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Introduction to Tekla Structures Basic Trai ning .................................... 1 Things you need to know ..........................................................................1 Release Notes ......................................................................................................... 1 Localization Notes ...................................................................................................1 Help Files ................................................................................................................. 2

Things you will learn .................................................................................. 2 Basic Modeling ........................................................................................................ 2 System Components ...............................................................................................3 Interactive Detailing................................................................................................. 3 Numbering and Reports.......................................................................................... 3 Principles of Drawings ............................................................................................ 4 Assembly and Single Part Drawings ...................................................................... 4 Multi-Drawings and Multi-Numbering ..................................................................... 4 General Arrangement Drawings ............................................................................. 4 Drawing Management ............................................................................................. 5 Project Deliverables ................................................................................................5

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Introduction to Tekla St ructures Basic Training This training course will demonstrate how to create a 3D model of a building, and produce drawings and reports from the model with Tekla Structures. The training is divided into lessons, each of which covers a certain task of the design process and introduces the commands and functions required to complete that particular task.

Things you need to know Release Notes Each version (including Service Releases) is created with a document that outlines most of the changes that are included within that release. This document is available as part of the program’s Online Help, called the Tekla User Assistance. It contains information about th e general changes, additions, and improvements made to the program. It is important that you read the Release Notes before incorporating a new Tekla Structures version into your organization.

Localization Notes Each version (but not Service Releases) includes a document that describes what specifics have been made to the US environments. This document comes in PDF format and is located, for example, in the TeklaStructures\20.0\environments\usimp folder. This document contains valuable information about the US environment changes for that version. For example, it lists which new files have been added to the usimp environment, what they are for, and how to use them. In addition, it describes changes to existing files, such as catalogs, that have been made. Plus, if a file has been removed or renamed, this document explains what has taken place. It is important that you read the Localization Notes before incorporating a new Tekla Structures version into your organization.

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Help Files Program Help Tekla Structures is supported by an online Help through the Tekla User Assistance website which can be accessed by using the F1 key or by going to Help > Tekla Structures Help from inside the progra m. Many topics can be found using the Instructions section. Another effective way to find the information you are seeking is to use the Search field. You can then filter by the content type, specific tasks, and more. Another important tip is, once you find the subject you are seeking, reference the See also section at the bottom for related topics. Did You Know? Many of the dialog boxes inside of Tekla Structures have been mapped to the section of the online help that relates to them. For example, if the F1 key is pushed while the Beam Properties dialog box is opened and the active window, then the Tekla User Assistance will open to that corresponding section.

System Component Help System Components included with Tekla Structures also have help topics available on the Tekla User Assistance. This can be accessed when a system component dialog is opened by using the F1 key or by clicking the Help button located in the top right corner.

US Custom Components Custom Components that are created by the Tekla Inc office and included with the US environments contain their own help file. This help file can be accessed when a custom component dialog is opened by using the F1 key or by clicking the Help button located in the top right corner.

Some help topics may be lacking in examples or may not be up to date with regards to recent development. Please notify us when you encounter such an occurrence so we can notify our documentation team.

Things you will learn Basic Modeling This lesson introduces the basic modeling functions of Tekla Structures. We will recap the basic functions introduced in the prerequisite model, and you will learn some more basic functions. You will learn how to: 

start a new structural 3D model

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set up job specific information

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create grids

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create views

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create concrete and steel parts

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manipulate members within the model (copy, move, mirror)

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adjust member attributes

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input construction points

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work in true planes (sloped, skewed)

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define and use new filters

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work with phases

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combine models

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use the Organizer to check the model

System Components This lesson introduces the basics of creating connections in Tekla Structures. You will learn how to: 

create connections

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work with connection parameters

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save the parameters for later use

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clash check the model

Interactive Detailing This lesson introduces how to in teractively create unique or customized connections between parts. You will learn how to: 

explode system connections and modify connection objects (parts, welds, bolts, cuts)

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add system components to previously exploded connections

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create unique connection objects interactively

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define and apply custom components

Numbering and Reports This lesson covers how to handle part marking within Tekla Structures. You will learn: 

numbering basics

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how to customize the numbering system

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numbering in phases

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how to create reports

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Principles of Drawings This lesson introduces the basics of drawings in Tekla Structures. You will learn: 

the integration between the drawings and the model

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the drawing types available in Tekla Structures

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the basics of the drawing list

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the various levels of editing drawings

Assembly and Single Part Drawings The next step is to learn how to create fabrication drawings for the items that were created in the model. You will learn: 

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how to create individual drawings how to use selection filters to create groups of drawings of members with similar attributes

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how to create drawings automatically using the Master Drawing Catalog

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editing drawings manually

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handling drawing after changes are made to the model

Multi-Drawings and Multi-Numbering This lesson introduces multi-drawings and explains the principles of multi-numbering. You will learn how to: 

create multi-drawings

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collect multiple assembly or single-part drawings to one multi-drawing sheet

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apply multi-numbering to multi-drawings

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update and modify multi-drawings

General Arrangement Drawings This lesson covers how to create erection plans, details and section views. You will learn how to: 

create anchor bolt plans

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create erection plans of individual views

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create general arrangements of multiple views on one sheet modify drawings properties

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modify view properties

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modify object properties

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Drawing Management This lesson covers more advanced aspects of handling drawings. You will learn how to: 

control revisions

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edit drawings more effectively using object level settings and cloning

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customize the drawing title block by adding logos

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make and use basic drawing templates

Project Deliverables This lesson covers how to create deliverables for your project. You will learn to: 

Print/plot drawings

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Sharing your 3D model

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Creating CNC files

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Exporting other file types

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How to use this training material Each lesson starts with a short introduction to its contents. All lessons are comprised mainly of step-by-step instructions, which are complemented by background and additional information. Pictures of the dialog boxes and of the model help you to visualize the instructions and show the desired result. The necessary background data is given either by the teacher (in the class room) or through paths to the Tekla User Assistance help topics. These paths help you find the related information quickly easily which willhelp assistyou youwill in getting theuse most fromStructures this course. Note that with the and assistance of online learn to Tekla as efficiently as possible from the very beginning. The aim of this training material is to teach you best practices, and the most efficient way to use Tekla Structures. However, the aim is also to introduce alternative methods to carry out tasks. This means that repeated tasks are occasionally carried out with using different procedures than those presented earlier in the lessons.

Icons are also used to highlight certain information:

A warning triangle highlights a note that is worth remembering. Or it may serve to point out a potential problem to be avoided.

Stop signs are severe warnings. Ignoring the text accompanying these may cause something to fail or cause a process to produce unexpected results.

Tips are shown with a light bulb icon. They provide additional information that may help speed up your learning or help you produce better or quicker results.

Technical information is denoted by gear wheels. You can choose to ignore this info until you are more confident with the system, or you can pay attention to it if you are curious.

