Tekla Tutorial PDF

First Steps with Tekla Structures
Interactive Tutorial
Table of Contents
1. First steps with Tekla Structures 1/3 .................................................................................... 3
2. First steps with Tekla Structures 2/3 .................................................................................... 8
3. First steps with Tekla Structures 3/3 .................................................................................. 12
© Tekla Corporation April 2008 Interactive tutorial

1 First steps with Tekla Structures 1/3 3 (16)
1. First steps with Tekla Structures 1/3

Let's create the model shown in the background! During this demonstration you will learn
the basic skills that you need to create a new model, modify the parts, create a view, and
change the part visibility settings.
Some of the commands used in Tekla Structures cannot be executed through the browser
(e.g. right-click or zoom). In these cases click OK to continue. You will find more information
on a current topic by placing your mouse over this image when it appears.
1. Click Create a new model to start.

2. Select the Model template drop down menu.
3. Select 1stStepsWithTeklaStructures - Template. This template contains predefined
settings that are used in this demonstration (e.g. grid properties).
4. Click OK.
5. Click OK.
6. Click the Arrow to open the 3d view.
7. Click OK.
8. Let's start with the footings, columns, beams, and a panel.
9. Click the Create pad footing icon.

10. Pick the grid line intersections A/3 and D/3.
11. Click the Create strip footing icon.


13. In Tekla Structures, you finish picking by clicking the middle mouse button. The
middle mouse button is also the mouse scroll. (This command cannot be executed
through the browser, click OK to continue.)
14. Click the Create concrete column icon.
16. Click the Create concrete panel icon.
18. Finish picking by clicking the middle mouse button.
19. Press the Esc key to end the command.
20. Dragging the mouse from left to right selects parts that are completely inside the
selection box. Click OK to see a demonstration.
21. In Tekla Structures, right-clicking the background opens the pop-up menu.
22. Select Copy.
23. Pick the copy distance: from D/3 to D/2.
25. Click the background to unselect the parts.
26. Double-click the part to open the properties dialog box and change the part to a
circular steel column. You can also type the profile and material values directly into the
text field.
27. Click the "..." button to modify the profile.
28. To select a new profile, open the Circular hollow sections tree.
29. Open the 300-400 subtree.
30. Select CHC323.9X7.1.
31. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Profile Catalogue.
32. Click the OK button.
33. Click the Select... button to modify the material.
34. To select a new material, open the Steel tree.
35. Select S275J0.
36. Click OK to save your changes and to exit the Material Catalogue.
37. Click the text box. To display parts in different color, change the Class: Type in 2 and
press Enter.
38. Press the Ctrl key while selecting the column for multiple selection.
39. Click Modify. If you click OK to exit, these values will remain in the Concrete Column
Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to exit the Concrete Column Properties dialog box
without saving.

41. By holding down the Ctrl key and the middle mouse button you can rotate the view
while panning. Click OK to see a demonstration.
42. You can use the mouse scroll to zoom in and out. Click OK to see a demonstration.
43. Click the Create concrete beam icon.
44. Select the Snap to geometry points / lines icon.
45. Pick the inner middle point of the column top at A/3 and D/3. TIP: In Tekla Structures
you can use the Tab key to scroll through available snap positions.
46. You can also create a quick model by snapping parts to the grid intersections and
center points (instead of snapping them directly to the correct length), and later on use
connections to fit parts together.
47. Click the Create beam icon.
48. Pick the column top at A/2 and D/2.
50. Let's create the curved beams, slabs, and new floors.
51. Click the Create basic 3D view icon to create a new view at another level, where we
can continue modeling.
52. Click the text box.
53. Insert 4000 (US Imperial: 13') as the level coordinate and click Create. You can
create a 3D view of any level and then switch it to a 2D plane view.
54. Click Cancel to exit the dialog box.
55. In Tekla Structures, pressing Ctrl + P changes the 3D view to plane 2D view. Click OK
to see a demonstration.
56. Select Window.
57. Select Tile Vertically.
58. Click the Create curved beam icon.
59. Pick the grid line intersections A/2, C/1, and D/2.

60. Click the Create concrete slab icon.

61. Pick the grid line intersections A/2-4, D/4, D/2, and C2. Slab handles are created at
every point you pick. Handles can be used to modify the shape of the slab. If you do
not know in advance how you will modify the slab, add handles later on by using the
command Detailing > Modify Polygon Shape.
64. Double-click the View 1 - 3d title bar to expand the view.
65. Let's rotate the view for easier area selection.
66. Dragging the mouse from right to left selects parts that are completely or partially
inside the selection box. Click OK to see a demonstration.
67. After right-clicking the background the pop-up menu opens.
68. Select Copy Special.
69. Select Linear... Use Copy Linear when creating new floors. It allows you to insert the
amount of floors and the distance between them. You can also type the distance in
the dZ field.
70. Insert the copy distance by picking the bottom and top of the column.
72. Enter 2 and click Copy.
73. Click OK.
76. To change part visibility settings, hold down the Ctrl button and press number keys
from 1 to 5.
77. Press Ctrl + 1. If you have components in your model, you can change their visibility
by pressing Shift + 1, 2...5.
78. Press Ctrl + 2.
79. Press Ctrl + 3.
80. Press Ctrl + 4.
81. Press Ctrl + 5.
82. Press Ctrl + 4 once more.
83. Click the Save icon to save your changes.

Please see the next part: First steps with Tekla Structures 2/3 where you will learn more
about modifying the model, creating views and adding them to drawings.


Let's modify the model as shown in the background. During this demonstration you will
learn the basic skills that you need to create a drawing with model views, move parts in the
model and modify slab chamfers.
Before we create the drawing, let's create the additional views that will be added to the
drawing.
1. Click the Create view by two points icon.

2. Pick two points on the grid line B to set the origin of the view plane.
3. The view appears in the drawing as it is shown in the model. In Tekla Structures,
pressing Ctrl + P changes the 3D view to plane 2D view. Some of the commands used
in Tekla Structures cannot be executed through the browser (e.g. Ctrl + P or right-
click). In these cases click OK to continue.
4. Select Window to open the 3D view where we can create one more view.
5. Select View 1 - 3d.
6. While the command is still active, create one more view by picking two points on the
grid line 2.
7. In Tekla Structures, pressing Ctrl + P changes the 3D view to plane 2D view. Click OK
to see a demonstration.
8. Select Window.
9. Select the Tile Vertically menu item.
10. Select Drawings & Reports.
11. Select Create General Arrangement Drawing...
12. Hold down the Shift key and select the first view to select all the views. You can also
create GA drawings from named model views without opening them, or create an
empty drawing and add model views later on.
13. Select Open drawing.
14. Click Create.

15. Let's zoom in. There are several different editing options that you can use to
customize your drawings. As an example, let's create a dimension and move few
marks.
16. Click Add vertical dimension icon.
17. Pick the points to be dimensioned: the slab on the grid level +4000 and the bottom
flange on the beam level +8000.
18. To finish picking, click the middle mouse button.
20. In Tekla Structures, you can drag and drop drawing objects to modify their location.
Click OK to see a demonstration.
21. Click the background to unselect drawing objects.
22. Let's zoom out.
23. Click Close.
24. Click Yes to save changes.
25. Close the additional views before continuing.
26. Click Close.
27. Click Close.
28. Select Window.
29. Select Tile Vertically.
30. Let's start by moving the slab handles and then modifying the chamfers to make them
curved. To add handles, go to Detailing > Modify polygon shape. Change the shape
of the slab using handles.
31. Let's zoom in.
32. Select the part to see the handles.
33. Let's move the handle to C/1. Select the handle.
34. In Tekla Structures, right-clicking the background opens the pop-up menu.
35. Select Move.
36. Pick the grid line intersections C/2 and C/1.
37. Press the Home key to return to original zoom (or Enter to continue).
38. Press Ctrl + 2.
39. Before we continue, let's change the depth of View 2 so that the footing is included in
our future selections. Double-click the background.
40. Select the View depth, Down text box.
41. Type in 4000 (US Imperial: 13') and click Modify.
42. Now the footing is included in the view. Click OK.
43. Let's move all the handles from A/3 to B/3. First select the parts with area selection.
Click OK to see a demonstration.

44. The handles on A/3 can be selected with Alt + Area selection. Click OK to see a
demonstration. In Tekla Structures, when you press the Alt key while using the normal
area selection you can select more then one handle at the same time.
45. Now we can move the handles from A/3 to B/3. In Tekla Structures, right-clicking the
background opens the pop-up menu.
46. Select Move.
47. Pick the grid line intersection A/3 and B/3.
48. Let's zoom in and modify the chamfers.
49. Select the slab.
50. Double-click the handle to open the Chamfer properties dialog box.
51. Click the Type drop down menu.
52. Change the chamfer type.
53. Click Modify.
54. Click OK.
55. Press the Home key to return to original zoom (or Enter to continue).
56. Let's zoom in to modify all the chamfers on B/3.

57. Select the slab.
58. Double-click the handle to open the Chamfer properties dialog box.
59. Select the parts with area selection. Click OK to see a demonstration.
60. Now select the slab handles with Alt + Area selection. Click OK to see a
demonstration.
61. Click the Type drop down menu.
62. Change the chamfer type.
63. Click Modify.
64. Click OK.
65. Click the Open drawing list icon.

66. Select the drawing that was created earlier to see how the changes have affected it.
67. Click Open.
68. Click Close.
69. The changes have been updated.
70. Click Close.

Please see the next part: First steps with Tekla Structures 3/3 where you will learn more
about modifying the model, creating part cuts, and editing the grid settings.


Let's modify the model as shown in the background. During this demonstration you will
learn the basic skills that you need to delete, copy, rotate, cut parts, and modify the grid
settings.
In Tekla Structures, pressing Ctrl + P changes the view from 3D to 2D plan view. Some
commands used in Tekla Structures cannot be executed through the browser (e.g. Ctrl+ P,
right-click). In these cases click OK to continue.
1. Press Ctrl + 2.
2. Select the parts to be deleted with area selection. Click OK to see a demonstration.
3. Press the Delete key.
4. Select all the parts with area selection. Click OK to see a demonstration.
5. After right-clicking the pop-up menu opens.
7. Select Rotate...
8. Pick the grid line intersection D/4 to define origin.
9. Select the Number of copies text box.
10. Type in 3 and press Enter.
11. Set the rotation angle to -90 and click Copy.
12. Click Expand.
13. Click OK.
15. Let's add grid lines to the grid. Double-click the grid to open the properties dialog box.
16. In the Grid dialog box we can add more grid lines and name them.
17. Insert 2*6000 2*3000 (US Imperial: 2*20' 2*10') and press Enter.
18. Insert 4*6000 3000 (US Imperial: 4*20' 10') and press Enter.

19. Select the Labels X text box.

20. Insert F G and press Enter.
21. Insert 7 and click Modify.
22. Click Yes.
23. Click Close to exit the Grid dialog box.
24. Click the background to unselect the grid.
26. Select Fit Work Area to Entire Model.
27. Click the Create polygon cut icon to insert a cut through the slabs.
28. Let's zoom in.
29. Click the Snap to intersection points icon to snap the cut to the correct location.
30. Pick the parts to be cut with area selection. Click OK to see demonstration.
31. To pick the area to be cut, click the inner intersection of the walls.
32. We need to snap the cursor 2500 mm (US Imperial: 100") to the left.
33. Position the cursor (without picking) to the left of the first pick. Click OK to see a
demonstration. We will first show the direction where the next snap is. Then we will
insert the distance.
34. Start typing 2500 (100").
35. Continue typing 2500 (100") and click OK.
36. The cursor has now snapped 2500 mm (100") left from the first pick.
37. Next, pick the point perpendicular to the beam on the grid line 3.
38. Pick the point perpendicular to the wall near the grid line D.
41. Let's zoom out and rotate.
42. Press Ctrl + 4.
43. Press the Home key (or Enter to continue).
44. Let's rotate for easier area selection.

45. Select the top floors with area selection. Click OK to see a demonstration.
48. Select Linear...
50. Insert 17 and click Copy. Tekla Structures remembers our previous entry. If needed,
you can empty the fields by clicking Clear.
51. Click Expand.
52. Click OK.
54. Click the background to unselect the objects.
55. Let's rotate the view.
57. Select Redraw View while holding down the Ctrl + Shift keys to hide the work area
box.
58. Click the Create Clip Plane icon.
59. Select the top floor.
60. Select the wall.

62. Move the clip plane by dragging the scissors icon.

63. Move the clip plane by dragging the scissors icon.
64. Select the symbol.
65. Press Delete.
66. Select the symbol.
67. Press Delete.
68. Let's end our First Steps with inserting an architect's model of the building.
69. Select File.
70. Select Insert Reference Model...
71. Let's add two reference model versions and compare them.
72. Click Browse...
73. Select 1stSteps_ReferenceModel_revA.ifc.
74. Click OK.
75. Insert the older version: Click Browse...
76. Select 1stSteps_ReferenceModel.ifc.
77. Click OK.
78. Click Apply.
79. Select the grid line intersection A/1.
80. Click OK.
82. Let's zoom out.
83. Press Shift + 4.
84. Let's compare the reference model versions. Double-click the reference model.
85. Select the drop down menu.
86. Select Old file.
87. Click Display...


89. Select Changed.
92. Select Inserted.
95. Select New file.
97. Click OK.
98. You can also use Clip planes to investigate the reference model.
This is the end of First steps with Tekla Structures. For more in-depth information please
continue with the more specific demonstrations.

Tekla Structures 12
Release Notes
Product version 12
June 2006
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Contents
1 Tekla Structures 12.0 Steel Detailing .................................................... 5

1.1 General .................................................................................................. 6
Improvements in installing Tekla Structures...................................... 6
Working with single-user and multi-user models................................ 7
Improvements in creating, opening, and saving models ..................... 7
Improvements in working with objects.inp file.................................. 10
Gradient background color in model views ..................................... 10
Icons in menus ............................................................................ 12
Templates and reports.................................................................. 12
Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 14
1.2 Modeling............................................................................................... 18
Nested assemblies....................................................................... 18
Grid line labels always visible........................................................ 23
Create, select, and modify single grid lines..................................... 24
Add surface treatment to the entire surface of a part ....................... 27
Selecting a profile ........................................................................ 28
Warping steel parts ...................................................................... 29
Points not created automatically at ends of parts ............................ 30
Object representation ................................................................... 33
Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 34
1.3 Drawings .............................................................................................. 35
Saving and freezing associative drawings ...................................... 35
Nested assemblies in drawings ..................................................... 36
Anchor bolt plan........................................................................... 38
Display large dimension values more clearly................................... 39
Improvements in level marks......................................................... 41
Release Notes 1
Define elevation level.................................................................... 42
Create plate side marks on dimension leader lines .......................... 42
Improvements in section symbols .................................................. 43
Group identical objects on the same dimension line......................... 46
Highlight changes in associative dimensions................................... 49
Miscellaneous .............................................................................. 49
1.4 Import and export................................................................................... 53
Miscellaneous .............................................................................. 53
1.5 Custom components .............................................................................. 54
Define and create connections for custom parts .............................. 54
Miscellaneous .............................................................................. 55
1.6 Components.......................................................................................... 56
Miscellaneous .............................................................................. 56
Connections................................................................................. 57
Details......................................................................................... 59
Cold rolled ................................................................................... 62
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2 Tekla Structures 12.0 Precast Concrete Detailing ............................. 63
2.1 General ................................................................................................ 64
Improvements in installing Tekla Structures................................... 64
Working with single-user and multi-user models.............................. 65
Improvements in creating, opening, and saving models ................... 66
Improvements in working with objects.inp file.................................. 68
Gradient background color in model views ..................................... 69
Icons in menus ............................................................................ 71
Templates and reports.................................................................. 71
Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 73
2.2 Modeling............................................................................................... 77
Nested assemblies...................................................................... 77
Grid line labels always visible........................................................ 83
Create, select, and modify single grid lines..................................... 84
Add surface treatment to the entire surface of a part ....................... 88
Selecting a profile ........................................................................ 89
Points not created automatically at ends of parts ............................ 90
Object representation ................................................................... 93
Miscellaneous.............................................................................. 94
2.3 Drawings .............................................................................................. 96
Saving and freezing associative drawings ...................................... 96
Nested assemblies in drawings ..................................................... 97
Anchor bolt plan........................................................................... 98
Display large dimension values more clearly................................... 99
Improvements in level marks....................................................... 101
Define elevation level ................................................................. 102
Create plate side marks on dimension leader lines........................ 102
Improvements in section symbols ................................................ 103
Group identical objects on the same dimension line ...................... 106
Highlight changes in associative dimensions ................................ 108
Miscellaneous............................................................................ 109
2.4 Import and export ................................................................................ 113
Miscellaneous............................................................................ 113
2.5 Custom components ............................................................................ 114
Release Notes 3
Define and create connections for custom parts ............................ 114
Miscellaneous ............................................................................ 114
2.6 Components........................................................................................ 116
New components........................................................................ 116
Miscellaneous ............................................................................ 117
Details....................................................................................... 118
2.7 Reinforcement ..................................................................................... 120
Miscellaneous ............................................................................ 120
3 Tekla Structures 12.0 Analysis and Design ...................................... 121

Analysis model interfaces............................................................ 121
Miscellaneous ............................................................................ 122
4 Tekla Structures 12.0 Project Management ...................................... 125

Miscellaneous ............................................................................ 125
4 Release Notes
1 Tekla Structures 12.0
Steel Detailing
Tekla Structures version 12.0 is a main release and contains many new features
and fixes.
Compatibility Tekla Structures 12.0 is compatible with all previous versions. You can open and
work with existing models using Tekla Structures 12.0. Note the following
issues:
• Updating drawings created with an older version of Tekla Structures
in Tekla Structures 12.0 may cause problems. We recommend that
you complete any drawings you have started using your current ver-
sion or recreate the drawings using Tekla Structures 12.0.
• To avoid conversion problems, always open a model created with an
older version of Tekla Structures as a single-user model first.
• We recommend that you always check that custom components cre-
ated in older versions work correctly in the new version of Tekla
Structures.
When you open custom components made with an older version of Tekla
Structures in the Custom component editor, Tekla Structures asks whether
you want to update the component if the new version contains such improve-
ments which require the update. If you do not update the component, it
works in the same manner as in the version where it was originally made,
but you do not gain the benefits of the new improvements.
If you choose to update the component, you need to check and sometimes
even recreate dimensions depending on the improvements. When you delete
a dimension and create a new one (even with the same name), also the equa-
tions containing the dimension need to be edited because the dependency
created by the equation is lost when a dimension is deleted. You can recreate
the dimensions and edit the equations easily in the Custom component edi-
tor.
Release Notes 5
Tekla Structures 12.0 Steel Detailing
We suggest that you complete any models you have started using your current
version.
Once you save a model in Tekla Structures 12.0, you can no

longer open it in older versions of Tekla Structures.
Installing Tekla Structures setup creates a new subfolder for Tekla Structures 12.0.
You need Windows Administrator rights to install Tekla Structures 12.0. This
ensures that all Windows system folder *.dll files are updated.
Topics This chapter is divided into following sections:
• General (p. 6)
• Modeling (p. 18)
• Drawings (p. 35)
• Import and export (p. 53)
• Custom components (p. 54)
• Components (p. 56)
1.1 General
Improvements in installing Tekla Structures

• Your password file is installed automatically.
• When you install Tekla Structures from CD, the online help is auto-
matically installed.
• You can now install additional environments without having to rein-
stall Tekla Structures. Download the environment installation files
from the Extranet at https://extranet.tekla.com.
• Tekla Structures 12.0 installation includes new SafeNet Sentinel
driver 7.22, which allows both USB and LPT hardware locks to
work.
Sometimes you may need to install the harware lock driver manually. In
Tekla Structures 12.0, the manual installation is no longer located in the
...\nt\dongle folder. You can now start the up-to-date hardware lock driver
installation manually from the C:\TeklaStructures\License\Sentinel_setup
folder. Double-click the file C:\TeklaStruc-
tures\License\Sentinel_setup\setup.exe to start the manual installation.
6 Release Notes
Working with single-user and multi-user models
You no longer have to choose single or multi-user mode when starting Tekla
Structures.
When you create a model, use the the Model Type option in New dialog box to cre-
ate the model as a multi-user model or as a single-user model.
It is now possible to open a any model in either single or multi-user mode. Select
the mode by selecting an option on the right-click popup menu in the Open dialog
box:
You no longer need to use the variable XS_SERVER identify the

server that contains the multi-user database.
See also Improvements in creating, opening, and saving models (p. 7)
Improvements in creating, opening, and saving models

It is now easier to create and open a model, and to save a model with a different
name.
Release Notes 7
Creating a new Enter the location for the model in the Save in field, or accept the default loca-
model tion, which is the location entered when Tekla Structures was installed. (The
default location in the installation is C:\TeklaStructuresModels).
Click the Browse button to open the Browse For Folder dialog box, where you can
browse for a folder or create a new folder.
Use the Model Type field to define whether the model is a single-user or a multi-
user model. For a multi-user model, enter the name of the server in the Server
name field.
Opening a model To open a model, click File > Open. To browse for a model, click the Browse but-
ton to open the Browse For Folder dialog box. The information in the Designer
and Description columns comes from the Project properties dialog box.
To open a single-user model as a multi-user model:

1. Select the model in the Open dialog box and right-click.
2. Select the Open as multi-user model option.
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3. Enter the name of the server in the Server name field. Click OK.
To open a multi-user model as a single-user model:

2. Select the Open as single-user model option.

When you open or create a model, the Open and New dialog boxes now include a
list of the most recently used models.
Saving a model To save a model with a different name, click File > Save as and enter a name in
with a different the Model name field. Click OK.
name
Release Notes 9
Improvements in working with objects.inp file
The Tekla Structures installation automatically merges any user-defined
attributes you have previously defined into the objects.inp file. It searches for the
objects.inp file in the following folders, in this order:
Folder Defined by variable

Model
Project XS_PROJECT
Firm XS_FIRM
System XS_SYSTEM
inp XS_INP
The user-defined attributes it finds are added to the user interface. If the same
attribute name exists in more than one objects.inp files, Tekla Structures uses the
attribute from the first read file, according to the search order defined above.
For more information on how to use the objects.inp file, see Adding properties.
Gradient background color in model views

Use the new option to create a gradient color background in a model view to
ensure parts drawn in a single color are visible in the view.
10 Release Notes
To set the colors for a gradient background, set the following variables in Tools >
Advanced options > Model view:
• XS_BACKGROUND_COLOR1: left-top corner.

• XS_BACKGROUND_COLOR2: right-top corner.
• XS_BACKGROUND_COLOR3: left-bottom corner.
• XS_BACKGROUND_COLOR4: right-bottom corner.
Enter the colors as RGB (Red Green Blue) values. The scale is from 0 to 1. For
example, 1.0 1.0 1.0 is white and 0.0 0.0 0.0 is black. To use the traditional sin-
gle-color background, use the same value for all four variables. Close and reopen
the view to activate the changes.
To restore default values, clear the values in all four variables.
Release Notes 11
Icons in menus
Menus now include the command icons, which makes it easier to locate icons on
toolbars:
Templates and reports

Listing the main part first
The variables XS_PRIMARY_PART_FIRST and
XS_PRIMARY_PART_FIRST_PART have been removed from the Advanced
options dialog box. The variables are no longer needed in Template Editor 3.20
or 3.30 as you can define the template so that main part is listed first in part lists.
To do this:
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1. In Template Editor 3.20 or 3.30, add the value field MAIN_PART to PART
row.
2. Drag the MAIN_PART field to the top of the search order in the Content
browser.
3. Select descending sort order by:
• Double-clicking the SIMILAR_TO_MAIN_PART field to open the
Value Field Properties dialog box, and
• selecting Descending in the in the Order field.
4. If desired, select the Hide in output field.
If the assembly contains more parts which are similar to the assembly main part,
use the template attribute SIMILAR_TO_MAIN_PART:
1. In the Template Editor, add value field SIMILAR_TO_MAIN_PART to PART
row.
2. Drag the SIMILAR_TO_MAIN_PART field to the top of the sort order in the
Content browser.
5. The attribute returns 1 if the position number of the given part is the same as
the position number of the main part in the assembly.
Miscellaneous fixes
• You can now use the attribute MODEL_PATH in all content types to
find the path to the current model, for example C:\TeklaStructures-
Models\New Model 1\.
• You can now also use the attributes TITLE1, TITLE2 and TITLE3 in
template rows.
Release Notes 13
Miscellaneous
New Features Tutorial
Tekla Structures 12.0 includes a New Features Tutorial, which presents features
released in Tekla Structures 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 and 12.0. Each feature contains a
description with pictures. Some features also include interactive video lessons
that show you how to use the new feature.
To access the New Features Tutorial, click Help > Learning Center > New Features
Tutorial.
Performance improvements
The following now work faster and use less memory:
• Array of objects (29) component
• Associative drawings containing objects created with Array of objects
(29).
Rollover highlight
The rollover highlight makes it easier to select objects, by highlighting each part
in yellow as the pointer moves over it. To switch this feature on, click Setup >
Rollover highlight.
To switch off the rollover highlight, click Setup and deselect Rollover high-
light..You can also use the keyboard shortcut H to turn the rollover highlight on or
off.
Log file
• The message panel now displays also the time.
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• When you use the Tools > Show log file command to display the log
file, Tekla Structures now scrolls to the end of the file automatically.
Managing views
Selecting views Selecting visible and named views is now easier in Tekla Structures 12.0. The
arrow buttons you use to open and close views in the Views dialog box are now
only active when you have selected a view.
Release Notes 15
Creating views When you create a view using Views > Create view > Grid views, the grid is now
selected automatically if there is only one grid in the view. If there are several
grids, Tekla Structures prompts you to select a view:
16 Release Notes
Bringing a view Now when you select a view in the Visible views list in the Views dialog box, the
on top selected view moves to the top. If you have selected multiple views, all selected
views will be moved up, with the first one on the list on top. Also, when you
select a view in the model, it is automatically selected in the Visible views list.
Navigating in the model

Navigating in the model is smoother when you are for example rotating a large
model, because Tekla Structures now draws the model first in wire frame as you
are moving the model.
Re-displaying warning messages

Tekla Structures displays warning messages when necessary, for example when
you are about to copy or move objects outside the work area. To prevent Tekla
Structures from displaying the warning messages again, select the Do not show
this message again checkbox.
To re-display the warning messages, press Shift when the warning message
should appear, for example when you are copying or moving objects outside the
work area, and Tekla Structures displays the warning message again.
Release Notes 17
1.2 Modeling
Nested assemblies
Description You can now add sub-assemblies and parts to already existing assemblies. A
sub-assembly is an assembly that is added to another assembly to form a hierar-
chical assembly. We use the term nested assemblies to describe this type of
assembly.
Using nested assemblies is useful when you are modeling split trusses, brackets,
railings or pipe racks, for example.
A sub-assembly is treated in the same way as an assembly in Tekla Structures:
• It gets its own assembly mark
• It appears in lists of materials in templates and reports.
You can create a separate assembly drawing of a sub-assembly. For more infor-
mation, see Nested assemblies in drawings (p. 36).
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Example of a nested assembly:
Selecting Activate the Select assemblies switch on the Select toolbar so that you
assemblies can select any level of a nested assembly, from the highest, through the sub-
assemblies, down to single parts and bolts. The level of the assembly you have
selected is displayed on the status bar.
With this switch active, each assembly is highlighted as you move the pointer
over it. To move to a specific level in the assembly, with it highlighted, press
Shift and scroll the mouse wheel.
Release Notes 19
To be able to select objects in assemblies, activate the Select objects in assem-
blies switch on the Select toolbar.

For more information on how to select assemblies, see How to select objects in
the Modeling manual.
20 Release Notes
Assembly To view the properties of an assembly, select it, right click and select Properties...
properties from the pop-up menu.
You can also define user-defined attribute values for assemblies in the same dia-
log box.
Modifying The right-click pop-up menu also includes several new options, which you can
assemblies use to modify assemblies:
Release Notes 21
These options are also on the main menu, under Detailing > Assembly.
You can modify assemblies by:
• Adding objects to assemblies
• Removing objects from assemblies
• Exploding assemblies
• Changing the assembly part
You can combine assemblies in the following ways:
• Add and connect parts as secondary parts to an existing assembly
• Add and connect assemblies as sub-assemblies to an existing assembly
• Join existing assemblies together without adding any loose parts
For more information on the different commands to use when working with
assemblies and cast-units, see Cast units and assemblies.
Numbering of Sub-assemblies are numbered in same way as assemblies.
nested
assemblies Define the prefix, start number and name for the assembly in the assembly prop-
erties dialog box.
22 Release Notes
Filter
In Tekla Structures 12.0 it is not yet possible to view or select
filter by assembly user-defined attributes or by nested assem-
blies.
User-defined For information about defining user-defined attributes for assemblies, see User-
attributes defined attributes.
Grid line labels always visible

Grid labels are now always visible when the grid lines are visible. This allows
you to zoom in and still know where you are in the model.
To modify the font used in grid labels, use the variables XS_DEFAULT_FONT and
XS_DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE in Tools > Advanced options > Model view.
You can now use special characters, such as umlauts, accents, and circumflexes,
as well as combined characters, such as e acute, in grid labels.
Release Notes 23
Create, select, and modify single grid lines
In addition to creating entire grids, you can now create single grid lines, and
select, modify, copy, and move individual gridlines. Gridlines now also have
handles.
Creating single To create a single grid line:
grid lines
1. Go to Points > Grid line or click the Create grid line icon.
2. Select the grid.
3. Pick the first position for the grid line.
4. Pick the second position for the grid line.
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Grid and grid line Define the properties of the grid line in the Grid line properties dialog box. For
properties more information, see Grid properties in the Modeling manual.
If there are skewed grid lines in the model, setting the grid properties back to the
original settings is not possible. To revert to the original settings, delete the
skewed grid line first and then modify the settings.
Release Notes 25
Selecting grids Use the Select grid and Select grid line select switches to select
and grid lines grids and grid lines.
Working with grid For more information on creating, modifying and deleting single grid lines, see
lines Working with grids in the Modeling manual.
Magnetic grid planes

The Magnetic grid plane and Extension for magnetic area options have been added
to the Grid dialog box.
• Save the model before editing magnetic grids and grid

planes.
• Rotating a magnetic grid may not yet function correctly in
Tekla Structures 12.0.
• Avoid overlapping of magnetic grid planes. When needed,
modify the grid planes in several steps to prevent the over-
lapping.
Checking the You may sometimes need to check the location of grid planes for example to see
location of grid if parts are close enough to a magnetic grid plane that you have moved. To do
planes this:
1. Go to Tools > Advanced options > Model view and set the variable
XS_GRID_PLANES_VISIBLE_WITH_USERPLANES to TRUE.
2. Go to Properties > View...
3. Click Display...
4. In the Display dialog box,select the Construction planes checkbox in Visibil-
ity.
Improvements in grids
• Edit > Undo works on grids and grid lines.
• You can use copy and move commands on grids. For example, copy
an entire grid by selecting the grid and using the Edit > Copy > Trans-
late... command.
26 Release Notes
Add surface treatment to the entire surface of a part
You can now add a surface treatment to the entire surface of a part by using the
Create part surface treatment command. For more information, see Create
part surface treatment in the online help.
Release Notes 27
Selecting surface To select the entire surface treatment of a part:
treatment
1. Click the Select component icon in the Select switches toolbar.

