2019i SP2: New features and improvements

Tekla Structures
2019i
Tekla Structures

Fixes

Defect number Development area Description
TSAC-2702 Concrete components Strip footing reinforcement (75): You can now create straight stirrup rebars.
TSAC-2720 Concrete components Automated reinforcement layout - double tee beam (51): You can now use the Ignore cutouts in strand layout setting on the Attributes tab to ignore cutouts when counting the strand layout.
TSAC-2734 Concrete components The Update rebar attributes tool now has a new Update (phase only) button with which you can update just the phase of all rebar coupler/end anchor parts.
The existing Update button still functions as before. You can use the Update button to update the coupler/end anchor-specific UDA values in addition to the phase of coupler/end anchor parts.
TSAC-2862 Concrete components Beam reinforcement (63), Strip footing reinforcement (75), Corbel reinforcement (81) and Rectangular column reinforcement (83) now have a new U-shape stirrup available.
TSAC-2908 Concrete components Corbel Reinforcement (81): The main bars now follow the corbel shape properly.
TSAC-2963 Concrete components Reinforcement mesh array in area (89) now creates the reinforcement mesh correctly for the defined polygonal area. Previously, the mesh was not created in some corners of the area and in some cases the mesh extended outside the area.
TSAC-3132 Concrete components Wall layout dialog box has been fixed. Now it works more logically when modifying only the available properties of H, Z1, and Z0 (height, top and bottom level) on the General tab.
TSAC-3180 Concrete components Rectangular column reinforcement (83) now creates intermediate bars between side bars when you have defined an equal number of symmetrical side bars, regardless of the symmetry option you have selected.
TSAC-3272 Concrete components Concrete console (110): Previously, the option to cut extra secondary parts was applied to incorrect parts. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-3362 Concrete components Wall layout elementation has been fixed. You can now use the current units (lbs or kg) as the By weight value in the same way as it has been possible for the maximum weight.
TSAC-3475 Concrete components Mesh bars / Mesh bars by area: On the Detailing tab, the Create cuts around selected parts feature has been improved. Filter recognition in the list of filters has been improved and the selected filter is now visible when you reopen the component dialog box in the model.
TSAC-818 Concrete components Mesh bars: You can now set the bar edge distance as a negative value. Note that this will only offset the bars. To get a fully offset mesh, set the cover thickness for the sides on the Bar end conditions tab to a negative value.
TSAC-2807 Steel components Bolted gusset (11) now works in the same way in different Tekla Structures versions.
TSAC-3054 Steel components Column with stiffeners (188): Shear tabs are now correctly placed when the main part is created from plates.
TSAC-3271 Steel components Column splice (132): You can now define the number of web bolts when using a division plate and angle profiles as the connection.
TSAC-3295 Steel components Splice connection (77): Weld preparations for web plates are now created correctly and do not cause solid errors anymore.
TSAC-3368 Steel components Splice type 1 (56): The Round web plate dimensions option on the Parameters tab now works correctly.
TSAC-3411 Steel components Circular base plate (1052): You can now define the finish property for all parts. On the Anchor rods tab, you can now set the position of the grout to above or below.
TSAC-2824 Task Manager

In Task manager, you can now select from 13 predefined custom formats how the dates and the time of tasks are shown.
Click 

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  > Date and time format, and select a suitable format.