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Contents

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Start Tekla S tructu res............. ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. .... 2 Create aNew Model – Basic T raining......................................................... 3 SettingUp Job SpecificInformation ................ ............. .............. ............. .... 6 Check prefere nces ................... ............. .............. ............. ............. ............. .. 7 Project properties ......................................................................................... 9 1.4 Create Grid............ ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. .............. ......10 1.5 Create plane views along gridlines ............. .............. ............. ............. .......15 1.6 Create Foundations............ ............. ............. ............. .............. ............. ......20 Change the phase for the b uilding............................................................. 20 Pad footings............ ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ............. ..... 2 1 Copy the footings.................... ............. ............. ............. .............. ............. .. 24 1.7 Create Ste el Framing............. .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. .. 26 Steel colum ns............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. . 26 Floor beams............ ............. .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ..... 29 Roof Beam............ ............. ............. ............. ............. .............. ............. ....... 1 3 Work points fo r floor joists d anroof purlins...............................................32 Crane Beam Support Stubs ..................... ............. ............. .............. ..........35 Copy the colum n line 1 fr ame and th e points ............................................ 38 Model Floor Steel ........ ............. ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. 39 Set Sloping Work Plane for Roof Purlins .................................................. 42 True plan view ............. ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. .............44 Create Roof Purlins............ ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ...... 45 Horizontal Eaves Bracing............ ............. ............. ............. ............. ........... 48 Copy steel bays ............. .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ........... 49 Pour Stop............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ........ 05 1.8 Combine Models...................... ............. ............. ............. .............. ............. . 63 Checkthat all part propertiesre a consisten t ............................................. 68 1.9 DefineYour Own Sele ctionFilters............ ............. ............. ............. ..........74 1.10 Model View F ilters ....................... ............. ............. ............. ............. ........... 76 1.11 Object Representation Filter ...... ............. ............. ............. ............. ............ 80

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1 Basic Modeling

In this lesson

In this lesson, we will cover some preliminary tasks that you need to do before starting to model in a real project. We will create a new model and recap the basic functions introduced in the Prerequisite Model. After that, you will learn some more about the basic functions. We will review how to:    

Open and save or backup models Input grids Create beams and columns Copy and move items

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Adjust attributes of members Input construction points Work in true planes (sloped, skewed) Use phases Copy parts from another model

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1.1 Start Tekl a Stru ctu res Start Tekla Structures

To start Tekla Structures, click the WindowsStart button. Navigate throughAll Programs > Tekla Struc tures 20.0 > Tekla Structu res 20.0 .

Alternatively, you could double-click on the desktop icon Tekla Structures 20.0 . The login dialog box will open. This login allows youto select the environment you want to work in – typically US Imperial or US Metric, depending on your installation. You will also be able to select your role. The roles options in Tekla Structures are to tailor the program to fit your needs and to help you find the settings you need easier and faster.

For this training, we will be working in theUS Imperial environment and using the Steel Detailing Role . Make sure these are selected, and clickOK . This class will be using a Steel Detailing configuration type which will allow you to create any size model – if using a Primary configuration, please be aware that your model is limited to 2500 parts. You can keep track of how many parts are in your model in the bottom left after each save. If dealing with a model too large for a Primary configuration, consider splitting up the building into smaller models or continue the project with a Steel Detailing license.

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The modeling interface is now opened as shown below. At first, most of the menu options and icons are gray indicating that they are inactive. When you open an existing model or create a new model, the icons and available menu options will become active.

You can open or create models from theWelcome t o Tekla Structures dialog box, or you can use the File menu or toolbar buttons.

1.2 Create a New Model – Basic Traini ng To start a new model, you first need to create an empty model database with a unique name. In this lesson, use the name Basic Training followed by your name. Start a new model

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Select New m odel from the Welcome to Tekla Structures dialog box or select File > New… from the pull-down menu or CTRL+N or click the New model icon in the Standard toolbar to open the New model dialog box.

2. At the lower center of the New Model dialog box, Tekla Structures suggests the name New Model for the model. The full path of the model folder is shown in the top field. 3. Name the model Basic Training - YourName.(Adding your own name to the model name helps to identify your model on a network, especially during the training class) Every model must have a unique name. Tekla Structures does not allow duplicate model names within the same location. Do not use special marks ( / \ ; : | ) in model names.

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You can use model templates as a basis when creating new models. Model templates consist of predefined settings. The “STL_DetailingTemplate”, for example, cleans up the modeling environment by removing filters and options meant for other disciplines. To get all of the steel detailing components included with Tekla Structures, youmust select the STL_DetailingTemplate model template. When using a model template, all projects are started in Single-user mode. The model can later be opened in Multi-user mode if desired. The Multi-User functionality in Tekla Structures allows multiple users in one model. This is particularly useful when a number of detailers are working on one contract. 4.

Click the OK button to create the n ew model.

The menus and icons become activated, and the model name appears in the title bar of the Tekla Structures window.

You can only have one model open at a time. If you already have a model open, Tekla Structures prompts you to save that model.

Tekla Structures automatically creates a grid and a 3D view according to the saved standard view properties. The 3D view is shown in the Views dialog box. Named views are shown on the left, and currently visible views are on the right. To make the 3D view visible, highlight it and use the arrow button to move it to theVisible views side, or double-click on it.

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The default 3D view and grid are shown below.

Lines show the projections of the grids that are visible on the view plane. Tekla Structures indicates the work area of a view using a white, dashed line cube. For more information, see: Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Setting up the workspace

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Save the model

To save the model: Select File > Save from the pull-down menu or CTRL+S or click the Save icon in the Standard toolbar. Remember to save your model often, and always save when opening a new model or exiting Tekla Structures model.

Tekla Structures also includes an auto save feature that backs up and saves your work automatically at set intervals. These intervals are set in the Autosave properties dialog box obtained from the Tools > Options > Options… pulldown menu. Most commands for Tekla Structures are found both in menus (main or pop-up) and in toolbars (icons). In this training manual, we will mainly use the pop-up menu to activate commands. There are several ways to execute commands in Tekla Structures:   

Icons Commands in main pull-down menu Commands in pop-up menu

By default all commands are found in the pull-down menus and most of them in the icons. A pop-up menu appears when you click the right mouse button (right-click). If you have an object selected, the commands on the pop-up menu relate to that object. Home › Basics of Tekla Structures › Interface overview

1.3 Settin g Up Job Specific Information Now would be a good time to set up many preferences and job specific properties. Note that you can set up this information at any time, but the most logical time to do this is right at the start of the contract. 

Preferences

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Project properties Tekla Structures contains a powerful tool to help productivity with regard to setting up information that may be repeated over several contracts. All this information can be entered once then stored in a "Firm or Project Folder" so that the next time you start a new model on a particular project or for a particular client you already have the settings required. This information can also be saved into a model template. For more information on Firm and Project Folders, please consult the Tekla User Assistance, the Tekla Extranet, or Tekla Support.

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Check preferences Before starting the modeling, we will check that preferences are set up correctly. Home › Instructions › System Guide › Files and folders › Files storing options and advanced options › Settings in the Options dialog box

Check that your preferences are set up correctly before you start modeling. If you change settings in the Options, Tekla Structures only applies the new settings to connections you subsequently create. Connections you created prior to changing the preferences are not affected. Check preferences

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Open Tools > Options > Options…

Here you can set the Autosave interval we just mentioned. It can be set by the number of commands completed, or the number of drawings created. For more information on saving and auto saving, see: Home › Instructions › Project Collaboration Guide › Multi-user mode › General information on the multi-user mode › Saving in multi-user mode › Autosave

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For Components, check the values are as shown on the next page, and clickApp ly .