2. Pick the surface treatment to select it.
To select surface treatment on a face of a part:
1. Click the Select objects in components icon in the Select switches

toolbar.
2. Pick the surface treatment.
Remove surface To remove surface treatment from faces of a part:
treatment

toolbar.
2. Pick the surface treatment on the face of a part.
3. Right-click and select Delete from the pop-up menu.
Selecting a profile
The Select profile dialog box has been improved to make it easier to select a pro-
file for a part or a component object.
• Library and parametric profiles are not in separate lists any more, but
they are displayed in the same tree structure.
• Only the relevant profiles for a steel object are displayed on the
Select profile dialog box.
For more information on selecting a profile and defining the material of profiles,
see Profile in the Modeling manual.
28 Release Notes
Warping steel parts
You can now use the warping functionality also in Steel Detailing configuration.
To warp a steel beam:
1. Double-click the beam to open the Beam properties dialog box and go to the
Deforming tab.
2. In the Start field, enter the angle of the beam at its start point, relative to the
part reference line.
3. In the End field, enter the angle of the beam at its end point, relative to the
part reference line.
For example, to warp the beam 40 degrees at the start point, enter 40 in the
Start angle field and 0 in the End angle field.
4. Click Modify to warp the beam.
5. Click OK to close the Beam properties dialog box.
Rotating by entering numeric values in the fields that define rotation in system
components still works in the same manner as before.
Release Notes 29
Points not created automatically at ends of parts
Tekla Structures no longer automatically creates points at the ends of parts. This
uses less memory and reduces processing time. It also means that you do not
have to redraw the view as often. If you need a point at the end of a part, you can
still create it manually. For more information, see Creating points in the Online
help.
You can use part handles and snapping to create and move parts. See the follow-
ing examples.
Select handles To select the handles of a part:
1. Select the part.
2. Hold down the Alt key and drag the pointer from left to right to select the
part. Tekla Structures displays the handles of the part. The handle at the end
that was the first point picked to create the part is yellow and the handle at
the other end is magenta.
30 Release Notes
Move objects By selecting handles you are able to, for example, move objects more easily.
1. Select both of the objects by pressing the Ctrl key and picking the objects.
2. Hold down the Alt key and drag the pointer from left to right to select both
parts again.
3. Select the handle in the middle of the two objects and right-click.
4. Select Move > Translate from the pop-up menu and enter coordinates to
move the two objects.
5. Click Move. Tekla Structures moves the two objects.
Release Notes 31
Snap to reference To make it possible to pick part handles, activate the Snap to reference points
points
switch on the Snap toolbar. As you move the pointer over a part handle,
the snap symbols appears. Left click to select the part handle.
Part reference When you pick two points to position a part, these points form the part reference
lines line, and handles appear at the line ends. You can snap to and pick these handles.
You can define the visibility of the part reference line in the Display dialog box.
To show the part reference line:
2. Click the Display... button to open the Display dialog box.
3. In the Advanced tab, check the box in Part reference line field.
4. Click Modify and OK.

See also Handles in the online help.
32 Release Notes
How to select objects in the online help.
Snapping in the online help.
Object representation
To create customized presentation of objects in Tekla Structures 12.0, use object
representation settings.
You can use the object representation settings in the following ways:
• Modify the color of objects in the model view. The Object representa-
tion dialog box replaces the Colors dialog box, which was available in
previous versions.
• Modify the visibility of objects in the model view.
• Create customized presentation of defined object groups.
To open the Object representation dialog box, click Setup > Object representa-
tion...:
For more information on how to use the object representation settings, see
Object representation settings and Object representation example in the
online help.
Release Notes 33
Object groups are set of rules with which you group objects by selected proper-
ties and conditions. Use the object groups:
• In Object representation dialog box to control the visibility and color-
ing of objects in all views.
• In 4D tool, in the Project Manager configuration.
For more information on object groups, see Object groups and Object group
rules in the online help.
Miscellaneous
Numbering
• When you use the Clear numbers command, Tekla Structures now
displays a message after numbers have been cleared.
Views
• If you try to open more than nine views, Tekla Structures now displays
a warning message.
• Curved parts with profiles that had small values for size were dis-
played as straight lines in rendered views. This has been fixed.
Surface treatment
• The Select button next to the Material option in Surface treatment
properties dialog box is now grayed out when it is not possible to
select a material.
Lotting
• When you used the Lotting dialog box to create lots, Tekla Structures
displayed weight in kilograms, regardless of the unit set in Tools >
Units and decimals dialog box. This has been fixed.
34 Release Notes
Sketching
• Opening and closing the sketch editor sometimes took a long time in
large models. This has been fixed.
Numeric snapping
You can now start entering the coordinates in the Enter a numeric location dialog
box by pressing the decimal key on the numeric pad first.
1.3 Drawings
Saving and freezing associative drawings

When you have frozen a drawing in Tekla Structures 12.0, the
changes that you make to associative objects afterwards in the
model are will no longer appear in the drawing.
When you change a drawing and then save it, Tekla Structures asks you whether
you want to keep the changes. To prevent the drawing from being updated auto-
matically, select the Disable automatic updating checkbox:
You can still open a general arrangement drawing, unfreeze it, and then re-open it
to automatically update the drawing with recent changes.
Release Notes 35
To re-enable automatic updating in a frozen drawing:
1. Go to Drawing > List... to open the drawing list.
2. Select the drawing.
3. Right-click and select Freeze > Off from the popup menu.
Previously when you updated an assembly, single-part or cast unit drawing with-
out freezing the drawing, the drawing was re-created. Now the drawing is no
longer re-created. This means that you must know whether the changes should be
shown when you are updating the drawing.
To recreate the drawing:
2. Select the drawing you want to recreate.
3. Right-click and select Recreate from the popup menu.
See also Highlight changes in associative dimensions (p. 49) in the Release notes.
Nested assemblies in drawings

You can create assembly drawings of sub-assemblies. Creating sub-assemblies in
the model allows you to produce less complicated drawings, which are easier to
read and to understand. This reduces the risk of errors in the shop.
36 Release Notes
This assembly drawing of a truss is This assembly drawing of part of the
complicated and hard to read. same truss was created using a sub-
assembly. It is much easier to read.
Marks You can define the visibility, content, and appearance of marks for sub-assem-
blies in assembly drawings. You can also use part marks to display the assembly
hierarchy in general arrangement drawings. For more information, see Mark
content in the Drawing manual.
Bolts and welds You can define the visiblity of bolts and welds separately for sub-assemblies in
the Bolt properties and Weld properties dialog box.
Dimensioning You can also define the dimensioning properties for sub-assemblies in assembly
drawings. For more information, see Dimensioning nested assemblies in the
Drawing manual.
Sub-assemblies With Tekla Structures you can produce templates and reports that show the hier-
in templates and archical structure of nested assemblies. For more information, see Producing
reports reports on nested assemblies.
Release Notes 37
Anchor bolt plan
An anchor bolt plan is a type of general arrangement drawing that displays the
the layout of anchor bolts for a structure.
You can automatically create anchor bolt plans in Tekla Structures 12.0. For
more information, see Creating anchor bolt plans in the Drawing manual.
You can create both enlarged views and detail views in anchor bolt plans. Tekla
Structures groups together identical detail views, so that they only appear once in
a drawing. If detail views are not included in a drawing, Tekla Structures displays
bolt sizes in the enlarged view.
38 Release Notes
Display large dimension values more clearly
You can now use different number formats for dimensions to make large dimen-
sions easier to read in shop and erection drawings. For example you could format
15432 to appear as 15,432 or 15 432.
To do this, select the Use grouping checkbox in the Dimension properties dialog
box and select a format.
Release Notes 39
Use the variables XS_DIMENSION_DIGIT_GROUPING_CHARACTER to
define the separator and XS_DIMENSION_DIGIT_GROUPING_COUNT to
define the number format (in Tools > Advanced options > Dimensioning: general).
40 Release Notes
Improvements in level marks
The General tab in the Level mark properties dialog box now includes fields that
enable you to define the appearance of level marks:
For information, see Create > Level mark in the online help.
Release Notes 41
Define elevation level
You now have the option to define the elevation level in general arrangement
drawings and in drawing views also according to the view plane.
The datum point for general arrangement drawings is set automatically when cre-
ating floor plan views. This saves your time and avoids errors during drawing
creation.
To define the datum level:
1. Go to Properties > Drawing...
2. Click View... to display the view properties dialog box.
3. In the Attributes tab, do one of the following:
• To set a specified datum level, select Specified in the Datum point
for elevations field. Then enter a specific value in the Datum level
field.
• To set the datum level according to the view plane, select View
plane in the Datum point for elevations field.
Create plate side marks on dimension leader lines

You can now create plate side marks on dimension leader lines. Plate side marks
indicate whether the dimension point is to the face or center of, for example, a
plate, web or flange. This is particularly useful:
• In complex drawings
• In large-scale drawings, where it can be difficult to see which part a
leader line is pointing to.
To create plate side marks:
1. Click Properties > Dimension... to open the Dimension properties dialog box.
2. In the Plate side marks section of the Marks tab, set Type to Specified.
3. Define the properties of the plate side marks if required.
42 Release Notes
For more information, see Marks in the Drawing manual.
Improvements in section symbols

New options in the Section symbol properties dialog box allow you to define
arrow head size, arrow length, and the distance between the symbol and the sec-
tion:
Release Notes 43
Define the appearance of the arrow head symbol
You can now also define the appearance of the arrow head symbol in the Tools >
Advanced options > Drawing properties dialog box using the following variables:
• XS_SECTION_SYMBOL_LEFT_ARROW_SYMBOL
Modify the value for a different appearance, for example sections@0.
• XS_SECTION_SYMBOL_RIGHT_ARROW_SYMBOL
If you do not set these variables, Tekla Structures uses the traditional style arrow
head symbol in the drawings.
In the example above, the variables

XS_SECTION_SYMBOL_LEFT_ARROW_SYMBOL and
XS_SECTION_SYMBOL_RIGHT_ARROW_SYMBOL have been set to sections@2.
This section view symbol includes the location of the section view.
If the arrow length is equal to zero, Tekla Structures places the text in the middle
of the arrow symbol. Otherwise Tekla Structures places the text along the cut
line.
44 Release Notes
Aligning section symbols
The variable XS_ALIGN_CUT_SYMBOL_BY_VERTICAL_LINE in the Tools >
Advanced options > Drawing properties dialog box only works on when you open
drawings created with Tekla Structures 11.3 or older in Tekla Structures 12.0.
Set the variable to TRUE, to position the cut symbol on the vertical line. Leave the
variable blank to offset the symbol from the vertical line by the size of the arrow
multiplied by 1.25.
Here the variable is set to

TRUE. Use this option to indi-
cate the exact location of the
section view.
Here the variable has been

left blank. This is useful
when the direction is more
important than the location.
The variable XS_ALIGN_CUT_SYMBOL_BY_VERTICAL_LINE is

effective now only when you are converting a drawing created
with Tekla Structures 11.3 or older into Tekla Structures 12.0
(or greater).
You no longer have to restart Tekla Structures to activate changes to this variable.
Release Notes 45
Group identical objects on the same dimension line
You can now group identical parts, bolts, components, and cuts or shapes on the
same dimension line. You can choose to automatically create dimension line
tags, or to define the contents of tags manually.
To group identical objects on one dimension line:
1. In the drawing, right-click and select Properties... from the pop-up menu to
open the drawing properties dialog box.
2. Click Dimensioning... to open the dimensioning properties dialog box. Go to
the Dimension grouping tab. You have the following options:
• Activate dimension grouping: Select which objects you want to
group.
• Grouping properties: Indicate the elements that must be identical.
• Automatic tagging: Indicate the information to include in dimen-
sion line tags that are created automatically.
46 Release Notes
The dimension line tag indicates the quantity of objects included in the dimen-
sion line. To define the symbol that is displayed between the quantity and the
automatic tag text, use the variable
XS_DIMENSION_GROUPING_COUNT_SEPARATOR in Tools > Advanced options >
Dimensioning: general. The default value is x.
To define what information to include in a dimension line tag:

1. Double-click the dimension line whose tag you want to modify.
2. In the Dimension properties dialog box, go to the Marks tab.
3. In Tags, replace the << Automatic >> value with the required text.
4. Click Modify.
Release Notes 47
48 Release Notes
Highlight changes in associative dimensions
To have Tekla Structures highlight the dimension text that has been changed and
dimension points that have been moved when you update associative drawings,
set the variable XS_HIGHLIGHT_ASSOCIATIVE_DIMENSION_CHANGES to TRUE
in Tools > Advanced options > Dimensioning: general.
For more information, see Highlight changes in associative dimensions in the

Drawing manual.
Miscellaneous
New part mark leader line type
There is a new part mark leader line type, which allows you to align a part mark in
the center of the face of a part.
Release Notes 49
Dimensions
• Occasionally adding or removing dimension points removed the
whole dimension. This has been fixed.
• The RD symbol was sometimes omitted from running dimensions.
This has been fixed.
• When you create a dimension with three or more points using the
Create > Dimension > Free command and end the command on the
same point as the previous dimension, the dimensions are now on the
same line.
50 Release Notes
Drawing views
• Drawing views no longer overlap templates in assembly drawings.
• To rollback the Copy > Translate and Move > Translate command to
work as it did in Tekla Structures 11.1 and earlier, set the variable
XS_DRAWING_NO_SCALING_FOR_COPIED_OR_MOVED_OBJECTS to
TRUE.
With this variable set, when you copy or move drawing objects from one
drawing view to another, they change size according to the scale of the view.
Associativity
• Now associative symbols are also created correctly for level marks.
• When you changed the profile of a part, the hatch pattern did not
always adjust to fit the shape of the new profile. This has been fixed.
• The y coordinate for assembly overall dimension was sometimes cal-
culated incorrectly which caused associativity not to work. This has
been fixed.
• Associativity works now correctly also when the start and end point
of a reference line are in the same location.
Intelligent cloning
• Sometimes part marks in single-part drawings were incorrect when
you cloned single-part drawings and the variable
XS_INTELLIGENT_CLONING_ALLOWED was set to TRUE in Tools >
Advanced options > Drawing properties. This has been fixed.
Release Notes 51
Plotting and printing
• You can now define plot origin offset separately for each plotter in
the Plotter catalog dialog box.
The new options replace the variables XS_PLOT_ORIGIN_MOVE_X and

XS_PLOT_ORIGIN_MOVE_Y. However, setting the variables in Tools >
Advanced options > Plotting will override the settings in the Plotter catalog
dialog box.
• Using the variables XS_PLOT_ORIGIN_MOVE_X and
XS_PLOT_ORIGIN_MOVE_Y also affected the scale of the plot. This
has been fixed.
Part marks
Merged part marks are now placed correctly when you change the part mark
leader line type.
52 Release Notes
1.4 Import and export
Miscellaneous
Location of the origin in DXF and DWG drawings
In Tekla Structures 12.0, when a view on a Tekla Structures drawing is moved
the origin for the Xref is calculated differently than before. This makes sharing
Tekla Structures drawings much easier: you no longer need to adjust the origin
when you export to DWG or DXF. In previous versions you sometimes had to
adjust the origin when the view had been moved during the modeling process.
Exporting round tubes to NC files

• Bolt holes in unwrapped round tubes are now ignored when you
export to an NC file.
• When the variable XS_DISABLE_NC_FACET_FIX was not set, the xy
coordinates of skew edges were calculated wrong in some cases, for
example when the end of the tube was cut with a perpendicular round
tube.
IFC
• Tekla Structures 12.0 supports the IFC 2X3 schema in IFC exports.
• Arc-shaped walls are now displayed correctly in IFC reference
imports.
Web Viewer
• If you try to publish a model as a web page with Web Viewer using
the Selected parts option in Publish as Web page dialog box without
selecting any parts, Tekla Structures displays a warning message does
not publish the model.
Release Notes 53
DSTV
• The DSTV file header was not correct when you used the variable
XS_USE_NEW_PLATE_DESIGNATION. This has been fixed.
CHS profiles with cuts

• The variable XS_TUBE_UNWRAP_WITH_CUT_HOLES is now set to
FALSE by default. Set the variable to TRUE to include cut holes in
workshop drawings or NC files of unwrapped CHS (circular hollow
section) profiles.
1.5 Custom components
Define and create connections for custom parts

You can now define a custom connection, seam or detail so that when you use
component in a model, you can pick custom parts as the main and/or secondary
parts. You do not have to pick each part within the component. This is useful
when modeling window details in a multi-layer panel when the panel is a custom
part, for example.
To define a custom connection, detail or seam for custom parts, use the custom
component wizard and pick the custom parts as main or secondary parts.
For more information on defining custom components, see Defining custom
components in the online help.
When you are using the custom connection, Tekla Structures

accepts only custom parts as input parts if you have defined the
connection with a custom part as an input part.
Use the Custom component editor to edit the properties of custom parts. For
more information, see Editing custom components in the online help.
54 Release Notes
Miscellaneous
Improvements in the usability of custom components
• Now you only have to click the Modify button once in any custom
component dialog box to apply changes. In previous versions, you
sometimes had to click Modify repeatedly if a component had many
dependencies.
To define how many loops Tekla Structures makes to solve dependencies in
custom components, use the variable XS_CYCLIC_SOLVER_MAX_LOOPS in
Tools > Advanced options > Modeling properties. The default is 2.
• When a custom component is not working correctly and the problem
is with the equations, Tekla Structures now displays error messages
in the log file that help you recognize the problem source. To see the
log file, click Tools > Display log file > Log file...
Fixes
• When you selected a custom seam, its handles were not displayed.
• When you selected a nested custom detail, the handles of the custom
detail were not displayed. This has been fixed.
• The Variables dialog box in the Custom component editor includes a
new value type, Factor. This is a decimal value without type. You can
set the number of decimals for the value type in Setup > Units and
decimals dialog box.
• Now when you create custom components, the custom component

objects get the current phase number.
Release Notes 55
• Occasionally, adding a custom component in a skewed position gen-
erated an application error. This has been fixed.
• You can now automatically import a set of custom components and
sketches when you create a model. To do this, edit the variable
XS_UEL_IMPORT_FOLDER in the Tekla Structures batch file to point
to the folder that contains the custom components and sketches.
• Now when you reopen the Variables dialog box, all the equations are
shown even if the result of the equation cannot be calculated.
• If the reference points you picked for a custom part were not at the
center of the bounding box, the custom part was not positioned cor-
rectly.
Now when you define a custom part, its coordinate system is in the center of
the bounding box. Offsets are calculated from the center of the bounding
box.
When you edit a custom part created in an earlier version of Tekla Struc-
tures, Tekla Structures asks if you want to use this new method of position-
ing custom parts. If you do, you will also need to open any nested custom
components in the custom part and select to use the new method.
1.6 Components
Miscellaneous
Component catalog
• It was not possible to use the Paste command on the right-click pop-
up menu in the thumbnail view of the component catalog. This has
been fixed.
Error flags in connection lists

• Connection lists now also list connection flags correctly for Excel
design also when the result is 4.
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Connections
Gusset plate connections
In gusset plate connections you can now define the distance of the first bolt for
brace2 and brace3.
This new option is available in:

• Bolted gusset (11)
• Tube gusset (20)
• Corner tube gusset (56) and (57)
• Wraparound gusset (58)
• Hollow brace wraparound gusset (59)
• Wraparound gusset cross (60)
• Gusseted cross (62)
• Corner wrapped gusset (63)
Tapered Column-Beam Stub (150)

• You can now create a splice connection for a haunched built-up stub.
• The lower flange is now aligned properly at the splice also when you
are not using a haunch.
• The lower flange backing bar occasionally clashed with the dia-
phragm, column or panel part. This has been fixed.
US Splice connection (77)

• The connection now also works with beams that are over 2000 mm
high.
• When you do not specify a part mark series for the non-welded splice
plates, the default options are now taken from the Pos3: Loose parts
option in the Options dialog box.
• The splice is now also created correctly when the primary beam is
haunched at the opposite end from the splice.
Release Notes 57
• There is a new option for the location of the splice gap: to fit the pri-
mary part.
Column with shear plate (131)

• When a two-sided shear plate connection was created, the length of
the two plates differed by the length of the taper extension entered on
the Picture tab. This has been fixed.
• When you use double shears with a hollow tube, the gap is now cor-
rectly offset to the outside.
Weld preparation (44)

• Weld preparation angles are now read from the correct fields and cre-
ated correctly.
Welded shear plate (43) and Stiffened shear plate (17)

• If the stiffener was thicker than the flange of the connecting beam,
there was a gap between the plate and the flange. This has been fixed.
Shaped valley cleat (8)

• The connection now works correctly regardless of the profile of the
secondary part.
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Winbrace connection (110)
• You now have the option to enlarge the slot made in the tube bracing.
Portal bracing (105)

• The connection now takes the correct part prefixes from the Setup >
Options dialog box.
Apex haunch (106)

• The default profile name is now haunch.
Stiffened shear plate (17)

• Tekla Structures now creates the slots in the correct locations.
Details
Handrailing (1024)
The toe plate created could not be included in an assembly. This has been fixed.
Release Notes 59
Stiffeners (1003) and Multiple stiffeners (1064)
Previously, when you re-ran these details without making any changes to them,
you had to update the single-part drawing of the stiffener. Now if nothing has
been changed, the update is not needed.
Box column base plate (1066)

• Various issues concerning weld preparation, height of ribs, hole type
and size and column fittings have been fixed in the Japanese environ-
ment.
• One side of the column was weld prepped at 45 degrees regardless of
what angle you specified. This has been fixed.
Inner diaphragm (1059)

• Double bevel cut weld preparation is now created correctly for each
side of the primary column and the angle of the lower bevel cut is
now taken from the correct field.
U.S. Base plate (1047)

• When you change bolts to anchor rods or anchor rods to bolts, the
bolts are now created and rotated correctly.
• When you use the option Square cut corners (1-4) Tekla Structures
now cuts the correct corner of the base plate.
• You can now create oversized holes in the cast plate.
• In the details, plate washers are now part of the anchor rods assembly.
Stiffened base plate (1014)

• Welds are now created in the correct position.
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Stair base detail (1043)
• The detail includes new options to define the distance between the
beam and the plate for top, left, and right sides.
Stairs (S71)
We suggest that you always use the Stairs (S71) detail instead of Stairs (S82) to
create stairs in Tekla Structures.
• The Stairs (S71) detail includes all the options available in Stairs (S82)
and also some additional options. It also includes fixes for deficien-
cies found in Stairs (S82).
• You can now create steps using custom parts or seams with Stairs
(S71). This will enable you to model accurate stairs with grating, end
plates and bolts.
Release Notes 61
Cold rolled
Fixes
• The Cold Rolled Overlap (1) component now also works correctly
when used with columns with a profile of WB900 or larger.
• The Ayrshire Diagonal Tie - Column (81) component has been renamed
Ayrshire Diagonal Tie - Column/Rafter (81). The component now also
works correctly with rafters.
• Now when you use the Metsec panel connection rail (31) component,
you no longer receive unnecessary file transfer warnings.
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Precast Concrete
Detailing
Tekla Structures version 12.0 is a main release and contains many new features
and fixes.
Compatibility Tekla Structures 12.0 is compatible with all previous versions. You can open and
work with existing models using Tekla Structures 12.0. Note the following
issues:
• Updating drawings created with an older version of Tekla Structures
in Tekla Structures 12.0 may cause problems. We recommend that
you complete any drawings you have started using your current ver-
sion or recreate the drawings using Tekla Structures 12.0.
• To avoid conversion problems, always open a model created with an
older version of Tekla Structures as a single-user model first.
• We recommend that you always check that custom components cre-
ated in older versions work correctly in the new version of Tekla
Structures.
When you open custom components made with an older version of Tekla
Structures in the Custom component editor, Tekla Structures asks whether
you want to update the component if the new version contains such improve-
ments which require the update. If you do not update the component, it
works in the same manner as in the version where it was originally made,
but you do not gain the benefits of the new improvements.
If you choose to update the component, you need to check and sometimes
even recreate dimensions depending on the improvements. When you delete
a dimension and create a new one (even with the same name), also the equa-
tions containing the dimension need to be edited because the dependency
created by the equation is lost when a dimension is deleted. You can recreate
the dimensions and edit the equations easily in the Custom component edi-
tor.
Release Notes 63
Tekla Structures 12.0 Precast Concrete Detailing
We suggest that you complete any models you have started using your current
version.
Once you save a model in Tekla Structures 12.0, you can no

longer open it in older versions of Tekla Structures.
You need Windows Administrator rights to install Tekla Structures 12.0. This
ensures that all Windows system folder *.dll files are updated.
Topics This chapter is divided into following sections:
• General (p. 64)
• Modeling (p. 77)
• Drawings (p. 96)
• Import and export (p. 113)
• Custom components (p. 114)
• Components (p. 116)
• Reinforcement (p. 120)
2.1 General
This section describes the following new features and fixes:
Improvements in installing Tekla Structures

• Your password file is installed automatically.
• When you install Tekla Structures from CD, the online help is auto-
matically installed.
• You can now install additional environments without having to rein-
stall Tekla Structures. Download the environment installation files
from the Extranet at https://extranet.tekla.com.
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• Tekla Structures 12.0 installation includes new SafeNet Sentinel
driver 7.22, which allows both USB and LPT hardware locks to
work.
Sometimes you may need to install the harware lock driver manually. In
Tekla Structures 12.0, the manual installation is no longer located in the
...\nt\dongle folder. You can now start the up-to-date hardware lock driver
installation manually from the C:\TeklaStructures\License\Sentinel_setup
folder. Double-click the file C:\TeklaStruc-
tures\License\Sentinel_setup\setup.exe to start the manual installation.
Working with single-user and multi-user models

You no longer have to choose single or multi-user mode when starting Tekla
Structures.
When you create a model, use the the Model Type option in New dialog box to cre-
ate the model as a multi-user model or as a single-user model.
It is now possible to open a any model in either single or multi-user mode. Select
the mode by selecting an option on the right-click popup menu in the Open dialog
box:
Release Notes 65
You no longer need to use the variable XS_SERVER identify the
server that contains the multi-user database.
See also Improvements in creating, opening, and saving models (p. 66)
Improvements in creating, opening, and saving models

It is now easier to create and open a model, and to save a model with a different
name.
Creating a new Enter the location for the model in the Save in field, or accept the default loca-
model tion, which is the location entered when Tekla Structures was installed. (The
default location in the installation is C:\TeklaStructuresModels).
Click the Browse button to open the Browse For Folder dialog box, where you can
browse for a folder or create a new folder.
Use the Model Type field to define whether the model is a single-user or a multi-
user model. For a multi-user model, enter the name of the server in the Server
name field.
Opening a model To open a model, click File > Open. To browse for a model, click the Browse but-
ton to open the Browse For Folder dialog box. The information in the Designer
and Description columns comes from the Project properties dialog box.
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To open a single-user model as a multi-user model:
2. Select the Open as multi-user model option.
3. Enter the name of the server in the Server name field. Click OK.
Release Notes 67
To open a multi-user model as a single-user model:
2. Select the Open as single-user model option.

When you open or create a model, the Open and New dialog boxes now include a
list of the most recently used models.
Saving a model To save a model with a different name, click File > Save as and enter a name in
with a different the Model name field. Click OK.
name
Improvements in working with objects.inp file

The Tekla Structures installation automatically merges any user-defined
attributes you have previously defined into the objects.inp file. It searches for the
objects.inp file in the following folders, in this order:
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Folder Defined by variable
Model
Project XS_PROJECT
Firm XS_FIRM
System XS_SYSTEM
inp XS_INP
The user-defined attributes it finds are added to the user interface. If the same
attribute name exists in more than one objects.inp files, Tekla Structures uses the
attribute from the first read file, according to the search order defined above.
For more information on how to use the objects.inp file, see Adding properties.
Gradient background color in model views

Use the new option to create a gradient color background in a model view to
ensure parts drawn in a single color are visible in the view.
Release Notes 69
To set the colors for a gradient background, set the following variables in Tools >
Advanced options > Model view:
• XS_BACKGROUND_COLOR1: left-top corner.

