Offset

Tekla Structures

Not version-specific

Tekla Structures

Environment

Not environment-specific

Purpose and description

Offset component is similar to the copy-offset command for lines in many 2D CAD applications. This allows users to quickly copy at an offset distance any beam framing geometry in plan views of the Tekla Structures 3D Model.

System requirements

Tekla Structures version: Not version specific
Environments: All

Installing Offset

To install the extension:

Download the Offset installer package from Tekla Warehouse. For more information see Downloading an application from Tekla Warehouse.
Install the file package.

Using Offset

To use the extension:

Open a Tekla model.
Click the Applications & components button

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in the side pane to open the Applications & components catalog.
Search for Offset

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and then double-click to open it.
The Offset dialog window will open.

Enter in the appropriate offset distance value.
Click the Offset button.
You will then be prompted to pick a beam to copy and offset.

Once a beam has been selected, pick the side of the beam in which you want the copy offset to be placed.

After you pick the side of the copy offset, the copy is created.

The command then will automatically start again and you will be prompted to pick another beam to copy offset. If you want to exit the command, right click and choose ‘Interrupt’ or press the Esc key on the keyboard.

Application properties

Field	Description
Distance	Distance in which a copy of the selected beam is copied.
Offset	Use this button to activate the offset command.
OK	Use this button to closes dialog box and remember the currently entered distance value.
Cancel	Use this button to closes dialog box and not remember current distance value.

Additional information

This tool only works on Beam type parts, and is designed to work in plan views in the model. It will not offset polybeams, contour plates, etc. and doesn’t work well in elevations views;
The US imperial unit dimension entry is very particular about getting the correct input. The inch values should always be following by the “ (inch) character. For instance what would normally be written in imperial 5’-6 3/16” you will need to enter in the Offset dialog box as 5’6”3/16. If you don’t enter in the imperial units in
this way, none of the other buttons on the dialog box will work until you have input a value distance value;
This tool requires that the computer running it has permissions to read and write to the same directory where the exe is running and also the XS_MACRO_DIRECTORY\modeling folder.