Brace bolts 1 now works correctly.
TSAC-4809 Steel components Create hole around part (92): Cuts with the exact same shape as the input part are now correctly updated when the input part is moved.
TSAC-970 Steel components Railings (S77): The start and end closures are now fitted to the first and last stanchion.
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-29715 Import, export, interoperability IFC2x3 export: Radial grids are now exported properly.
TTSD-34846 Import, export, interoperability Sometimes inserting 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).

 
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-38844 Import, export, interoperability Reference models: Sometimes imported curved IFC beams appeared with rough segmenting. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-38879 Import, export, interoperability Reference models: IFC reference model import has been improved to allow broken data if the object geometry data has extra unused points.
TTSD-39252 Import, export, interoperability NC/DSTV: Closing the NC Files export dialog box no longer causes a Tekla Structures application error. 
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-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.
TTSD-35705 Templates and reports In addition to the environment folders, graphical templates can be read from the XS_FIRM and XS_PROJECT folders. Previously, the \template folder was excluded from the template file search if it was a subfolder of  XS_FIRM or XS_PROJECT. Now, the XS_FIRM\template and XS_PROJECT\template folders are included in the template file search. Drawing templates are searched from all XS_PROJECT and XS_FIRM folders, except for the hard coded folders like Organizer, or hard coded template folder subfolders.
TTSD-38579 Templates and reports Drawing properties can now be reported from a CAST_UNIT row also if the drawing sheet number 0 is used.
TTSD-39652 Templates and reports In some cases, custom properties returning double.Max could cause a Tekla Structures application error. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-4697 Drawings Rebar group dimensioning: Dimensioning of rebar groups now works also if the father object is a concrete item.
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.
TTSD-24134 Drawings If an assembly contained a spiral beam, and a shape dimension rule was chosen for creating a drawing view, the creation and opening of the drawing took a long time, and the dimensions were incorrect. This can no longer happen, because shape dimensions are no longer created for an assembly containing a spiral beam.
TTSD-27852 Drawings Previously, the sort order in Document Manager was reset when you saved a multi-user model. This has now been fixed.
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-33468 Drawings Symbol files in the model were not used in printing if the same symbol file was present elsewhere (defined by DXK_SYMBOLPATH). This has now been fixed.
TTSD-33595 Drawings

Dimension associativity rules are now sorted and show more clearly if the rule is associated to a reference point.

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TTSD-34642 Drawings NUMBER_IN_DRAWING regarding rebar groups was not updated correctly in an associative note. This got broken in another fix regarding rebar set groups, and has now been fixed.
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-35642 Drawings A drawing view was placed incorrectly after model modification and renumbering. This has now been fixed.
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-37023 Drawings Rebar group rebar dimensions could not be moved after their creation. You can now reposition the rebar dimensions as required.
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-37388 Drawings Previously, the line thickness was not updated in black and white drawing mode. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-37775 Drawings In some cases, adding a graphical object in a drawing caused Tekla Structures and Windows to freeze for several minutes. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-37800 Drawings When you change the value of the XS_BLACK_DRAWING_BACKGROUND advanced option, you no longer need to restart Tekla Structures to activate the new value.
TTSD-38077, TTSD-39255 Drawings Drawing view level filter properties and dimensioning rules were not working from the XS_PROJECT and XS_FIRM subfolders. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-38559 Drawings Previously, recreating cloned drawings added non-existing extra drawings to the drawing list in Document manager. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-38604 Drawings If a drawing had shortening along the Y axis, cloud change marks were also  shortened. This does not happen anymore.
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-39216 Drawings Creating a polyline or a polygon in drawings no longer causes a Tekla Structures application error.
TTSD-39500 Drawings In some cases, an active drawing command was not correctly finished when you closed the drawing mode, causing crashes and other invalid behavior. This has now been fixed.
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-35504, TTSD-37034 Tekla Model Sharing Previously in some situations, pour GUIDs between different Tekla Model Sharing 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.
TTSD-37935 Tekla Model Sharing Previously, start sharing and write out could sometimes fail if the temporary packet creation file was locked by another application, a virus scanner, for example. This has now been fixed.
 
TTSD-37993 Tekla Model Sharing Previously, excluding a folder from sharing only worked for folders directly under the model folder, not for sub-folders. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-38578 Tekla Model Sharing

A new Add button has been added to the Convert to multi-user model dialog box, so that you can easily add a new multi-user server name to the server list when you are converting a single-user model to a multi-user model.

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TTSD-38820 Tekla Model Sharing Previously, when inviting users to a shared 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.
TTSD-39160 Tekla Model Sharing Previously, downloads were occasionally jammed in the Tekla Model Sharing service when reading in or joining a model. This was most likely related to limited internet bandwidth when several packets were read in or when joining a large model. The issue has now been fixed in this service pack.

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-37921 Reinforcement Previously, rebar set hooks could appear at the wrong angle in drawings. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-38105 Reinforcement Previously, if you changed the phase of a rebar set in the Phase manager, the numbering status of the rebar set changed to out-of-date. This does not happen anymore.
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-38740 Reinforcement Previously, there was an error in the property pane if you tried to copy properties from a rebar set to itself. This has now been fixed.
 