• XS_BACKGROUND_COLOR2: right-top corner.
• XS_BACKGROUND_COLOR3: left-bottom corner.
• XS_BACKGROUND_COLOR4: right-bottom corner.
Enter the colors as RGB (Red Green Blue) values. The scale is from 0 to 1. For
example, 1.0 1.0 1.0 is white and 0.0 0.0 0.0 is black. To use the traditional sin-
gle-color background, use the same value for all four variables. Close and reopen
the view to activate the changes.
To restore default values, clear the values in all four variables.
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Icons in menus
Menus now include the command icons, which makes it easier to locate icons on
toolbars:
Templates and reports

Listing the main part first
The variables XS_PRIMARY_PART_FIRST and
XS_PRIMARY_PART_FIRST_PART have been removed from the Advanced
options dialog box. The variables are no longer needed in Template Editor 3.20
or 3.30 as you can define the template so that main part is listed first in part lists.
To do this:
Release Notes 71
1. In Template Editor 3.20 or 3.30, add the value field MAIN_PART to PART
row.
2. Drag the MAIN_PART field to the top of the search order in the Content
browser.
If the assembly contains more parts which are similar to the assembly main part,
use the template attribute SIMILAR_TO_MAIN_PART:
1. In the Template Editor, add value field SIMILAR_TO_MAIN_PART to PART
row.
2. Drag the SIMILAR_TO_MAIN_PART field to the top of the sort order in the
Content browser.
5. The attribute returns 1 if the position number of the given part is the same as
the position number of the main part in the assembly.
Miscellaneous fixes
• The attributes PREFIX and SERIAL_NUMBER have been added for
REBAR content type.
• You can now use the attribute MODEL_PATH in all content types to
find the path to the current model, for example C:\TeklaStructures-
Models\New Model 1\.
• You can now also use the attributes TITLE1, TITLE2 and TITLE3 in
template rows.
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Miscellaneous
New Features Tutorial
Tekla Structures 12.0 includes a New Features Tutorial, which presents features
released in Tekla Structures 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 and 12.0. Each feature contains a
description with pictures. Some features also include interactive video lessons
that show you how to use the new feature.
To access the New Features Tutorial, click Help > Learning Center > New Features
Tutorial.
Performance improvements
The following now work faster and use less memory:
• Array of objects (29) component
• Associative drawings containing objects created with Array of objects
(29).
Rollover highlight
The rollover highlight makes it easier to select objects, by highlighting each part
in yellow as the pointer moves over it. To switch this feature on, click Setup >
Rollover highlight.
To switch off the rollover highlight, click Setup and deselect Rollover high-
light..You can also use the keyboard shortcut H to turn the rollover highlight on or
off.
Log file
• The message panel now displays also the time.
Release Notes 73
• When you use the Tools > Show log file command to display the log
file, Tekla Structures now scrolls to the end of the file automatically.
Managing views
Selecting views Selecting visible and named views is now easier in Tekla Structures 12.0. The
arrow buttons you use to open and close views in the Views dialog box are now
only active when you have selected a view.
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Creating views When you create a view using Views > Create view > Grid views, the grid is now
selected automatically if there is only one grid in the view. If there are several
grids, Tekla Structures prompts you to select a view:
Release Notes 75
Bringing a view Now when you select a view in the Visible views list in the Views dialog box, the
on top selected view moves to the top. If you have selected multiple views, all selected
views will be moved up, with the first one on the list on top. Also, when you
select a view in the model, it is automatically selected in the Visible views list.
Navigating in the model

Navigating in the model is smoother when you are for example rotating a large
model, because Tekla Structures now draws the model first in wire frame as you
are moving the model.
Re-displaying warning messages

Tekla Structures displays warning messages when necessary, for example when
you are about to copy or move objects outside the work area. To prevent Tekla
Structures from displaying the warning messages again, select the Do not show
this message again checkbox.
To re-display the warning messages, press Shift when the warning message
should appear, for example when you are copying or moving objects outside the
work area, and Tekla Structures displays the warning message again.
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2.2 Modeling
Nested assemblies
Description You can now add sub-assemblies and parts to already existing assemblies. A
sub-assembly is an assembly that is added to another assembly to form a hierar-
chical assembly. We use the term nested assemblies to describe this type of
assembly.
Using nested assemblies is useful when you are modeling split trusses, brackets,
railings or pipe racks, for example.
A sub-assembly is treated in the same way as an assembly in Tekla Structures:
• It gets its own assembly mark
• It appears in lists of materials in templates and reports.
You can create a separate assembly drawing of a sub-assembly. For more infor-
mation, see Nested assemblies in drawings (p. 97).
Release Notes 77
Example of a nested assembly:
Selecting Activate the Select assemblies switch on the Select toolbar so that you
assemblies can select any level of a nested assembly, from the highest, through the sub-
assemblies, down to single parts and bolts. The level of the assembly you have
selected is displayed on the status bar.
With this switch active, each assembly is highlighted as you move the pointer
over it. To move to a specific level in the assembly, with it highlighted, press
Shift and scroll the mouse wheel.
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To be able to select objects in assemblies, activate the Select objects in assem-
blies switch on the Select toolbar.

For more information on how to select assemblies and cast-units, see How to
select objects in the Modeling manual.
Release Notes 79
Assembly or cast To view the properties of an assembly or cast-unit, select it, right click and select
unit properties Properties... from the pop-up menu.
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You can also define user-defined attribute values for assemblies and cast units in
the same dialog box.
Modifying The right-click pop-up menu also includes several new options, which you can
assemblies use to modify assemblies:
Release Notes 81
These options are also on the main menu, under Detailing > Assembly or Cast unit.
You can modify assemblies by:
• Adding objects to assemblies
• Removing objects from assemblies
• Exploding assemblies
• Changing the assembly or cast-unit main part
You can combine assemblies in the following ways:
• Add and connect parts as secondary parts to an existing assembly
• Add and connect assemblies as sub-assemblies to an existing assembly
• Join existing assemblies together without adding any loose parts
For more information on the different commands to use when working with
assemblies and cast-units, see Cast units and assemblies.
Numbering of Sub-assemblies are numbered in same way as assemblies.
nested
assemblies Define the prefix, start number and name for the cast unit or assembly in the cast
unit or assembly properties dialog box.
82 Release Notes
Filter
In Tekla Structures 12.0 it is not yet possible to view or select
filter by assembly user-defined attributes or by nested assem-
blies.
User-defined For information about defining user-defined attributes for assemblies, see User-
attributes defined attributes.
Grid line labels always visible

Grid labels are now always visible when the grid lines are visible. This allows
you to zoom in and still know where you are in the model.
Release Notes 83
To modify the font used in grid labels, use the variables XS_DEFAULT_FONT and
XS_DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE in Tools > Advanced options > Model view.
You can now use special characters, such as umlauts, accents, and circumflexes,
as well as combined characters, such as e acute, in grid labels.
Create, select, and modify single grid lines

In addition to creating entire grids, you can now create single grid lines, and
select, modify, copy, and move individual gridlines. Gridlines now also have
handles.
Creating single To create a single grid line:
grid lines
1. Go to Points > Grid line or click the Create grid line icon.
2. Select the grid.
3. Pick the first position for the grid line.
4. Pick the second position for the grid line.
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Grid and grid line Define the properties of the grid line in the Grid line properties dialog box. For
properties more information, see Grid properties in the Modeling manual.
If there are skewed grid lines in the model, setting the grid properties back to the
original settings is not possible. To revert to the original settings, delete the
skewed grid line first and then modify the settings.
Release Notes 85
Selecting grids Use the Select grid and Select grid line select switches to select
and grid lines grids and grid lines.
Working with grid For more information on creating, modifying and deleting single grid lines, see
lines Working with grids in the Modeling manual.
Magnetic grid planes

The Magnetic grid plane and Extension for magnetic area options have been added
to the Grid dialog box.
• Save the model before editing magnetic grids and grid

planes.
• Rotating a magnetic grid may not yet function correctly in
• Avoid overlapping of magnetic grid planes. When needed,
modify the grid planes in several steps to prevent the over-
lapping.
Checking the You may sometimes need to check the location of grid planes for example to see
location of grid if parts are close enough to a magnetic grid plane that you have moved. To do
planes this:
1. Go to Tools > Advanced options > Model view and set the variable
XS_GRID_PLANES_VISIBLE_WITH_USERPLANES to TRUE.
3. Click Display...
4. In the Display dialog box,select the Construction planes checkbox in Visibil-
ity.
Improvements in grids
• Edit > Undo works on grids and grid lines.
• You can use copy and move commands on grids. For example, copy
an entire grid by selecting the grid and using the Edit > Copy > Trans-
late... command.
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Release Notes 87
Add surface treatment to the entire surface of a part
You can now add a surface treatment to the entire surface of a part by using the
Create part surface treatment command. For more information, see Create
part surface treatment in the online help.
88 Release Notes
Selecting surface To select the entire surface treatment of a part:
treatment
1. Click the Select component icon in the Select switches toolbar.

2. Pick the surface treatment to select it.
To select surface treatment on a face of a part:

toolbar.
2. Pick the surface treatment.
Remove surface To remove surface treatment from faces of a part:
treatment

toolbar.
2. Pick the surface treatment on the face of a part.
3. Right-click and select Delete from the pop-up menu.
Selecting a profile
The Select profile dialog box has been improved to make it easier to select a pro-
file for a part or a component object.
• Library and parametric profiles are not in separate lists any more, but
they are displayed in the same tree structure.
• Only the relevant profiles for a concrete object are displayed on the
Select profile dialog box.
For more information on selecting a profile and defining the material of profiles,
see Profile in the Modeling manual.
Release Notes 89
Points not created automatically at ends of parts
Tekla Structures no longer automatically creates points at the ends of parts. This
uses less memory and reduces processing time. It also means that you do not
have to redraw the view as often. If you need a point at the end of a part, you can
still create it manually. For more information, see Creating points in the Online
help.
You can use part handles and snapping to create and move parts. See the follow-
ing examples.
Select handles To select the handles of a part:
1. Select the part.
2. Hold down the Alt key and drag the pointer from left to right to select the
part. Tekla Structures displays the handles of the part. The handle at the end
that was the first point picked to create the part is yellow and the handle at
the other end is magenta.
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Move objects By selecting handles you are able to, for example, move objects more easily.
1. Select both of the objects by pressing the Ctrl key and picking the objects.
2. Hold down the Alt key and drag the pointer from left to right to select both
parts again.
3. Select the handle in the middle of the two objects and right-click.
4. Select Move > Translate from the pop-up menu and enter coordinates to
move the two objects.
5. Click Move. Tekla Structures moves the two objects.
Release Notes 91
Snap to reference To make it possible to pick part handles, activate the Snap to reference points
points
switch on the Snap toolbar. As you move the pointer over a part handle,
the snap symbols appears. Left click to select the part handle.
Part reference When you pick two points to position a part, these points form the part reference
lines line, and handles appear at the line ends. You can snap to and pick these handles.
You can define the visibility of the part reference line in the Display dialog box.
To show the part reference line:
2. Click the Display... button to open the Display dialog box.
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3. In the Advanced tab, check the box in Part reference line field.

See also Handles in the online help.
How to select objects in the online help.
Snapping in the online help.
Object representation
To create customized presentation of objects in Tekla Structures 12.0, use object
representation settings.
You can use the object representation settings in the following ways:
• Modify the color of objects in the model view. The Object representa-
tion dialog box replaces the Colors dialog box, which was available in
previous versions.
• Modify the visibility of objects in the model view.
• Create customized presentation of defined object groups.
Release Notes 93
To open the Object representation dialog box, click Setup > Object representa-
tion...:
For more information on how to use the object representation settings, see
Object representation settings and Object representation example in the
online help.
Object groups are set of rules with which you group objects by selected proper-
ties and conditions. Use the object groups:
• In Object representation dialog box to control the visibility and color-
ing of objects in all views.
• In 4D tool, in the Project Manager configuration.
For more information on object groups, see Object groups and Object group
rules in the online help.
Miscellaneous
Numbering
• When you use the Clear numbers command, Tekla Structures now
displays a message after numbers have been cleared.
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Views
• If you try to open more than nine views, Tekla Structures now displays
a warning message.
• Curved parts with profiles that had small values for size were dis-
played as straight lines in rendered views. This has been fixed.
Surface treatment
• The Select button next to the Material option in Surface treatment
properties dialog box is now grayed out when it is not possible to
select a material.
Lotting
• When you used the Lotting dialog box to create lots, Tekla Structures
displayed weight in kilograms, regardless of the unit set in Tools >
Units and decimals dialog box. This has been fixed.
Sketching
• Opening and closing the sketch editor sometimes took a long time in
large models. This has been fixed.
Numeric snapping
You can now start entering the coordinates in the Enter a numeric location dialog
box by pressing the decimal key on the numeric pad first.
Release Notes 95
2.3 Drawings
Saving and freezing associative drawings

When you have frozen a drawing in Tekla Structures 12.0, the
changes that you make to associative objects afterwards in the
model are will no longer appear in the drawing.
When you change a drawing and then save it, Tekla Structures asks you whether
you want to keep the changes. To prevent the drawing from being updated auto-
matically, select the Disable automatic updating checkbox:
You can still open a general arrangement drawing, unfreeze it, and then re-open it
to automatically update the drawing with recent changes.
To re-enable automatic updating in a frozen drawing:
2. Select the drawing.
3. Right-click and select Freeze > Off from the popup menu.
Previously when you updated an assembly, single-part or cast unit drawing with-
out freezing the drawing, the drawing was re-created. Now the drawing is no
longer re-created. This means that you must know whether the changes should be
shown when you are updating the drawing.
To recreate the drawing:
2. Select the drawing you want to recreate.
3. Right-click and select Recreate from the popup menu.
See also Highlight changes in associative dimensions (p. 108) in the Release notes.
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Nested assemblies in drawings
You can create assembly drawings of sub-assemblies. Creating sub-assemblies in
the model allows you to produce less complicated drawings, which are easier to
read and to understand. This reduces the risk of errors in the shop.
This assembly drawing of a truss is This assembly drawing of part of the

complicated and hard to read. same truss was created using a sub-
assembly. It is much easier to read.
Marks You can define the visibility, content, and appearance of marks for sub-assem-
blies in assembly drawings. You can also use part marks to display the assembly
hierarchy in general arrangement drawings. For more information, see Mark
content in the Drawing manual.
You can now specify the part mark properties for the main and secondary parts of
sub-assemblies in cast unit drawings.
To do this:
1. In the Drawing Editor, go to Properties > Drawing...
2. Click Part mark...
Release Notes 97
3. On the Content tab, select Sub-assembly main part or Sub-assembly second-
ary part depending on the part mark properties you want to define.
4. Select the elements to be contained in the part mark.

Bolts and welds You can define the visiblity of bolts and welds separately for sub-assemblies in
the Bolt properties and Weld properties dialog box.
Dimensioning You can also define the dimensioning properties for sub-assemblies in assembly
drawings. For more information, see Dimensioning nested assemblies in the
Drawing manual.
Sub-assemblies With Tekla Structures you can produce templates and reports that show the hier-
in templates and archical structure of nested assemblies. For more information, see Producing
reports reports on nested assemblies.
Anchor bolt plan

An anchor bolt plan is a type of general arrangement drawing that displays the
the layout of anchor bolts for a structure.
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You can automatically create anchor bolt plans in Tekla Structures 12.0. For
more information, see Creating anchor bolt plans in the Drawing manual.
You can create both enlarged views and detail views in anchor bolt plans. Tekla
Structures groups together identical detail views, so that they only appear once in
a drawing. If detail views are not included in a drawing, Tekla Structures displays
bolt sizes in the enlarged view.
Display large dimension values more clearly

You can now use different number formats for dimensions to make large dimen-
sions easier to read in shop and erection drawings. For example you could format
15432 to appear as 15,432 or 15 432.
To do this, select the Use grouping checkbox in the Dimension properties dialog
box and select a format.
Release Notes 99
Use the variables XS_DIMENSION_DIGIT_GROUPING_CHARACTER to
define the separator and XS_DIMENSION_DIGIT_GROUPING_COUNT to
define the number format (in Tools > Advanced options > Dimensioning: general).
100 Release Notes

Improvements in level marks
The General tab in the Level mark properties dialog box now includes fields that
enable you to define the appearance of level marks:
For information, see Create > Level mark in the online help.
Release Notes 101

Define elevation level
You now have the option to define the elevation level in general arrangement
drawings and in drawing views also according to the view plane.
The datum point for general arrangement drawings is set automatically when cre-
ating floor plan views. This saves your time and avoids errors during drawing
creation.
To define the datum level:
1. Go to Properties > Drawing...
2. Click View... to display the view properties dialog box.
3. In the Attributes tab, do one of the following:
• To set a specified datum level, select Specified in the Datum point
for elevations field. Then enter a specific value in the Datum level
field.
• To set the datum level according to the view plane, select View
plane in the Datum point for elevations field.
Create plate side marks on dimension leader lines

You can now create plate side marks on dimension leader lines. Plate side marks
indicate whether the dimension point is to the face or center of, for example, a
plate, web or flange. This is particularly useful:
• In complex drawings
• In large-scale drawings, where it can be difficult to see which part a
leader line is pointing to.
To create plate side marks:
1. Click Properties > Dimension... to open the Dimension properties dialog box.
2. In the Plate side marks section of the Marks tab, set Type to Specified.
3. Define the properties of the plate side marks if required.
102 Release Notes

For more information, see Marks in the Drawing manual.
Improvements in section symbols

New options in the Section symbol properties dialog box allow you to define
arrow head size, arrow length, and the distance between the symbol and the sec-
tion:
Release Notes 103

Define the appearance of the arrow head symbol
You can now also define the appearance of the arrow head symbol in the Tools >
Advanced options > Drawing properties dialog box using the following variables:
• XS_SECTION_SYMBOL_LEFT_ARROW_SYMBOL
• XS_SECTION_SYMBOL_RIGHT_ARROW_SYMBOL
If you do not set these variables, Tekla Structures uses the traditional style arrow
head symbol in the drawings.
In the example above, the variables

XS_SECTION_SYMBOL_LEFT_ARROW_SYMBOL and
XS_SECTION_SYMBOL_RIGHT_ARROW_SYMBOL have been set to sections@2.
This section view symbol includes the location of the section view.
If the arrow length is equal to zero, Tekla Structures places the text in the middle
of the arrow symbol. Otherwise Tekla Structures places the text along the cut
line.
104 Release Notes

Aligning section symbols
The variable XS_ALIGN_CUT_SYMBOL_BY_VERTICAL_LINE in the Tools >
Advanced options > Drawing properties dialog box only works on when you open
drawings created with Tekla Structures 11.3 or older in Tekla Structures 12.0.
Set the variable to TRUE, to position the cut symbol on the vertical line. Leave the
variable blank to offset the symbol from the vertical line by the size of the arrow
multiplied by 1.25.
Here the variable is set to

TRUE. Use this option to indi-
cate the exact location of the
section view.
Here the variable has been

left blank. This is useful
when the direction is more
important than the location.
The variable XS_ALIGN_CUT_SYMBOL_BY_VERTICAL_LINE is

effective now only when you are converting a drawing created
with Tekla Structures 11.3 or older into Tekla Structures 12.0
(or greater).
You no longer have to restart Tekla Structures to activate changes to this variable.
Release Notes 105

Group identical objects on the same dimension line
You can now group identical parts, bolts, components, and cuts or shapes on the
same dimension line. You can choose to automatically create dimension line
tags, or to define the contents of tags manually.
To group identical objects on one dimension line:
1. In the drawing, right-click and select Properties... from the pop-up menu to
open the drawing properties dialog box.
2. Click Dimensioning... to open the dimensioning properties dialog box. Go to
the Dimension grouping tab. You have the following options:
• Activate dimension grouping: Select which objects you want to
group.
• Grouping properties: Indicate the elements that must be identical.
• Automatic tagging: Indicate the information to include in dimen-
sion line tags that are created automatically.
106 Release Notes

The dimension line tag indicates the quantity of objects included in the dimen-
sion line. To define the symbol that is displayed between the quantity and the
automatic tag text, use the variable
XS_DIMENSION_GROUPING_COUNT_SEPARATOR in Tools > Advanced options >
Dimensioning: general. The default value is x.
To define what information to include in a dimension line tag:

1. Double-click the dimension line whose tag you want to modify.
2. In the Dimension properties dialog box, go to the Marks tab.
3. In Tags, replace the << Automatic >> value with the required text.
4. Click Modify.
Release Notes 107

Highlight changes in associative dimensions
To have Tekla Structures highlight the dimension text that has been changed and
dimension points that have been moved when you update associative drawings,
set the variable XS_HIGHLIGHT_ASSOCIATIVE_DIMENSION_CHANGES to TRUE
in Tools > Advanced options > Dimensioning: general.
108 Release Notes

For more information, see Highlight changes in associative dimensions in the
Drawing manual.
This feature is not yet available for reinforcing bar marks in

Miscellaneous
New part mark leader line type
There is a new part mark leader line type, which allows you to align a part mark in
the center of the face of a part.
Release Notes 109

Dimensioning
• Embedded objects are now dimensioned correctly by the reference
points of the object.
Dimensions
• When you use the By reference point option in the Dimensioning prop-
erties dialog box, dimensions are now also associative to the middle
points of objects.
110 Release Notes

• Occasionally adding or removing dimension points removed the whole
dimension. This has been fixed.
• The RD symbol was sometimes omitted from running dimensions.
• When you create a dimension with three or more points using the
Create > Dimension > Free command and end the command on the
same point as the previous dimension, the dimensions are now on the
same line.
Reinforcing bar marks

• Merged reinforcing bar marks no longer move when you update a
drawing.
Drawing views
• Drawing views no longer overlap templates in assembly drawings.
• To rollback the Copy > Translate and Move > Translate command to
work as it did in Tekla Structures 11.1 and earlier, set the variable
XS_DRAWING_NO_SCALING_FOR_COPIED_OR_MOVED_OBJECTS to
TRUE.
With this variable set, when you copy or move drawing objects from one
drawing view to another, they change size according to the scale of the view.
Updating drawings
• In some occasions Tekla Structures did not add the P flag to a drawing
in the drawing list when a cast unit had been changed. (The P flag
indicated that parts have been changed.) This has been fixed.
Associativity
• Now associative symbols are also created correctly for level marks.
• When you changed the profile of a part, the hatch pattern did not
always adjust to fit the shape of the new profile. This has been fixed.
• The y coordinate for assembly overall dimension was sometimes cal-
culated incorrectly which caused associativity not to work. This has
been fixed.
• Associativity works now correctly also when the start and end point
of a reference line are in the same location.
Release Notes 111

Intelligent cloning
• Sometimes part marks in single-part drawings were incorrect when
you cloned single-part drawings and the variable
XS_INTELLIGENT_CLONING_ALLOWED was set to TRUE in Tools >
Advanced options > Drawing properties. This has been fixed.
Plotting and printing

• You can now define plot origin offset separately for each plotter in
the Plotter catalog dialog box.
The new options replace the variables XS_PLOT_ORIGIN_MOVE_X and

XS_PLOT_ORIGIN_MOVE_Y. However, setting the variables in Tools >
Advanced options > Plotting will override the settings in the Plotter catalog
dialog box.
• Using the variables XS_PLOT_ORIGIN_MOVE_X and
XS_PLOT_ORIGIN_MOVE_Y also affected the scale of the plot. This
has been fixed.
Part marks
Merged part marks are now placed correctly when you change the part mark
leader line type.
112 Release Notes

2.4 Import and export
Miscellaneous
Location of the origin in DXF and DWG drawings
In Tekla Structures 12.0, when a view on a Tekla Structures drawing is moved
the origin for the Xref is calculated differently than before. This makes sharing
Tekla Structures drawings much easier: you no longer need to adjust the origin
when you export to DWG or DXF. In previous versions you sometimes had to
adjust the origin when the view had been moved during the modeling process.
Web Viewer
• If you try to publish a model as a web page with Web Viewer using
the Selected parts option in Publish as Web page dialog box without
selecting any parts, Tekla Structures displays a warning message does
not publish the model.
DSTV
• The DSTV file header was not correct when you used the variable
XS_USE_NEW_PLATE_DESIGNATION. This has been fixed.
Release Notes 113

2.5 Custom components
Define and create connections for custom parts

You can now define a custom connection, seam or detail so that when you use
component in a model, you can pick custom parts as the main and/or secondary
parts. You do not have to pick each part within the component. This is useful
when modeling window details in a multi-layer panel when the panel is a custom
part, for example.
To define a custom connection, detail or seam for custom parts, use the custom
component wizard and pick the custom parts as main or secondary parts.
For more information on defining custom components, see Defining custom
components in the online help.
When you are using the custom connection, Tekla Structures

accepts only custom parts as input parts if you have defined the
connection with a custom part as an input part.
Use the Custom component editor to edit the properties of custom parts. For
more information, see Editing custom components in the online help.
Miscellaneous
Improvements in the usability of custom components
• Now you only have to click the Modify button once in any custom
component dialog box to apply changes. In previous versions, you
sometimes had to click Modify repeatedly if a component had many
dependencies.
To define how many loops Tekla Structures makes to solve dependencies in
custom components, use the variable XS_CYCLIC_SOLVER_MAX_LOOPS in
Tools > Advanced options > Modeling properties. The default is 2.
• When a custom component is not working correctly and the problem
is with the equations, Tekla Structures now displays error messages
in the log file that help you recognize the problem source. To see the
log file, click Tools > Display log file > Log file...
114 Release Notes

Fixes
• When you selected a custom seam, its handles were not displayed.
• When you selected a nested custom detail, the handles of the custom
detail were not displayed. This has been fixed.
• The Variables dialog box in the Custom component editor includes a
new value type, Factor. This is a decimal value without type. You can
set the number of decimals for the value type in Setup > Units and
decimals dialog box.
• Now when you create custom components, the custom component

objects get the current phase number.
• Occasionally, adding a custom component in a skewed position gen-
erated an application error. This has been fixed.
• You can now automatically import a set of custom components and
sketches when you create a model. To do this, edit the variable
XS_UEL_IMPORT_FOLDER in the Tekla Structures batch file to point
to the folder that contains the custom components and sketches.
• Now when you reopen the Variables dialog box, all the equations are
shown even if the result of the equation cannot be calculated.
Release Notes 115

• If the reference points you picked for a custom part were not at the
center of the bounding box, the custom part was not positioned cor-
rectly.
Now when you define a custom part, its coordinate system is in the center of
the bounding box. Offsets are calculated from the center of the bounding
box.
When you edit a custom part created in an earlier version of Tekla Struc-
tures, Tekla Structures asks if you want to use this new method of position-
ing custom parts. If you do, you will also need to open any nested custom
components in the custom part and select to use the new method.
2.6 Components
New components
Tekla Structures 12.0 includes the following new components:
Component Icon Description

3D cut (10) Creates a 3D cut to a concrete part.
Anchor (10) Connects two concrete parts, for exam-

ple two walls or a column to a wall.
Border rebar (92) Adds reinforcing bars to panel or slab

edges.
Border rebar (93) Adds reinforcing bars to an edge of

panel or slab.
Column - beam (14) Creates a connection between a con-

crete column and a concrete wall or
panel.
Concrete beam-beam Creates a connection between a main
(112) concrete beam and one or two second-
ary beams.
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Component Icon Description
Concrete console (110) Creates a connection between a con-
crete column and a concrete beam.
Concrete console (111) Creates a connection between a con-

crete column and one or two concrete
beams.
Concrete foundation Creates a pad footing, piles and anchor
(1030) bars and/or grouting tubes.
Inbedded (1008) Creates embeds in concrete parts.
Opening in wall (40) Creates an opening in a concrete wall or

panel.
Parts at beam (82) Adds concrete profiles or cuts to a

beam.
Precast found block Creates a concrete foundation block.

