Introduction to Tekla Structures Basic training

February 14, 2005

Copyright 2005 Tekla Corporation

Contents

Introduction to Tekla Structures Basic Training ............................................................... 1

Overview..............................................................................................................................................1 1. Basic Modeling 1..............................................................................................................................1 2. System Components for Steel / System Components for Precast Concrete...................................2 3. Interactive Steel detailing / Interactive Precast Concrete Detailing ..................................................2 4. Custom Components for Steel / Custom Components for Precast Concrete...................................2 5. Basic Modeling 2..............................................................................................................................2 6. Profiles and Materials ......................................................................................................................3 7. Applied Steel Detailing / Applied Precast Concrete Detailing...........................................................3 Applied Steel Detailing...............................................................................................................3 Applied Concrete Detailing ........................................................................................................3 8. Numbering and Reports...................................................................................................................4 9. Template Editor................................................................................................................................4 10. Principles of Working with Drawings ..............................................................................................4 11. Assembly and Single-part Drawings / Cast Unit Drawings.............................................................5 Assembly and Single-part Drawings ..........................................................................................5 Cast Unit Drawings....................................................................................................................5 12. GA Drawings..................................................................................................................................5 13. Multi-drawing and Multinumbering .................................................................................................6 14. Project Manager.............................................................................................................................6 15. Collaboration..................................................................................................................................6 17. Analysis & Design ..........................................................................................................................6 How to use the training material...........................................................................................................7

Introduction to Tekla Structures Basic Training

Overview
This training course will demonstrate how to create a 3D model of a building, and produce drawings and reports from the model with Tekla Structures. The training is divided into lessons, each of which covers a certain particular task of in the design process and introduces the commands and functions required to complete that particular task. Five lessons alternative versions for steel and precast concrete detailing. The training workflow is designed to resemble a real design project, and the training model is taken from a real building project. The model is a paper industry building, a de-inking plant, which is comprised of two blocks model 1 and model 2. The substructures are made of reinforced concrete, and the superstructures are modeled with both steel and concrete structures. Steel bracing is used for stability along with a concrete staircase and concrete wall panels (not modeled in the training).

1. Basic Modeling 1
This lesson introduces the basic modeling functions of Tekla Structures. You will learn how to:
start a new structural 3D model create grids (i.e. module lines) create grid views create concrete and steel parts.

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2. System Components for Steel / System Components for Precast Concrete

For lesson 2, there are alternative lessons for steel and precast concrete. This lesson introduces the basics of creating connections in Tekla Structures. You will learn how to:
create connections work with connection parameters save the parameters for later use work with AutoDefaults, i.e. create rules to apply pre-defined connection properties automatically.

3. Interactive Steel detailing / Interactive Precast Concrete Detailing

For lesson 3, there are alternative lessons for steel and precast concrete. This lesson introduces how to interactively create connections between parts. You will learn how to:
explode system connections and modify connection objects (parts, welds, bolts, cuts) create connection objects interactively.

4. Custom Components for Steel / Custom Components for Precast Concrete

For lesson 4, there are alternative lessons for steel and precast concrete. This lesson introduces user-defined connections and details, which are called custom components. You will learn how to:
define custom components use custom components edit custom components to make them adaptive and parametric.

5. Basic Modeling 2
In this lesson we will recap the basic functions introduced in lesson 1, and you will learn some more about the basic functions. You will learn how to:
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set up project information. define numbering series for parts work in true planes (sloped, skewed) combine separate models.

6. Profiles and Materials

This lesson introduces profile, material and bolt libraries, called catalogs. You will learn how to:
create a new profile cross-section with the Sketching tool and define a rule group for it add a parametric profile to the profile catalog add user-defined information to existing catalogs add a new material type and a new grade to the material catalog work with profile, material and bolt catalogs using user-defined profiles.

7. Applied Steel Detailing / Applied Precast Concrete Detailing

For lesson 7, there are alternative lessons for steel and precast concrete.

Applied Steel Detailing

In this lesson we will use AutoConnection to automatically apply connections to selected steel parts. With AutoConnection, Tekla Structures automatically creates similar connections for similar framing conditions. This lesson also introduces several useful connections and connection macros for steel structures. You will learn how to:
create connections with AutoConnection work with AutoConnection rules use AutoConnection and AutoDefaults rules to create your own standards for projectspecific or company-specific needs use connections and macros specific for steel structures.