TTSD-26408 Modeling It is now again possible to bind multiple weld handles at the same time.
TTSD-33232 Modeling Previously, snap highlight sometimes got stuck in the view until the view was redrawn. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-33685 Modeling Previously, in some rare cases, Tekla Structures could crash when you moved a custom component and then modified a property in the custom component dialog box. This happened when a bent plate was used in the custom component that was located far away from the origin. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-34621 Modeling Previously, you had to change the work plane when creating a construction circle in any other view than a basic global view, for example, in the elevation view. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-35634 Modeling Snapping to intersections has been improved. Previously, snapping could find incorrect intersections.
TTSD-36061 Modeling Obsolete data is now more efficiently removed from the model database .db1 so that the file size will be smaller.
TTSD-37507 Modeling When creating a spiral beam, the snapping now works correctly.
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-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-38648, TTSD-39096, TTSD-39705, TTSD-37163, TTSD-39015 Modeling Previously, the construction arc and construction circle creation commands did not follow the snapping depth (Plane/3D/Auto) and snapping plane type (View/Work). This raised several issues, in particular:
  • When creating construction circles by center point and radius in the plan view, the circles were created at different elevations depending on the start point.
  • When creating construction circles by three points on the plan views, the command snapped to points on objects, causing the resulting circles to be out of the plan views.
These issues have now been fixed. The construction arc and circle commands now follow the snapping depth and snapping plane type.
TTSD-38833 Modeling Status bar messages for geometry editing have been improved. 
TTSD-39025 Modeling Direct modification was not working when using the concrete item command, so the preview and the placing tool were not visible. 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-39480 Modeling Previously, in some rare cases, Tekla Structures could crash when moving objects. This has now been fixed.
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.
For detailed information, see How to disable pop-up messages about the license expires.

TTSD-31795 Installation 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.
TTSD-33042 Installation Model environment information is now taken from XS_SYSTEM. The folder under \Environments\ is used as the environment name.
TTSD-35775 Installation 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.
TTSD-37957 Installation When importing .tsep files with Tekla Structures extension manager, Tekla Structures shows a message that asks whether you want to delete or keep the original .tsep files. This message has now been improved. The Yes and No buttons have been renamed as Delete and Keep to help you in selecting the appropriate action.
TTSD-38187 Installation 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.
TSAC-4174 Tools and components Layout manager: In some rare cases, there was an error when you tried to rename a layout line that was related to a deleted layout point. This has now been fixed. 
TSAC-4303 Tools and components Layout manager: Previously, deleting a layout point in the model and then selecting this point in Layout manager caused an error. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-4658 Tools and components Layout manager: Previously, when you had the Layout manager Settings dialog box open, Layout manager was not automatically closed when you closed Tekla Structures. This has now been fixed.
 
TTSD-19052 Tools and components The profile database file profdb.bin is no longer unnecessarily created in the model folder when importing custom components.
TTSD-34876 Tools and components Symbol Editor: Previously, saving with Save As did not work if the edited symbol file was located in the model folder. This has now been fixed.
 
TTSD-35938 Tools and components Previously, you could not open the dialog box of a .NET component published in the Applications & components catalog. This has now been fixed. .NET components now correctly use their attribute file when inserting the components to the model.
TTSD-37216 Tools and components Previously, concrete cover attributes for parts did not appear in the custom component browser. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-38589 Tools and components When opening the custom component editor, Tekla Structures now asks whether to update the custom component 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.
TTSD-39163 Tools and components Tekla Structures no longer crashes when trying to open a custom component dialog box in the model.
 
TTSD-24536 Numbering Previously, when numbering 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.  
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-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.
TTSD-22567 User interface In the Applications & components catalog, the search box tooltip text has been improved. The square brackets are now shown correctly as [ ], instead of a rectangle [].
TTSD-31714 User interface Previously, Tekla Structures crashed when you used the down arrow key to scroll down a list in the Ribbon editor or Keyboard shortcuts dialog box. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-38182 User interface Previously, in some models, opening model views could cause Tekla Structures to crash. This has now been fixed.
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-39838 User interface Previously, in the traditional properties dialog box for a contour plate, the Modify button also applied the values. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-3165 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export Unitechnik (79): The cutpart former embed polygon is now exported fitted to be within the contour polygon.
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 wall, when using shell-specific coordinate systems. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-4432 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export Unitechnik (79): You can now specify a manual Unitechnik mesh type using an UDA option for Mesh type on the Unitechnik tab in the reinforcement user-defined attributes dialog box. If you leave the option blank, automatic mesh type is used like before.
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-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-4468 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export EliPLAN file (68): It is now possible to read the erection section from a UDA or from a custom property using the Erection section setting on the Data content tab.
TSAC-4469 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export EliPLAN file (68): It is now possible to read the erection sequence from a UDA or from a custom property using the Erection sequence setting on the Data content tab.
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-4489 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export Unitechnik (79): Previously, the exposure class for both shells of a double wall was read from the first shell. This has been fixed, and the exposure class is now read from each of the shells.
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 wall 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.
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:
  • No: 000 written in the field (default)

  • Always 1: 001 written in the field regardless if the files names are unique or not

  • From selection: If the cast units in the export selection would have identical file names, they will be exported with only 1 file, and the total quantity of the set is written in the field

  • From total in model: The total quantity of the cast units with identical position anywhere in the model is written in the field

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-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-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 part for both shells of the double wall.
TSAC-4709 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export Unitechnik (79): Tekla Structures now gives a warning message when a double wall shell is set to be turned, but it fails due to the shell being wider than the pallet width. Respectively, a warning is also given when the pallet width has not been specified.
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.
The options are:
  • Main part bounding box (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 embed polygons

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-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.
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