(1028)
Rebar in beam (90) Adds reinforcing bars to concrete

beams.
Wall teeth (12) Connects two perpendicular concrete

panels with a teeth connection.
Miscellaneous
Component catalog
• It was not possible to use the Paste command on the right-click pop-
up menu in the thumbnail view of the component catalog. This has
been fixed.
Release Notes 117

Details
Handrailing (1024)
The toe plate created could not be included in an assembly. This has been fixed.
Stiffeners (1003) and Multiple stiffeners (1064)

Previously, when you re-ran these details without making any changes to them,
you had to update the single-part drawing of the stiffener. Now if nothing has
been changed, the update is not needed.
Box column base plate (1066)

• Various issues concerning weld preparation, height of ribs, hole type
and size and column fittings have been fixed in the Japanese environ-
ment.
• One side of the column was weld prepped at 45 degrees regardless of
what angle you specified. This has been fixed.
Inner diaphragm (1059)

• Double bevel cut weld preparation is now created correctly for each
side of the primary column and the angle of the lower bevel cut is
now taken from the correct field.
U.S. Base plate (1047)

• When you change bolts to anchor rods or anchor rods to bolts, the
bolts are now created and rotated correctly.
• When you use the option Square cut corners (1-4) Tekla Structures
now cuts the correct corner of the base plate.
• You can now create oversized holes in the cast plate.
• In the details, plate washers are now part of the anchor rods assembly.
Stiffened base plate (1014)

• Welds are now created in the correct position.
118 Release Notes

Stair base detail (1043)
• The detail includes new options to define the distance between the
beam and the plate for top, left, and right sides.
Stairs (S71)
We suggest that you always use the Stairs (S71) detail instead of Stairs (S82) to
create stairs in Tekla Structures.
• The Stairs (S71) detail includes all the options available in Stairs (S82)
and also some additional options. It also includes fixes for deficien-
cies found in Stairs (S82).
• You can now create steps using custom parts or seams with Stairs
(S71). This will enable you to model accurate stairs with grating, end
plates and bolts.
Release Notes 119

2.7 Reinforcement
Miscellaneous
Slab bars (18)
• You can now add reinforcing bars outside the slab by entering nega-
tive values in Cover thickness on sides options.
120 Release Notes

Analysis and Design
Tekla Structures 12.0 Analysis and Design module contains the following new
features and fixes:
Analysis model interfaces

• Tekla Structures 12.0 contains an Analysis & Design interface, which
allows Analysis & Design vendors or in-house application develop-
ers to integrate their software to Tekla Structures. The integration is
similar to the existing STAAD.Pro integration.
• You can now use also an IFC analysis model format as an analysis
engine. This utilizes the new Analysis & Design interface.
• The analysis engine installations are now separate from the full
installation of Tekla Structures, including the STAAD.Pro installa-
tion. You must run the analysis engine installations separately.
• When the analysis engine installation is complete, select the interface
to the analysis engine you want to use.
Release Notes 121

Tekla Structures 12.0 Analysis and Design
Miscellaneous
Fixes
• When you are using the Analysis tab in the dialog box of a component
to define the analysis profile settings, you can now access the differ-
ent options even when you have selected No in Use analysis
restraints.
• You can now use multiplication in the values for Buckling length or
Length factor for Buckling options in the Design tab of the part proper-
ties dialog box.
• Area load was not distributed correctly for beams also with varying
pressure and in some geometric circumstances. This has been fixed.
• If the model changes after you use the Optimize command, Tekla
Structures now marks the analysis results correctly as not up to date.
• You can now create a simpler analysis model of slabs and panels,
where cuts and holes are not considered. To do this, select Yes in the
option Simple plate on the Analysis tab of the attributes dialog box.
122 Release Notes

• When you create an analysis model of slabs and panels, you can now
define offsets for individual vertices of the slabs and panels. The off-
sets are defined as user-defined attributes on the Analysis offsets tab
in the attributes dialog box.
After you have run the analysis or created an analysis model, use the Inquire
> Object command to query the vertices. The vertex indices and their coordi-
nates are listed in the Inquire object dialog box. To define the offset for an
individual vertex, enter the offset distances as X Y Z (in current length units,
values separated by spaces) in the appropriate field, according to the index
of the vertex.
Release Notes 123

124 Release Notes
Project Management
Tekla Structures 12.0 Project Management configuration contains the following

new features:
Miscellaneous
• The status of an object is automatically updated in the model when
you:
• Modify the user-defined attributes of an object
• Modify the user-defined attributes of assemblies.
Release Notes 125

Tekla Structures 12.0 Project Management
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Conventions used in this guide ........................................................................................................................... 3
1 Tekla Structures 16.0 Release Notes....................................................... 9
2 New Features and Improvements .......................................................... 11

2.1 Feature map ......................................................................................................................................... 11
2.2 General .................................................................................................................................................
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Windows® 7 compatible Tekla Structures .......................................................................................
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Changes in the installation of Tekla Structures................................................................................ 17
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Improvements in FLEXnet licensing.................................................................................................
licensing.............................................................................................. 17
licensing..............................................................................................
Modeling ...............................................................................................................................................
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Toolbar...................................................................................................
Toolbar...................................................................................................
Improvements in Mini Toolbar.......................................................................................................... 19
numbering......................................................................................................
Improvements in numbering............................................................................................................. 20
Manager............................................................................................................
Clash Check Manager...................................................................................................................... 22
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Improvements in snapping ............................................................................................................... 22
Improvements in welds ....................................................................................................................
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parts......................................................................................................
Zooming to selected parts................................................................................................................ 27
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Displaying the origin of reference models ........................................................................................ 28

Automatic view rotation center
center .........................................................................................................
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Reinforcement meshes with multiple
mult bar diameters ....................................................................... 29
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Improvements in bent meshes ......................................................................................................... 30
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Improvements in filtering reinforcements ......................................................................................... 31
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Improvements in reinforcing bar hooks ............................................................................................ 31
Improvements in conceptual reinforcements .................................................................................. 31
Improvements in reinforcing bar bending type recognition .............................................................. 32
Improved object visibility handling in Model Organizer .................................................................... 32
2.4 Drawings............................................................................................................................................... 33
Applying drawing object level settings on drawing and view level .................................................. 33
Example of applying object level settings in a general arrangement drawing ........................... 35
New filters in drawings .................................................................................................................... 38
New Mini Toolbar for modifying objects in drawings ........................................................................ 39
New symbol file browser .................................................................................................................. 39
New automatic view shortening symbols ......................................................................................... 39
Improvements in dimensions .......................................................................................................... 41
Improvement in moving drawing objects: objects visible while dragging ........................................ 44
Improvements in Master Drawing Catalog ...................................................................................... 44
Improvements in associativity ......................................................................................................... 45
Improvements in arcs in drawings.................................................................................................... 46
Improvements in welds .................................................................................................................... 47
Improvements in merging parts in cast unit drawings ..................................................................... 48
Improvement in details: more characters allowed in detail name ................................................... 50
Improvement in single-part drawing views in assembly drawings.................................................... 51
Improvement in intelligent update: adding dimensions for new parts ............................................. 51
Improvements in printing and exporting drawing view frames ......................................................... 51
Preventing drawing view update according to grid planes ............................................................... 52
Checking view frames after manual editing ..................................................................................... 52
Removing right-hand angle dimensions from cloned drawings........................................................ 52
Maximizing drawings when opened ................................................................................................. 52
Preventing recreation of drawings gs when a setting name changes................................................... 53
New tools for finalizing and editing drawings .................................................................................
.................................................................................. 53
Product identifier in Tekla Structures drawings ............................................................................... 53
2.5 Templates and Reports .......................................................................................................
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New content type HISTORY ......................................................................................................
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Import and Export ...........................................................................................................
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Improvements in IFC import and export.......................................................................................... 54
Converting IFC objects into native Tekla Structures
Structures objects............................................................ 55
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Improvements in Unitechnik export (79) ......................................................................................... 55
Improvements in drawing export .................................................................................................
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2.7 ............................................................................................................................. 57
Analysis and Design .........................................................................................................
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Dynamic updating of the analysis anal ......................................................................................... 57

model ........................................................................................
Improvements in defining proper properties for analysis models, analysis parts, members, nodes and rigid
links..........................................................................................................................
links.................................................................................................................................................. 57
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Classifying analysis parts ........................

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Improvements in defining the po position of analysis objects .............................................................. 63
Creating rigid links ..........................................................................................................
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Creating nodes................................................................................................................................. 64
Displaying members in Analysis & Design applications................................................................... 65
Improvements in built-up sections.................................................................................................... 65
FEM import using Analysis & Design link......................................................................................... 65
2.8 Task Manager....................................................................................................................................... 66
Renewed Task Manager user interface ........................................................................................... 66
Order of objects in tasks .................................................................................................................. 68
Production rate for tasks .................................................................................................................. 68
Improvements in importing and exporting task information.............................................................. 69
Creating reports from task information............................................................................................. 69
2.9 Custom Components ............................................................................................................................ 69
New value type Stud length ............................................................................................................. 69
New parametric property Parts with slotted holes ........................................................................... 70
2.10 System Components............................................................................................................................. 71
Ship Ladder (1)................................................................................................................................. 71
Opening Frame (1) ........................................................................................................................... 74
Gusset+ T (1) .................................................................................................................................. 75
Rectangle to circle (17) .................................................................................................................... 75
Unfold surface (21)........................................................................................................................... 76
Squeezed tube (103)........................................................................................................................ 77
Slab Reinforcement Tool (1) ............................................................................................................ 77
Hollow Core Opening Tool (1).......................................................................................................... 78
Hollow Core Lifting Loops (1) ........................................................................................................... 79
Multiple Wire Size Mesh (1) ............................................................................................................. 80
(1)............................................................................................................
Seam Applicator (1).......................................................................................................................... 81
Improvements in Haunch (40) and Cranked beam (41) ................................................................... 83
Improvements in Truss (S78) ...........................................................................................................
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Improvements in Automated reinforcement layout - double tee beam beam (51) .................................... 85
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Improvements in Corbel Reinforcement (81) ..................................................................................
Fixes ........................................................................
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3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................
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3.2 ................................................................................................................................................. 89
General .....................................................................................................................
Fix list ...............................................................................................................................................
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3.3 Modeling....................................................................................................................
Modeling................................................................................................................................................ 91
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3.4 Reinforcement.......................................................................................................................................
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Fix list ...............................................................................................................................................

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3.5 Drawings .............................................................................................................................................
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Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 100
3.6 Templates and Reports....................................................................................................................... 111
Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 111
3.7 Import and Export................................................................................................................................ 112
Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 112
3.8 Analysis and Design............................................................................................................................ 114
Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 114
3.9 Construction Management.................................................................................................................. 115
Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 115
3.10 Custom Components .......................................................................................................................... 116
Fix list ............................................................................................................................................. 116
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3.11 System Components .......................................................................................................................... 117
Fix list - general.............................................................................................................................. 117
Fix list - steel connections .............................................................................................................. 117
Fix list - steel details....................................................................................................................... 121
Fix list - steel modeling tools .......................................................................................................... 122
Fix list - precast concrete ............................................................................................................... 124
Fix list - reinforcement.................................................................................................................... 125
Fix list - cold rolled ......................................................................................................................... 129
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Release Notes
Tekla Structures version 16.0 is a main version and contains many new features and fixes.
Compatibility Tekla Structures 16.0 is compatible with all previous versions. You can open and work with
existing models using Tekla Structures 16.0. Note the following issues:
• To avoid conversion problems, always open a model created with an older version of Tekla
Structures as a single-user model first.
• Updating drawings created with an older version of Tekla Structures in Tekla Structures
16.0 may cause problems. We recommend th that you complete any drawings you have
started using your current version or recreat
recreate the drawings using Tekla Structures 16.0.
• We recommend that you always check that custom components created in older versions
work correctly in the new version
ve of Tekla Structures.
When you open custom components made with an older version of Tekla Structures in the
Custom component editor, and the new version contains improvements requiring update,
Tekla Structures asks whether you want to update the component. If you do not update the
component, it works in the same manner as in the version where it was originally made,
but you do not gain the benefits of the improvements.
If you choose to update the component, you need to check and sometimes even recreate
dimensions depending on the improvements. When you delete a dimension and create a
new one (even with the same name), also the equations containing the dimension need to
be edited, because the dependency created by the equation is lost when a dimension is
deleted. You can recreate the dimensions and edit the equations easily in the Custom
component editor.
We suggest that you complete any models you have started using your current version.
Once you save a model in Tekla Structures 16.0, you cannot open it in
previous versions of Tekla Structures.
You need Windows Administrator rights to install Tekla Structures 16.0. This ensures that all
Windows system folder *.dll files are updated.
Tekla Structures 16.0 Release Notes
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Tekla Structures 16.0 Release Notes
2 New Features and
Improvements
2.1 Feature map
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This feature map lists all the new features in Tekla
Tekla Structures 16.0 and the configurations they
are available in. To navigate in the release notes, click the link in the New Feature column.
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Reinforced Concrete Detailing
Precast Concrete Detailing
Construction Management
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Project Manager
Steel Detailing
Engineering
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Drafter
Viewer
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New feature
General
Windows® 7 compatible * * * * * * * * *
Tekla Structures (p. 16)
Changes in the installation * * * * * * * * *
of Tekla Structures (p. 17)
Improvements in * * * * * * * * *
FLEXnet licensing (p. 17)
Modeling
Improvements in Mini * * * * * *
Toolbar (p. 19)
Improvements in * * * *
numbering (p. 20)
Clash Check Manager (p. * *
22)
New Features and Improvements
Project Manager
Steel Detailing
Engineering
Drafter
Viewer
Full
New feature
Improvements in snapping * * * * * * * *
(p. 22)
Improvements in welds (p. * *
25)
Zooming to selected parts * * * * * * * * *
(p. 27)
Displaying the origin of * * * * * * * * *
reference models (p. 28)
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Automatic view rotation * * * * * * * * *
center (p. 28)
Reinforcement meshes * * *
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with multiple bar
diameters (p. 29)
Improvements in bent * * *
meshes (p. 30)
Improvements in filtering * * *
reinforcements (p. 31)
Improvements in * * *
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reinforcing bar hooks (p.

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Improvements in * * * *
conceptual reinforcements
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(p. 31)
Improvements in * * * * *
reinforcing bar bending
type recognition (p. 32)
Improved object visibility * *
handling in Model
Organizer (p. 32)
Drawings
Applying drawing object * * * * * *
level settings on drawing
and view level (p. 33)
New filters in drawings (p. * * * * * *
38)
New Mini Toolbar for * * * * * *
modifying objects in
drawings (p. 39)
New symbol file browser * * * * * *
(p. 39)
Project Manager
Steel Detailing
Engineering
Drafter
Viewer
Full
New feature
New automatic view * * * *
shortening symbols (p. 39)
Improvements in * * * * * *
dimensions (p. 41)
Improvement in moving * * * * * *
drawing objects: objects
visible while dragging (p.
44)
Improvements in Master * * * * * *
Improvements in
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Drawing Catalog (p. 44)
associativity (p. 45)

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Improvements in arcs in * * * * * * *
drawings (p. 46)
Improvements in welds (p. * *
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Improvement in details: * * * * * *
more characters allowed
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in detail name (p. 50)

Checking view frames * * * * * *
after manual editing (p.
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Removing right-hand * * * * * *
angle dimensions from
cloned drawings (p. 52)
Preventing drawing view * * * * * *
update according to grid
planes (p. 52)
Improvement in intelligent * * * * * *
update: adding
dimensions for new parts
(p. 51)
Maximizing drawings * * * * * *
when opened (p. 52)
Improvements in printing * * * * * *
and exporting drawing
view frames (p. 51)
Preventing recreation of * * * * * *
drawings when a setting
name changes (p. 53)
Project Manager
Steel Detailing
Engineering
Drafter
Viewer
Full
New feature
Improvement in single- * * * * * *
part drawing views in
assembly drawings (p. 51)
Improvements in merging * * * * *
parts in cast unit drawings
(p. 48)
New tools for finalizing * * * * *
and editing drawings (p.
53)
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Structures drawings (p.
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Templates and Reports
New content type * * * * * * * * *
HISTORY (p. 54)
Import and Export
Improvements in IFC * * * * *
import and export (p. 54)
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Converting IFC objects * * * * *

into native Tekla
Structures objects (p. 55)
Improvements in * * *
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Unitechnik export (79) (p.

55)
Improvements in drawing * * * * *
export (p. 56)
Analysis & Design
Dynamic updating of the * * * * *
analysis model (p. 57)
Improvements in defining * * * * *
properties for analysis
models, analysis parts,
members, nodes and rigid
links (p. 57)
Classifying analysis parts * * * * *
(p. 63)
Improvements in defining * * * * *
the position of analysis
objects (p. 63)
Creating rigid links (p. 63) * * * * *
Project Manager
Steel Detailing
Engineering
Drafter
Viewer
Full
New feature
Creating nodes (p. 64)
Displaying members in * * * * *
Analysis & Design
applications (p. 65)
Improvements in built-up * * * * *
sections (p. 65)
FEM import using * * * * *
Analysis & Design link (p.
65)
Task Manager
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Renewed Task Manager * *
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user interface (p. 66)
Order of objects in tasks * *
(p. 68)
Production rate for tasks * *
(p. 68)
Improvements in * *
importing and exporting
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task information (p. 69)

Creating reports from task * *
information (p. 69)
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Custom Components
New value type Stud * * * *
length (p. 69)
New parametric property * * * *
Parts with slotted holes (p.
70)
System Components
Ship Ladder (1) (p. 71) * *
Opening Frame (1) (p. 74) * *
Gusset+ T (1) (p. 75) * *
Rectangle to circle (17) (p. * *
75)
Unfold surface (21) (p. 76) * *
Squeezed tube (103) (p. 77) * *
Slab Reinforcement Tool * * *
(1) (p. 77)
Project Manager
Steel Detailing
Engineering
Drafter
Viewer
Full
New feature
Hollow Core Opening Tool * * *
(1) (p. 78)
Hollow Core Lifting Loops * * *
(1) (p. 79)
Multiple Wire Size Mesh * * *
(1) (p. 80)
Seam Applicator (1) (p. 81) * * *
Improvements in Haunch * *
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(41) (p. 83)
Improvements in Truss * *
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(S78) (p. 84)
Improvements in Corbel * * *
Reinforcement (81) (p. 87)
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Tekla Structures 16.0 is compatible with Windows® 7, the newest Windows operating system.
Only software compatible with Windows® 7 has passed Microsoft-designed tests for
compatibility and reliability on PCs running the Windows 7 operating system.
This means that Tekla Structures 16.0:
• Is tested for compatibility and reliability on Windows 7.
• Passed Microsoft designed tests to minimize the possibility of application errors, hangs,
and reboots.
• Represents a commitment that the product will continue to work over the life of Windows
7.
• Meets the privacy standards set forth by the Anti-Spyware Coalition.
• Installs cleanly and reliably.
• Eliminates unnecessary reboots.
• Ensures compatibility with Windows 7, both with 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
Changes in the installation of Tekla Structures
The following changes have been included in the Tekla Structures 16.0 installation:
• When you install Tekla Structures for the first time on a computer, it is installed in the
Windows Program Files folder by default. If you have a previous version of Tekla
Structures installed, the default location for the installation is the same as before.
• When Tekla Structures is installed in the Program Files folder, the location of the
environment folders is:
• ..\ProgramData\Tekla Structures\16.0\ (Windows Vista)
• ..\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Tekla Structures (Windows XP)
teklastructures.ini file is ..\Program Files\Tekla
Structures\16.0\nt\bin.
user.ini file is:
• ..\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Tekla
Structures\<version>\UserSettings\ (Windows Vista)
• ..\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application
Data\Tekla Structures\<version>\UserSettings\ (Windows XP)
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The Default environment is no longer installed by default.
The changes are related to Windows 7 certification.
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For more Renewed Tekla Structures installation document in the Tekla Extranet at Tekla Structures >
information Product > Version downloads > 16.0.
Files and Folders
Improvements in FLEXnet licensing

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Tekla Structures Tekla Structures License Server 1.14 is published with Tekla Structures 16.0.
License Server
Tekla Structures • Tekla Structures License Administration Tool 1.14 is published with Tekla Structures 16.0.
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Administration • The license server is now auto

automatically notified when you activate, deactivate, or repair
Tool licenses. Previously, you had to use the ReRead License File functionality in LMTOOLS
to manually notify the license server about the license changes.
You can enable the automatic no notification functionality when Tekla Structures License
Administration Tool is started for the first time. You are asked whether you want to
automatically notify the license server about the license changes. To enable the automatic
notification functionality, select Yes.
If you later want to modify the notification settings, go to Actions > Notify Server.
Do no use the automatic notification functionality if you are using some

other FLEXnet license and license server administration tool, such as
FLEXnet Manager.
• You can now check to which computer a license is borrowed, and the expiry date of the
borrowed license. The Activated Licenses table has a new column Details that you can
use for checking the license borrow information.
If license borrow information is available, a button is displayed in the Details
column. The button is always displayed when the Borrowed column indicates
that licenses have been borrowed.
If the Details column is empty, there is no borrow information available for that license in
question.
The button is also displayed when a borrowed

rrowed licence has expired. This means
that a license has been borrowed but it has not been returned by the expiry date. When the
expired license is returned, the information is removed from the license details list.
Also if you return a borrowed license before its expiry date, the license information is
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removed from the license details list.
See an example of License Details below:
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Borrowed License Expiry Date is the expiry date of the borrowed license.
Host Machine is the name of the computer to which the license has been borrowed.
• A new colum Order ID has been added in the Entitled Licenses and Activated Licenses
tables. The order ID is the same as in the EntitlementCertificate.html file. The
order ID helps to identify which licenses are related to each other and which license needs
to be returned before a new license can be activated.
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License Borrow
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Improvements in Mini Toolbar

The following improvements have been made to the Mini Toolbar in Tekla Structures 16.0:
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Improved • You can now control the position of objects mo

more easily using a specific selection wheel in
position selection
the Mini Toolbar. When you use the selection wheel, the object moves in the model
according to the global coordinate system.
accordingly. The position is set accordin
Part orientation
Position selection dial
Rotation angle knob
Angle
Plane offset
Depth offset
Other • You can now use the Mini Toolbar also for grids and views.
improvements
• The commands on the Mini Toolbar for welds are now grouped in a more intuitive way.
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Improvements in numbering
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Tekla Structures 16.0 includes the following improvements in numbering:
Numbering You can number different areas of the model separately by using the new Number Series of
selected series Selected Objects command.
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The command numbers all parts and assemblies that have same numbering series settings. The
series is determined by the prefix and start number of the selected part. For example:
The Number Series of Selected Objects command allows you to:

• Selectively number the same types of parts but in different phases or cycles of detailing at
different times
• Number different materials (such as concrete and steel), which are usually at different
detailing and release cycles but in the same Tekla Structures model, with different
numbering settings and at different times
Tekla Structures also uses this functionality when you open or create a drawing where one or
more parts or assemblies require numbering. If you modify a part that has been used in many
different assemblies, all the related assemblies will be numbered.
The new functionality saves you a lot of time especially when working on a large model, as you
no longer need to number the entire model at once. Before you start numbering, we recommend
that you plan the numbering series carefully, and split the model into smaller numbering series,
for example by area or phase.
Diagnosing and The Tools > Diagnose & Repair Model menu now contains two new commands for diagnosing
repairing and repairing numbering.
numbering
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Diagnose & Repair Numbering: All numbers all objects, including those that have not
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been modified.
• Diagnose & Repair Numbering: Series of Selected Objects numbers all parts that
belong to the selected numbering series.
The basic functionality is the same for both of the commands: to find and correct numbering
errors in the model. The operation can be performed
perf for all objects or series of objects. For
example, if you have two identical parts with a different position number, these commands
assign both parts the smaller one of those two values. The same applies to assemblies. If you
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are working on a multi-user model and have not used the Synchronize with master model
(save-numbering-save) option, you should use these commands to diagnose and repair the
numbering of the model.
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The new commands replace the old Number All Objects (Full
numbering) command available in previous versions of Tekla
Structures.
Numbering Concrete parts now get the numbering settings from the cast unit numbering series. This
concrete parts enables you to number individual concrete cast unit series, without having to number the entire
model at once.
When you create new concrete parts, they are automatically numbered according to the cast
unit numbering settings. For example, if the cast unit prefix is C and the start number is 1,
concrete parts will get the part prefix Concrete_C-1.
This applies also to concrete components whose part position prefix is Concrete and start
number is 1.
This functionality is not compatible with models created using a

previous version of Tekla Structures.
For more Numbering the Model
information
Clash Check Manager

Tekla Structures 16.0 contains a new clash checking functionality, which helps you manage
clash results better. Clash Check Manager provides the following improvements:
• Clashes are automatically classified according to their type.
The available clash types are: Inside, Exact match, Cut through, Clash, and Complex clash.
• You can sort your clash check results.
• You can zoom to clashing objects in the model.
• You can change the status of the clashes.
• After removing or modifying objects, you can re-run clash check to see if the clash still
exists.
• You can save clash check sessions and view them again later on.
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Managing the list of clashes
Symbols used in clash checking
Changing the status of clashes
Changing the priority of clashes
Opening and saving clash check sessions
Improvements in snapping
Tekla Structures 16.0 includes the following improvements in snapping:
Snapping to a
line • The new Snap to line snap switch allows you to snap to another line in the model.
This can be useful when creating objects that line up with an existing object or a grid line.
You can use this snap switch with any command that asks you to pick two or more points.
Tekla Structures automatically picks both ends of the line. The yellow arrow symbol
indicates the direction of the points. To switch direction, move the mouse pointer closer to
the opposite end of the line.
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creating a column, only the start point of
the line is used to position the part.
Snapping to part • You can now snap to part extension lines in 3D space. If the part is rotated, also the
extension lines
extension lines are rotated.
• The mouse pointer tries to stay on the line when moving along the part extension line. At
first you must move the pointer close to the object to find the extension line, but when the
line is found you can move the pointer further away while keeping the snap.
Snapping in an • When picking multiple points, for example when you create a polybeam or a contour plate,
orthogonal
direction you can snap in orthogonal directions relative to the two previously picked points. This is
useful, for example, when you want to create a rectangular slab that is on the view plane
but not along the x and y axes.
The color of the line and angle symbol changes to indicate that the snap is orthogonal to
the previous points and not the work plane:
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Snapping in orthogonal directions
Improvements in welds
The Weld Properties dialog box has been renewed in Tekla Structures 16.0. The new dialog
box has more options, and most of the properties can now be defined separately for Above line
and Below line.
The changes include:
• New weld types
Steep-flanked single-V butt weld
Steep-flanked single-bevel butt weld
Edge weld
Surfacing weld
Fold joint
Inclined joint
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Smooth blended weld face
• New common weld properties

• Renewed terminology: stitch welds are now called intermittent welds
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Renewed terminology
More properties that can be defined separately for Above line and Below
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New common properties
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Weld properties
Zooming to selected parts
As the models are getting larger and more complex, it might be difficult to see which objects
are currently selected. In Tekla Structures 16.0, you can zoom the active view so that the
selected objects are shown in the center of the view. This can be useful, for example, when you
are viewing the clash check results or working with Task Manager and you are not sure which
part is currently selected.
To zoom to selected parts, do one of the following:
• Click View > Zoom > Zoom Selected.
• Right-click and select Zoom > Zoom Selected from the pop-up menu.
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Displaying the origin of reference models
The origin of reference models is now displayed as a handle in the model. This means that you
can for example move the reference model by using the handles.
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Automatic view rotation center

In Tekla Structures 16.0, you have two alternative ways of setting the center of rotation.
• The conventional way is to press V and then pick a position in the view. To rotate the
model around this view point, hold down Ctrl and click and drag with the middle mouse
button.
• Alternatively, you can use the new Automatic Rotation Center functionality available in
Tools > Options. If Automatic Rotation Center is switched on, when you hold down Ctrl
and click and drag with the middle mouse button, the rotation center is automatically set at
the location you clicked.
When you are using the conventional rotation method, you can
temporarily activate Automatic Rotation Center by holding down Ctrl
+ Shift while you click and drag with the middle mouse button.
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In Tekla Structures 16.0 the reinforcement mesh detailing has been improved. It is now possible
to define multiple diameters for the bars in po
polygon, rectangle and bent reinforcement meshes.
The diameters can be defined separately in boboth the longitudinal and the cross direction.
Previously it was possible to define only on
one diameter for the bars in each direction.
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Multiple diameters enable the creation
eation of diameter patterns. The pattern is repeated along the
mesh, if needed. The maximum bar diameter in the pattern is used to calculate the mesh
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position depending on the cover thickness and offsets.
For example, entering 40 2*20 as the diameters in the longitudinal and 8 40 2*20 in the
cross direction results in the following patterns.
Pattern in
longitudinal
direction
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Pattern in cross
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Improvements in bent meshes

• The first longitudinal bar can now be placed in a curved part of the cross bars. Previously
the longitudinal bar needed to be placed in the first straight segment.
• It is now possible to set the start and the end offset greater than the length of the first
segment. Reinforcing bars are resized along the defined position.
• If the start or the end offset type is set to Leg length, only the straight part of the
reinforcing bars is resized.
• If the bent mesh geometry (combination of handles, bending radius and the maximum bar
diameter) is not correct, the mesh is not created.
• When you modify a bent mesh by changing the dialog box values and the changes would
result in a broken mesh with incorrect geometry, the mesh is not modified.
• When you modify a bent mesh by moving the handles, and the changes result in a broken
mesh with incorrect geometry, a single red line is drawn between the handles. The red line
can be selected and modified to correct the mesh geometry.
Improvements in filtering reinforcements

You can now filter reinforcing bars by their length. This is useful, for example, when checking
the model for errors or when creating a report of reinforcing bars of a specific length.
For example, to check if the model contains reinforcing bars whose length exceeds 12 metres,
you can filter out all reinforcing bars that are less than 12 metres long.
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Filtering objects
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Improvements in reinforcing
inforcing bar hooks
You can define reinforcing bar hooks’ Angle, Radius and Length. For Angle you can enter a
value between –180 and +180 degrees. However, you cannot enter a negative value for Radius
or Length anymore. The Radius and Length fields do not accept negative values.
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Improvements in conceptual
conceptual reinforcements
Conceptual reinforcem
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reinforcements look similar to detailed reinforcements but do not
include the option to assign control numbers (Steel Detailing) or perform numbering
(Engineering).
Conceptual reinfor
reinforcements that are created using components (such as Beam reinforcement
(63)) can now be converted to detailed reinforcements only in configurations that allow
reinforcement detailing (Full, Precast Concrete Detailing and Reinforced Concrete Detailing).
Previously when you modified a part which the reinforcement component belonged to, the
reinforcement was converted to a detailed reinforcement even though the reinforcement was
originally created in Steel Detailing or Engineering configuration and should therefore be
conceptual.
Conceptual or detailed
Situation reinforcements
Reinforcement component created in Steel Detailing or conceptual reinforcements
Engineering configuration
Reinforcement component created in Full, Precast detailed reinforcements
Concrete Detailing, or Reinforced Concrete Detailing
configuration; the part is later modified in Steel Detailing
or Engineering configuration
Conceptual or detailed
Situation reinforcements
Reinforcement component created in Steel Detailing or detailed reinforcements
Engineering configuration; the part is modified in Full,
Precast Concrete Detailing, or Reinforced Concrete
Detailing configuration
Engineering configuration; the reinforcements are
modified in Steel Detailing or Engineering configuration
Engineering configuration; the component is converted to
detailed in Steel Detailing or Engineering configuration
Reinforcement component created in Steel Detailing or detailed reinforcements
Engineering configuration; the component is converted to
detailed in Full, Precast Concrete Detailing, or Reinforced
Concrete Detailing configuration
Improvements in reinforcing bar bending type recognition