TTSD-14327 Import, export, interoperability IFC object conversion: Sometimes the whole model was converted as Item. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-17311 Import, export, interoperability IFC2x3 export: The export type Coordination view 2.0 did not always create correct geometry for contour plates with corner chamfers. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-27780 Import, export, interoperability IFC4 export: Now when you select the option Pours, pour objects and pour units are exported but cast-in-place concrete parts and cast-in-place cast units are not exported. If you do not select this option, cast-in-place concrete parts and cast-in-place cast units are exported without pour objects or pour units.
TTSD-27862 Import, export, interoperability IFC4 export: Spatial hierarchy from Organizer now supports pour units. Note that Organizer Uncategorized are not exported.
TTSD-28894 Import, export, interoperability IFC export: The export had sometimes wrong colors for some objects when exporting bigger amount of objects. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-29283 Import, export, interoperability IFC export: Holes for bolts going through both faces of hollow section now exported to IFC more consistently, affecting also STEP and IGES exports done with Multi Converter extension.
TTSD-29494 Import, export, interoperability IFC2x3 export: The export now uses assembly name for steel parts as well.
TTSD-29904 Import, export, interoperability DWG drawing export: Drawing DWG export now handles better situations where views are copied from another drawing with layouts.
TTSD-30650 Import, export, interoperability Sometimes the reference model visibility eye icon state was wrong when you opened the reference model, and you needed to click the icon twice to get the reference model visible. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-30755 Import, export, interoperability 3D DWG and 3D DGN v8 export: Export failed when there was a space in the layer name. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-31129 Import, export, interoperability IFC2x3 export: The property set mapping double accuracy type is now working correctly, and the size of the export file is reduced.
TSAC-3456 Drawings In Tekla Structures 2019i SP1 in 2D library, texts, symbols, and rectangular polygons in 2D details were misplaced. These misplacements were visible when advanced option XS_​UPSIDE_​DOWN_​TEXT_​ALLOWED was set to TRUE.
TTSD-18347 Drawings Weld marks in drawings that had the size hidden in the weld mark properties were not drawn correctly. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-19675 Drawings In imported .rtf files the table formatting has been significantly improved.
TTSD-26957 Drawings Previously the NUMBER_IN_DRAWING attribute was not working correctly with tapered rebar sets. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-28039 Drawings The CURRENT_DRAWING.TITLE property now correctly returns a value when used with Select from drawing in drawing view properties.
TTSD-29396 Drawings The TOP_LEVEL_BASEPOINT value was not displayed in drawing views when the value was zero. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-29764 Drawings Inquiring a rebar set from within a drawing did not highlight the corresponding bars in the model. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-30191 Drawings Moving copied, linked or multi-drawing container views in drawings was not working. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-30329 Drawings Document manager could crash if a large number was entered into the search. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-30510 Drawings Perpendicular leader line lengths are now shown in correct scale for views that have a scale value below 1.
TTSD-30731 Drawings Dragging tables in Layout editor has been improved:
- Dragging tables is now smoother.
- You can now drag several tables at one go.
- When you drag tables, snapping is now more reliable.
- When you drag tables, the tables now snap to offsets of 1 mm in metric environments, and 1/16" in the US imperial environment.
- Previously, dragging was not possible in some cases. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-30862 Drawings Sometimes precast parts with more than 500 edge lines were incorrectly shown in drawing views. This has now been fixed,
TTSD-30021 Tekla Model Sharing Tekla Model Sharing: In the Users dialog box, check marks are now shown again for users that have joined the shared model.
TTSD-30323 Tekla Model Sharing In Tekla Model Sharing, object locks have now been reinforced, so that users in different organizations can no longer accidentally unlock each others' objects or modify the privileges.inp file.
TSAC-3344 Reinforcement In Rebar shape manager, the rule operand REVERSED was not previously available for curved/circular bars, and therefore it could not be used in shape definitions. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-3345 Reinforcement In Rebar shape manager, some extra leg/bending rule operands were previously occasionally shown with short curved bars. These obsolete operands are not shown anymore.
TTSD-30092 Reinforcement In rebar sets, the default hook direction now depends only on the first leg. Previously, it was determined from the first two legs including a possible cranked leg at the other end of the bar.
TTSD-26805 Modeling In some cases, weld preparations were not shown in the model after copying. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-27826 Modeling In some cases, for example, when the plane of a part face or an opening face ran through an opening in the part and its pour break plane, the pour break was not created or it became invalid. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-28182 Modeling Previously, in some rare cases, numbering could cause a Tekla Structures model to crash. This could happen at least in the Australasian environment. Now this has been fixed.
TTSD-28366 Modeling Selecting points that are already selected is now possible after changing the object creation type, for example, creating a polycurve and switching the creation method from arc to line.
TTSD-28422, TTSD-25154 Modeling You can again create construction circles by center point and point on circle. Now when starting the construction circle command, you have 3 options to choose from:
  • Create construction circle by center point and point on circle in view plane (default)
  • Create construction circle by center point, point on circle and point to pick plane (in 3D)
  • Create construction circle by 3 circle points (in 3D)
TTSD-28510, TTSD-29504, TTSD-30166 Modeling Earlier, when creating a view along the grid lines for rotated views, incorrect views were created. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-29098 Modeling When using a main part UDA value in the assembly or cast unit position, Tekla Structures erroneously showed the default value of the UDA. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-29911 Modeling While editing the geometry of an item and selecting another item, the handles stayed on the original item. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-30122 Modeling Views along grid lines were not created properly if the work plane was set to some other plane, for instance, when the work plane was rotated. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-30150 Modeling Welds in components are now taken into account in clash checking.


