TEKLA STRUCTURAL DESIGNER

  Tekla Structures is a building information modeling software able to model structures that incorporate different kinds of building materials, including steel, concrete, timber and glass. However it is widely used for the detailing of structural drawing.  In a detailing software like Tekla Structures, it is very useful we can import the plan or the gridline of the beam column plane directly, as it helps us to assign the elements of the structure which we are going to make in Tekla Structures. In this blog, we are going to discuss how we can use clip planes in Tekla Structures. Clip plane is a tool that cuts a model along a plane so that you can see inside the model without hiding or removing any part geometry. Learn how to create, move and delete clip planes.   Step 1: Go to edit -> Rendering -> Parts Rendered Step 2: Select Parts Rendered Step 3: Go to edit -> Clip planes Step 4: Select Clip planes Step 5: Position the clip planes wherever you want in your mod...

  Tekla Structures is a building information modeling software able to model structures that incorporate different kinds of building materials, including steel, concrete, timber and glass. However it is widely used for the detailing of structural drawing.  In a detailing software like Tekla Structures, it is very useful we can import the plan or the gridline of the beam column plane directly, as it helps us to assign the elements of the structure which we are going to make in Tekla Structures. In this blog, we are going to discuss how we can modify User Interface in Tekla Structures. So let's start the step by step procedure. To change the size of icons in toolbar and font size in Ribbon Step 1: Go to file  Step 2: Select Settings Step 3: There you will find and option of User Interface Step 4: To change the size of icons of the toolbar you have three options of small, medium and large. You can choose any according to your requirement Step 5: To change the font size of R...

  In structural design, wind load is a type of lateral load which plays a very important role, especially if the building height is more than 10 m and the building is in a cyclone-prone zone. When wind acts on a building or any type of structure, the resulting force acting on the building elevation is called "wind load". The magnitude of the wind load depends upon the angle at which the wind makes contact with the building and also the structure size (Viz. height, width) In this blog, we are going to discuss how to apply wind loads on irregular buildings. So let's start the step by step procedure  Step 1: Let us consider an irregular building model in Tekla structural design and go to base level, draw some construction lines by taking offsets from existing construction lines.  Step 2: Also go to the topmost level and in the properties menu tick the option of Show Grids in 3D. Step 3: Turn on the gridline visibility in the 3D View from the scene content menu Step 4: Go to ...

  Tekla Structural Designer (TSD) is a simple, integrated design & analysis software that enables engineers to deliver safe, effective and rationalized design more quickly, regardless of structural material. Reinforcement drawings for the entire building or tonnes of steel for estimating, all available in a touch of a button. Let us discuss the process to determine the foundation reaction and moments in Tekla Structural Designer (My, My, My, Fx, Fy,Fz) from the AutoCAD drawings generated using TSD. Determining Foundation reactions, will help you to choose the foundation type for any type of building design. To make calculations for reaction for checking soil condition, Tekla Structural Designer software is used.  Follow those steps to determine foundation reactions from Autocad Drawings generated in TSD Step 1- Open Tekla Structural Designer model(Analysed and Designed). Open the structure menu and then open base level (Foundation Level) and select the respective load Cas...

  Tekla Structural Designer (TSD) is a simple, integrated design & analysis software that enables engineers to deliver safe, effective and rationalized design more quickly, regardless of structural material. Reinforcement drawings for the entire building or tonnes of steel for estimating, all available in a touch of a button. We now know that TSD has the option of both linear and non-linear 2nd order methods of analysis, both types will give P-Δ and P-δ (P-Delta) effects as you can see in the diagram given below. Today we came with the most wanted topic on Tekla Structural Designer and the topic is Can we do P-Delta Analysis on TSD?  So the answer is Yes So before going to start the process let's know about the meaning of P-Delta in Structural Analysis. In regard to structural Engineering, P-Delta analysis involves geometric nonlinearity, and the effect relates to the sudden changes  in shear, moment etc. at the structure base. Equilibrium compatibility relations of a...