In Tekla Structures 16.0 the reinforcing bar bending type recognition has been improved.
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Previously, you had to define an angle for some of the bending shapes to enable the correct
bending type recognition. The angle was of an exact
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exact value, and there was no tolerance value for
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With BendingAngleTolerance option in the rebar_config.inp file you can now
set a tolerance value for the angle.
angle. Angles which differ from the
th set tolerance value less than
the tolerance are recognized and lead to a correct bending shape.
Enter the tolerance value as a radius, not as a degree. This applies to all
bending shapes.
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Improved object visibility handling in Model Organizer

You can now easily handle the visibility of objects in the model by right-clicking a category in
Model Organizer and selecting one of the following:
• Hide - hides all objects that belong to the selected category.
• Show Only Selected - shows only the objects that belong to the selected category.
• Redraw View - shows all objects.
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2.4 Drawings
Applying drawing object level settings on drawing and view level
The new drawing properties dialog boxes introduce a new option for controlling the drawing
object settings directly on the drawing and view level. Now setting up special representation for
objects in drawings or views is easier than ever. Simply set up a drawing or view filter that
selects the objects you want a special representation for, then create and save the object
property settings to be used for the objects specified by the filter, and then combine these two
into object level settings. For example, you may want to define that all columns in a drawing or
drawing view are shown in a specific color.You also have the option of turning the object level
settings on or off for the drawings or views you choose.
Previously, you could do the same by using drawing classifiers, which had no settings to adjust
on the user interface, and you had to manually define combinations of drawing or view
properties, filters, drawing object setting files and naming conventions to achieve the desired
result.
The drawing object settings that you apply on the drawing or view level drawing properties
dialog box override all the other drawing object settings defined in the drawing properties
dialog boxes. Object level settings defined on the drawing level are inherited to the view level
settings if there are no object level settings defined on view level. If you define view level
object settings, they override the drawing level settings.
Before you can apply drawing object level settings, first create and save the necessary drawing
or view filters and drawing object property files.
Creating and To create and apply the drawing object level settings on drawing level:
applying object
level settings on 1. Click Drawings& Reports > Drawing Settings and select the type of the drawing.
drawing level 2. Click Edit settings.
3. In the Object level settings for drawing dialog box, add rows and select the filters to be
used, the drawing object types and the drawing object property files to be used.
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4. Enter a name for the object level settings and save using Save as.
5. Click Cancel.
Now you have an object level settings file you can load in the drawing properties dialog box
before creating the drawing or after creating it. To load the object level settings in an open
drawing:
1. Double-click the drawing to open the drawing properties dialog box.
2. Click Edit settings.
3. Load the desired object level settings file.
4. Click OK.
5. Click Modify to apply the changes in the open drawing.
Creating and On view level, you can use object level settings, for example, for showing the different erection
applying object sections with different representation.
level settings on
view level To create and apply object level settings on view level:
1. Open a drawing by double-clicking it on the Drawing List.
2. Double-click a view frame.
4. In the Object level settings for view dialog box, add rows and select the filters to be used,
the drawing object types and the drawing object property files to be used.
5. Enter a name for the object level settings and save using Save as.
6. Click Cancel.
Now you have an object level settings file you can load in the view drawing properties dialog
box to apply the object level settings on view level. To do this:
1. Open the drawing containing the view that you want to change.
2. Double-click the view frame to open the drawing view properties dialog box
4. Load the desired object level settings file.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Modify to apply the changes in the view.
Applying drawing You can apply drawing object level settings in the drawings that you create in Master Drawing
object level Catalog for the saved settings type of master drawings:
settings through
Master Drawing 1. Double-click the saved setting you want to use for creating drawings.
Catalog
2. Click Edit drawing properties.
4. Select the filter to be used, the drawing object type and the drawing object property file to
5.
6.
be used.
Click OK.
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Click Save to save the changes in the saved settings file (property file)
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7. Click OK in the Master Drawing Properties dialog box.
8. Create the drawing(s).
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Example of applying object level settings
Example of applying object level se

settings in a general arrangement
drawing
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In this example, we will set up different obj

object level properties for various types of building
objects, such as beams, column
columns and braces. Then we will make a drawing filter, save object
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drawing filters. This example is using part names defined in the
drawing filter model, similarly as modeling filters. Do the following to set up the filters.
1. Click Drawings & Reports > Drawing Settings > General Arrangement Drawing.
2. Click Filter in the drawing properties dialog box.
3. Create filters by PartName for column, beam, and brace and save the settings using
Save as with different names, such as ts_column, ts_beam and ts_brace.
4. Click Cancel. Now you have created the required filters
filt needed for selecting the desired
parts.
Setting part Set up the required property settings

tings for beam, column and brace:
representation
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In the General Arrangement Drawing Properties dialog box, click Part:
• For columns, set Part representationto Exact on the Contents tab, set Visible
lines to magenta on the Appearance tab, and save the settings with the name
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column using Save as.
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• Save setting in the similar way for beams: Select Part representationOutline on the
Contents tab, set Visible lines to green on the Appearance tab and save the
settings with the name beam using Save as.
• For braces, set Part representation to Symbol with partial profile on the Contents
tab, set Visible lines to blue on the Appearance tab and save the settings with the
name brace using Save as.
2. Click Cancel. Now you have the required object property settings to be used when
applying object level setting.
Creating detailed Here we will set up the object level settings using the saved filters and saved object property
object level settings.
settings on
drawing level 1. In the General Arrangement Drawing Properties dialog box, click Edit settings.
2. In the Object level settings for drawing dialog box, select the filters to be used, the
drawing object types and the drawing object settings to be used:
a Click Add row and select ts_column as Model object (Drawing filter), Part as
Drawing object type and column as Settings used.
b Click Add row and select ts_beam as Model object (Drawing filter), Part as
Drawing object type and beam as Settings used.
c Click Add row and select ts_brace as Model object (Drawing filter), Part as
Drawing object type and brace as Settings used.
3. Save the object level settings as gatype1 using Save as.
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The same object level settings can be used with other saved general arrangement
properties, you do not need to create new ones.
Using the saved By default when you create a general arrangement drawing of a 3D view using a default or
object level preset drawing properties, object level setting are not applied, and Use detailed object level
settings
settings is set to No.
To apply the detailed object level settings on drawing level:
1. Create a general arrangement drawing.
2. Open the created general arrangement drawing and double-click the drawing to open the
drawing properties.
4. Load object level settings, in this example gatype1, and click Load.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Modify to apply the changes in the drawing.
7. Confirm the object level changes by clicking Yes in the on Object level settings
changed! confirmation box.
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See also settings on drawing and view level (p. 33)
Applying drawing object level settings
New filters in drawings

Now the dialog boxes for filters are identical in the model and in the drawings. The new dialog
boxes allow you to make more complex filters in the drawings.
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Furthermore, the Filter button is now available for all drawing types using filters (Drawings &
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New Mini Toolbar for modifying objects in drawings
Also the Drawing Editor now has a Mini Toolbar,which allows you to quickly modify the most
common properties of the objects in drawings.
Below is the Mini Toolbar for dimensions.
New symbol file browser

The new symbol browser makes changing the symbol file in use considerably easier than
before. When you want to select a new symbol file, just click the Select... button in the Symbol
Properties or Mark Content - Symbol dialog box and select a new file.
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Symbol files are searched from folders listed in DXK_SYMBOLPATH, which is defined in
initialization file teklastructures.ini.The
teklastructures.ini order of folders in DXK_SYMBOLPATH does
matter: If there are duplicate file names, the first one found is used.
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New automatic view shortening symbols

Tekla Structures can now show more clearly where the parts have been shortened in views with
the new automatic view shortening symbols.
To show the shortening symbols in drawings, set the advanced options
XS_DRAW_VERTICAL_VIEW_SHORTENING_SYMBOLS_TO_PARTS and
XS_DRAW_HORIZONTAL_VIEW_SHORTENING_SYMBOLS_TO_PARTS to TRUE through Tools >
Options > Advanced Options... > Drawing Properties.
You can control the appearance of the view shortening symbols using the following advanced
options:
• XS_SHORTENING_SYMBOL_COLOR controls the color. Enter an integer value. Default is the
same as the part color.
• XS_SHORTENING_SYMBOL_LINE_TYPE controls the line type. Enter an integer value.
Default is a solid line.
• XS_SHORTENING_SYMBOL_WITH_ZIGZAG controls the line shape. If you do not want to
use zigzag, set this advanced option to FALSE. TRUE is the default.
Below is an example of how the symbol is displayed.
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View shortening symbols are not shown in general arrangement drawings.
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Improvements in dimensions
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dimensions are used, for ex
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To set the rotation in a drawing, go to Dimension Properties > Marks and click the ...
button next to the Tag that you want to rotate. The choices are Parallel to dimension line
(no rotation, default) and Perpendicular to dimension line. Each tag has independent
rotation setting, so you can rotate some tags and keep others unrotated.
This functionality is available only for left upper, left lower, right upper and right lower
dimension tags. For middle dimension tag and prefix and postfix dimension marks,
rotation is not available.
Formatting • The dimension tags now have the same formatting options available as other marks. You
can set font and frame settings separately for any tag element. By default, the formatting
follows the dimension settings, but you can now use special fonts and frames to emphasize
certain elements.
Dual dimension
tags
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It is now possible to create dual dimension tags
tags automatically in all types of drawings.
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Dual dimensions can be shown only in relative and US absolute
dimensions, but not in absolute dimensions.
You can set the dual dimension tags in Tools > Options > Options... > Drawing dimensions.
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You can select separately the drawing types for which to create the dual dimension. When
Tekla Structures creates the drawing, it adds in the lower dimension tag in the selected unit and
format, and puts the text DIMENSION in the middle dimension tag in the Dimension
Properties dialog box.
To add dual dimensions manually:
1. Go to Tools > Options > Options... > Drawing dimensions > Dimensions in tags, set the
unit, format and precision, and activate the dual dimensions for the drawing types you
want.
2. Click OK.
3. Double-click a dimension in your drawing.
4. Add text DIMENSION to any dimension tag.
5. If you do not want to show dual dimensions in some dimensions, you can delete the text
DIMENSION manually from the tag.
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Below is an example of dual dimensions using unit mm and format ###.
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Improvement in moving drawing objects: objects visible while dragging
Moving objects is one of the most common tasks in drawings. Now you are able to see during
object dragging what the end result will be. There is a cross in the middle of the cursor
indicating the object that you are dragging.The magenta lines in the cursor make it easier to
place the object in line with other objects. This will significantly reduce unnecessary editing.
Improvements in Master Drawing Catalog
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In Tekla Structures 16.0, the Master Drawing Catalog has been improved further:
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• The master drawing preview image window size is now larger than before. Also, if you
resize the preview image, Tekla Structures remembers
remembers the new size next time you open the
preview image.
• In Edit Rules and Define Rules dialog boxes, a letter has been added after the master
drawing name to indicate the type of the mast
master drawing. (S) indicates saved settings, (T)
cloning templates, and (R) rule sets. This makes it easier to select the correct master
drawing if you have two master drawings of different type but with the same name, for
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• You can now create drawings for all parts. First select a master drawing from the catalog,
then click the arrow at the end of the Create drawings button, and click Create drawings
for all parts.
• New shortcuts:
• Select all: Ctrl + A
• Create drawings for all parts: Alt + A
• Create drawings: Alt + C
• The Master Drawing Catalog now remembers search strings. When you start typing a
string, it suggests previous strings starting with the same characters.
Improvements in associativity
Drawing views • Now the size and location of a drawing view can be associated also to a portion of a model
part in cases where the parts are not completely inside the view. Previously, the view
boundary was updated using only the parts that were completely inside the view. Views are
now associative even though the view does not contain any part completely. This applies to
all view types, but is best shown in detail views, as they are often used for showing a detail
of a part.
In the following example, e, the drawing is cloned from template. Cloned drawing has the
same view showing the same detail in a different place and size.
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• 3D views in assembly and cast unit drawings are now associative. The view size and
drawing annotations are updated correctly. This applies also to cloned drawings.
• Drawings views that use Model coordinate systems are updated and cloned correctly.
Refreshing • Often improvements in cloning and associativity

associativity require that the associative rules have to
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be recreated. Previously this meant that you had to recreate the whole drawing. Now you
can recreate associative ruless for a drawing using the new Refresh Associativity
command, instead of recreating the whole drawing. This commancommand is very useful if you,
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for example, have a template drawing you haveha created using an older Tekla Structures
associativity of a newer Tekla Structures version.
version and want to utilize the better associativity
You may want to add the Refresh Associativity command in the User menu through
Tools > Customize.
Dimension • Now the number of objects in the dimension grouping tag is updated correctly.
grouping
• You can now define that Tekla Structures updates dimension grouping automatically by
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selecting the option Update grouping when model changes on the Dimension grouping
tab page (Drawing Properties > Dimensioning).
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The following improvements have been included in Tekla Structures 16.0 for the representation
and export of arcs in drawings:
• Curved and circular lines in drawings are now displayed so that the dashed lines are clear
and continuous.
• Curved and circular lines are now exported to DWG as arcs, not as segments.
Ensure that the Snap to end points switch is enabled when snapping to
arcs.
This functionality affects only parts, not reinforcing bars.
Improvements in welds
Dialog box The Weld Properties dialog box in drawings has been renewed in Tekla Structures 16.0. The
changes new dialog box has more options, and most of the properties can now be defined separately for
Above line and Below line.
The changes include:
• New weld types
Steep-flanked single-V butt weld
Steep-flanked single-bevel butt weld
• New finish types:
Flush finished weld
Smooth blended weld face
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Renewed terminology: stitch welds are now called intermittent welds. The option is
available for both Above line and Below line.
• Dialog contents have been moved
moved around a bit. For example, Prefix is moved to the top,
and Effective throat and Root opening are moved from the Other area to Above line and
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Showing root You can now select whether zero root openings are shown in weld marks. Use the new
openings in weld advanced option XS_DRAW_ROOT_OPENING_EVEN_WHEN_ZERO to control the root opening
marks
information in weld marks.
The following example shows the result when the Root opening option is set to 0 in the Weld
Mark Properties dialog box and XS_DRAW_ROOT_OPENING_EVEN_WHEN_ZERO is set to TRUE.
Improvements in merging partss in cast unit drawings
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and the gap between these parts is less than the
tolerance you specify using the new advanced option
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XS_DRAWING_SOLID_MERGE_TOLERANCE in Tools > Options > Advanced Options >
Drawing View, Tekla Structures merges the parts in the cast unit drawing.
Tekla Structures removes hidden lines as follows:
• Edge segments are removed
removed when necessary.
• Whole edges that get hidden during merging are removed.
• New edges are added in correct locations replacing the removed edges.
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The following example shows the result of merging parts.

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unnecessary segments of curved parts that are one above another are
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Improvement in details: more characters allowed in detail name

Now you can enter a maximum of nine (9) charact
characters in the detail name field. Previously, you
could enter only two characters.
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Improvement in single-part drawing views in assembly drawings
Tekla Structures16.0 has a new useful feature for anyone using Include single parts > Single-
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part attributes option (Assembly Drawing Properties > Layout > Other). With the new
advanced option XS_USE_EXISTING_SINGLE_PART_DRAWINGS_IN_ASSEMBLY_DRAWINGS
you can specify whether to create new views or use views from existing single-part drawings in
assembly drawings. If you have lots of similar pa
parts in lots of different assembly drawings, you
drawings of these parts and edit them so that they include everything that
can create single-part drawings
you need. When a single-part view of the part is included in an assembly drawing, it is
automatically copied from the original single-part drawing on the Drawing List, and all your
view are scaled according to the layout settings
editing comes in automatically. The included views
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XS_USE_EXISTING_SINGLE_PART_DRAWINGS_IN_ASSEMBLY_DRAWINGS to TRUE in
Single-Part View in Assembly Drawing, the existing single-part drawing views will be used in
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assembly drawings. When set to FALSE, or if there is no existing view for a given part, a new
view will be created according to the Include single parts setting. The default value is FALSE.
See also Including single-part views in assembly drawings
Improvement in intelligent update: adding dimensions for new parts

With the new advanced option XS_INTELLIGENT_UPDATE_ADD_DIMENSIONS in Tools >
Options > Advanced Options... > Drawing Properties you can now define whether to add
dimensions for new parts when updating intelligent drawings. When this advanced option is set
to TRUE, Tekla Structures creates dimensions for new parts at drawing update. The default
value is TRUE.
Improvements in printing and exporting drawing view frames

You can now include drawing view frames in printed and exported drawings. To do this:
1. Click Tools > Options > Advanced Options.
2. Select Printing.
3. Set XS_PLOT_VIEW_FRAMES to TRUE. FALSE is the default value.
Preventing drawing view update according to grid planes

Typically you may want the drawing views to follow a grid line. Then, for example, your
Section on grid C drawing view would be up to date and still on grid line C even after
the move. You can now prevent the updating of drawing views according to grid planes in
general arrangement drawings. This can be helpful if the general arrangement drawings are
updated incorrectly after you have modified the grid in the model. To prevent the update, set
the advanced option XS_INTELLIGENCE_DO_NOT_ASSOCIATE_VIEWS_TO_GRIDS to TRUE
in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Drawing View. FALSE is the default value.
Checking view frames after manual editing

The frames of drawing views were sometimes modified if you edited the drawing manually.
You can now use a new advanced option XS_DRAWING_CHECK_VIEW_FRAME_AFTER_EDIT in
Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Drawing View to control the way the view frames
are updated after you have edited the view contents manually. Use one of the following values:
• TRUE: After the view content has been edited manually,
manually, the offsets are stored for the view
frame so that the size of the view frame is maintained during
during drawing update whenever
possible. For example, if theree is empty space inside the view frame after deleting a mark,
the same empty space remains in the view also during drawing update. This is the default
value.
• FALSE: The frame size of drawing views is checked only during drawing update. For
example, if there is empty space inside view frame after deleting a mark, the frame size is
made smaller when drawing is updated after model change.
• UPDATE : The frame will be adjusted immediat
immediately after you have edited the content
there is empty space inside view frame after deleting a mark, the
manually. For example, if there
frame size is immediately decreased.
Removing right-hand angle dimensions

dime from cloned drawings
You can now remove right-hand angle dimensions from cloned drawings by setting the new
advanced option XS_INTELLIGENCE_DELETE_RIGHT_ANGLE_DIMENSIONS to TRUE in
Tools > Options > Advanced OptiOptions... > Drawing Properties. Now also zero dimensions are
removed from cloned drawings. Note, that if the angle dimension was already 90, 180 or 270
degrees before the update, the dimension is not removed.
Maximizing drawings when opened

Tekla Structures now contains a new advanced option, which you can use to maximize
drawings when you open them. To do this:
1. Click Tools > Options > Advanced Options.
2. Select Drawing View.
3. Set the advanced option XS_OPEN_DRAWINGS_MAXIMIZED to TRUE. FALSE is the

default value.
Preventing recreation of drawings when a setting name changes
You can now set the new advanced option
XS_RECREATE_DRAWING_IF_SETTING_NAME_CHANGES in Tools > Options > Advanced
Options... > Drawing Properties to FALSE to prevent Tekla Structures from recreating a
drawing if only a setting name changes. The default is TRUE. Before, modifying any of the
drawing title fields or name for several drawings originally done with different settings
recreated some of the drawings.
New tools for finalizing and editing drawings

Tekla Structures 16.0 includes new tools that you can use when finalizing and editing drawings.
You can, for example, align drawing objects, create fillets and chamfers, copy with offsets, and
create moment connection symbols.
To access the drawing tools, click Tools > Macros... and select Drawing tools from the list.
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Product identifier in Tekla Structures drawings
In recent years there has been some confusion between the product names of Tekla Structures,
old Xsteel and other detailing systems. Xsteel was the original 3D steel modeling and detailing
software developed and supplied by Tekla. It was replaced in 2004 with the launch of Tekla
materials and phases of construction design.
Structures - the 3D BIM solution for all ma
To make it clear with which software a proj
project has been modeled and reinforce the Tekla
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Structures brand, we have adde

added a Tekla Structures product identifier to the side of every
drawing. The product identifier will help promot
promote the image of our customers' companies as
forward thinking companies that use the latest and most advanced technologies and techniques.
If you need to change the position of the product identifier or turn it off, use the advanced
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option XS_PRODUCT_IDENTIFIER in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Drawing
View. Allowed values are DX and DY of offset (for example, 0.50), FALSE, and TRUE.
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2.5 Templates and Reports
New content type HISTORY
You can now use the new content type HISTORY to retrieve history information of the model.
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You can use this content type with PART, REBAR, CONNECTION and DRAWING rows.
The following template attributes can be used with this content type:
• TYPE: the type of the historical action, for example update or numbering.
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USER: the user who made the change.

• TIME: the time the change was made.
• COMMENT: the comment which was entered upon clicking Save.
• REVISION_CODE: the revision code which was entered upon clicking Save.
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2.6 Import and Export

Improvements in IFC import and export
The following improvements have been included in IFC import and export in Tekla Structures
16.0:
• You can now export assembly definitions, bolt sets (including a bolt with required washers
and nuts) and reinforcing bars to an IFC model. To do this, select Yes in Assemblies,
Bolts and Reinforcing bars lists in the IFC Export dialog box.
• IFC export now supports type objects.
• IFC export now supports quantity entities (IfcQuantityArea, IfcQuantityLength,
IfcQuantityVolume, IfcQuantityWeight).
• Importing and exporting IFC files is now faster. Also handling of large files has been
improved.
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Converting IFC objects into native Tekla Structures objects

You can now convert the linear objects in an IFC reference model into native Tekla Structures
objects by using a macro called IFCObjectConverter. You can also create reports to show
the converted objects, check their material and profile, and view their mapping files.
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Using the macro enhances the workflow and saves time: you can use the structural objects that
have already been modeled by the architect, for example.
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nati Tekla Structures objects
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Improvements in Unitechnik export (79)

The Unitechnik export (79) component enables you to transfer model data to factory
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automation and ERP systems effi

efficiently. You now have more control and flexibility in the
export, as the following improvem
improvements have been included in Unitechnik export (79) in Tekla
Structures 16.0:
New options on • You can define how the cast units are exported on the Main tab:
the Main tab
• By CU id: each cast unit has its own output file.
• By CU pos: identical cast units share an output file.
• There is a new option in the Export assemblies list:
Exports only the bounding box around the

main part of the embedded block or
embedded assembly.
• You can define the export code in the Def export code box.
• You can define how to export embedded parts that are outside the concrete element:
Option Description
Exports all parts in the embed.
Exports only the embedded parts that are

inside of the concrete element. Embedded
parts that are outside the concrete element
are ignored. If an embedded part is partly
inside a concrete element, the exported
geometry of the embedded part is changed
to cut.
Same as the previous option, but only
embedded parts with class specified in Cut
outer only classes are taken into account.
New options on • You can specify the folder wheree the file is exported in Directory path box.
the Unitechnik
configuration tab • You have two new options for file names:
• Proj_name.Cast_unit_pos.ID_user_extension
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Proj_number.Cast_unit_pos.ID_user_extension
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New options on You have more options to list classes, which helps to export the embeds in correct blocks. Use
the TS the Electric tubes classes, Opening embed classes and Opening cutout classes boxes for
configuration tab
these purposes.
New tab Line Sometimes line attribute values that

that are exported in the
th Unitechnik files are not suitable for the
attributes situation in hand. For example, to preserve lightness in the model, you might have fewer
chamfers in the model than there will be in the actual structure. For this reason, you might want
to override some line attributes in the export so that the model stays light, but the exported
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Unitechnik files are correct. You can do this by using the options on the Line attributes tab.
New options on • You can export bent reinforcing bars by selecting Yes in the Bent rebars export list.
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Reinforcement • You can define the Braced girder type.
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New options on The different options for data specification are now organized more clearly under the blocks
the Data they relate to (HEADER, SLABDATE and MOUNTPART).
specification tab
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Improvements in drawing export

When you export drawings, the editable lines in drawings are mapped, and may have a
different appearance depending on the software you are exporting to. You can now use the new
option Export custom lines as split lines on the Options tab in the Export Drawings dialog
box to ensure that custom lines have the same appearance in the software you are exporting to
and when printed.
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2.7 Analysis and Design
Dynamic updating of the analysis model
The currently active analysis model is now updated automatically and the analysis model is
redrawn when you make changes in the physical or the analysis model. For example, when you
create a beam in the model, the analysis part for the beam is created automatically in the
analysis model.
When an analysis model is active, the physical model is now represented in wireframe by
default. This makes it easy to see the analysis model.
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You can now create multiple analysis models of the same parts. For example, you can use the
same parts for calculating both rigid and pinned support conditions.
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Representation options
Improvements in defining properties for analysis models, analysis parts,

members, nodes and rigid links
Numerous improvements have been made in the properties dialog boxes of analysis models,
analysis parts, analysis members, nodes and rigid links.
Analysis model The Analysis Model Properties dialog box has several new options on the Analysis model
properties tab.
For more information on the options, see Analysis model properties.
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Analysis part In Tekla Structures 16.0 all analysis-related co

content has been moved from the part properties
properties dialog boxes to new analysis part properties dialog boxes. This makes part properties dialog
boxes clearer and facilitates
facilitates your tasks as all analysis-related
analysis-rel properties are now accessible in
one dialog box.
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within the active analysis model. This means that
you can, for example, define the supports of me
members differently in each analysis model. The
values defined in the analysis part properties di
dialog box are used when the analysis part is
created in the analysis model.
To access the analysis part properties dialog box, select the part and right-click, and then select
Properties... from the pop-up menu.
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Analysis part You have more options for part positioning in the analysis model.
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Rigid link You can define properties for rigid links. You can, for example, define start and end releases for
properties rigid links.
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Analysis node You can now define analysis node properties ba
based on user-defined support conditions. You can
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Analysis area You can define analysis area edge properties fo
for, for example, walls and slabs. To do this,
edge properties double-click the handle on the edge of the wall or slab to display the Analysis area edge
properties dialog box.
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Classifying analysis parts
You can use the options available in the Class list on the Analysis tab in the analysis part
properties dialog box for classifying of analysis parts.
This is useful especially for secondary parts: when they are classified as Secondary in the
analysis part properties dialog box, Keep axis position always is off by default and the
secondary parts snap to nearest nodes instead of part end nodes. This results in better analysis
models.
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Analysis model properties
Improvements in defining the position of analysis objects

You can use handles to move analysis objects just like any other Tekla Structures objects.
You can use handles to define the position of bar nodes, area nodes and area edges if the
automatic model creation does not produce the desired result. To do this:
1. Select the handle of the object and double-click to open the analysis object properties
dialog box.
2. Go to the Attributes tab.
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4. Enter the required values in the Offset x, y and z boxes.
5. Click OK.
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obj to given coordinates, or to the nearest grid
You can also bind the position of the analysis object
line. To do this, use the available options in the Axis modifier X, Y and Z lists on the Position
tab of the analysis part properties dialog box.
Creating rigid links

You can easily create rigid links between nodes by using the new menu command.
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Creating nodes
You can now create additional nodes by using the new menu command.
To do this:
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2. Pick a location for the node.
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Displaying members in Analysis & Design applications
Tekla Structures Analysis & Design integration now supports both using split members and
avoiding splitting where possible. For example, the column in the example below may be used
as one member (bar) for some analysis applications, but as two members for others.
In Tekla Structures 16.0, you have the option to split the members into two, or to display them
unsplit.
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The following improvements in built-up
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• Analysis part now follows the centre of gravity of a built-up section when you have
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FEM import using Analysis & Design link

You can now import analysis members to Tekla Structures physical parts by using FEM import
in Tekla Structures. This is possible when support for this has been implemented in the link you
are using. Also the calculated forces are imported in Tekla Structures 16.0.
Now the parametric profiles with imperial units are handled correctly, part names are set, and
members are combined in FEM import. Only the analysis engines that support FEM import are
displayed as options.
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2.8 Task Manager

Renewed Task Manager user interface
Task Manager user interface has been renewed. The menus are now shown as icons. By default,
the icon toolbars are located on both sides of the Task Manager window but you can drag them
to the desired location.
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Filter visible tasks Opens an area where you

can filter the visible tasks.
Automatic selection in model When you select tasks in

Task Manager, the tasks
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Create task
Create subtask
Objects in task Here you can add and

remove objects.
Move task up
Move task down
Decrease indent
Increase indent
Icon Description More information
Modify parts belonging into this The selections you make in
task the model are linked to the
task you have selected in
the task list.
Scenario Here you can add and open
scenarios. You can rename
a scenario by clicking the
name and entering a new
name.
You can also import and
export scenarios.
Order of tasks
Gantt chart timescale Here you can change the

timescale of the Gantt
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View Here you can select the
task list items that are
visible and modify the
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Expand task hierarchies Expands the task
hierarchies that are on the
same level.
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hierarchies that are on the
same level.
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Milestone task
Lock/Unlock task
Imported task
Task linked to model
You can edit task information, including task types, contractor information, and non-working
periods, by right-clicking a task and selecting Task Information on the menu that appears. You
can also mark the task as started or completed, and delete the task using this menu.
Order of objects in tasks
In Tekla Structures 16.0 it is now possible to control and save the order in which the objects are
stored in tasks. Previously it has already been possible to link objects to tasks. The order can
be, for example, the design or manufacturing order that steel fabricators and precast
manufacturers can use to plan their lots.
You can define the order in the Task Information... > Manage Dates of Individual Objects
dialog box.
Define the order of objects in one of the following ways:
• Drag the objects in the list manually to the desired order.
• Sort the object list according to the desired criteria, for example name, by clicking the
column heading.
• Click the objects in the desired order in the model.
• Mix all of the above techniques.
When the objects are placed in tasks in the correct order, contractors can more easily define an
optimal erection order for cast units and assemblies. Shipments to building sites are thus
possible at exactly the right time and storage time at sites is reduced.
Defining the order is also useful when planning the work order and material flows of
reinforcement management and the formwork of footings.
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When you define the cast-in-place work order or work groups within a
task, the Custom Inquiry tool is useful for planning the appropriate
quantities for each group or lot.
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In Tekla Structures 16.0, you can define a production rate for tasks in Task Manager.
By defining a production rate, contractors can calculate the time needed to carry out the
helps in planning, for example, the amount of
different tasks on the construction site. This he
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subcontracting resources needed.