Applied Concrete Detailing

In this lesson we will add reinforcement and cast-in components to concrete structures. We will also connect concrete parts both manually and with the AutoConnection tool by using connections and macros specific for concrete structures.

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You will learn how to:

create reinforcement interactively create reinforcement using macros create connections manually and with AutoConnection work with AutoConnection rules use AutoConnection and AutoDefault rules to create your own standards for projectspecific or company-specific needs use connections and macros specific for concrete structures.

8. Numbering and Reports

This lesson introduces the principles of numbering the model in Tekla Structures. You will learn:
the possibilities options for numbering your model how changes during a project affect the model to use report templates.

9. Template Editor
This lesson introduces the new template editor tool in Tekla Structures. You will learn:
to create a new template from scratch to convert old templates to new format to convert an AutoCAD or MicroStation file into a template.

10. Principles of Working with Drawings

This lesson introduces the principles of working with drawings in Tekla Structures. You will learn:
the integration between the drawings and the model how to create a GA drawing the drawing types available in Tekla Structures the basics of the drawing list the various levels of editing drawings the basics of drawing objects and layout how to plot drawings
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the basics of controlling drawing revisions.

11. Assembly and Single-part Drawings / Cast Unit Drawings

For lesson 11, there are alternative lessons for steel and precast concrete: Assembly and single-part drawings for steel, and cast unit drawings for precast concrete.

Assembly and Single-part Drawings

This lesson introduces assembly and single-part drawings. You will learn how to:
create single-part and assembly drawings by using drawing wizards create single-part and assembly drawings manually update and modify existing drawings clone drawings use the drawing classifier functionality.

Cast Unit Drawings

This lesson introduces cast unit drawings. You will learn how to:
create cast unit drawings update and modify existing drawings use the drawing classifier functionality.

12. GA Drawings
In this lesson we will look more closely to at the features of general arrangement (GA) drawings. You will learn how to:
update and modify GA drawings add details, text and DWG files to GA drawings use the drawing classifier functionality.

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13. Multi-drawing and Multinumbering

This lesson introduces multi-drawings and explains the principles of multinumbering. You will learn how to
create multi-drawings collect multiple assembly or single-part drawings to one multi-drawing sheet apply multi-numbering to multi-drawings update and modify multi-drawings.

14. Project Manager

This lesson introduces functions specific for the Project Manager configuration of Tekla Structures. You will learn how to
create views and move around in the model use the 4D tool import data create lots and sequences.

15. Collaboration
This lesson introduces the ways to share model information in the design team and between project participants. You will learn how to:
use reference objects use Tekla Structures in multi-user mode.

17. Analysis & Design

This lesson introduces the basic functions of Analysis and Design. You will learn how to:
create and manage loads and load groups make load combinations create the analysis model run the analysis and view the results modify the model and re-run the analysis

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check the load bearing capacity of structures optimize structures.

How to use the training material

All the lessons in this training material deal with the same project (except the Analysis & Design lesson). Therefore you should go through the lessons in numerical order. Each lesson starts with a short introduction to its contents. All lessons are comprised mainly of step-by-step instructions, which are complemented by background and additional information. The label titles in the left side margin are an indication that you will be asked to do something. Pictures of the dialog boxes and of the model help you to visualize the instructions and show the desired result. The necessary background data is given either by the teacher (in training courses) or through links to the Tekla Structures online help. If you cannot attend a training course, the links provide you with the information you need to complete the course by yourself. These links give you the related information quickly and easily, and enable the usage of this training material also for self-learning. The online help will assist you in getting the most from this course. Note that with the assistance of online help you will learn to use Tekla Structures as efficiently as possible from the very beginning. See the figure below for an example of the step-by-step instructions and an online help link.

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The aim of this training material is to teach you best practices, the most efficient way to use Tekla Structures. However, the aim is also to introduce alternative methods to carry out tasks. This means that repeated tasks are occasionally carried out with using different procedures than those presented earlier in the lessons.

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