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The bolt edge distance factor does not actually affect connections created by Tekla; it only sets the value for the bolt edge distance warning in the bottom left. This indicates that you may need to look closer at this connection. The bolt standard and size will affect all connections put in after the change is made. It will not retroactively affect existing connections in the model.

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Under Orienta tion marks , you can set the north direction by degrees from global X as shown below.

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After you make any desired changes, remember to click theAp ply button.

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Project properties Project properties are common to all drawings and can be used to fill in typical information in the title blocks. Set up pro ject properties

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Open the Project properties dialog box by selectingFile > Project Properties…

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Note that default information has been added in the dialog box to show you what fields will apply when used on drawings and reports. Replace the defaults with project information.

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1.4 Create Gri d Properties dialog box

In order to create or modify the grid, you need a basic understanding of how to use a property dialog box. All entities in Tekla Structures such as grids, views, beams, connections, even points and welds have properties. You can see and modify the properties of an object by double-clicking on the object in the model. Double-click on the grid, and the grid properties dialog box will open. Note the buttons along the bottom of the box. These are typical for most property dialog boxes in Tekla Structures.

In this case you will have the option to Create a new grid, Modify an existing grid, orGet the properties of an existing grid (by highlighting the grid and clicking the Get button). You can also Close the dialog box. Note the buttons along the top of the dialog box. These are typical for most property dialog boxes in Tekla Structures.

You have the option toSave the settings as they stand, select different saved settings from the pull down menu and Load them, or save changed settings with a new name typed in the field to the right of the Save as button. Modeling > To create the grid, you can delete the existing grid and create a new one from the Create Grid … pull-down menu, or you can modify the existing grid.

Modify the existing grid

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Open the 3d view and Double-click on a gridline. This opens theGrid properties dialog box.

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Complete the Grid dialog box by filling in the X, Y and Z coordinates, and the labels for the gridlines as shown. Don’t miss the Origin offset in the Y.

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The x and y coordinates of a grid are relative. This means that the entries for x and y are always relative to the previous entry. The z coordinates are absolute, which means that entries for z are absolute distances from the work plane srcin. For more information, see the Tekla User Assistance: Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Setting up the workspace › Grids › Creating a grid › Grid coordinates

There are a number of ways you can type fractions in Tekla Structures including fractional inches (7"5/8), Decimal inches (7.5 for 7½"), Feet and inches (7'5"5/8 or 7'5.625) or even decimal feet (7.5' for 7'-6"). The program will convert whatever you type into a format that it can use. You don't have to type the inch symbol when you mean inches. It will always assume this by default.

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Tekla views a space as an indicator of a new value. If you would like to use a space in the name of a grid line, you need to enclose the entire mark in quotes (i.e. “First Floor”).

If a grid line needs to be skewed they can be individually created with the Modelin g > Crea te Grid Li ne command, or individual lines can be moved around by changing your selection options toSelect Grid Line . 3.

Click Modify to apply the new grid values.

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When prompted to confirm, clickYes.

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In the Save as field, enter the grid file name, GRID-BASICTRGMODEL, and click the Save as button to save the grid values for later use.

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Click Close to close the dialog box. You can make grids and grid lines act magnetically so that the objects on the grid lines follow if you move the grid line. To bind objects to grid lines, select the magnetic grid plane checkbox.

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The numeric units used in the Grid dialog box (as well as in other modeling dialog boxes) can be controlled from theUnits and decimals ... dialog box obtained from theTools > Options > Options pull-down menu, Units and decimals topic. Every time you save an attribute by clicking Save or Save as, a file gets created in the “attributes” folder inside the current model folder. To open this folder, go to File > Open Model Folder > attributes. These files can then be copied to Firm or Project folder to be used on other models. Rotate Grid

Now we can rotate our grid as desired.

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Select the grid.

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Right-click , and select Move Special > Rotate .

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Pick on the intersection of grid lines C and 1.

The Move – Rotate dialog box will reflect the new srcin point that was selected. 4.

Enter 15 for the degrees of rotation around that srcin point.

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Click Move .

Because the grid is now so far outside theWork Area , Tekla Structures will warn that objects are now outside of it and offer the option to adjust it automatically.

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Click Expand .

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Right-click > Interrupt

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Click OK to close the Move-Rotate dialog box.

to cancel the command.

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If we were to start modeling in parts now, especially footings and columns, they would come in square to global 0, 0. The work plane must be modified to follow the skew of the building before any parts are modeled. The red coordinate arrow symbol indicates the work plane, which is the current local coordinate system of the model. Most of the commands that are dependent on the coordinate system use the work plane coordinates.

Set work plane to new skew

Now we can set our work plane to the new skew. 1.

Select View > Set Work Plane > Using Two Point s .

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Pick the intersection of grid lines C and 1 to set the new srcin.

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Pick a point along grid line C to indicate a new positive X direction.

You can use the commandSet work plane > Using one point to set the work plane exactly to the desired position. This command keeps the work plane parallel to the current work plane but moves it to a new position using a single picked point.

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The values for the grid size are saved, but to recreate the grid in the proper position you would still need to first set the skewed coordinate again, or place it and then rotate it. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Setting up the workspace

1.5 Create plane views a lon g gri dli nes We will now create Elevation and Plan views along the gridlines created in the previous section. A view is a representation of a model from a specific location. Each view is displayed in its own window inside the main Tekla Structures window. Each view has a view plane on which the grids are visible. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Setting up the workspace › Views

Create Plan vi ew

To create a plan view 1.

Open the view properties dialog box by double-clicking anywhere in the 3d view. These are the properties of the 3d view.

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Note the Name 3d, the An gle of view is 3d and the view has d imensions Up and Down into virtual reality from the location where the view was cut at the 0'-0" level. The current dimensions were set by Tekla Structures when the grid was rotated. There are multiple open the View Properties You can either double click ways on an to existing view or by selectingdialog View box. > View Properties… You can also open up the view properties and activate a create view command at the same time by double clicking on the icon button in the toolbar or by holding down the Shift key and single clicking on the icon in the toolbar or by holding down the Shift key and selecting View > Create View of Model > (pick method).

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From the pull down menu at the top of the View Properties dialog box, select Plan View and click Load .

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In the name field after the textPLAN AT EL ., type the elevation of the view you wish to create, in this case0’-0” . Notice that loading different settings changes the name, angle, and view depth. Plan and Elevation views have a much smaller view depth so they can focus only on that level of steel.

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The view depth does not act as a cut off point for visible members. If any of the part is located within the defined view depth, the entire object will be visible in that view.

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Click App ly so these settings, or attributes, will be used for the next view created. It is important to click the apply button, or you will create a view with the “old” applied settings which in this case were 3d. The name, angle and upand down depth of the view would still be set as 3d, and the new view created would be considered a copy view. If you don't click theOK button, the dialog box will remain open. You can also close a dialog box by clicking theCancel button or X in the top right corner of that dialog box. ClickingApp ly will apply the settings but keep the dialog box open. Only use Ap ply if you want to keep the dialog box open. You don't have to click Ap ply and OK every time. It is important to understand the buttons at the bottom of a typical Tekla Structures dialog box.