Define a production rate in the Task Information... > Task Types dialog box. Assign a certain
unit for a task type, for example, pieces, an
and estimate how many pieces per hour can be
manufactured.
When you assign a task type with a production rate for a task, the production rate is shown in
the Planned Production Rate column in the task list.
If you change the duration of the task, the production rate is changed.
If you change the production rate, the duration of the task is changed.
If you add or remove objects from a task, Task Manager shows the new
duration of the task.
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Improvements in importing and exporting task information

In Tekla Structures 16.0 you can now import schedules and calendar information from the
Primavera software to Task Manager. The import format to Task Manager from Primavera is
Primavera.xml.
You can modify the schedule and link objects to tasks in Task Manager, and export the
schedule back to the Primavera software. The export format from Task Manager to Primavera
is Microsoft Project.xml.
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Creating reports from task information
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You can now create reports from the task information in Task Manager. Reports help you to
track project progress. The reports can list
• tasks, their objects and the related informat
information, such as start date, end date, and
contractors.
• objects and the related task information, for example, to which tasks the objects belong.
task information, go to Drawings & Reports > Create report... and
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You can modify the existing Task Manager template or create a new template in Template
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You can use the reports created from task information
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2.9 Custom Components

New value type Stud length
A new value type Stud length has been added for studs. The new value type makes it easier to
parametrize and use stud lengths with custom connections. The Stud length value type gives a
list of stud lengths in the same way as the regular bolt properties dialog box. When you use
custom connections, the stud length list is filled automatically according to the selected stud
standard and size.
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A new parametric property Parts with slotted holes has been added for bolts in Custom
component browser. You can now set equations for parts with slotted holes. Use the new
Bitmask value type to set the parameter variable. The Bitmask value type works with zeros
and ones only.
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2.10 System Components
Ship Ladder (1)
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Tekla Structures 16.0 includes a new modeling tool called Ship Ladder (1). You can use Ship
Ladder (1) to create stairs, for example, for ships and oil platforms. Ship Ladder (1) can create
four different type of stairs with stringers
stringers, steps, stanchions, handrails, and platform.
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Type 3 ship ladder with stringers, steps, stanchions, platform, and handrails with elbows
and middle rails.
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• Type 2 ship ladder with stringers, steps, stanchions, platform, and handrails with elbows
and middle rails.
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Before you start • Ship Ladder (1) uses catalog step profiles to define the step type on the Parts tab.
To have an updated step profile list on the Parts tab, you need to run the Steps.exe
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program when you use the Ship Ladder (1) modeling tool for the first time in your
environment, or when you change your Tekla Structures environment.
• If you use supporting beams, create two beams on different levels but on the same plane
before creating the stairs.
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Selection order 1. Pick a point to indicate the bottom level of the stairs.
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the top level of the stairs.
3. Click the middle mouse button to create the component.
If you are using supporting beams:
1. Create the beams.
2. Go to the Picture tab and in the Detail A and Detail C fields select Connection A and
Connection C options respectively.
3. Pick a point to indicate the bottom level of the stairs.
4. Pick a point to indicate the top level of the stairs.
5. Select the first beam.
6. Select the second beam.
7. Click the middle mouse button to create the component.
Picture tab Use the Picture tab to define the type of the stairs and the dimensions between the parts
created.
Parts tab Use the Parts tab to define the profiles of the parts created.
Platform tab Use the Platform tab to define the platform offset and support properties.
Steps tab Use the Steps tab define the step spacing and offset properties.
Rails tab Use the Rails tab to define the handrail and middle rail properties and how the rails are
connected to the stanchions.
Detail B tab Use the Detail B tab to define the bolt properties on a plate that connects stanchions to
stringers.
Weldings tab Use the Weldings tab to define the welding properties.
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Opening Frame (1)

Tekla Structures 16.0 includes a new modeling tool called Opening Frame (1). You can use
Openining Frame (1) to create an open frame for wall, roof, or floor openings. The frame is
created between beams or columns.
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Before you start Create two columns or beams.
Selection order 1. Select the main part.

2. Select the secondary part.
3. Pick the start point of the opening frame.
4. Pick the end point of the opening frame.
Picture tab Use the Picture tab to control, for example, the frame position, offsets, and spacings.
Parts tab Use the Parts tab to define the part properties.
Connections tab Use the Connections tab to define the properties of connection components that are created
between the parts.
Welds tab Use the Welds tab to control the properties of welds that are created between the parts.
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Gusset+ T (1)
Tekla Structures 16.0 includes a new connection calledGusset+ T (1). It connects a beam or a
brace to another beam by welding a T profile to the end of the beam and bolting this profile to a
shear plate gusset on the main part. The main part is typically an H or I profile, and the
secondary part is typically a square or round hollow profile, though channels and other profiles
can also be used.
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Rectangle to circle (17)
Tekla Structures 16.0 includes a new modeling tool called Rectangle to circle (17). You can
use Rectangle to circle (17) to create a reducing piece between a rectangular and a circular
profile. The reducing piece consists of multiple triangular
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Selection order 1. Select the main part (rectangular profile).

2. Select the secondary part (circular profile).
3. Click the middle mouse button to create the reducing piece.
You can create the reducing piece without existing profiles by picking three points at each end
of the reducing piece. The picked points define the size of the reducing piece.
The picking order is the following: center point, horizontal distance, vertical distance. See the
examples below.
Picture tab Use the Picture tab to define the offset for the reducing piece rectangular and circular ends, and
the number of parts which the reducing piece consists of.
Parts tab Use the Parts tab to define the thickness of the triangular plates and the reducing piece
position.
Parameters tab Use the Parameters tab to define the shape of the reducing piece ends if you have created it by
picking the points, to increase or decrease the number of triangular
tria plates, and to define
whether the triangular plates are welded.
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Tekla Structures 16.0 includes a new modeling tool called Unfold surface (21). You can use
Unfold surface (21) to unfold welded plates. The unfolded plates are cr
created to a location that
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assembly drawings from the unfolded plates.
you have defined. You can also create assembly
Use Unfold surface (21) to unfold triangular plates created with, for example, Triangles
generation (19) modeling tool.
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Limitations Do not use Unfold surface (21) to unfold polybeams.
Selection order 1. Select a location for the unfolded plate.

2. Select a triangular plate.
The unfolded plate is created to a location you have defined.
If the weld size between the triangular plates is set to 0, Unfold surface
(21) unfolds only one triangular plate, not all the welded triangular
plates.
Plates tab Use the Plates tab to define the thickness of the unfolded plate and whether the properties of
the triangular plate are exported to the unfolded plate.
Big plate tab Use the Big plate tab to define whether one plate is created or several plates are welded
together, and the accuracy of the plates.
Parameters tab Use the Parameters tab to define the weld reference text in an assembly drawing.
Squeezed tube (103)

Tekla Structures 16.0 includes a new connection called Squeezed tube (103). You can use
Squeezed tube (103) to create a squeezed part between two tubular profiles. The squeezed part
can be either a tube that is squeezed at one end and then welded to a plate, or a reducing
contour plate. It is also possible to define a connection where no squeezed tubes or contour
plates are created, but the profiles are connected with cuts, fittings, and welds.
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Picture tab Use the Picture tab to define the shape and dimensions of the squeezed part, and whether the
profiles are connected with a squeezed part or with cuts, fittings, or welds.
Parts tab Use the Parts tab to define the thickness and width of the squeezed part end.
Parameters tab Use the Parameters tab to define whether the secondary part is welded to the main part,
whether the secondary part, the squeezed part and the contour plate are handled as a single part,
and how the squeezed part is flattened.
Slab Reinforcement Tool (1)

Tekla Structures 16.0 includes a new modeling tool called Slab Reinforcement Tool (1). You
can use Slab Reinforcement Tool (1) to create reinforcements to irregularly shaped concrete
slabs. The reinforcements are created as reinforcing bar groups. It is also possible to splice the
reinforcing bars.
Before you start Create a slab.
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Pick points to define the direction of the reinforcement bars.
If the area to be reinforced is set to By polygon, pick the polygon points to define the
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reinforced area.
Parameters tab Use the Parameters tab to control the reinforcement properties, cover thickness, and
reinforcing bar spacing and area.
Advanced tab Use the Advanced tab to control the reinforcing bar end hooks, splicing, and opening
properties.
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Tekla Structures 16.0 includes a new modeling tool called Hollow Core Opening Tool (1). You
can use Hollow Core Opening Tool (1) to create holes and recesses to hollow core slabs.
Hollow Core Opening Tool (1) works with single hollow core slabs, or with floors that are
created with Modeling of floor bay (66) modeling tool.
Hollow Core Opening Tool calculates the location for the openings based on the given values
and the slab profile data. If needed, you can use an external configuration file in XML format
that provides different rules for the openings and the slab profile data.
You can define small and large openings. Small openings are placed in the middle of the hollow
cores so that no webs are broken. Large openings break webs.
Before you start Create a hollow core slab.
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Selection order 1. Select the main part (slab).
2. Pick a position for the opening.
Parameters tab Use the Parameters tab to control the properties of the openings.
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Tekla Structures 16.0 includes a new modeling tool called Hollow Core Lifting Loops (1). You
can use Hollow Core Lifting Loops to create lifters for hollow core slabs.
The Hollow Core Lifting Loops (1) works with single hollow core slabs, or with floors that are
created with Modeling of floor bay (66) modeling tool.
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You also need a lifting device. The
imported to the model. Alternatively, you can us use an external configuration file in XML format
to define the properties for the rrecess, the lifting device and the slab.
Before you start Create a hollow core slab and a lifting device.
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The lifters and hollow core fillings are created.
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Basic settings tab Use the Basic settings tab to control the properties of the lifters.
Lifting device Use the Lifting device settings tab to control the properties of the lifting devices.
settings tab
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Tekla Structures 16.0 includes a new modeling tool called Multiple Wire Size Mesh (1). You
can use Multiple Wire Size Mesh (1) to create reinforcement meshes with multiple reinforcing
bar sizes. The created reinforcement mesh is optimized for a mesh welding machine.
Multiple Wire Size Mesh (1) can be used for slabs and wall panels. The slabs and wall panels
can be of any polygonal shape with any number of openings. The reinforcing bars in the mesh
can be of different size, and the spacings between the bars can vary.
Before you start Create a polygon slab or a wall panel with any number of openings. De Define the reinforcement
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Each direction can be divided up to five zones.
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Mesh Parameters Use the Mesh Parameters tab to control the mesh creation and cover thickness.
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Longitudinal Use the Longitudinal Wires tab to control the mesh creation in longitudinal direction, and the
Wires tab reinforcement zones.
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Crossing Wires Use the Crossing Wires tab to control the mesh creation in crossing direction, and the
tab reinforcement zones.
Attributes tab Use the Attributes tab to control the re

reinforcement properties.
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Seam Applicator (1)

Tekla Structures 16.0 includes a new modeling tool called Seam Applicator (1). You can use
Seam Applicator (1) to create a seam between two double tee slabs, or between a double tee
slab and a wall or a spandrel. The double tees can also be warped and/or chambered.
To be able to use the Seam Applicator (1) you need to have a custom seam. The custom seam
can be created in the model, or it can be imported to the model.
Before you start Create a custom seam.

One of the selected parts must be a double tee slab and the other part can a double tee slab,
a wall, or a spandrel.
If the seam cannot be created between the selected parts for some reason,
a dummy beam is created instead. The beam indicates that the seam
creation did not succeed.
Parameters tab Use the Parameters tab to control the properties of the seam.
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Improvements in Haunch (40) and Cranked beam (41)

Haunch (40) and Cranked beam (41) connections have been improved in Tekla Structures
16.0.
Haunch (40) includes the following improvements:
• You can now create diagonal stiffeners. The Diagonal stiffener option has been added on
the Parameters tab.
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A new option for haunch cut, Cut at lower end haunch, has been added on the Haunch
You can now create separate upper

upper and lower bolt plates on the Extra plate tab.
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Column stiffeners ar
• On the Haunch tab the Haunch parameters V now works correctly, and the Method to
calculate V option has been renamed as Symmetrical cut for profile haunch.
• On the Haunch tab the Haunch parameters L4 now includes the beam flange thickness.
• The Name for Horizontal haunch plate is now PLATE instead of BEAM.
• The beam stiffener position was not correct with certain values in the d: field on the
Haunch tab. This has now been fixed.
• On the Parameters tab the width of Additional stiffener, Rafter bottom stiffener and
Compression stiffener now works correctly.
• Now the stiffener chamfer radius of the secondary part is equal to the stiffener chamfer
radius of the main part.
• The top and bottom extension of the end plate did not work when the rotation angle was
not 0. This has now been fixed.
Cranked beam (41) includes the following improvements:
• A new Chamfers tab has been added for the connection.
• You can now create separate bolt groups on the Bolts tab.
• You can now create column stiffeners. The Column stiffener option has been added on the
Parts tab.
• You can now create a gap between the end plates on the Parameters tab.
• The haunch plates are now created inside of the column-beam frame. Previously, the plates
were created outside the frame.
Improvements in Truss (S78)

Modeling tool Truss (S78) has been improved in Tekla Structures 16.0.
Truss (S78) includes the following improvements:
• If you used non-symmetrical profiles (for example, WQ) in the top chord, the profiles were
not symmetrically positioned but the other chord was upside down. This has now been
fixed, and the chords are positioned symmetrically.
• A new option that enables the creation of N-type truss has been added on the Parameters
tab.
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• You can now create a top chord that consists of only one beam. To join top chords into one
beam, use the new option Continuous on the Picture tab.
Note that the joined beams need to be on the same level, and you need to first delete
possible fittings. If the top chord is bent, a polybeam is created.
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• You can now split the bottom chord into two pieces and use a connection or welds to join
the bottom chords in the same way as the top chords are joined. Define how the bottom
chords are joined by selecting the suitable option. The options are Apex haunch (106),
Joining plates (14), Welded, and Continuous.
The bottom chord splitting point corresponds to the top chord apex point.
• You can select which part of the truss is set as the main part of an assembly. The options
are Left Top Chord, Right Top Chord, Left Bottom Chord, Right Bottom Chord, None.
• If you use round tube profiles, you can now create the Round tube (23) connection
between the diagonals or verticals and chords.
• It is now possible to create a non-symmetrical truss where the top chord apex is not in the
middle of the chord.
• You can now set separate clearances for the diagonals at the top and bottom chords.
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reinforcement layout - double tee beam (51)
Modeling tool Automated reinforcement layout - double tee beam (51) has been improved
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in Tekla Structures 16.0.
improvements are included:
The following improvements
• You can now define the depression spacing type to be Top of depression and define the
location of the topmost strand on the Strand profile tab. Previously, the spacing type was
always the exact location.
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• On the Stem mesh tab you can now separately switch on or off the creation of two stem
meshes, layer 1 and layer 2. You can also define the Mesh stem position at both ends, x1
and x2, of the stem.
• The mesh type now determines the mesh grade, size and bar spacing when it is selected
from the mesh catalog. Previously, you had to define the mesh grade, size and bar spacing
separately on the Stem mesh and Flange tabs.
• You can now create multiple sheets along the double tee beam on the Multiple sheets tab.
You can define the mesh layout by defining the minimum overlapping length. Instead of
one mesh, many overlapping meshes are created along the short and long side of the stem.
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openings and notches in the horizontal and vertical
vertical direction. You can create more than one
reinforcing bar row around the notches and openings.
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• You can now create edge reinforcement for all openings on the Edge reinforcement tab.
Improvements in Corbel Reinforcement (81)
Modeling tool Corbel Reinforcement (81) has been improved in Tekla Structures 16.0.
Corbel Reinforcement (81) includes the following improvements:
• the corbel can now be chamfered
• you can add two sets of horizontal stirrups: one set for the straight part of the corbel and
one set for the chamfered part of the corbel
• you can select whether the stirrups single reinforcing bar, or two
stirrups consist of either a bent si
overlapping U bars that face each other
• transverse stirrups follow the shape of the corbel

• you can add diagonal stirrups
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3.1 Introduction
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This section contains descriptions on the numerous fixes and improvements that have been
included in Tekla Structures 16.0.
15.0 are included.
.0. Also fixes made for upgrade packages since Tekla Structures
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The number after the description
description of the fix (for example TT12345) is the development item
number of that particular fix. Your local Tekla
Tekla office may have referred to this number when
you have for example submitted a maintenance request.
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Speed • Modifying grids in large models is now faster.

improvements
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• Creating unfolded drawings of polybeams is now faster.
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Migration Wizard • The Migration Wizard did not appear when you started Tekla Structures for the first time
after installation. This has now been fixed.
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• It is now possible to change the automatic selections in the Migration Wizard.
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Saving the model • In previous versions, when you saved a model using the Save As command, the
environment of the original model might be changed as well. This has now been fixed.
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Model size • If you set the advanced option XS_DELETE_UNNECESSARY_INT_ARRAYS to TRUE and
then click Tools > Diagnose & Repair Model > Repair Model, also unnecessary double
arrays are removed from the database. This reduces the model size in some cases but
should be used with caution.
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Multi-user • Objects disappeared in a multi-user model when you did the following:
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• You numbered all objects.
• You modified one of the objects.
• You used the Number Modified Objects command, but then clicked Cancel for the
offered number.
• You used the Diagnose Model and Repair Model commands.
This has now been fixed.
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• Numbering no longer overrides changes in parts. This means that you can number a multi-
user model without using the Synchronize with master model (save-numbering-save)
option. This reduces the time needed for numbering remarkably in projects where each
numbering series has a person who is responsible of numbering the objects in that
numbering series.
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If the Synchronize with master model (save-numbering-save) option
is not used, similar parts may receive different numbers. For this reason,
leave the option empty only in the situation described above.
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Project • Previously, sometimes when you changed the values in the Project Properties dialog box,
properties
the changes you made were not saved. This has now been fixed so that if this happens, you
can correct the situation by using Tools > Diagnose & Repair Model.
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using modify filter check boxes were also modified. This has now been fixed.
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Dialog boxes • When you clicked the fields in the component or user-defined attribute dialog boxes, the
corresponding check boxes automatically became selected, even though the value was not
changed. This has now been fixed.
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Storing multiple • You can now store multiple versions of the backup copy of the model database. To do this,
backup files
set the new advanced option XS_STORE_MULTIPLE_BAK_FILES to TRUE in Tools >
Options > Advanced Options... > File Locations.
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Flat bars • The name of the fltprops file has been changed to fltprops.inp in the French
environment.
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XS_CYCLIC_SOL • The XS_CYCLIC_SOLVER_USE_ATTRIBUTE_LOOPS advanced option has been removed

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BUTE_LOOPS from Tekla Structures 15.0 and later versions.
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Fix list
Cuts in solid • Previously cuts in solid parts failed sometimes, especially in cases where there were small
parts
angles between the cut and the part, such as cuts in pipes. Also cuts in hollow core parts
were affected.
Now cuts in solid parts are created more robustly and there are less failures. Also solid
error handling has been improved: Tekla Structures no longer displays internal error
messages.
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Zooming the • You can now use the following shortcut when viewing items in logs and reports: Hold
model
down Z and select a row that contains an ID number. Tekla Structures zooms to the
corresponding objects in the active model view.
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Mini Toolbar • You can no longer modify component names using the Mini Toolbar.
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If you copied weld properties using the Mini Toolbar, the copied weld disappeared. This
has now been fixed.
TT46812
AF
• The rotation angle of a column could not be changed using the Mini Toolbar. This has now
been fixed.
TT45885
• You can now customize the Mini Toolbar for assemblies and cast units. In the Customize
Mini Toolbar dialog box, select assemblies in the Choose minitoolbar to customize list
and then select the elements you want to include in the Mini Toolbar.
R
TT46906
• You can now modify and create bolts with the Mini Toolbar also with the Engineering
configuration.
TT48596
D
• If you modified the surface treatment type more than once using the Mini Toolbar, the type
did not change. This has now been fixed.
TT48497
Snapping • End point snaps work from very far away as in earlier Tekla Structures versions.
This improvement makes snapping to even distances along the reference

lines harder, but it works as intended when you select the Snap to
nearest point selection switch.
TT47508
• Snapping to end points in T-profile parts now works correctly.
TT48682
• When you drag and drop objects from 3D space to the view plane, snapping to positions at
even distances is now switched off. In previous versions, this feature sometimes caused the
picked point to fall of the plane.
Fixes
TT45570
• Snapping to positions at even distances now works correctly also on rotated view and work
planes.
TT45616
• When snapping in orthogonal directions, the picked point sometimes fell off the line if the
line you had snapped to was not perpendicular to the snapping direction. This has now
been fixed.
TT45749
• Snapping to positions at even distances now works also when snapping to part extension
lines with Drag and Drop switched on.
TT45207
• It is now again possible to pick the center point of a construction circle from the edge of
the circle.
TT497234972349723
Copying and • Previously, when you unselected all the directions in the Move Special > Linear... or Copy
moving objects
Special > Linear... dialog box and then clicked Move or Copy, the x-direction was
nged so that the none of the directions is
selected automatically. This has now been changed
automatically selected.
TT46387
•
T
Only selected objects are now copied when you
TT49104
you are copying an object to another object.
AF
Selection and • You can now filter empty object property values. For example, you could filter out all parts
view filters
whose part name equals <empty>. In previous versions, only user-defined attributes could
be filtered with empty values.
TT37518
• reinforcing bars, surface treatments, bolts and welds, now also fittings, cuts
In addition to reinforcing
and chamfers follow the filtering of assemb
assemblies. These object types get the assembly
properties from their parent assembly.
R
TT48917
• Changing the view filter in the View Properties dialog caused the view to zoom out and
return to the default rotation setting. This has now been fixed. To avoid changing the
D
rotation, clear the Rotation around Z and Rotation around X check boxes; otherwise the
current values will be applied when you click Modify.
TT41052
• You can now hide grids from the view by using a rule in the Object Group - View Filter
dialog box. To do this, use the following format:
• Set the Category to Object.
• Set the Property to Id number.
• Set the Condition to Does not equal.
• Select the grid from the model to get the value in the Value column.
To combine rules so that, for example, only parts with the profile
HEA600 are visible and the grid is not, the rules must be combined with
And in the And/Or column.
• In addition to filtering assembly type and series, you can now also filter by assembly name.
TT47339
Fixes
Measuring • When you measure a distance between two points using the Measure > Distance
objects
command, the dimension is now drawn correctly in the model.
T
AF
TT45431
R
Grids • Grids disappeared in wireframe views when you saved a model, reopened it and then
redrew the view. This has now been fixed.
TT48862
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Plates • In previous versions, it was not always possible to create a thin plate from the origin to the
extremity and another thin plate from the same extremity to the same origin. This has now
been fixed.
TT44292
Construction • Construction circles created in plane views are now visible in all views.
objects
TT43530
Polybeams • The polybeam bending radius from the inner surface of the part was not calculated
correctly when the advanced option
XS_UNFOLDING_DONT_USE_NEUTRAL_AXIS_FOR_RADIUS was set to TRUE. This has
now been fixed.
TT46325
• Unfolded polybeams were sometimes offset incorrectly. This has now been fixed.
TT47453
• If you created spiral stairs using the dual curved polybeam profile and fully rounded
chamfering in the rail, the polybeam profile disappeared. This has now been fixed.
TT48747
Fixes
Assemblies • Exploding a subassembly sometimes destroyed the assembly structure and caused invalid
assembly IDs. This has now been fixed.
TT48887
Chamfers • The round outlines in chamfers of polybeams and cambered parts are now drawn with
better accuracy.
When you camber a part, Tekla Structures calculates all the part vertices to be on a circle
arc, but all span edges between two vertices are approximations of the arc. You can now
use a new advanced option XS_MAX_DEVIATION_FOR_CURVED_PART_EDGES in Tools >
Options > Advanced Options.. > Concrete Detailing to limit the maximum distance by
which the edge can deviate from the arc. Define the value in millimeters. The default is 2.0
and the minimum value is 0.1.
TT48695
Welds • When you removed a part from an assembly and the part was welded to another part, Tekla
Structures displayed a confirmation dialog even for site welds. This has now been fixed.
TT48377
Anchor rods • The calculated length of anchor rods

ds is now correct when using
unfolded_corner_ratios.inp.
TT48300
Inquiring object
properties
•
T
The Inquire Object dialog box did not always display the length of objects using the
length might be incorrectly displayed in
correct measuring unit. For example, the length
millimeters instead of inches. This has now been fixed.
AF
TT46555
• In the Custom Inquiry tool, the WEIGHT attribute returned the weight of a single rebar
even when the whole reinforcing bar group was being selected. This has now been fixed.
TT48543
• The user-defined property files (*.it
((*.it)
*.it) of the Custom Inquiry tool are now stored in the
model's attributes folder, just like the other user-defined property files.
R
TT48224
Part labels • Part labels now support imperial units.

D
TT48308
Clash checking • The Clash Check tool did not always find all the clashes if the advanced option
XS_USE_NEW_CLASH_CHECK was set to TRUE. This has now been fixed.
TT44969
• Clash checking works as in earlier Tekla Structures versions by default so that clash
checking is performed for normal solid accuracy. For high solid accuracy, you can set the
advanced option XS_USE_EXACT_SOLID_FOR_CLASH_CHECK to TRUE. This advanced
option is a model-specific setting.
Using high accuracy, that is, setting

XS_USE_EXACT_SOLID_FOR_CLASH_CHECK to TRUE slows down the
clash checking process and there is also a higher risk of solid errors.
TT48077
• If no part was selected in the model, you could not run clash check for reinforcing bars or
bolts. This has now been fixed.
TT49507
Fixes
Object • Active object representation settings were sometimes lost when the model was closed.
representation
settings This has now been fixed. If you modify the representation settings, make sure you save the
changes before closing the model, otherwise the changes will be lost.
TT36663
• When you changed the object representation for an object group to Color by
attribute, closing the Color by attribute dialog box by using the button did not
open the list of possible representations anymore until you restarted Tekla Structures. This
has now been fixed.
TT51441
Project status • Visualization of task types and task names did not always work correctly. This has now
visualization
been fixed.
TT46987
Model Organizer • Sometimes when you moved a group of assemblies from one category to another, a
message dialog box was displayed asking you to verify the moving. If Model Organizer
was maximized and Stay on top of other applications was selected, the message dialog
box was hidden behind Model Organizer. In this case, you had to close Tekla Structures.
This has now been changed so that the message dialog box always appears on top of
Model Organizer.
TT49238
Numbering the
model
•
T
The numbering history log file (numbering.history
((numbering.history)
numbering.history now contains more information
about overlapping numbering series.
AF
TT26050
• Fixed reinforcing bar numbering series are now listed separately in reports when full
numbering is used. In previous versions, reinforcing bars were listed under Parts in
reports.
TT46365
• Family numbering now works correctly also with the comparison criteria Material and
Name.
R
TT48772
• The orientation of the reinforcement mesh no longer affects numbering. In previous
versions, if two cast units contained identical
identi reinforcement meshes whose orientation
D
differed, the cast units were assigned different position numbers. This has now been fixed.
TT46659
• simila custom hooks were incorrectly considered
Circular reinforcing bar groups that had similar
equal and therefore got similar position numbers, even when their radiuses were different.
TT49060
Reference • Tekla Structures 16.0 includes support for reference models in DWG 2010 format.
models
• Redrawing the view and fitting the work area are now considerably faster with 3D DWG
reference models.
TT45892
• DGN reference models were not always completely visible in the model. For example, a
profile might be shown partly as wireframe. This has now been fixed.
In previous versions of Tekla Structures:
Fixes
In Tekla Structures 16.0:
TT46702
• There is now an icon for the Reference Model List.
TT41809
T
AF
• Objects with thickness 0 caused solid operations to fail when using an XML model as a
reference model. This has now been fixed.
TT46154
• When inserted as an XML reference model, fitted double tee slabs were broken if they
contained multiple identical points. This has now been fixed.
TT45927
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• Splitting very large reference models into refe

reference model objects is now much faster than
before. For models with more than 100,000 reference objects, the splitting is now done in
five minutes, including redrawing the reference objects. The advanced option
XS_USE_EXACT_EXTREMA_FOR_REFERENCE_MODELS must be set to FALSE, otherwise
D
the splitting is still very slow.

