Steel Detailing and Fabrication

What’s New in Tekla Structures 2019

Overview of Tekla Structures 2019 New Features
Model productivity
§ Complex plate work
§ Bolt improvement
§ New stair component
§ Project layout
Increase your offering capabilities
Usability
§ Usability improvements
§ Various enhancements and fixes
Inspired by your input and feedback
Collaboration
§ Revit export
§ New visualizer
§ Trimble Connect workflow
Improved ways of working with other project members
Documentation workflow
§ New cloning functionality
§ Document Manager
§ Drawing Versions
Enhanced document editing, management and collaboration
Model Productivity
Complex Plate Work
New stand alone bends
§ Easily model rolled plate
sections of cones and pipes
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§ Great for industrial projects Recent Tekla Steel Developments

Drawings & CNC

§ Associativity now works in
unfolded drawings
§ Bend lines improved in NC
New Straight Stair Component
All new component for stairs
§ Property pane for options and confirmation
§ Direct modification of key dimension
§ Supports many calculation methods

Preliminary version coming soon

 Project Layout Improvements
Take on more complex jobs with
ease and confidence
§ Layout complex project grids with
the all new Radial grid
§ Easily add supplemental geometry
with the new Construction Arc and
Polycurve

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Project Layout Improvements
Grids
§ All new radial grid
– True curved grid planes

§ Grid property pane

– Control grid color and font
– Grid properties update with
basic model edits
Project Layout Improvements
Construction Geometry
§ Control colors and line type
§ New arc and polycurve
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§ New copy with offset Recent Tekla Steel Developments
§ Easy editing
– Direct modification
– Drag and drop
– Chamfer polycurve corners
Bolt Improvements
§ New ‘No hole’ option
– Skip hole creation in selected layer
– No hole in numbering, drawings, or
CNC

§ Model for a wider variety of

project activities and fasteners
– Field & site work
– Connecting to as-built
– Sheeting & trim
Bolt Improvements
§ Slightly skewed, twisted, or offset
connections
– Correct bolt lengths, correct dimensions in all
parts, and error free CNC

§ Connect to pre-punched or drilled parts Monday Minutes

– Pre-punched part shipping marks, drawings, Recent Tekla Steel Developments
and CNC are unaffected
– Correct bolt lengths

§ Screws, pop rivets, nails, and other self

tapping or self drilling fasteners
– Correct shipping marks
– Accurate fastener quantities
Collaboration
Visualizer Extension
A quick and easy rendered
and shaded model viewer
§ Save hi resolution images
§ Set view points and play
back as a fly through

Add a nice touch to your

sales presentations and
coordination meetings
Export to Revit geometry Extension
Easily participate in projects
where Revit is the required
deliverable for collaboration

§ Export direct to Revit format

– No need to buy a Revit license
if IFC is not accepted
– Geometry only for project
coordination purposes
Linking Documents to Trimble Connect
Improvements for Collaboration
§ Export by selected Drawings
§ Export drawings as DWG/DXF
– Can be overlaid as annotations on model Monday Minutes
in Trimble Connect
Recent Tekla Steel Developments
§ Construction management
configuration can upload and link GA
drawings without needing numbering
– share plans, site, and erection drawings

Improved support for drawing driven

issuing workflow and the overlay of
annotations on published models
Document Workflow
 Dimension Point Associativity Control
Specify exactly which object a
dimension points to
§ Improves drawing updating
§ Improves cloning
§ Key to Clone selected

Control dimension associativity

for error free updating and
improved cloning

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 Clone Selected
“Smart copy” drawing editing to
similar areas and objects in the same
general arrangement drawing
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§ Clone dimensions, marks, part
presentation, line work, etc.
§ Temporarily copy views from other
GA drawings to clone across drawings

Save time editing and preparing GA

drawings with repeated content

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 Drawing Content Manager
Quickly and reliably create and check
drawing marks and visible object
content for accurate project
documentation.
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§ Improvements Recent Tekla Steel Developments
– Control the visible
object categories
– Customize columns
and visible properties
– Connections category
– Zoom to selected objects

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 Productive Drawing Editing
Drag & drop on drawings
§ Move annotations with one click
– Drag and drop marks, associative
notes, text, etc. with 1 click
§ Move and modify dimensions
with ease
– Drag to change dimension points
– Update the zero point
– Drag to existing location to delete

More productive drawing editing

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 Easy Drawing Layouts
Drawing layout editing is now easier
than ever
§ Templates avoid overlapping when
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– Use the move command to force Recent Tekla Steel Developments
overlap
§ Anchoring adjusts intelligently to
logical alignment as you drag

Easily create new project drawing

templates, and quickly create one-off
layouts for special needs and purposes.

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 Printing
Printing improvements:
§ Adjust frames and fold marks
§ Include revision mark to file
name
§ See print line colors and
weights in the drawing editor

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 Document Management
Control workflows and organize document
packages with new manual categories.
§ Collect issued packages of documents
– NC, Tekla Drawings, PDFs, DWGs, reports
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§ Assign documents to people or processes Recent Tekla Steel Developments
– Clarify areas responsibility in shared models
§ Automatically collect changed documents
– Show changes from checkpoint can create a
new category of all changed documents
§ View combinations of categories
– Select two categories to see common
documents (AND) or documents in both (OR)

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Drawing Version History
View and manage previous drawing versions
§ View and open previous versions
– View snapshots, overlay to see changes
– View deleted drawing snapshots too
§ Compare to other models
– Check backup version content
– View snapshots from the other model
§ Restore previous versions
– Open and save to restore ‘lost’ versions
when there are user conflicts or errors
– *Cannot restore deleted drawings

Improved revision management with drawing

version history
Usability Enhancements
Improvements based on user feedback
§ Ribbons
– Higher contrast for better visibility, reduces eye strain
– Vector icons scale for sharp images at any resolution
Improvements based on user feedback
§ Start screen
– Improved layout
– Hide unused
templates
– Clearly see the
version
Improvements based on user feedback
Project properties
§ Directly edit just like the
property pane
§ Clear indications of changes

Simple and consistent usability

Improvements based on user feedback
Easily find commands and
tools to improve your
learning and productivity

§ Quick launch
– Recent items list
– Improved search and
navigation
Improvements based on user feedback
§ Side pane
– Keep the UI simple and focused on
what you are doing for improved
productivity

§ New single pane option

– Display only a single side pane at once
– Keep the side pane you are working
with large and visible
– Minimize clutter for improved
productivity
Improvements based on user feedback
Model labels
§ Improved checking in
the model

Showing “Profile”
§ for all
§ for main
§ for selected main
§ for all selected

Check as you model to

deliver faster
Eric Beyer, Product Manager

Thank You