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Create Basic Vi ews

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Click on the Create basic view of model icon.

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The following dialog box will open. The default elevation is 0”. Once a different elevation has been input that elevation becomes the default. This is typical of most property dialog boxes in Tekla Structures.

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Enter the elevation to cut the view you applied setting, in this case 0’-0” .

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Click Create , and then close the Create view dialog.

You should now have a plan view cut at elevation 0’0”. You can double-click in the view and modify the name of the view, the type of cut, (Plane or 3d) and the distance the view will display up and down, but you can never modify or change where the view was cut. Create elevation view

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Open the View Properties dialog box if it isn't already open.

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Select Elevation View from the pull down menu at the top of the dialog box and click Load . Steel:BasicModeling

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In the Name field after the text ELEVATION ON GRID, type the name of the grid line for which you wish to cut an elevation view, in this case, grid C.

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Click App ly so these settings, or attributes, will be used for the next view created.

Create view by two p oints

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Click on the Create view using two poin ts icon.

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In the plan view you created at elevation 0, click on the intersection of grid lines C and 2. As you move the cursor, you will see arrows pointing in the direction the cut will face.

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Right-click > Interrupt

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You have now created on elevation view for grid line C. Click OK to close the View Properties dialog box. It is not necessary to pick two points the entire width of the building – this simply indicates the plane in which the view is cut.

Now that you know how to create views manually, we will learn how to create views automatically based on a grid system. Tekla Structures offers a tool toand quickly andspecified. grid line as specified in the grid properties namecreate these views views for witheach the elevation markers you Note that these views will always be cut looking north and west. Before we proceed to create views using this tool, we need to delete all existing views, except the 3d. To do this, go to View > View List, select the view to be deleted and click theDelete button. Views can be selected in both theNamed and Visible columns, so be careful when deleting them that you don’t accidentally delete views you want to keep. There is no Undo for this, so these views would have to be recreated.

Create grid views

1.

Select the grid.

2.

Right-click and select Create view > Along Grid Lines from the pop-up menu.

This opens the Creation of views along grid l ines dialog box. BLDG 2

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In the view name prefix, add ‘ ’ to set these views apart from the first building. Type the name ‘Bldg 2 ’ in the upper right and click Save as to save th ese properties.

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Click Create in the Creation o f Views Along Gri d Lines dialog box.

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You can click the Show… button on each view plane to open theView properties dialog box, and adjust the view properties the way you want and save them.

1.6 Create Foundati ons First, we will create pad footings on gridline 1 and then copy them to the other gridlines. To be able to manage the objects from the two models after we have combined them we will create the parts in this building in a different phase. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Advanced modeling › Phases

Change the phase for the bu ilding Ad d a new p has e – Bu il di ng 2

1.

Click Tools > Phase Manager… to open the Phase manager dialog box. By default only Phase 1 appears in the d ialog box.

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Click on the Ad d button to add a new phase.

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Edit the name of the new phase to Building 2 , by clicking on the name field.

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Also edit the name of the phase 1 toBuilding 1 .

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Make sure ‘Building 2 ’ is highlighted.

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Click Set current .

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Now all of the parts we create will be in phase number 2. The @ symbol will jump to the current phase in the phase manager, and at the bottom of the main Tekla Structures window the current phase number and name will always be displayed. You can also switch phases by double clicking on the phase in the Phase Manger.

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You can also model in parts by using the coordinate values of the model. Home › Instructions › Basics of Tekla Structures › Snapping to positions › Snapping to a position using coordinates › Options for entering coordinates

Snap Icons

The snap icons function similarly toother computer aided drawingapplications. These snap icons are hierarchal from left to right. The two right end icons designate if you want to snap only to work points (used mostly for modeling) or all points on corners and edges of objects.

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You can undo (and redo) previous commands one by one since the last save by clicking the icons or typing " Ctrl + Z" (Undo) and " Ctrl + Y" (Redo).

Create 6’-10 x 6’-1 0 footi ng

You should still be in the Create pad footing command. (You will see the prompt "Pick Position" in the status bar located in the lower left corner of the main Tekla Structures window.)

While still in the command: 1.

Enter the pad footing information in the dialog box for an82"*82" (6'-10 x 6'-10") footing.

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Change the top and bottom levels for the internal pad footings as shown.

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Click OK.

4.

Pick grid intersections D-1 and E-1.

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Right-click and select Interrupt to end the command.

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Below are the select icons. These icons allow you to select all parts or specific parts of the model by dragging a box around the entire model.

The first group, from 1 through 17 enables or disable the ability to select those object types in the model. The next 4 icons allow you to select connections and assemblies as a whole or as individual entities. Pull-down options are offered by Tekla Structures to allow you to select types of members such as beams or columns. The next icon (24) allows you to further narrow your selection by specifying more detailed information about an object. The last icon enables or disables direct modification, which allows you to modify parts through drag/drop functionality. For more information on using the select filter, see: Home › Instructions › Basics of Tekla Structures › Filtering objects › Filtering objects using a selection filter

1.7 Create Stee l Frami ng First, we will create four columns on gridline 1 and add floor beams and a sloping beam, or rafter, between them. After that we will create the construction points needed to create floor joists and roof purlins. We will copy the completed portal frame and points. Utilizing a sloping work plane and view planes, we will model roof purlins. Finally, we will create horizontal eaves bracing on gridlines C and F.

Steel column s Create external columns

We will first create two W30X108 columns on gridline 1 at C/1 and F/1. 1.

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Click on the Select button to open the Select Profile dialog box.

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Select the W30X108 from the profile tree and clickOK.

If you double click on a profile in the Select Profile dialog box, it will apply that profile to the column properties and close the Select Profile dialog box.

You can select the profile for a part from theSelect profil e dialog box that opens next to the Profile field in the part properties dialog box. You can also type a profile name in theProfile field in the part properties dialog box. 4.

On the Position tab change the bottom elevation to-1’-7”1/2 and the top elevation to66’3” .

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User-defined attributes provide extra information about a part. Attributes can

consist of numbers, text, or lists. Some examples are: Comment, camber, existing, On Hold, RFI information, Preliminary Marks, and bought out items. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Modeling settings › Part properties › User-defined attributes

Note that the bottom of the column is 1’-7-1/2" below zero (0"). This takes into account for the grout that will be added later (1-1/2") as we want the end point of the column to be at the underside of the base plate when we apply the base plate component. 5.

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Click App ly .

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Pick grid intersection C/1 to create the first column.

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On the Parameters tab, change the top elevation to 59’-8.

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Click App ly .

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Pick the grid intersection F/1 to create the second column.

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Create floor support columns

We will now create two W18X97 columns to support the floor steel at grids D/1 and E/1. The Create Column command should still be active, but if not, simply single-click on the Create Column button to reactivate it. 1.

Set the profile and top elevation properties as shown below.

