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Tekla Structures 20.0 Austria environment Release Notes
March 11, 2014
by Istvan Knebel
1 General Settings
1.1 Environment initialization files
The following advanced optionssettings used to customize Tekla Structures for specific companies, standards, users, or user groupsIn Tekla Structures, advanced options are settings that are used, for example, in a specific project or geographical area, or by a specific company.In Tekla Structures, advanced options usually begin with the initials XS and are followed by the name of the function, for example XS_BACKGROUND_COLOR. were added to or modified or removed from the environment initialization filetext file that contains user
Tekla Structures 20.0 Finland environment Release Notes
March 11, 2014
by Area Finland Service
1. General Settings
1.1. Environment initialization files
1.2 Catalogs
1.3 Modeling
1.4 Templates & Reports
1.5 Interoperability
1.6 Tools
2. Concrete Settings
2.1 System Components
3. Release notes for Finnish environment 4.0 (SR4)
1. General Settings
1.1 Environment initialization files
The following advanced optionssettings used to customize Tekla Structures for specific companies, standards, users, or user groupsIn Tekla Structures, advanced options are settings that are used, for example, in a specific project or geographical area, or by a specific company.In Tekla Structures,
Tekla Structures 20.0 Australasia environment Release Notes
March 10, 2014
by Australasia Support
1. General Settings
1.1 Environment initialization files
The following advanced optionssettings used to customize Tekla Structures for specific companies, standards, users, or user groupsIn Tekla Structures, advanced options are settings that are used, for example, in a specific project or geographical area, or by a specific company.In Tekla Structures, advanced options usually begin with the initials XS and are followed by the name of the function, for example XS_BACKGROUND_COLOR. were added to or modified or removed from the environment initialization filetext file that contains user
Centralized distribution of Tekla Structures 20.0
March 7, 2014
by Tekla Global Support
Introduction
From version 19.0 onwards Tekla Structures consists of the following installations:
Tekla Structures software installation
Either the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version of the software installation, depending on your operating system. Note that the Common environmentTekla Structures environment that forms a basis for other environmentsThe common environment is included in the software installation and includes the global settings, macros, symbols, items, and fonts, for example. The common environment is not used as basis in the US Imperial and US Metric environments. is
Tekla Structures 20.0 Switzerland environment Release Notes
February 26, 2014
by Silke Tremanns
1. General Settings
1.1 Environment initialization files1.2 Catalogs1.3 Filters1.4 Macros1.5 Templates & Reports1.6 Tools
2. Steel Settings
2.1 Welds2.2 System Components
1. General Settings
1.1 Environment initialization files
The following advanced optionssettings used to customize Tekla Structures for specific companies, standards, users, or user groupsIn Tekla Structures, advanced options are settings that are used, for example, in a specific project or geographical area, or by a specific company.In Tekla Structures, advanced options usually begin with the initials XS and are
How do I clean Tekla Structures License Administration Tool of broken licenses?
February 10, 2014
by Tekla Global Support
If your Tekla Structures License Administration Tool shows broken licenses which cannot be repaired, or you get a message telling that the trusted storage cannot be loaded, Error 123 or Error 50030, your trusted storage is corrupted. Your licenses need to be replaced.
This is what you should do:
Deactivate all your licenses. Otherwise, all licenses activated on your computer will be lost when you delete the trusted storage!
Set the Windows Explorer to show hidden files.
Close Tekla Structures License Administration Tool.
Stop the license server by clicking the Stop Server button in LMTOOLS
Tekla Structures 20.0 Hardware Recommendation
January 3, 2014
by Tekla Global Support
Recommendations for Tekla Structures workstations
Tekla Structures hardware recommendations are based on the set-ups that have been used in testing Tekla Structures and proven to be compatible with Tekla Structures. In addition to the set-ups presented in this document, there are many other suitable set-ups available. You can use this document as a guidelinedefinition of the distribution and direction of the reinforcing bars in rebar sets The spacing of the reinforcing bars is measured along the rebar set guideline. The rebar set guideline can be a line, or a polyline that may have corner
Installation Guide
October 21, 2013
by Tekla Support US
Introduction to installing Tekla Structures
This document will give you step by step instructions on how to install Tekla Structures software and its environments.
Installation Requirements
The installation requires that the operating system of the target machine is one of these:32-bit and 64-bit Windows 832-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 SP132-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista SP2
Tekla Structures uses Microsoft .NET framework 4.0 and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable. These software components are installed automatically by Tekla Structures installation package
64 bit installations require a
Tekla Structures 19.1 Hardware Recommendation
September 12, 2013
by Tekla Global Support
Recommendations for Tekla Structures workstations
Tekla Structures hardware recommendations are based on the setups that have been used in testing Tekla Structures and proven to be compatible with Tekla Structures. In addition to setups presented in this document, there are plenty of other suitable setups available. You can use this document as a guidelinedefinition of the distribution and direction of the reinforcing bars in rebar sets The spacing of the reinforcing bars is measured along the rebar set guideline. The rebar set guideline can be a line, or a polyline that may have corner
Do not save production model with Tekla Structures Learning edition
August 23, 2013
by Tekla Global Support
Tekla has released a new student license, Tekla Structures Learning, which can be downloaded from the new Tekla Campus website. Tekla Structures Learning is meant to be used by students for educational purposes and therefore the production use is limited: for example, drawings created with Tekla Structures Learning have a special watermark.
