Spacer Tool

It places details with certain spacing rules to concrete walls and slabs.

Use for

Situation
Image   Image
More Information
This plugin creates objects of type Beam, Component or Item in X, Y or Z axis on part with spacing you defined. Reinforcement can be also added via custom component.

Input

Pick concrete wall or slab in Tekla Structures.
 

Defining properties

This plugin has two tabs - General and Advanced
 

Tab
Image
Content
General tab - Here you can define what direction you want to create your objects. Define your object type, attribute, spacing, the layout of your objects, input points and much more.
Tab
Image
Content
Advanced tab - Here you can define things such as minimum allowed spacing, when opening or cuts should be ignored or distance from reinforcement or embed.

General Tab

Options
Image
Description
Creation direction - Has four defining combo boxes. Creation direction - Defines which direction will objects be created. Coordinate system - Defines the coordinate system for this plugin. Local X or Y defines the input part X-axis or Y-axis. Global X or Y defines the X-axis or Y-axis in Tekla Structures model. Assembly - Defines if you want the created objects as a cast unit, material or sub-assembly. In case inserting reinforcement via custom component, reinforcement is connected automatically to the main part. Examine - Defines if you want to examine only the picked part or if the part is in assembly, the entire assembly.
Options
Image
Description
X, Y and Z direction - Here you define parameters for your object. Object type - It can be either Item, Beam or Component. If you choose Component you can also define inputs for that component by clicking the marked button as shown in the image. Object name - Define the name of the object either by typing or from the catalog. Attribute setting - Set attribute standards. The first is for steel and second for concrete. This can not be defined if the Object type is set to component.
Options
Image
Description
Spacing - Here you define the spacing between objects. Target and Exact spacing you need to define distance. And for the Number of parts you need to define the number of parts. Flexible space - This can be set only if Spacing is set to Exact spacing. This defines which space can be different from the defined value.
Options
Image
Description
Creation layout - Here you define how will the objects create. If they will be split horizontally or vertically or both or not at all. And their distance from edges. Spacing - Here you define the spacing of split objects. It depends on what you choose in the Creation layout. The depth and Swap points - Here you define depth with which the objects will be created for top and also for the bottom. And also you can swap points for your objects.

Advanced Tab

Options
Image
Description
Minimum allowed spacing - Defines Minimum allowed spacing for your objects. Spacing - Defines if the Minimal allowed spacing will be equidistant for opening or for the whole panel. Ignore - You can ignore openings when they are smaller than the defined value, or ignore cuts with specific class or name. You can also define the distance of your objects from opening. Additional reinforcement or embeds - You can also choose if you want to cut around additional reinforcement or embeds by choosing the appropriate filter and defining the distance.