Attrib utes tab:

Position tab:

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Click OK to apply the properties and close the Column Properties dialog box.

3.

Pick the grid intersections at D/1 and E/1 to create the columns.

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Right-click and select Interrupt to end the command.

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Floor beams Create floor beams

Next, we will create the floor beams on column line 1. These beams will be adjusted down 21/2” to allow for joist bearing. Always model beams in a 2D plane view to ensure that the handles get created at the correct elevation. The handles of the beam (yellow and magenta squares) will be located in the view plane profile that wasinused to model in the beam.(reference The beamline) properties then locate the actual beam relation to these handles and thewill workplane. 1.

Open the BLDG 2 PLAN AT EL. 23’-6” view.

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In rendered views, use the shortcuts Ctrl+1...5 and Shift+1...5 to set the desired representation for parts in the model or components which we will create later.

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Double-click on the Create beam icon to open the Beam Properties dialog box and activate the command.

4.

Enter W24X76 for the beam profile.

These beams need to be lowered for joist bearing. They can either be moved into position after they are modeled in, or the position tab values can be modified. 5.

On the Position tab, change the Position / At depth to: Behind with 2"1/2 offset and click OK to apply the properties and close the dialog box.

Changing the On plane or At d epth positions on the Position tab adjusts the location of the steel in relation to the handles and the workplane. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Creating and modifying structures › Creating and modifying parts › Modifying the position of a part

It really makes very little difference whether you locate beams using offsets or by simply moving them into position. Sometimes there may be speed advantages to be gained by modeling one way rather than another.

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Turn on the Snap to lines and edges snap switch.

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Hover over grid line 1 between grid lines C and D as shown below, and notice how the line illuminates with an arrow to show where the beam will be created and also the direction. Aim the cursor so the arrow points towards grid line D.

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Click to create the beam automatically and see that it appears at the correct level in the 3D view simultaneously.

Note that it is very important to input beams from left to right and bottom to top. Tekla Structures will consider the first end input in the model as the left end on the drawings. This will make the marked end of the beams on the erection plans be the left and bottom to match US standards. 9.

Continue creating the beams along grid line 1.

10. Right-click and selectInterrupt to end the command. 11. Turn off theSnap to li nes and edges snap switch.

Roof Beam Now we will create a W30X99 beam at the roof between the two outside columns that we created. Create beam

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Open the BLDG 2 EL EVATION ON GRID 1 view.

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Double-click on the Create beam icon.

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Load the Beam properties – we do this to clear out the changes we made on the position tab for the floor beams.

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Enter W30X99 for the beam profile and clickOK to apply the properties and close the dialog box.

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In the BLDG 2 EL EVATION ON GRID 1 view pick grid C at 66’-3” and then grid F at 59’8” .

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Work points for floor

joists and roof purlins

After inputting the steel along 1 line, we will layout points for modeling the floor infill joists and the roof purlins. These points can be placed in eithera plan view at the steel elevation or an elevation view along this column line. We will use theBLDG 2 EL EVATION ON GRID 1 view. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Setting up the workspace › Points

Equal spaced work points fo

r floor beams

First, the floor joist spacing. 1.

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Double-click on the Ad d po in ts o n li ne icon.

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2.

Type 4 and click Ap ply.

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At the 23’-6 elevation, select the grid intersection of C/1, then D/1 to create five equal spaces (4 points).

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Repeat at the bay between grid intersectionsE/1 and F/1.

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Back in the Divided Line Points dialog box, change the number of points to5 and click OK to apply the properties and close the dialog box.

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Pick the grid intersections D/1, then E/1 to create 6 equal spaces (5 points) in that bay.

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Right-click > Interrupt .

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We can now use the grid intersections C and 66’-3” and F and 59’-8” to create the work points for the first and last roof purlins. To make sure the points are in the correct position, we will work in the BLDG 2 ELEVATION ON GRID 1 view. Because the points need to follow the sloping beam, they cannot be entered in a plan view – since the current plan views have flat planes, the points would also come in at a constant elevation.

First a nd last joist wor k points

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Double-click on the Ad d po in t alo ng ext ensi on o f two p ic ked po in ts icon. Type -2-0” and click OK to apply the properties and close the dialog box. Create extension point adds or subtracts a point along a line that you specify

by clicking two points in the model. The points that are clicked by you in the model define the direction vector; the value you enter defines the distance from the second selected point. A positive or negative value defines the direction along the defined vector. A positive value means the extension point tobe added will further away from the first point clicked, negative means back towards the first point clicked.

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Pick grid intersection C and 66’-3” and then F and 59’-8” .

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Repeat, picking the points in the reverse order.

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Click on the Measure Distanc e (F) icon and click on the top of column atC/1 then the work point to check that the point was created at the correct location. Place the temporary dimension by clicking a final time in space above the beam.

Divide the working poi nts in 12 segme nts

Using the Ad d po ints on li ne command, divide the space between the two work points that you just created into twelve equal spaces (11 points). 1.

Double-click to open theDivide d li ne points dialog box.

2.

Type 11 and click OK to apply the properties and close the dialog box .

3.

Select the two work points created previously.

4.

Right-click > Interrupt .

Crane Beam Suppo rt Stubs Next we will add crane girders to the framing. Create Stubs

1.

Double-click on the Create beam icon.

2.

Load the BEAM properties.

3.

Enter W18X40 for the profile size and clickOK to a pply the properties and close the dialog box.

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In the BLDG 2 EL EVATION ON GRID 1 view, pick the grid intersection C and 50’-10” .

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Move the cursor to snap in the y direction (activate the Snap to neare st points option).

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When the autosnap feature reaches 3’-0” , click to create the beam.

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When using the autosnap feature, the accuracy of the displayed dimensions is based on how far you are zoomed in the view. The further in you zoom, the more accurate the dimensions will get.

Practice the use of Polar Tracking in order to fully maximize your modeling speed. Remember relative and absolute snaps can also help you to locate items or points in your model.

Copy to other column

Now we will copy the crane support to the column on F line by using the Copy Special > Mirror command. To make it easier to mirror parts, the work plane can be changed to match the 2d view we are working in. 1. In the BLDG 2 EL EVATION ON GRID 1 view, click on theSet wor k plane parallel to view plane icon, and then click in view background.

The coordinate icon will change to show the X-Y directions in this view. 2.

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This opens the Copy - mirror dialog box.

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In the view, pick two points on the grid at two different elevations between grid lines D and E to define the mirror line. The X0, Y0 and Ang le fields automatically change based on these 2 points.

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Click Copy , then OK.

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Right-click > Interrupt .

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Open the BLDG 2 PLAN AT EL. 0’-0 view.

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Select View > Set Work plane > Parallel to View Plane

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Click in the background of the view.

The work plane is now set square to the skewed building.

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Select the columns, the rafter, the beams, and the points by dragging a box from the lower right to the upper left around the parts.

2.

Right-click and select Copy special > Linear .

3.

Pick two points to show the translation vector (19’-8” in x direction).

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Type the number of copies (6).

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Click Copy .

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Right-click > Interrupt

to cancel the command and OK to close the dialog box.