TT46732
• Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs) should be unique, but some programs are known to
produce two or more objects with the same GUID causing the IFC files imported from that
software to have limited functionality. The duplicate GUIDs are now listed in the main
Tekla Structures log, so that the user has a possibility to correct the situation in the other
software, or by editing the IFC file manually.
TT47477
Sketched cross • When an existing sketch was edited in the cross section sketch editor and saved with the
sections
same name, the sketch was sometimes lost. This happened occasionally if a user had used
part or connection position planes. This has now been fixed.
TT45578
• The following value types have been removed from the cross section sketch editor
variables: Text, Rebar grade, Rebar size, Rebar bending radius, and
Component attribute file.
TT46005
Fixes
• When creating a fixed library profile from a sketched profile, an extra parametric profile
was added to the profile catalog. The extra profile was created when the fixed profile name
contained a number. This has now been fixed.
TT42835
• The cross section sketch editor now has two separate commands for saving cross sections:
Save sketch and Save sketch as.
TT48395
• Sketched cross sections could not always be used in another model. This has now been
fixed.
TT47268, TT48738
• Sketched profiles are now correctly copied from another model, if the needed sketch
definitions are first imported to the new model. However, if you are copying from an older
version of Tekla Structures, you must first save the model in Tekla Structures 16.0 before
copying any objects from that model.
TT48895
• Sketched cross sections that were used in a custom component were not automatically
exported along with the custom component, which meant that the imported custom
component did not function properly in the model. This has now been fixed.
TT32522
T
Profiles with • Previously, it was not possible to create a profile with variable cross sections from sketches
variable cross
sections whose names include the same characters as defined
defined as parametric profile separators. For
example, US imperial X and * are default
default separators. This has now been fixed.
TT45240
AF
• Sketch parameters with value type chamfer or number are now visible for profiles with
variable cross sections in the Profile Editor and they can be used as profile parameters. It
is recommended to use user parameters for th the chamfer type because all sections should
have the same number of cross section points. In some cases the profile can be broken if
different chamfer types are used in the same profile.
TT44833
R
• Currently, it is not possible to create a library profile from a profile with variable cross
sections. Previously, library profile creation wa
was not prevented in all cases in the profile
catalog and it seemed possible that the profile could be created. Now the possibility to
create such a profile is prevented.
D
TT46464
• The part positioning planes of the sketch are taken into account when positioning profiles
with variable cross sections in the model.
TT44544
• You can now import and export several profiles with variable cross sections into the same
model.
TT46590
• If you tried to rename a parameter variable with a name that was already in use, the name
was automatically changed to P1, even if there already was a variable named P1. This has
now been fixed.
TT47687
• After adding a cross section to a profile, the previously sketched cross section appeared in
the cross section sketch editor when creating a new sketch. This has now been fixed.
TT47688
• If you first removed a sketched profile from the profile catalog, and then imported
sketched profiles into the model, the profile catalog was unable to display profile
information correctly. This has now been fixed.
TT47814
Fixes
• You no longer need to copy the *.lis file manually when exporting profiles with
variable cross sections, as the *.lis file is now automatically included within the export
file (*.uel).
TT46422
• Imported profiles with variable cross sections did not function correctly when used in a
model. This has now been fixed.
TT48062
Parametric • The area shown for a parametric profile was sometimes different in the Inquire Object
profiles
dialog box and the reports. This has now been fixed.
TT45111
Web Viewer • The Web Viewer now shows the parts with variable cross section profiles in the correct
position.
TT46907
User-defined • If the objects.inp file was stored in the model folder instead of the system folder, the
attributes
size of the User-defined attributes dialog box of the project (File > Project Properties >
User-defined attributes) was increased excessively. This has now been fixed.
TT44971
• labels, it might be displayed with an incorrect
If a user-defined attribute was used in part labels,
measuring unit. For example, the value might be incorrectly displayed in millimeters
instead of inches. This has now been fixed.
TT37796
3.4 Reinforcement
Fix list
Reinforcing bars • Reinforcing bars that have no straight segments between two roundings are now displayed
correctly in the model.
TT45410
• For straight reinforcing bars containing end hooks, the dimension D1 is now calculated
correctly also when the advanced option
XS_REBAR_RECOGNITION_HOOKS_CONSIDERATION is set to FALSE.
TT44275
• Tekla Structures now contains a new reinforcing bar input type named rebar_size.
TT44895
• The dimensions of the following reinforcing bar bending types are now listed in a different
order in reports: 44, 44_2, 45, 45_2, and 46.
TT46533
• Tekla Structuresdid not always recognize the reinforcing bar bending type 67_2 correctly.
TT42193
• A new reinforcing bar bending shape, 32_2, has been added to Tekla Structures.
Fixes
TT42706
• The order of dimensions now begins from the longer leg of the reinforcing bar for
reinforcing bar bending shapes 44, 44_2, 45, 45_2 and 46. The order of dimensions
begins from the longer leg of the rebar. Leg dimensions D1 and D5 now have US style
hooks and leg dimensionsD6 and D7 have European style hooks.
TT46249, TT46250
• The minimum and maximum dimensions of bent reinforcing bars are now calculated
ve set the advanced option
correctly also when you have
XS_REBAR_RECOGNITION_HOOKS_CONSIDERATION to TRUE.
T
TT47325
• In the Reinforcing Bar Properties dialog box, the maximum nunumber of characters that
you can enter in the Exact spacing values box has been increased from 120 to 1021.
AF
TT44877
Reinforcement • It is not possible to create bent meshes with one or zero longitudinal bars.
meshes
TT39558
• The rebar offset information for rebar meshes is now saved correctly in the multiuser
mode.
TT49984
R
• The From plane offset now works correctly when opening Tekla Structures 14.1, or older,
models with mirrored rebar meshes in later Tekla Structures versions.
TT49728
D
Cover thickness • If you set the reinforcing bar cover thickness (On plane or From plane) to zero, the
reinforcing bar disappeared. This has now been fixed.
TT46368
Reinforcement • Representations for reinforcement meshes and reinforcing bar groups are now updated
properties
immediately according to the active representation settings when their properties are
changed.
TT46793
Fixes
3.5 Drawings
Fix list
Leader lines • Calculating the end points of a leader line caused excessive memory usage. This has now
been fixed.
TT47059
• The handles of leader lines are now work correctly.
TT46587
• Setting the advanced option
XS_MARK_LEADER_LINE_POSITION_TYPE_FOR_RECTANGULAR_FRAME or
XS_MARK_LEADER_LINE_POSITION_TYPE_FOR_NO_FRAME to 1, 2 or 3 now results in
the desired leader line position.
TT47452
• The handles of a hidden object are no longer visible in the drawing.
TT47728
• ed correctly in plan views of general
The leader lines of bolt marks are now created
arrangement drawings.
Polylines •
TT48349
T
The arrowhead of the polyline now points to the correct direction.
AF
TT48876
Drawing titles • Now also additional drawing titles have modify check boxes in front of the title field.
R
D
TT28614
Reinforcement in • Reinforcing bar marks were sometimes placed outside the detail or section view
drawings
boundaries. This has now been fixed.
TT32551
• Reinforcing bar end symbols are now hidden when they are located behind a part or a
reinforcing bar.
TT47234
• The location of reinforcement pull-outs has been improved: the pull-outs are no longer
located outside the view as they were in some specific cases.
TT42586, TT46963
• Changing the value in the Mesh symbol size field in the reinforcement properties dialog
box did not affect the drawing. This has now been fixed.
TT44885
• Mesh outline presentation now has the correct protection area.
TT45918
• Merged reinforcing bar marks and reinforcing bar marks with multiple leader lines are now
placed nearer to the reinforcing bars.

Fixes
TT45188
• Merged reinforcing bar marks are now updated correctly when any reinforcing bar in the
model changes.
TT45514
• After you have moved a reinforcement mark by pressing the Shift key and dragging, and
changed the leader line type of the mark so that the mark is parallel to the reinforcing bar,
the leader line is shown correctly in the drawing.
TT45873
• You can now drag merged reinforcement mark handles that have parallel leader lines also
in situations where the mark is vertically between base points.
TT46234
• Reinforcing bars are now visible when you create a general arrangement drawing from a
cast unit view.
TT45572
• Reinforcing bars are now drawn correctly in section views.
TT45598
• When you selected the bar in the middle of group option in the Visibility of reinforcing
bars in group list in the Drawing reinforcement
reinforcement properties dialog box, the reinforcing
bar was not shown in skew section views. This has now been fixed.
T
TT44919
• The dimension shown for hooks over 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees in a pull-out
is has now been fixed.
picture was not correct. This
AF
TT46796
• There is a new setting PulloutShowUSHookDims in the rebar_config.inp file.
With this option you can control if the US/
US/NA style of dimension will be shown for hooks
over 90 degrees. See the picture for th
the difference between the "US/NA"(=A) and
"european"(=B) hook dimension.
R
D
//PullOutShowUSHookDims: 0=show "european" hook dimension (=leg length), 1=show

"US" hook dimension (=straight length)for hooks >90 degrees
PullOutShowUSHookDims=0
TT40810

Fixes
• The dimensions (D1 .. D13) for bending type UNKNOWN(Y) are now fixed.
TT46599
• A reinforcing bar was drawn incorrectly when the end of the reinforcing bar was not
perpendicular to the view plane. This has now been fixed.
TT44886
• The class of reinforcing bars is now shown correctly in reinforcement marks.
TT47171
• The advanced options XS_REBAR_BEND_MAR_SYMBOL_MIN_SIZE and
XS_REBAR_END_SYMBOR_MIN_SIZE now work correctly.
TT46503
• When you create dimension marks by selecting a reinforcing bar, right-clicking and
selecting Add Mark > Dimension Mark from the pop-up menu, the position number and
other information in dimension marks is now related to the selected reinforcing bar.
TT48441, TT51308
• Reinforcement meshes were drawn incorrectly: crossing bars were drawn using the value
from the Longitudinal field, and vice versa. This has now been fixed.
TT50733
• You can now add reinforcing bar target spacing values in reinforcement marks.
TT47587
•
T
Hooks are now drawn in the correct direction
TT9730
direction for tapered reinforcing bar groups.
AF
• Reinforcement pull-outs are now displayed in marks when you move the view to an
another drawing.
TT49295
Drawing • Drawing revisions are no longer lost when you modify objects in the model and renumber
revisions
the modified objects.
TT37724
R
Detail views • You can now enter detail names that are up to 9 characters long in the Detail name box in
the Detail symbol properties dialog box.
TT42233
D
• Grids were sometimes not updated in the detail view, if the view was moved in a general
arrangement drawing. Also the detail view was sometimes moved to a wrong location on
the sheet. This has now been fixed.
TT51371
Single-part • Now when you right-click a neighbor part in a single-part drawing, a pop-up menu is
drawings
displayed.
TT43592
• When you created a bolt that went through two plates, defined the bolt as an oversized hole
for the first plate and then created single-part drawings for both plates, the bolt was defined
as an oversized hole in both drawings. This has now been fixed.
TT51537
Protection areas • The protection areas of objects with triangular frames have been improved.
TT43884
• Protecting areas works now correctly for weld mark leader lines.
TT50245, TT51238

Fixes
• The angle value of a weld mark had too large a protection area, which covered some of the
parts in the output. This has now been fixed.
TT49426
Showing part • An application error occurred when you opened a drawing that included a hole or a recess
openings and
recesses with only 3 points and the recess symbol was a cross. This has now been fixed.
TT49768
Drawing views • Drawing views that are created from model views with parentheses in their names are now
named correctly.
TT44802
• Sometimes some views in assembly drawings were very long. This has now been fixed.
TT48466
• In some cases when you updated a drawing, the dimensions were displayed in drawing
views, but the representation of the part was missing. This has now been fixed.
TT46828
• In some cases when you updated a drawing, the dimensions were displayed in drawing
views, but the representation of the part was missing. This has now been fixed.
TT46828
• When you updated a drawing, drawing views were sometimes moved if you had dragged
•
TT47606
T
the view frame manually.
3D views are now associative in assembly and cast unit drawings.

AF
TT40170
Grids in drawings • The Undo command did not work correctly when the grid was dragged multiple times.
TT48472
• Grid lines that run in the same direction are now updated correctly.
R
TT49280
Dimensioning • Dimensions that contain grouping tags are no longer removed as duplicates.
D
TT45119
• When dimension grouping is updated due to changes in the model and new dimensions are
created, the method used to place the new dimensions is now always free, even if the
original dimensions were fixed.
TT45146
• You can now group the dimension lines of reinforcing bar groups that are on different view
depths in the drawing.
TT12126
• The command Dimensioning > Add dimensions for all parts has been renamed to
Dimensioning > Recreate Dimensions for All Parts.
TT34798
• Modifying dimensioning properties of cast unit drawings now works correctly.
TT51209
Dimensions • Creating a general arrangement drawing with grid dimensions caused Tekla Structures to
stall in some rare circumstances. This has now been fixed.
TT45014

Fixes
• Previously, extra dimensions were created for polybeams in assembly drawings. The
dimensions are now displayed correctly.
TT45880
• In some rare cases angle dimensions were not updated correctly when the model was
TT46231
• In some cases, dimensions were placed in the wrong order in single-part drawings. This
has now been fixed.
TT45919
• In some rare cases, Option 5 did not work correctly when defining dimensioning properties
(Drawings & Reports > Drawing Settings > Assembly Drawing > Assembly drawing
properties > Dimensioning > Combine dimensions). This has now been fixed.
TT47503
• The content of dimension tags was sometimes taken from the secondary part of an embed
instead of the main part. This has now been fixed.
TT47053
• When you added or removed a dimension point, dimension grouping marks were placed in
the dimension line and extension line intersection. This has now been fixed.
TT47095
T
• Dimensions to grid lines were not always associative YZ-views. This has now
associative in XZ- and YZ
been fixed.
TT40426
AF
• You can now change the type of automatically created angle dimensions to type Degrees
at angle vertex.
TT47564
• Tekla Structures can now automatically combine
combine dimensions of secondary parts and
embeds.
TT45489
R
• Sometimes mark elements were repeated in dimension tags. This has now been fixed.
TT48428
• The Hide and Show commands work again for dimensions.
TT49130
D
• whose type is US absolute 2, is now placed

The dimension text in combined dimensions, wh
correctly.
TT51164
• Dimension lines of tapered reinforcing bar groups are now again perpendicular to the
group.
TT49230
• Profile information is no longer shown for cuts in dimension marks.
TT48937
• Sometimes bolt dimensions were not updated, when the drawing was updated many times
due to a model change. This has now been fixed.
TT51471
Weld marks • The protection area for site welds that are placed to the left side of the view is now correct.
TT48204
Anchor bolt plans • The detail views of anchor bolt plans were sometimes empty after you had updated a
drawing. This has now been fixed.

Fixes
TT45163
• In some cases, detail views were duplicated if you rotated the main view and detail
symbols were drawn in too large a scale. This has now been fixed.
TT45841
• Creating large anchor bolt plans is now significantly faster.
TT46520
Bolt marks • Information on slot holes is now displayed in bolt marks in assembly drawings.
TT41234
• Bolt marks are now again merged when the drawing is created.
TT49851
• The leader lines of bolt marks were displayed as dotted, when you moved the bolt mark.
TT48789
• Information on slot holes is now displayed in bolt marks in assembly drawings.
TT41234
• Information on how to display decimals in marks for holes and longholes is now read
correctly from the file contentattributes_userdefined.lst.
contentattributes_userdefined.lst
T
TT50341
Part marks • Part marks are now placed correctly

correctly inside the part when you have
ha selected the leader line
option that always places them inside
inside and aligned to the part.
AF
TT45278
• You can now add extra space characters
characters in part marks by using the < > element. You can
also add extra space characters at the beginning and end of text elements.
TT46219
• When you used the leader line option that places the mark along and in the middle of a part
face, the mark became skewed if you first moved the mark and then updated the drawing.
R

TT45577
• work correctly in part marks.
User-defined attributes now wo
TT45923
D
• The size of bolts in part marks is now convert

converted correctly in the US imperial environment.
TT46628, TT49726
• In some cases when the rebar group mark placing was to a leader line, the leader line was
detached from the part mark. This has now been fixed.
TT46163
• All part marks are now updated when you change the datum level of the view in the View
Properties dialog box.
TT41419
• In some rare cases part mark leader lines started from the origin after a drawing update.
TT46846
• Oversized holes in marks are now displayed correctly in drawings.
TT47646
• Decimals are no longer shown in sequence numbers in part marks.
TT49068

Fixes
Merged marks • You can now move merged marks by dragging them to a new location while holding down
the Shift key.
TT29712
• User-defined attributes are now displayed correctly in merged marks.
TT47072
Section views • Section views are no longer rotated in cloned drawings.

TT39744
• Previously, if there were no horizontal dimensions in a front view, the section symbols
were displayed in the top view. This has now been fixed: section symbols are now
displayed in the front view even if it has only vertical dimensions.
TT46871
• The same labels were sometimes given to section views and similar section views were
shown when you were using the advanced option
XS_DRAWING_CUT_VIEW_COMPARISON_CRITERIA. This has now been fixed. Also, now
section views whose orientation is opposite but that have similar content are no longer
considered different.
To use more rigid rules when comparing section views with the advanced option
XS_DRAWING_CUT_VIEW_COMPARISON_CRITERIA, use the new option EXACT in
combination with the options EXTREMA or ORIENTATION .
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TT47304
Drawing status • If you selected many drawings in a drawing list and changed their freeze, locked or issue
status, the status was not changed until you reopened the drawing list. This has now been
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fixed.
TT4898
Multidrawings • Creating multidrawings when numbering was not up-to-date caused an application error.
TT46873
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• If you cancelled the creating of a multidrawing, empty multi-drawings

multi- were created. This
has now been fixed.
TT46873
• Text objects that were not associative were sometimes marked with the associative symbol
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in multidrawings. This has now been fixed.

TT47887
• Sometimes only one drawing per sheet was created. This has now been fixed.
TT49143
• Views in multidrawings now adapt to the size of their contents.
TT51338, TT50898
Drawing wizard • When you are using the drawing wizard, you can no longer create unfolded drawings of a
part that is not a polybeam and that includes cut that has been made using a polybeam.
TT51214
Arranging • Incorrect Z values caused Tekla Structures to stall if you arranged drawing objects in 3D
drawing objects
views. This has now been fixed.
TT47180
• When you use the Arrange Drawing Objects > Ignore Current Locations command for a
mark, note or associative note that has placing type Free, the leader line middle points
that were added by the user are now removed. If the placing type is Fixed, the middle
points are not affected.

Fixes
TT45650
• Dimension tags are now arranged correctly.
TT50792
Cloning • Sometimes when you cloned or updated drawings containing reinforcing bars, there was
an application error. This has now been fixed.
TT45836
• In some cases an application error occurred when you cloned a drawing and the source
drawing included settings for the Drawing Classifier.
TT46337
• When a drawing was cloned, the cloning symbol with leader lines could not be selected
anymore. This has now been fixed.
TT46124
• Cloning works now correctly also when you are using the advanced option
XS_CAST_UNIT_POSITION_NUMBER_FORMAT_STRING.
TT45803
• Messages about failed assertion were sometimes shown when you created drawings by
cloning. This has now been fixed.
TT44518
•
•
TT47765
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Cloning drawings with large cast units with many reinforcing bar groups is now faster.
Dimension points to cuts in subassemblies are now displayed in cloned drawings.

AF
TT46797
• When you cloned a drawing and the source drawing had shortened parts, the dimensions
were not correct in the cloned drawing. This has now been fixed.
TT47232
• created in updated or cloned drawings. This
Sometimes duplicate bolt dimensions were creat
has now been fixed.
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TT48963
• Cloning of assembly drawings that contain included single-part drawings has been
improved.
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TT51984
Editing drawings • You can now open the properties dialog box of the Draw Circle > By Three Points and
Draw Arc commands by double-clicking the toolbar icon.
TT49297
Adding views • The Add Views from Other Drawing command now works correctly.
from other
drawings TT47566
Associativity • You can no longer copy associative notes.

TT47859
• The protection area of associative notes was too big. This caused problems in printing so
that for example part outlines were not drawn if they were inside the protection area. This
was changed so that the protection area is now the same as for texts.
TT44343
• The weight (lbs) in associative notes did not function correctly in the US imperial
environment. This has now been fixed.
TT46628

Fixes
• When you are adding associative notes, the command now stays active until you interrupt
it. You can add multiple notes.
TT47820
• The associative symbol is now drawn also for welds.
TT50474
Templates in • Assembly drawings included duplicate templates in the following situation:

drawings
• You modified drawing settings, which caused the drawing to be recreated (for
example, some view or dimensioning settings).
• The drawing included single-part drawing views.
TT46351
• You can now use the same image in several templates.
TT47839
XS_UPSIDE_DO • The advanced option XS_UPSIDE_DOWN_TEXT_ALLOWED no longer affects pull-out texts.

WN_TEXT_ALLO
WED TT44233
Ghost outline • Hidden reinforcing bars are no longer shown when you have cleared the Ghost outline
option in Tools > Options > Ghost outline. This now functions in the same way as for
other hidden objects.
Snapping •
TT44884
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It is now possible to snap to a curved edge of a profile.
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TT46750
• With snapping to extension lines selected, in some cases it was not po
possible to snap to any
other points. This has now been fixed.
TT47374
• Snapping to extension lines has been improved.
TT45903
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• Tekla Structures snapped to the original locatio

location of a reference line even when you had set
the advanced option XS_DRAWING_PART_REFERENCE_LINE_TYPE to
DEFINITION_LINE or CORNER_REFERENCE_LINE. This has now been fixed.
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TT47567
Hiding and • The Hide from Drawing View and Hide from Drawing commands now work also for
showing objects
reference model objects.
TT47083
Drawing list • Updating or adding revisions, or issue flags, and updating user-defined attribute settings of
a set of drawings in the drawing list is now faster.
TT45704
• If there was a single-part drawing and a cast unit drawing with the same part position and
cast unit position, wrong drawings were selected in the drawing list when you clicked the
Model - By parts button.
TT43955
• Using the drawing list is now faster also in cases where the model is located on a NAS
drive or when the model is used through a slow network connection.
TT47591
Model templates • When you use a model template and you create the first drawing, Tekla Structures now
creates the drawings folder if needed.

Fixes
TT45787
Drawing objects • Extension snapping to a circle now works correctly.

TT45902
• You can now set the advanced option XS_ARC_WIDTH_OF_CLOUD to a smaller value than
10, which means that you can draw clouds with smaller arcs. Also, you no longer need to
restart Tekla Structures when you change the value for the change to take effect.
TT48572
• Changing the value of the advanced option XS_ARC_WIDTH_OF_CLOUD did not have an
effect outside drawing views. This has now been fixed.
TT48295
• Moving texts, notes or welds with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + M no longer leaves a copy
of the drawing object in the view it was moved from.
TT51268
• You can now copy and paste weld symbols that have been created manually in drawings.
TT50758
• Crossing selection now works correctly for drawing objects.
TT47075
• The pop-up menu now works correctly when you have
ha two welds and a part selected in the
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drawing editor.
TT15950
• You can now move grid line labels by using the drag-and-drop feature also in 64-bit Tekla
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Structures.
TT47469
• Moving and dragging associative notes now works better.
TT51522
Part • The reference lines of a part ar

are now visible when you use the Symbol option for part
representation
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representation.
TT42234
• The default value of the XS_DRAWING_PART_REFERENCE_LINE_TYPE advanced option
is now PART_POINT_LINE.
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TT45611
Deleting • After modifying the drawings and exiting the multi-user model, if you had ignored the
unnecessary
drawing files Delete unnecessary drawings? dialog box and tried to exit the model twice, your *.db1
file might have been reduced significantly or replaced with a *.db1.tmp file. This has
now been fixed.
TT46849
Drawing • There were problems if a drawing was created with an older version of Tekla Structures
Classifier
and you opened it with a newer version, and the classifier settings used in the model were
missing.
TT45680
• The Drawing Classifier did not always work correctly when you created drawings with
Master Drawing Catalog. This has now been fixed.
TT47048
Hidden lines • The hidden lines were not shown correctly when you defined them in Drawing surface
treatment properties. This has now been fixed.
TT47661

Fixes
• Sometimes inner contours of tubes were not shown in a drawing even if they were set to
visible in the drawing properties. This has now been fixed.
TT47127
Templates in • Marks that include text and frames in templates are now displayed correctly also if the
marks
mark is rotated.
TT46937
User-defined • When you modified the values in the user-defined attributes dialog box of a drawing and
attributes
then saved the drawing settings, the user-defined attribute values were not saved. This has
now been fixed.
TT48021
Dimension • You can now use either a file path or a file name as a value for the advanced option
planes
XS_PART_DIMENSION_PLANES_TABLE. If the value is a file path, the dimension planes
table file is opened from the given path. If the value is a file name, Tekla Structures
searches for the file in the model, project, firm and profile folders (in this order).
TT38285
XS_DXF_TEXT_W • The default value for the advanced option XS_DXF_TEXT_WIDTH_FACTOR is now 1.0.
IDTH_FACTOR
TT48583
Filtering •
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The Select from drawing... option is no longer available in the Object group - Selection
filter dialog box in the modeling mode.
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TT49579
• You can again select bolt groups when you are using the Select from drawing... option in
the Selection filter dialog box.
TT49583
View label mark

• The button now unchecks all check boxes and the Get button fills the dialog
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the currently selected view in the view label mark contents

box with the properties of the
dialog box.
TT49157
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Updating marks • The Annotating > Update MaMarks > All Part Marks command no longer updates
associative marks when the drawing is frozen.
TT48558
Printing • Line weights are now handled correctly in printing.

TT50236
Orientation marks • If a cast unit drawing contained more than one front views, the orientation mark sometimes
referred to the wrong view. Now the orientation mark always points to the primary front
view.
TT49241
Including existing • When you create an assembly drawing that contains views from an existing single-part
single part
drawings to drawing, Tekla Structures arranges the included views. If the position of the included
assembly views is not fixed, Tekla Structures arranges the views in a best possible way in the
drawings assembly drawing so that the views do not overlap. If the position of all the included views
is fixed, their position in relation to each other is not changed. Using a combination of free
and fixed views is not recommended, because it may result in unexpected placing of views.

Fixes
When an assembly drawing with included views is updated, Tekla Structures does not
rearrange the views. The views maintain the same relative positions as in the single-part
drawing.
TT51263
Selectingobjects
• You can now select plug-ins by using the new Select plugins switch.
3.6 Templates and Reports

Fix list
XS_ATTRIBUTE_ • You can now use the advanced option XS_ATTRIBUTE_FILE_EXCLUDE_LIST in Tools >
FILE_EXCLUDE_
LIST Options > Advanced Options... > File Locations to hide certain reports in the Create
report dialog box. For example, setting the variable to Part_;ts_Report_Inquire_
hides all the reports that have those strings in their name.
TT46086TT46086TT46086
SCALE1...5 •
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When you use the template attributes SCALE1...5, the different scales of drawing views
are now displayed in the correct order.
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TT46222
IsLast() function • The IsLast() function did not always work corr
correctly in row rules. This has now been fixed.
TT45692
AREA_PROJECTI • When you selected objects using

usin area selection with assembly selection on, and tried to
ON_**_NET
template create a report of the selected objects, there was an application error as
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attributes AREA_PROJECTION_**_NET template attributes had incorrect values. This has now been
fixed so that Tekla Structures continues running.
TT46597
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Reference object • Reference object reporting was very slow if the advanced option
reporting
XS_INCLUDE_DWG_ATTRIBUTES_IN_REPORTS_AND_INQUIRE was set to TRUE. This
has now been fixed.
TT46737
Tapered • The minimum and maximum length of the tapered reinforcing bar group were not correctly
reinforcing bar
reporting calculated when the first and/or last reinforcing bars were not created to the group. This
has now been fixed.
TT46321
LENGTH_MAX • Template attributes LENGTH_MAX and LENGTH_MIN now show correct lengths also for
and
LENGTH_MIN circular reinforcing bars.
TT45294
IS_CONCEPTUAL • You can now use the new template attribute IS_CONCEPTUAL to check whether the
reinforcement is conceptual. The attribute returns TRUE if the reinforcement is conceptual,
otherwise it returns FALSE.
TT46667
Summing of rows • Summing of value fields works now also for hidden rows.

Fixes
TT47323
ASSEMBLY_STA • You can now use the new template attributes ASSEMBLY_START_NUMBER and
RT_NUMBER and
PART_START_NU PART_START_NUMBER to report assembly start number and part start number.
MBER TT42081
Formula Contents • Using the formula GetValue(Height)* GetValue(Length) in the Formula Contents
dialog box
dialog box caused an application error in the Template Editor. This has now been fixed.
TT49235
64-bit Windows • Missing attributes in the contentattributes_global.lst and/or

and Template
Editor contentattributes_userdefined.lst files caused an application error in
Template Editor when using 64-bit Windows. This has now been fixed.
TT49170
Dynamic row • Dynamic row width in templates now works correctly also when you are using multiple
width
columns.
TT50952
Sorting in • Using the Sorting and drawing order arrows in Template Edit
Editor caused an application
Template Editor
error. This has now been fixed.
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TT51119
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3.7 Import and Export
Fix list
SmartPlant 3D •
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You can now find up-to-date information on SmartPlant 3D interoperability on the Tekla
Extranet at https://extranet.tekla.com/BC/tekla-st
https://extranet.tekla.com/BC/tekla-structures-en/self_learning/q-a/Pages/
SmartPlant3DinteroperabilityandCIS2.aspx
SmartPlant3DinteroperabilityandCIS2.aspx.
Exporting • The contents in marks no longer overlap in exported drawings.

