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Tekla User Feedback Program

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Tekla User Feedback Program

Do you have great ideas on how Structural BIM software could change the industry?

Do you want to test-drive software functionality and solutions inspired by industry-leading customer needs, and offer your view on how this may also work within your business?

Shortly about Tekla User Feedback Program (UFP)

  • UFP presents potential enhancements and features in the software for your evaluation and your direct feedback to our software developers. This is a chance to be among the first ones to test the latest developments in our software. You get to evaluate the prototypes and plans and give us your insights on them.
  • Testing is done using Tekla Structures Test Packages and supporting materials introducing the features.
  • To take part, you will need to agree to the terms and conditions of the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), which prohibits you from revealing any UFP content outside our official UFP feedback channels.

Who can participate in the UFP?

All users who want to participate need to:

  • Have the willingness to test and evaluate the features and provide feedback about them

  • Enroll using the web survey, and agree with the terms and conditions

  • Sign the NDA (included in the web survey)

  • Have a validated Trimble Identity account

  • Belong to a company that has a valid maintenance agreement for Tekla Structures for the current year

How to sign up for the UFP?

  • Leave your contact information this contact form OR send us an email to tekla.structures.ufp@trimble.com and express your willingness to participate in the upcoming UFP. We will get in touch with you when the enrollment for the next UFP is open.

    How is the testing organized?

    1. All users who have expressed their willingness to participate in the UFP and who have an active Tekla Structures maintenance license are invited to enrol for the UFP.
    2. Users enroll once per year, for the calendar year.
    3. All the enrolled participants are verified with their local Trimble or Reseller office. For example, the maintenance status of the company that the participant belongs to is verified.
    4. All the verified participants receive the following:
      a) Access to download Tekla Structures Test Package, and an online license to use the Test Package. If requested by the user, they also receive credentials to access a virtual testing environment with the Test Package installed and ready for testing.
      b) Documents and other materials with detailed instructions on how to test and evaluate each specific feature.
      c) Access to a restricted UFP discussion forum where the participants can discuss the features with each other and directly with the developers.

    How the communication and feedback between participants and Trimble is handled?

    The main communication channels are:

    • Email - tekla.structures.ufp@trimble.com can be used for all kinds of communication between participants and the UFP team. Primarily used to discuss some general issues about the UFP process.

    • UFP discussion forum - main platform for the participants to discuss the features, ask questions from other UFP participants, and have a direct discussion with the developers of the features.

    • Feedback forms - each of the features has a feedback form which the participants should fill in. The results and feedback from the feedback forms allow us to evaluate the feature.

    When will the UFP rounds take place this year 2024?

    The User Feedback Program is taking place more frequently in an effort to collect feedback earlier in the process so that it can be incorporated as much as possible in our planned releases.  

    There are now 4 feedback cycles* throughout the year:

    • Round 1 (Q1) - Testing period (04 Mar - 12 Apr)

    • Round 2 (Q2) - Testing period (13 May - 07 June)

    • Round 3 (Q3) - Testing period (19 Aug - 13 Sep)

    • Round 4 (Q4) - Testing period (18 Nov - 13 Dec)


    * The dates indicated here are subject to potential adjustments based on ongoing development plans. Should any modifications occur, rest assured that we will promptly notify participants via email and update the information on this website.

    Recognition

    1. We award all participants who have been actively providing feedback in the Tekla Discussion Forum an "Active UFP tester" badge.
    2. We send some of the most active participants a gift of appreciation for each half-year period.
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