If you are working on a commercial project, do not save your production model with Tekla Structures Learning. If you open a production model and save it using an educational license, you will receive a warning message which states:
If you click Yes, the
Contacting Trimble Solutions USA for Support
May 15, 2013
by Tekla Support US
This article is for customers who have a maintenance agreement with our Trimble Solutions USA office in Kennesaw, GA.
Regardless how you contact us, you will receive a case number (ex. CAS-12345-A6B7C8) via email. Receipts are generated automatically when we receive your email. Expect to receive an email receipt 10-15 minutes after you contact us via email. It may take longer for you to receive your voice message email receipt depending on the time of day your message was recorded. If you do not receive an email receipt with your case number then, unfortunately, we did not receive your
Centralized distribution of Tekla Structures 19.0 and 19.1
March 20, 2013
by Tekla Global Support
Introduction
From version 19.0 onwards Tekla Structures consists of the following installations:
Tekla Structures software installation
Either the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version of the software installation, depending on your operating system. Note that the Common environmentTekla Structures environment that forms a basis for other environmentsThe common environment is included in the software installation and includes the global settings, macros, symbols, items, and fonts, for example. The common environment is not used as basis in the US Imperial and US Metric environments. is
Tekla Structures 19 Hardware Recommendation
March 13, 2013
by Tekla Global Support
Recommendations for Tekla Structures workstations
Tekla Structures hardware recommendations are based on the setups that have been used in testing Tekla Structures and proven to be compatible with Tekla Structures. In addition to setups presented in this document, there are plenty of other suitable setups available. You can use this document as a guidelinedefinition of the distribution and direction of the reinforcing bars in rebar sets The spacing of the reinforcing bars is measured along the rebar set guideline. The rebar set guideline can be a line, or a polyline that may have corner
Centralized distribution of Tekla Structures 18.0 and 18.1
November 29, 2012
by Tekla Global Support
Introduction
From version 16.0 onwards Tekla Structures consists of the following installations:
Tekla Structures software installation
Either the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version of the software installation, depending on your operating system.
Common environmentTekla Structures environment that forms a basis for other environmentsThe common environment is included in the software installation and includes the global settings, macros, symbols, items, and fonts, for example. The common environment is not used as basis in the US Imperial and US Metric environments. installation
Common
Tekla Revit BIM workflow example
October 10, 2012
by David Lash
Tekla Structures to Autodesk Revit - You have TWO options:
Please note that LOD refers to Level of Development (LOD)
Check out Tekla Structures / Revit Guidiance Document that describes in detail the process here. (zipped pdf will be downloaded)
Option 1: Collaboration: (Very Common) "I want to see if everything fits"
Tekla Structures to Autodesk Revit for Collaboration using Autodesk approved IFC files to 'see if everything fits' but for some reason aren't using Navisworks or TeklaBIMsight (€0) for this purpose.
Please note that GENERAL COLLABORATION is best done on a neutral
Centralized distribution of Tekla Structures versions 16.0, 16.1 and 17.0
August 17, 2012
by Tekla Global Support
Question:We have several Tekla Structures users in our company, and we always install all the software in a centralized manner. Is this possible for Tekla Structures versions 16.0, 16.1 and 17.0?Answer:Yes, you can distribute Tekla Structures in a centralized way. Basically you need to have a proper third party tool for this kind of administrative installation. The distribution tool needs to be compatible with MSI installation packages.Read more about the centralized distribution method in Tekla Structures 16.0, 16.1 and 17.0 in the attached instruction "Cenralized distribution of Tekla
Tekla Structures 18 Hardware Recommendation
July 27, 2012
by Tekla Global Support
Recommendations for Tekla Structures workstations
Tekla Structures hardware recommendations are based on the setups that have been used in testing Tekla Structures and proven to be compatible with Tekla Structures. In addition to setups presented in this document, there are plenty of other suitable setups available. You can use this document as a guidelinedefinition of the distribution and direction of the reinforcing bars in rebar sets The spacing of the reinforcing bars is measured along the rebar set guideline. The rebar set guideline can be a line, or a polyline that may have corner
Tekla Structures 17 Hardware Recommendation
July 27, 2012
by Tekla Global Support
Recommendations for Tekla Structures workstations
Tekla Structures hardware recommendations are based on the setups that have been used in testing Tekla Structures and proven to be compatible with Tekla Structures. In addition to setups presented in this document, there are plenty of other suitable setups available. You can use this document as a guidelinedefinition of the distribution and direction of the reinforcing bars in rebar sets The spacing of the reinforcing bars is measured along the rebar set guideline. The rebar set guideline can be a line, or a polyline that may have corner