Model Floor Steel The next step is to model the rest of the floor steel at the 23’-6 level in the first bay. Set pro perties for the flo or beams

1.

Double-click on the Create beam icon.

2.

Load the Beam properties. It is a good idea to Load the proper settings after modeling a member of different properties so that all settings for numbering, material and position are all reset.

3.

Enter W24X76 for the beam profile and clickApp ly .

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In the BLDG 2 PLAN A T EL. 23’-6” view, place the beams along column lineC through F, between grids 1 and 2, working from left to right at each location.

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Next, we will model the infill joists in each bay.

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In the beam properties dialog box, load theJoist properties.

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Enter 18K for the joist profile and clickAp ply .

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Joists in Tekla Structures are for representation only; they are not intended for fabrication. While this is possible in Tekla Structures, the process is not covered in the Steel Basic course.

You can also model joists so that there are higher than the supporting beam by entering -2”1/2 in the Position > At Depth field. This is helpful when modeling in roof joists and only the top of rafter elevations are known.

7.

Pick the joist work point near grid intersection C1 at the command Pick first position .

8.

At the command: Pick second point, pick the work point near grid intersection C2.

Notice that as you drag the icon to the second point of the beam, a dimension displays to indicate the part’s current length. The same dimension will appear again if you click and highlight a part in the model. 9.

Right-click > Interrupt

10. Highlight the joist and Right-clic k > Copy. 11. Pick the endpoint of the joist, then the next work point to set the new copied location. 12. Repeat up to column line F, selecting all of the work points that we created earlier.

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Set Sloping Work Pla ne for Roof Purlins The next step is to model the Z-Purlins on the sloped roof. To place the parts in the correct plane we will first change the work plane (which currently is flat) to the roof slope. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Setting up the workspace › Work plane › Shifting the work plane

Set work pl ane to the roof slo pe

To set the work plane to the roof slope: 1.

Open the 3d view.

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Pick the Set Work usi ng three points icon, or go to View > Set Work Plane > Using

3.

Pick the top of the column at gridC/1 as the srcin .

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Pick the top of the column at gridC/2 to define the positive x direction .

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Pick the top of the column at gridF/1 to define the positive y direction .

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The work plane is now positioned to the top plane of the rafter.

It is a good idea to use the top of columns since their elevations are set in the column properties whereas the end of the roof beam was picked manually. To snap to the top of a column, just hover the cursor near the edge of the column shaft, and the endpoint that becomes visible is the top of the column. The Set work plane to pa rt to p plane command sets the work plane parallel to the part plane (front, top, back, or bottom) on the center line of the part.

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True plan view We will now make a true plan view of the roof manually by creating a view on the sloped work plane. We can also use this true plan view in drawings. Working in a true plan view makes it easier to model sloped objects since the grids are also shown in the true plan. The part positioning, copying, etc, however, always comply with the work plane coordinate system no matter in which view you perform the commands. Create true pl an view

1.

Pick View > View Properties…

2.

Load the Plan View pre-defined settings and complete the properties as shown below, then click OK to apply the properties and close the dialog box.

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Select View > Create View of Mod el > On Work Plane .

The new view is created. The grid is also shown in the trueplan view plane. Notice that because you are now looking directly at the sloping roof, your columns may look a little odd because they are effectively skewed in this view. Other “Create View” commands allow us to double click on the icon to open up the properties dialog box and activate the command at the same time. This is not possible when creating a view from the work plane. You have to apply the view properties before activating the “Create View” command.

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You can also turn on the grid in the work plane in your 3D view by selecting ‘work plane’ on yourSnapping toolbar. This grid displaysas a dark red color.

Create Roof Purlins We will now create the roof purlins by using the Create beam tool. Create Purlins

1.

Double-click on the Create beam icon.

2.

Load the Purlin_Z properties.

3.

Select a 1000Z300-71 profile from the Canam Z Sectio ns for the purlins.

4.

Click OK to apply the properties and close the dialog box.

5.

Pick the work point near grid intersection C/1 at the command Pick first position .

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At the command: Pick second point , pick the work point near grid intersection C/2.

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Right-clic k > Interrupt .

8. Open the BLDG 2 EL EVATION ON GRID 1 view and notice that the purlin is not oriented correctly – the bottom leg should be facing down the slope.

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The direction of the bottom flange of the purlin is determined by the direction in which the purlin was modeled. We cannot change this orientation in the Beam Properties dialog box. There is a tool in Tekla that allows us to switch the locations of the yellow and magenta handles so that we don’t have to remodel the purlin. 9.

Select the purlin and go toTools > Macros , then select the Global radio button at the bottom, select Swap Handles and click Run .

Create the rest of the purlins in the bay between gridlines 1 and 2 by using the Copy special > Linear command. (12 copies along the slope). 10. Select the purlin and thenright-click > Copy Special > Lin ear . 11. In the BLDG 2 TRUE PLA N ON ROOF view, pick two work points to define the distance between them in the Copy – Linear dialog box.

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12. Enter the number of copies (12) and click Copy . 13. Click OK to close the dialog box. 14. Right- click > Interrupt . If you get a distance in 1/128” accuracy when picking 2 points in the Copy Special > Linear command, there will almost always be a remainder that will prevent the later copied objects from falling exactly on the work points. If you use the right-click > Copy method, all of the members will be exactly on the work points. Set th e work plane ba ck to Building 2

Now we must switch the work plane back to the second building in a flat plane to carry on modeling outside of the roof plane. 1.

Open the BLDG 2 PLAN AT EL. 66’-3”.

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Select View > Set Work pl ane > Parall el to View Plane. Click in the background of the view.

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Horizontal Eaves Bracing On grid lines C and F, we will create horizontal HSS bracing using the Create beam tool. Create b race

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Open the BLDG 2 PLAN AT EL. 66'-3” and BLDG 2 PLAN AT EL. 59’-8” views.

2.

Double-click on the Create beam icon.

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Load the Horizontal_HSS_Brace properties.

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Enter HSS8X4X1/4 as the profile.

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Click OK to apply the properties and close the dialog box.

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In the EL. 66’-3” view, create one brace from grid C/1 to grid C/2.

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In the EL. 59'-8” view, create one brace from gridF/1 to grid F/2.

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Select both braces, right-cli ck > Move Special > Linear Z plane.

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to move them down 4’-0” in the

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When prompted, Expand the view depth to see both braces.

Copy st eel bays Finally, highlight all the beams, joists, purlins, and braces between column lines 1 and 2 and copy the framing to the rest of the building. 1.

Open the BLDG 2 PLAN AT EL. 66’-3” view.

2.

Double-click in the background of the view and adjust the view down distance enough to see all of the framing on the roof and the floor.

3.

Starting below C line, drag a selection window from right to left up through all of the framing.

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Right-click > Copy Special > Linear .

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Enter 19’-8” in the X direction, 5 copies, and click Copy .

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Right-click > Interrupt .

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Double-click in the background of theBLDG 2 PLAN AT EL. 66’-3” view and change the view down distance back to 5’-0” so that we only see the roof purlins and eaves braces.

