Extend macros
Not version-specific
Tekla Structures
Environment
United States (Imperial)
United States (Metric)
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Extend
AVAILABLE IN: MODELING
After the command has been started from the macro dialog box or your custom toolbar, you are prompted to pick the primary part. This primary/first part will be the control part that other parts are extended/trimmed to. Once you have selected this part, you are then immediately prompted to pick the secondary parts. You can select more than one secondary part. Simply pick as many secondaries that will extend/trim to the primary/first picked part. Once you have selected all of the secondaries, just click the middle mouse button, then the secondaries will extend/trim, and the command will start over automatically. If you do not want to repeat the command, just press Esc on the keyboard, or right-click and choose interrupt. As you can see in the pictures below, the work points on the secondaries were moved to the intersection of the line formed by the start and endpoint of the primary beam.
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Extend-Adjust Elevations
AVAILABLE IN: MODELING
This tool is best used on beam framing more specifically at a roof and you want to change the slope of the primary beams, then just select all the other secondary framing beams to adjust their elevations to match exactly the new slope of the primary.
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The Main Supporting beam endpoints are raised 4’-0 and 7’-0.
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The Extend Adjust Elevations command is then used by first picking the primary now sloped parts, then picking only the beams framing into them to get the results shown below.
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Then the command is used again on the interior opening framing as shown below.
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In the end you can see that all of the framing X & Y coordinate geometry has been maintained in the plan view.
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Extend Beams to Columns
AVAILABLE IN: MODELING
This tool extends beams to a selected column (select previous to running the command). It does this searching around the selected column for beam part objects that match the “ExtendFilterName” defined inside of the macro. The search distance around the column is set in mm’s using the “ExtendTolerance” variable that is found inside of the macro *.cs file. By default the filter name is set to “BEAM”. You can edit the *.cs file from the Tools>Macros dialog box and change the filter name and search tolerance as needed.
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Simply select the columns that you want beams framing into it to be extended into, then run the command.
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Extend Beams to Vertical Plane
AVAILABLE IN: MODELING
This tool extends/trims the ends of a group of selected beams (selected previous to running the command) to a vertical plane (plane parallel to true z) that is formed by two picking points. This is very useful if you have a whole grid line where there the secondary beam framing is setback at variable lengths and on multiple floor levels and you quickly want the beam end points to be lined up on the entire grid line. First have the beams selected that you want to extend/trim, activate the command, then pick two points and the nearest beam endpoint to that line will be extended or trimmed.
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Starting in v21.1, the above Macros are available in all US Environment Roles
Cast In Place
Engineering
Precast Detailing
Steel Detailing