Framecad Panel Creator
Not version-specific
Tekla Structures
Environment
Not environment-specific
Purpose and description
The Framecad integration extensions are a set of tools used to integrate Tekla Structures and Framecad Detailer using Framecad's .fim file format. Framecad Detailer The installation for these tools can be found on Tekla Warehouse.The Framecad Panel Creator tool is used to create solid panels of the correct dimension with openings to be exported to Framecad Detailer for elementation
Using Framecad Panel creator
To use the extension:- In the Applications and Components browser, locate the Framecad Panel Creator macro then double click the icon.
- Set the required frame height
- Set the required channel height (used for the contour plate thickness)
- Click create
- Click start and end point of new panel.
- repeat until all required panels are created the click middle mouse button to end
- Press the Openings button
- Set opening height (vertical size of opening)
- Set cill height (distance from bottom of panel to bottom of opening)
- Click create
- select a panel
- pick start and end point of opening
- repeat steps 5 and 6 as required
- middle mouse button to end
Additional information
- The tool is just a helper tool. Any contourplate with the "User Field 1" user attribute set to FrameCADPanel will export to framecad. The openings are simply part/polygon cuts.