Pour Stop Next we can model some angle and bent plate pour stop around the perimeter of the 23’-6 level. Create Perimeter angl e

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Open the BLDG 2 PLAN AT EL. 23’-6” view. Double-click on the Create Beam icon to open the dialog box.

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Change the profile to an L7X4X3/8 and click Ap ply .

While you can simply type in the profile size into the field of the beam or column properties, you should select them from the catalog until you are more familiar with the syntax of the profile name.

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Hold Ctrl and click at the intersection of C/1 to set a reference point.

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Aim up with your cursor (do not pick!) and type 1’-3”1/2 , then Enter .

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Hold Ctrl and click at the intersection of F/1 to set th e second reference point.

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Aim down with your cursor (do not pick!) and type1’-3”1/2 , then Enter .

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Right-click > Interrupt .

If you look closely, you can see that the orientation of the angle is not correct.

10. If the Beam Properties dialog is closed, double-click on the angle we just created to reopen it. Otherwise, simply select the angle in the model. 11. On the Position tab, change the Rotation and the At d epth values to Front , and click Modify .

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The angle is now oriented correctly (long leg horizontal), but is toed in the wrong direction.

12. Select the angle and go toTools > Macros , choose the Global radio button, then select Swap Handles and click Run .

13. Select the angle again and change theOn plane direction to Left and the On plane dimension to -8” , then click Modify . 14. App ly the properties and Save the settings to be used later.

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The back of the angle is now 8” from column line 1.

By setting the On Plane direction to Left with a negative dimension, the back of the pourstop angle will remain in the correct location even if the angle profile gets modified.

Asymmetrical profiles like Z purlins, angles, and channels cannot always follow the ‘left to right, bottom to top’ rule of modeling. If you cannot achieve the orientation needed, the part may need to be modeled in the other direction.

It may take some experimenting with the On plane, Rotation, and At depth settings to get an angle oriented the way you want. Depending on the direction the part is modeled and the current work plane, values for one location may not work in another.

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We will now model the pourstop angle along column line 7 with the reference line at a different location so that we can see how this affects the visibility of the parts on the drawings. 1.

Double-click on the Create Beam icon to open the dialog box.

2.

Load the An gle_Pou rstop attribute that we just created.

3.

Go to the Position tab, change the On plane dimension to 0” , and click Apply .

4.

Hold Ctrl and click at the intersection of C/7 to set a reference point.

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Aim right with your cursor (do not pick!) and hold Ctrl and left click when the autosnap dimension shows 8” to set a second reference point.

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Type the letter O on your keyboard to activate Orthogonal tracking.

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Aim up with your cursor (do not pick!) and type 1’-3”1/2 , then Enter to create the start handle of the angle.

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Hold Ctrl and click the perpendicular at column lineF to set reference point.

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Aim down with your cursor (do not pick!) and type 1’-3”1/2 , then Enter to create the end handle of the angle. Steel:BasicModeling

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10. Right-click > Interrupt . Split Perimeter Angle

The angles as modeled are over 70’-0 long, so they need to be broken into smaller manageable pieces. We will split the angle into 20’-0 lengths. 1.

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Select the angle on column line1.

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Ctrl+Click on the start handle of the angle.

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Aim upwards (do not pick!) along the angle and type 20’-0, then Enter .

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With the command still active, pick the next section of angle.

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Ctrl+Click on the new start handle at the split point that was just created.

Aim upwards (do not pick!) along the angle and type 20’-0, then Enter .

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Repeat the command until there are three 20’-0” long sections of angle, and a remaining 12’-9” piece. Repeat the above steps for the continuous angle along grid line 7.

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Right- click > Interrupt .

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You can use splitting with straight parts, curved beams without offsets, or normal and tapered reinforcing bar groups. You can also split plates and slabs by using a polygon. You cannot split polybeams.

Create Bent Pl ate

Next we will create bent plate pour stops along column line C using the Create Polyb eam tool. 1.

Open the BLDG 2 EL EVATION ON GRID 1 view.

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Go to View > Set Work Plane > Pa rall el to View Pl ane and click in the background of the view.

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Double-click on the Create Polyb eam icon.

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Load the Plate properties from the drop-down menu.

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Change the profile size to PL3/8X120” .

The legs of the bent plate are going to be defined by the points we pick. The length of the overall plate then needs to be defined in the Profile field.

The Create Polybeam tool can also be used to create curved material. Curved members created with the polybeam tool can be measured differently depending on their orientation or profile type.

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Go to the Position tab, change the On plane direction to Right , the Rotation to Top , and the At Depth to Behind.

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Click Apply and Save the attribute as Bent_Plate.

When modeling plates with the Z Axis pointing out of the screen towards you, the Top and Below rotations will model in the plate with the skinny side visible; the Front and Back rotations will model in the plate with the broad side visible.

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Click on the top of the beam onC line, then aim to the left and type1’-5” and press Enter .

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Type the letter O on your keyboard to activate Orthogonal tracking.

10. Aim straight up and type4”, then Enter .

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11. Middle mouse click to finish. 12. At the prompt, click Do not expand .

Notice that the plate was created outside of column line 1, or behind the current work plane.

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14. Go to View > Set Work Plane > Pa rall el to View Plane and click in the background of the view. 15. Select the plate, andright-click > Move . 16. Select the grid intersection at C/1 for the starting point. 17. Right- click > Mid to select the midpoint snap override and place the plate at the midpoint of the grid between lines 1 and 2.

18. Select the plate andright-click > Copy Special > Mirror . 19. Pick two points along the far right edge of the plate to indicate the mirror line.

20. Click Copy .

The plates need to be adjusted to provide a gap at column centerline. 21. Click the Measure horizontal dis tance icon. 22. Click on the joint between the two plates and then column line 2.

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Adjust the plate so it is 1/2” clear of column line 2. 23. Double-click on the plate overlapping column line 2 to open theBeam Properties dialog box. 24. Change the profile length to 9’-9”1/2 (117-1/2”) and click Modify .

25. Single-click on the first bent plate we created. 26. Click the check/uncheck button in theBeam Properties dialog box.

27. Check on the Profile line.

28. Click Modify . 29. Click OK. Copy bent p lates

Next, copy the plates down column line C. 1.

Select both plates, thenright-click > Copy Special > To another object .

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Select the beam between grid lines 1 and 2 at the prompt for the source object.

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Select the beam between grid lines 2 and 3 at the prompt for the destination object.

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The command is still active, so keep picking each beam down the rest of column line C.

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Right- click > Interrupt .

Now the bent plates can be copied to the other side of the building. 6.

Choose the Steel Plate selection filter.

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Drag a box around the length of grid line C to highlight all the bent plates.

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Right-click > Copy Spe cial > To Anoth er Plane .

First pick the srcin plane. 9.

Pick the intersection of gridlines C/1 to set the srcin.

10. Pick the intersection of gridlines C/2 to set the positive X direction. 11. Pick a point along column line 1 towards D to set the positive Y.

Now pick the destination plane. Since we are applying these to the other side of the building the plane must be positioned accordingly. 12. Pick the intersection of gridlines F/7 to set the srcin. 13. Pick the intersection of gridlines F/6 to set the positive X direction. 14. Pick a point along column line 7 towards E to set the positive Y.

