How To Create a Trimble Connect Project

Tekla Structures
2018
Tekla Structures
Trimble Connect
How To Create a Trimble Connect Project
create a trimble connect project
invite user
create trimble connect account
use trimble connect
Trimble Connector
Environment
Not environment-specific

How To Create a Trimble Connect Project

Step 1: Go to https://connect.trimble.com/

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Step 2: Click on Sign In

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Step 3: Click on Create new Trimble ID

 

Please Note:If you already have a Trimble ID from the Tekla Online Services (i.e. Tekla User Assistance, Tekla Warehouse, Tekla Discussion Forum, etc.) you can use that login and you do not need to create an additional ID. You can skip to Step 6.

 

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Step 4: Create your account

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Step 5: Click on link within your email to activate your account

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Step 6: Sign in to https://connect.trimble.com/


For information on getting your Trimble Identity joined to your company organization, please see here. This is required to download some extensions needed to work with Trimble Connect. 

For troubleshooting sign in issues, please see here.
 
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Step 7: Complete your Profile

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Step 8: Click on New Project

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Step 9: Name your Project (only need to fill out name)

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Step 10: Click on Add to Upload your Files

Please note these instructions are for Trimble Connect Web, to use Trimble Connect Desktop or Trimble Connect Mobile click here

Steps 10 & 11 are for manual file uploads. To upload from within Tekla you would use the Trimble Connector, see instructions here. Using this method you can export models such as reference models or your actual Tekla project directly from Tekla using the Trimble Connector. 

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Step 11: Upload all of your Files

Using the Upload Files button you can add any file, such as PDFs, excel, etc... If you want to upload a Tekla a model from Tekla Structures you will want to export an IFC from Tekla which will then be used to upload into Trimble Connect. See here for instructions on how to export an IFC.

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Step 12: Click on Team and then Invite

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Step 13: Invite Users and Assign Roles

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For additional tools to use with Trimble Connect, see below:

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