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drawings
TT44730, TT46937
• When you exported a template containing several images to DWG format, only one of the
images was exported correctly. This has now been fixed so that all the images in the
template are imported correctly.
TT47098
• Curved radial dimensions with small bulges are now exported correctly.
TT47782
• The Use advanced line type and layer conversion option now works correctly: you no
longer need to restart Tekla Structures and export the drawings again to have the correct
result when you use this option.
TT48844
• Exporting drawings with Japanese fonts in DWG format caused an application error in
some cases. This has now been fixed.
TT48643
NC files • The sharp edges of plates are now drawn correctly in NC files.
TT44010

Fixes
• The bending radius value is now written correctly for the bent profile in DSTV file's KA
block.
TT37005
• Setting the advanced option XS_DSTV_NO_SAWING_ANGLES_FOR_PLATES_NEEDED to
TRUE now removes the skew cut angles in the NC file.
TT44520
• DSTV files for flats were created incorrectly, the flats were rotated by 90 degrees. This has
now been fixed.
TT50416, TT50706
• If you had defined the inner corner shape to use drilled holes in the NC File Settings, the
holes were not created if there were no other bolt holes in the beam. This has now been
fixed.
TT50548
• The assembly position is now always included as a prefix in hardstamps in DSTV files of
secondary parts when the advanced option XS_SECONDARY_PART_HARDSTAMP is set to
TRUE.
TT39842
• NC files are now named correctly for secondary parts.
TT49161
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• Using drilling option 3 or 4 for the internal corners of the notches caused an application
error if the notch was in the web and there were other holes in the web. This has now been
fixed.
TT48966
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• NC files of short parts are now correct.
TT50641
• locates drill holes correctly.
Inner corners shape 4 now locates
TT50989
• You can now use the new advanced option
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XS_DSTV_USE_REAL_DIMENSIONS_IN_HEADER to have bounding box values of the

height and width written to the profile header. To do this, set the advanced option to TRUE
in the teklastructures.ini file.
TT21252
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• You can now use the new inner corner shape option 4 to add a drilled hole tangentially to
the inner corner. The hole radius is the same as the value in the Radius field. Holes are
BO-block to the NC file.
written as a seprate BO-b
TT44766
IFC import and • Exporting warped and cambered members now functions correctly.
export
TT47087
• Bolts were not exported correctly if created with a negative cut length. This has now been
fixed.
TT47043

Fixes
• IfcBuildingElementPart entities are now exported correctly.
TT48646
• Importing graphics that have a grid placement now works correctly.
TT48608
SDNF • You can now export and import polygon and circular holes in plates in SDNF version 3.0.
TT12855
FEM Export • Exporting FEM in DSTV format is now successful also when all coordinates of an
eccentricity are zero.
TT46131
DGN Export • The design area of the DGN file is limited. Exporting graphics out of the bounds of the
design area of the DGN file will cause data overflow and loss of data. Now if you try to do
so, Tekla Structures displays a warning that instructs how to export into the bounds of the
design area of the DGN file.
TT47263
Unitechnik • The double wall element thickness and the gap value now function correctly.
Export
TT49514
S-Frame import •
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In some occasions S-Frame import
TT48987
rt caused an application error.
error. This has now been fixed.
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3.8 Analysis and Design
Fix list
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Analysis part • The check boxes on Start releases and End releases tabs now work logically: when you
dialog boxes
switch the Support condition check box on or off, the check boxes under it are not
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changed.
TT42475
Analysis • Setting analysis properties for connections with multiple secondary parts now works
properties for
connections correctly.
Set the Member end release method by connection option on the

Analysis model tab in the Analysis Model Properties dialog box to
Yes to use the Analysis profile or Analysis profile length values from
the connection properties dialog box.
TT42987
Loads in seismic • Previously, node loads of all load groups were included in the seismic mass. Also, the
analysis
seismic load factor did not work for nodal loads. This has now been fixed.
TT42537
Units • The units are now displayed correctly on the Design - Steel and Design - Concrete tabs in
the Analysis Model Properties dialog box.

Fixes
TT46911
Better support of • Support for built-up sections has been improved:

built-up sections
• If a built-up profile was created from a twin profile by defining the other part as the
main part of the built-up, built-up creation failed because of a conflict with twin
profile detection. This has now been fixed.
• Combining multiple plates to a built-up section now works correctly also when the
plate has been defined as a sub-part.
• Combination now works also if there is a small gap between the parts.
• Neutral axis position is now calculated accurately.
• Accurate neutral axis is now used to calculate the eccentricity also when you are using
the member axis location option Reference axis (eccentricity by neutral axis).
• Basic curved built-ups now work correctly.
• You can force an I section to a built-up by setting the analysis profile as I*.
TT44891
Mapping profiles • Profile name mapping file is now taken into account when getting the analysis results.
TT51293
Seismic analysis • You now have two new seismic analysis types available in the Type list on the Seismic tab
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types
of the Analysis Model Properties dialog box: IBC2006 (ZIP) and IBC2006 (Latitude).
TT45321
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Area loads • Members with analysis class Truss-Compression only and Truss-Tension only are now
distributing loads. No loads can be applied on these, except at the
handled correctly when distributing
start or end node.
TT45633
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3.9 Construction Management

Fix list
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Task Manager • In some rare cases, there wa

was an application error in Task Manager when importing tasks.
TT46964
Task • The Completeness property of tasks is now a number (percentage) instead of a string in
completeness
object group representation rules. This means that visualizations based on completeness
are now easier to create.
TT48123
TT49087
Selecting order of • When you closed the Task information dialog box in Task Manager while selecting the
tasks in the
model order of tasks in the model, there was an application error. This has now been fixed.
TT48413
Editing filtered • Previously, when you tried to edit filtered tasks, the task filter returned to the Show all
tasks
view automatically. This has now been fixed.
TT48749

Fixes
Editing planned • Previously, there was an application error when you edited the planned duration and
date and planned
duration pressed Enter, or when you clicked the empty area in the Gantt Chart and tried to edit the
planned date. These have now been fixed.
TT48914
3.10 Custom Components

Fix list
Polygon welds • Custom components that contain polygon welds and are created with Tekla Structures
version 13.1 or earlier, can now be used in version 13.1 and later versions of Tekla
Structures.
TT48853
Parametric • You can now access the part radius via Custom component browser and Model
modeling
Browser.
The part radius becomes visible in the custom component dialog box if you create a
parameter variable for the radius, and in the custom component browser link the parameter
to the radius.
TT26202
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• It is now possible to bind handles to fitting planes when you select Cut planes as the plane
type.
TT42802
• If you select a distance in the model, the distance is now highlighted in the Variables
dialog box.
TT42852
•
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A warning dialog box is displayed if you create a cyclic dependency in the custom
component editor. The object name is shown in the system log’s cycle detection message.
TT42608
• Reference distances are now displayed in orange. Previously Tekla Structures displayed
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reference distances in magenta.

TT42851
• Previously, it was possible that a custom component reappered in the model even if you
had deleted it. If you now select all component objects for deletion, the custom component
is deleted.
TT48037
Custom • Previously, exiting the custom component editor was slow even if you did not save the
component editor
changes. This has now been fixed.
TT50056

Fixes
3.11 System Components
Fix list - general
Conceptual • You can now edit conceptual components in Full, Steel Detailing and Precast Concrete
components
Detailing configurations.
TT44526
Incorrect weld • Previously the size of the weld preparation was 0.8 mm larger than the size you entered on
sizes
the Welds tab. The 0.8 mm tolerance has now been removed, and the welds are of the size
you define.
TT47746
Fix list - steel connections

Seating cap plate • You can now enter a width and height for the lower cap plate, upper cap plate and end plate
(2)
on the Parts tab.
TT47945
Tube splice (6) •
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On the Picture tab, the fields for the connection plate cut depth and the clearance between
connection plates are now in the correct locations.
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TT49857
Notched seating • Bolts were not created correctly when you had defined main or secondary stiffeners. This
(9)
has now been fixed.
TT50563
Purlin connection • The bent plate is now created also when the secondary part is an I profile. Also all bolts are
(11)
now created correctly.
TT22693
Bolted gusset • Previously, when the gusset plate went through the main part, the cut-out and plate
(11)
adjustment were missing. This has now been fixed.
TT17949
Stiffener seating • You can now select in which members the slotted holes are created.
(12)
TT50574

Fixes
Tube gusset (20) • The shape of the gusset plate is now correct also when the main part of the connection has
welded stiffeners.
TT46285
• The angle of the gusset plate is now correct also if you have not defined an angle
parameter.
TT46279
Round tube (23) • When used with a polybeam, the part cut created by the component is now aligned with the
polybeam correctly.
TT48795
Stiffened end • When you change the value for the gap between the inner flange side and stiffener, Tekla
plate (27)
Structures no longer creates a gap between the stiffener and the end plate.
TT49253
Welded tee (32) • You now have a new option Slots in on the Bolts tab, which you can use to define which
parts get slots (Default, No, Beam, Tee or Both).
TT30613
Column splice • The lifting hole is now created only to thee web plates, not to column or beam web.
(42) and Splice
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connection (77) TT33456
Wraparound • You can now define the length and width for the filler plate on the Brace conn tab.
gusset (58)
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TT29575
Wraparound • In some cases, the Wraparound gusset cross (60) could not be created in the US metric
gusset cross (60)
environment. This has now been fixed.
TT49000
Gusseted cross • You can now enter the filler plate length aand width by using the new fields on the Brace
(62)
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conn tab.
TT29576
Rail connection • You can now define extra length for bolts on the Sbolts tab. Also the Slots in option now
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(70)
works correctly.
TT39210
U.S. Base plate • You now have a new option Slots in on the Bolts tab, which you can use to define which
connection (71)
parts get slots (Plates, Beam, Both or No).
TT44803
• Stiffeners are now created correctly on top of the base plate.
TT49434
Splice connection • The connection now uses fittings to shorten the beam.
(77)
TT31573
• Bolts are now placed correctly on the flange plate, when you have selected to use the cross
stitch bolts option.

Fixes
TT49321
Tower 1 diagonal • Creating additional bolts no longer causes an application error.

(87)
TT49053
Eaves haunch • Welded parts now get correct Welded to primary position numbers when no value is
(102)
entered in the part properties dialog box.
TT51054
Shear plate (103) • When you tried to attach the Shear plate connection to a part and there was another
similar part within 241 mm distance, the shear plate was attached to this similar part. This
has now been fixed.
TT40336
Windbrace • If you have created the gauge_lines.dat file in the current model folder, some
connection (110),
Bent gusset components now use this file instead of the file in the system folder.
(140), L splice TT49181
(175), Parallel L
profiles (176), Leg
- 1 Diagonal (178)
Two-sided end • You can now define the part position number also for the second end plate by using the
plate (115)
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new Pos_no field on the Parameters tab.
TT44796
Welded beam to • If you did not define a gap on the Picture tab, the weld size definition created a gap
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beam (123)
between the main and the secondar
secondaryy part. This has now been fixed.
TT25406
Round joining • You can now define the Plate type for the connecting plates on the Parameters tab.
plates (124)
TT19294
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Welded column • Stiffeners were not placed correctly if the ssecondary beam was sloped. This has now been
with stiffeners
(128) fixed so that the stiffeners are parallel with the secondary beam.
TT46011
• The offset of the stiffener offset is now corr
correct also when the beam is shorter than 1000
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mm.
TT49114
Column with • The top and bottom stiffeners are now positioned correctly.
shear plate (131)
TT45871
• Previously, the shear plate created in the connection clashed with the column when the
secondary part was skewed. This has now been fixed.
TT23094
• The gap between the near side stiffeners and the flange of the beam was created using the
far side stiffener value when the near side stiffener gap was not defined. This has now
been fixed.
TT51006
Bolted moment • The flange plate is now created correctly.

connection (134)
TT50715
Column site weld • Defining values for the position numbers for the upper and lower diaphragms works now
splice (137)
correctly.

Fixes
TT49115
Clip angle (141) • The top haunch plate is now created correctly.
TT47230
• When the secondary sloping beam is connected to the top of the main column, the vertical
distance to the first bolt hole is now exactly what you have entered.
TT49810
Two-sided end • You can now define the Cut length on the Bolts tab.
plate (142), End
plate 144) TT46220
Two-sided clip • You can now create slotted holes for the top or bottom seat angle by using the new Create
angle (143)
slots list on the BoxPBolts tab. Also the location of the slotted holes in the seat angle is
now correct.
TT42687
• When you used the component to create single angle connections, slots that were supposed
to be created in the angle were created in thee main beam instead. This has now been fixed.
TT49279
• You can now control the stiffener seat angles on the Angle box tab. On the BoxPBolts and
BoxSBolts tabs there are now controls for top and bottom bolt groups.
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TT43140
• Deleting bolts from both sides of the connection
connection did not function correctly in L-profiles.
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TT26218
End plate (144) • In some cases using certain bolt settings caused
caused an application error. This has now been
fixed.
TT49251
• When you changed the bolting direction, the bolts were not placed correctly. This has now
been fixed.
R
TT50869
Bent plate (151) • You can now define the flange notch depth on the Top Notch tab in the Force Depth field.
D
Previously, when you had selected Force Flange Cope on the Top Notch tab and entered a
forcing distance, this distance was not correct in the model. This has now been fixed.
TT42509
• Staggered bolt option now works correctly for both sides of the bent plate.
TT42510
• Previously, when you created a knife connection and a weld, an extra weld was created
using setting 1 in the Welds dialog box. This has now been changed so that an extra weld
uses setting 2 in the Welds dialog box. If you have defined that an extra weld is not
needed, the extra weld is not created.
TT33450
Full depth (184) • The parts in the connection no longer clash when the secondary part is shorter than the
main part.
TT49067

Fixes
• The options for dimensions for the vertical bolt group position now work in the South-East
Asia environment.
TT49339
Full depth S (185) • Previously, when you entered a value to create a gap between the inner side of the upper
flange and the connection plate, a gap was not created. Instead, the upper side of the
connection plate, that is, the distance from the bolt to the plate edge was moved. This has
now been fixed.
TT48625
• Entering a value for the gap between the stiffener plate and the main beam flange caused a
solid error. This has now been fixed.
TT49837
• The gap between the shear tab bottom edge and the main part bottom flange is now created
correctly according to the entered value so that if no value is entered, a gap is not created.
TT49841
• Previously, when the secondary beam was sloped, the connection was not created
correctly. This has now been fixed.
TT49909
• When you created two shear tabs, the tabs had
had different sizes. This has now been fixed.
TT50062
•
T
In some rare cases, when you tried to apply the Full depth S connection on a beam-to-
column intersection, there was an application error or the co
has now been fixed.
connection was no created. This
AF
TT50921
Bent plate (190) • Bent plates are now created with

with the correct default value if only one bolt is created.
TT47300
Bolted gusset • Sometimes the connection went through the eend plate connecting the two beams together.
(196)
R
TT48642
Tapered beam to • The lower flange is now split into two parts when you apply the component between a
tapered column
D
(197) rafter and a column.

TT30071
Fix list - steel details

Base plate (1004) • The Pos_No field on the Parts tab works again for leveling plates.
TT44553
Stiffened base • The additional beam and the leveling plate collided when you selected the No stiffeners
plate (1014)
on flanges option. The position of the additional beam has now been corrected.
TT51258
Handrailing • Previously, when the stair incline was increased, the stanchion base plate was offset from
(1024)
the stanchion. This has now been fixed.
TT51407
Stiffeners (1034) • Stiffeners (1034) has now the Picture tab. The tab includes information that was
previously on the Options tab.

Fixes
• The button for material catalog is now visible on the Options tab.
TT43808
Stair base detail • You can again define the material on the Parts tab.
(1039)
TT46380
Base plate (1042) • You can again define the name for the plate on the Parts tab.
TT43815
Twin profile • You can now define also the assembly prefix and number for the plate on the Parts tab.
(1046)
TT40482
U.S. Base plate • External bolts and anchor rods are now removed successfully when Eliminate external
(1047)
bolts on the Parameters tab is set to Yes.
TT46508
• Two similar anchor rods received different numbers in the US Imperial environment. This
has now been fixed.
TT49656
• ate, the direction of an anchor bolt was
When a corner cut was added to the base plate,
Multiple •
TT49872
T
If you tried to create more than 100 stiffeners,
stiffeners, there was an application error. This has now
AF
Stiffeners (1064)
been fixed.
TT49442
• Stiffeners are now created at the both ends of a beam.
• The Stiffener tab has been updated and it includes more options for chamfering.
TT43808
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Fix list - steel modeling tools

Tube components • The help file is now opened when you click the Help... button in Tube-Chamfer (1), Tube-
D
CrossingSaddle (1), Tube-MitreSaddle+Hole (1), Tube-Saddle+Hole (1) and Tube-

SlottedHole (1).
TT47579
Tube- • The root opening values are now modeled correctly.

MitreSaddle+Hole
(1), Tube- TT47550
Saddle+Hole (1)
Built up box (S6) • You can now select whether to connect the lacing and batten plates to a column using
Welded gusset (10) or Bolted gusset (11), or to bolt the plates directly to the columns as
previously.
TT46491
Ladder (S35) • When you created a short caged ladder with three hoops instead of four, a double set of
polybeam points was created for the middle hoop. This has now been fixed so that the
duplicated points are not created.
TT45766

Fixes
Tower Generation • If you have created the gauge_lines.dat file in the current model folder, components
Macro (S43),
Tower diagonal S43, S66, S67 and S85 now use this file instead of the file in the system folder.
(S66), Auto TT49181
position (S67),
Batten plates
(S85)
Helicoidal stairs • Helicoidal stairs are now created at the point picked by the user, in accordance with the
(S59)
current work plane.
TT49042
Cage Ladder • When you created two points vertically one above the other, there was an application error
(S60)
when you selected these points in any order. This has now been fixed.
TT46554
Export data to • Material and bar records were missing information on quantity, number of bars, shape code
EliPlan file (68)
and length. This has now been fixed.
TT46511
• The drawing revision status was not exported to the EliPlan file. This has now been fixed.
TT46608
Stairs (S71) • There was a default part prefix mark for the angle when creating brackets. The default has
T
now been removed.
TT51018
AF
Polybeam pan • When you create the Polybeam pan (S73), the status bar now displays the instruction
(S73)
messages.
TT45832
• When you change the bolt head direction, you can now change the bolted parts and parts to
be bolted according to your needs.
TT22784
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Z Pan (S74) • The tread profile and bracket are now created correctly when the create assembly option on
the Stair setup tab is set to All.
TT46781
D
Stanchions (S76) • Stanchions are now placed in the correct position when added to stringers created using
Stairs (S71).
TT46585
Railings (S77) • The Railings (S77) modeling tool could not be created and an error message was displayed
if you did not select the correct parts. This has now been fixed.
TT46583
• The spacing of vertical rails was not created correctly when the handrail was sloped. This
has now been fixed.
TT51109
• The stanchion was cut or a hole was created even though no rail was created or connecting
to it. This has now been fixed.
TT44325
Composite brace • The length of the first and the last brace is now defined as cut length (the maximum length
(S79)
of the interior) instead of gross length. You can also adjust the length of the intermediate
brace.

Fixes
TT47296
Bridging macro • When you used the Bridging macro (S80) for parts with DHS Purlin profiles, a gap was
(S80)
created between the parts. This has now been fixed so that a gap is not created.
TT32467
Handrail bolted • In some cases, when you tried to create the handrail and pressed the middle mouse button,
joint (S81)
there was an error and the handrail was not created. This has now been fixed.
TT50621
Multiple beam • The part numbering and rotation now function correctly when you create a handrail.
railing (S84)
TT46307
PEB Tapered • The total height of a straight PEB member is now exactly as defined.
Section (S94)
TT46947
Fix list - precast concrete

Corbel • The end shape fitting for the L beam now works correctly.
connection (14)
TT48776
•
T
The corbel connection is now created correctly also in cases where the rotation of the
secondary part is set to Front or Back.
TT10944
AF
• The bending radius of the reinforcing bar now changes correctly according the size of the
selection in the profile catalog is now based on the size of the
reinforcing bar. The grade selection
reinforcing bar.
TT5289
• You can now enter a class on the Reinforcing bar tab.
TT47766
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Hole generation • When you created a hole with a profile, the profile was rotated 90 degrees. This has now
(32)
been fixed.
D
TT44589
Hole Generation • You can now enter a name for the cut part.
(32), Polygon
Hole Generation TT45090
(33)
Concrete var • When creating Concrete var beam, it is now possible to use 0 mm distance for the thick
beam (S52)
end.
TT46623
• The fields for controlling the slope degree of the concrete beam have been removed from
the Picture tab.
TT47018
Precast stairs • Anti-skid is now created on the last step at the foot of the stairs.
(65)
TT46824
• The total stringer height was not correct when an inner radius or a chamfer had been
defined. This has now been fixed.
TT46821

Fixes
• The thickness of the stairbody was not correct with curved chamfers. This has now been
fixed.
TT46822
• The width of sloped stringers is now correct.
TT46826
• In sloped stringers, the top part of the stringer now has the same sloped angle as the rest of
the stringer.
TT46829
Seating with • It is now possible to add double anchor bolts on the Corbel tab.
dowel (75)
TT40576
Two sided • It is now possible to add double anchor bolts on the Left beam and Right beam tabs.
seating with
dowel (76) TT40576
Lifting Anchor • When you create several lifting anchors, the cuts are now copied to all embeds.
(80)
TT45584
Fix list - reinforcement

Reinforcement
components
inside warped
•
T
Reinforcement components,
ents, for example, Inverted tee beam (52), inside a warped part
now update correctly when a system connection modifies the part.
AF
parts TT47061
Slab bars (18) • If the diameter of the primary and secondary reinforcing bars were
we different, the radius of
the secondary bar was incorrect. This has now been fixed.
TT40407
• If you set the cover thickness to 50 and then changed the end to have a hook, the cover was
R
incorrect by half the bar diam

diameter. This has now been fixed.
TT40407
• When there were cuts in both edges of a pane
panel, a mesh was not created. This has now been
fixed.
D
TT51466
• When meshes are created in slab reinforcement, cover thickness is taken into account if
there is a hole in the slab.
TT44901, TT46019, TT46283
• The bar length adjustment for top bars works now correctly.
TT47373
• You can now select the grade for both top and bottom bars.
You can now select the spacing type: either By exact spacings or Number of bars.
TT17470
• In the US imperial environment, secondary reinforcing bars now use a default value for
grade and size if these have not been defined.
TT49696
Edge and Corner • Previously the U bar reinforcements clashed. This has now been fixed.
Reinforcement
(62) TT47354

Fixes
Beam • The option Additional Stirrup Spacing Type option on the Stirrup spacing tab has been
reinforcement
(63) renamed to Ledge stirrup spacing type.
TT49308
Wall panel (64) • When there is an opening in the wall, longitudinal bars and transverse bars within the
tolerance value are now split.
TT35395
Stirrup • It is now possible to define 7 zones for stirrups on the Stirrup spacing tab.
reinforcement
(67) TT46487
• It is now possible to bundle the reinforcing bars, and new options for bundling have been
added to the Stirrup spacing tab. Stirrup bundling consists of two bars that are side by
side, and the distance between the two bundled bars is as small as possible. If wanted, the
distance between the bars is the same as the Actual diameter in
rebar_database.inp file. To use the Actual diameter, set the advanced option
XS_USE_ONLY_NOMINAL_REBAR_DIAMETER to FALSE.
TT46480
• You can now define on the Stirrup spacing tab the minimum hole size that affects the
reinforcement creation in holes. If the size of the hole is smalle
smaller than the defined value, the
reinforcements are created to the hole. The default value for the hole size is 100 mm.
TT46494
•
T
Stirrup shape has a new option Spiral on the Parameters tab. When you select the Spiral
option, you can also give the number of rounds in the coil. When you enter a positive value
for the Number of rounds and leave some of the Space fields empty on the Stirrup
AF
spacing tab, Stirrup reinforcement (67) recalculates the number of stirrups to be a
multiple of the value you have entered in Number of rounds field.
TT42830
Longitudinal • When using the Longitudinal reinforcement (70), it is now possible to create hooks on the
reinforcement
(70) Hooks tab.
TT49226
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• Reinforcing bar groups are now used instead of individual reinforcing bars.
TT42727
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Strip footing • Right main bars are now created also when you define the value to be zero.
reinforcement
(75) TT12698
• The main bars are now created correctly.
TT47943
• If you created the reinforcement using three top bars and the first bend type option, the
stirrups were not created correctly. This has now been fixed.
TT47383
• The stirrups are now created correctly with correctly placed bar end handles.
TT47351
• There are now five new bend types on the Stirrup tab.

Fixes
TT19385
• Partially overlapping segments in single reinforcing bars are now placed correctly.
TT12664
• Previously, it was not possible to control the bending direction of stirrup rotation. This has
now been changed. You can define the bending direction so that overlapping can be placed
on any side of the stirrup.
TT47377
• You can now select whether hooks are created for split reinforcing bars.
TT50261
Pad footing (77) • Lacer bars are now created correctly

tly also in situations where the bigger dimension is first.
•
TT14900
T
When you have set the Bar direction option to parallel with shorter dimension on the
Primary bar tab, the bars are now located at the bottom.
AF
TT23426
• now calculated correctly also in cases where
The distance between the bar and the edge is no
no lacer bar is created.
TT24841
• now adjusted to the largest lacer bar.
The primary and secondary bars are no
R
TT48739
Round column • A new field to define the bending radius of the main bars has been added.
reinforcement
(82) and TT33741
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Rectangular
column
reinforcement
(83)
Rectangular • You can now place the side bars asymmetrically.

column
reinforcement TT42883
(83)
• It is now possible to create two stirrups in Group 5 on the Stirrups tab when the distance is
less than 60 mm.

Fixes
TT46802
• You can now move stirrups outside the top and the bottom of a column.
TT14744
T
• Previously no stirrups were created if the column cross section
section was chamfered. This has
now been fixed, and the stirrups are created when edge chamfers
chamfe are created at the column
cross section.
TT14808
AF
• New options to define the bar creation
creation have been added to the Parameters tab. It is now
possible to create the bars non-symmetrically. define the corner bar bending
non-symmetrically. You can also de
direction.
TT18929
• The corner bars are now created correctly.
TT48091
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• A new field to define the concrete cover value has been added to the Top and Bottom tabs.
You can use also negative values in defining the concrete cover values.
D
TT24902
• Three new options to define the intermediate link shape have been added to the
Intermediate links tab.
TT43475

Fixes
• The stirrups were sometimes placed in an incorrect order, or they were overlapping. This
has now been fixed.
TT44561
Starter bars for • You can again create circular stirrups with these components.
pillar (86) and
Starter bars for TT44558
footing (87)
Reinforcement • Meshes are now successfully created to a sketched double tee slab.
mesh array in
area (89) TT46490
• Selecting the longitudinal offset option on the Overlapping tab caused missing meshes.
TT46470
•
T
The cover thickness was incorrect if you switched the top and bottom bars. This has now
been fixed.
TT47680
AF
• The default value for cover thickness is now 25 mm.
TT47950
Rebar in beam • If you leave the Serie field blank on the Advanced tab, the prefix will now be empty.
(90)
TT36426
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Border rebar (92) • When you reinforced a slab using Border rebar (92), clashing reinforcing bars were
created in the corners. This has now been fixed.
TT49044
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Fix list - cold rolled

Cold rolled • Placing of the cleat with the U profile now works correctly also with the ZZ profile.
overlap (1)
TT46363
Cold rolled • You can now use the new options on the Cleat tab to create a stiffener plate in the center of
sleeved (2)
cleat.

Fixes
TT46492
T
• The distance between the rafter and the first line of bolts was not created correctly. This
has now been fixed.
TT51061
AF
Generation of • You can now use imperial units on the Parameters tab.
profiles (9)
TT46158
METL-CON • There is now a separate Bolts tab for defining the bolt settings.
Shearplate to hip
(8) TT40092
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METL-CON Panel • File transfer succeeded even if the actual autoform part of the
th autoform had been deleted.
Joint at Mid-Span
(21), METL-CON This has now been corrected so that if the autoform has been deleted, file transfer does not
Autoform Two succeed.
Sided (22), METL-
TT50734
D
CON
Multichannel
Base plate (1004)
METL-CON Cold • When you applied Force Sleeve Holes, holes were always created on both sides of the
rolled sleeved
(28) connection. This has now been fixed so that holes are only created if there is a section on
that side of the connection.
TT42633

Fixes

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First Steps with Tekla Structures

© Tekla Corporation April 2008 Interactive tutorial

1. First steps with Tekla Structures 1/3

1. Click Create a new model to start.

9. Click the Create pad footing icon.

© Tekla Corporation April 2008 Interactive tutorial

12. Pick the grid line intersections A/4 and D/4.

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60. Click the Create concrete slab icon.

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2. First steps with Tekla Structures 2/3

1. Click the Create view by two points icon.

© Tekla Corporation April 2008 Interactive tutorial

© Tekla Corporation April 2008 Interactive tutorial

56. Let's zoom in to modify all the chamfers on B/3.

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70. Click Close.

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3. First steps with Tekla Structures 3/3

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19. Select the Labels X text box.

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62. Move the clip plane by dragging the scissors icon.

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88. Select the drop down menu.

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Copyright © 2006 Tekla Corporation

1 Tekla Structures 12.0 Steel Detailing .................................................... 5

3 Tekla Structures 12.0 Analysis and Design ...................................... 121

4 Tekla Structures 12.0 Project Management ...................................... 125

Once you save a model in Tekla Structures 12.0, you can no

Improvements in installing Tekla Structures

You no longer need to use the variable XS_SERVER identify the

See also Improvements in creating, opening, and saving models (p. 7)

Improvements in creating, opening, and saving models

To open a single-user model as a multi-user model:

To open a multi-user model as a single-user model:

2. Select the Open as single-user model option.

Folder Defined by variable

Gradient background color in model views

• XS_BACKGROUND_COLOR1: left-top corner.

Templates and reports

Navigating in the model

Re-displaying warning messages

blies switch on the Select toolbar.

Grid line labels always visible

Magnetic grid planes

• Save the model before editing magnetic grids and grid

1. Click the Select component icon in the Select switches toolbar.

1. Click the Select objects in components icon in the Select switches

1. Click the Select objects in components icon in the Select switches

4. Click Modify and OK.

Saving and freezing associative drawings

Nested assemblies in drawings

Create plate side marks on dimension leader lines

Improvements in section symbols

In the example above, the variables

Here the variable is set to

Here the variable has been

The variable XS_ALIGN_CUT_SYMBOL_BY_VERTICAL_LINE is