TTSD-30193, TTSD-30430, TTSD-30389 Modeling Previously, creating views along the grid lines did not work correctly when the grid had a non-zero origin. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-30606 Modeling Previously, if you made large selections in the model, loading properties to the property pane could be extremely slow. Now this does not happen anymore. The performance issue with large selections has been fixed.
TTSD-30851 Modeling Earlier, sometimes when there were welds in the same position, clash check did not detect clashes. This now has been fixed.
TTSD-30763 Analysis and design Previously, moving an analysis node did not create the correct result when multiple parts were connected to the node. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-27819 Tools and components Previously, rebar set modifiers and splitters were hidden in the custom component editor if the XS_REBARSET_SHOW_MODIFIERS_CREATED_BY_COMPONENTS advanced option was set to FALSE. This advanced option should only apply to component instances, not to the component editor. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-28207 Tools and components Previously, there was an error when publishing a custom component in the Applications & components catalog when another component of a different type with the same name as the custom component already existed. This has now been fixed.
TTSD-15532 User interface The availability of material, thickness and color properties according to the surface treatment types in the property pane has been corrected.
TTSD-24055 User interface Side pane windows no longer move slightly to the left when floated.
TTSD-25122 User interface Side pane windows now stay docked or floated when restarting Tekla Structures.
In addition, clicking on a side pane window header will no longer immediately float the window. You need to slightly drag to detach it.
TTSD-28885 User interface Previously, the work plane was set to the model origin when creating default views. This has been fixed and the work plane now remains in the previously set location.
TTSD-29794 User interface Model view visualization with DirectX rendering has been improved for reinforcing bars, handles, and stick representation:
  • Curved rebars are not anymore shown with a stick line in certain zoom levels.
  • Highlighting for thin rods now always appears.
  • In rebar set: selecting a modifier does not change the visibility of the unaffected bars.
  • Rebars do not disappear when zoomed to closely from the top/front angle.
  • Snap symbols are the same size in DirectX rendering than in OpenGL.
  • Changing the rendering mode now works after redraw.
  • Parts change color after redraw.
  • Visualization of parts is not affected by redraw in the Ctrl+1 mode.
  • DirectX rebar representation is now correct after rebar creation.
TSAC-1224 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) HMS Export: Rebar strands are now exported from strand objects only.
TSAC-1225 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) HMS Export: Added new functionality to include slab cross bar reinforcement in the export.
TSAC-2470 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export Unitechnik (79): Previously, when a double wall shell was created from more than one part and the Cut outer assemblies option was switched on, the embeds in the secondary part were missing from the export with certain Export Groups settings. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-3171 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export Unitechnik (79): On the TS configuration tab you can now set Export CONTOUR to Simplified, which exports a simplified contour using 4 x,y corner points of the element.
TSAC-3418 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export EliPlan file (68): Hollow core slab thickness is now read from the profile instead of the geometrical thickness (in case the complete top or bottom face is cut).
TSAC-3420 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export EliPlan file (68): Plotter data for cuts and recesses exported as lines will have the thickness/depth value, in case the cut is of even depth.
TSAC-3447 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export EliPlan file (68): All geometrical data with the Plotter and Pieces blocks are now exported rounded to the closest millimeter in metric environments.
TSAC-3484 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export Unitechnik (79): Previously, braced girders within the STEELMAT block were not exported when the STEELMAT block was otherwise empty. This has now been fixed.
TSAC-3488 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export  Unitechnik (79): Braced girders modeled with only two chords are now correctly recognized and exported.
TSAC-3518 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export Unitechnik (79): When the BRGIRDER block is exported within the STEELMAT block, the STEELMAT insertion coordinates are now correctly adjusted in case the girder minimum coordinate points are outside the mesh.
TSAC-3525 Import, export, interoperability (concrete) Export EliPLAN file (68): Recesses that cut the complete area of the element are now plotted.
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