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The bent plates should now appear along column line F.

1.8 Combine Models Next we will combine the prerequisite model with the model we just created by copying the objects in phase 1 from the prerequisite model. To copy the objects from another model we will use the command; Copy from model . This command copies objects from specified phase(s) from another model. Copy from another model will copy parts based on their phase into the current model. It will not copy drawings or some model objects like grids or views.

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Select View > Set Work plane > Parallel t o XY(Z) Plane…

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Select Plane: XY and set the depth coordinate to 0” and click Change .

The work plane is now set back to the global srcin. Set curren t Phase back to Phase 1

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Select Tools > Phase Manager .

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Select the Building 1 phase and click Set current .

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Click OK.

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Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the pre-requisite model that you created before class. Copy the path from the address bar. Keep this folder open.

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Click on Edit > Copy Special > From Another Model

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Paste the address of the model folder directory next to where it says Filter.

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Select your pre-requisite model from the window on the right.

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Set the Phase number to import – all steel in the first model is Phase 1.

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Click Copy .

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Again, we can easily see all of the steel members in the model broken down by name and class. If you see more than one class listed under each name, you can select the incorrect class > right click > Select in model and then modify the part properties as needed. 15. Repeat this process to check the Phase, Part Prefix, Part Start Number, Assembly Prefix, and Assembly Start Number. Using the predefined attributes that were set up by Tekla ensures that not only will the name field be consistent but the grades and numbering series fields will also be correct. Home › Instructions › Advanced Modeling Guide › Organizer

1.9 Defi ne Your Own Selecti on Filt ers To make the selecting of parts easier in the future we will now define selection filters for each part type. We will use the material and phase of the part as filtering criteria. As we will be primarily involved in producing Steel drawings that do not include things like joists, we may like to filter out all the other items in our model. To do this we can create a selection filter that excludes us from selecting any item that has a material grade that does not match the rest of the main steel. Selection filters can also be used to create new categories in the Organizer. Typical wide flange shape material in Tekla Structures is A992. Home › Instructions › Basics of Tekla Structures › Filtering objects › Filtering objects using a selection filter

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Click on the Selection filter icon to open the Selection filter dialog box.

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Click on the New fi lter button.

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Click on Ad d Row and modify with the contents to be Part > Material > Equals > A992.

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Enter the name A992 in the Save as field and click Save as .

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You can now select the new filter on the drop-down list.

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Then drag a box over your entire model to select only the A992 members.

You can change the condition field to 'Does not equal' if you wanted to select everything except the A992 material. Be careful when you do this, you may accidentally miss out on parts you wanted to include.

You can also use the “Select from model…” feature in the Value column to ensure that you get the correct syntax of the Category and Property of that row for a selected part in the model.

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Create your own select filters to use both for modeling and for automating drawing creation with the help of wizards.

1.10 Model V iew Filt ers Not only can we use and create selection filters to aid in modeling and drawing creation, but we can modify the model views to include or exclude certain object types by creating view filters to show only the specific objects we want to see. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Examining the model › Showing and hiding objects

Using Visibl e Object Group

Besides turning on and off objects based on their hierarchy, you can also filter for specific objects or groups of objects using a view filter that is similar to the selection filters we used earlier. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Examining the model › Showing and hiding objects › Object groups

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In a model view, such as your 3d view, double-click in the view background to bring up the View Properties dialog box.

Under Visible Object Group , there is a drop-down menu for predefined view filters. 2.

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When we do this you can see that all parts that do not meet the criteria in the Steel Column filter are removed from the view. This can greatly aid in creating drawings when used like the selection filter. Define fil ters for Phase 1 steel

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Click on the Object Group button in your View Properties dialog box.

You should see the settings that are activated for the Steel Column filter we just used. You can use similar fields to build your own view filter just like we did for the selection filter earlier.

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Click on the New fi lter button.

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Click on Ad d Row and modify with the contents to be Part > Phase > Equals > 1.

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Click on the >> button in the top right and select the check box next to Selection filter. This allows us to create multiple filters with the same settings in one command.

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Enter the name Phase_1 in the Save as field and click Save as.

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Click Modify .

Notice how there is now a Phase_1 selection filter available in the selection menu.

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Repeat the steps above to create and save a View Filter and Selection Filter for Phase 2.

Using the view filters, you can show parts of a certain phase, material grade, size, or even filter for specific part or assembly position numbers if you need to find them. You do not have to save the filters in order to use them. You can click on the filter properties create a> filter Position Numberand > Equals p24).that may only be needed once (i.e. Part >

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When saving filters, it is important to not use spaces in the names.

To see the whole model again, you must turn off the filter row by un-checking the box or by loading a different setting, such as standard or All and clicking Modify .

At this point we have added all the members into the model. In a real contract, we could now perform a numbering, save the preliminary marks, and then create the 350 Advanced Bill report. We will deal with Numbering and Reports in more detail later in Chapter 4 of this manual.

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1.11 Object Re pr esentatio n Filter We can also modify the color and transparency of parts in model views to easily see which parts are in a specific section of the model by using representation filters. In the Steel Detailing role, concrete is set to be transparent by default. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Examining the model › Showing and hiding objects › Object representation settings

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In a model view, such as your 3d view, double-click in the view background to bring up the View Properties dialog box.

Under Color and transparency in all views filters. 2.

, there is a drop-down menu for predefined view

Select Color by Phase from the drop-down menu and clickModify .

We can now see that all parts in Phase 1 are colored gray (class 1) and all parts in Phase 2 are colored red (class 2). All open model views will have the same representation applied.

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You can create your own Object Representation filters similar to the way we created our own selection and view filters. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Examining the model › Showing and hiding objects › Object representation settings › Creating object representation settings

In the Steel Detailing role, there are Object Representation settings in place by default to always show concrete as slightly transparent, so that steel parts are always visible, even if embedded.

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With that view active, go to Tools > Screenshot .

4.

With the radio button selected to Place to clipboard , click Capture .

5.

Open Microsoft Paint and paste the image.

6.

If necessary, crop or clean up the thumbnail.

7.

Save the image into the model’s attribute folder as a 24-bit bitmap file. (for example Toe_plate.bmp)

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Back inside the Tekla Structures model, open up the Component Catalog, find your custom component Toe Plate and right-click on the default icon.

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Select the Change Picture option.

10. Browse to the bitmap file, select it and clickOK .

The bitmap image will now be visible in the Component Catalog.

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Numbering Basics.............. ............. ............. ............. ............. .............. ........ 1 Defining numbers to be used for parts ........................................................ 1 Running the num bering............ .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. .. 1 How marks a re assigned in numbering....................................................... 2 Numbering se ttings ....................... ............. ............. .............. ............. .......... 2 Numbering Se ttings............ ............. ............. ............. ............. .............. ........ 3 Numbering Se tup dialog ............ ............. ............. ............. .............. ............. .3 Numbering Prese ts............. ............. ............. ............. ............. .............. ........4 Initial Numbering........................................................................................... 5 BeforeCreating Draw ings ........................ ............. .............. ............. ............ 5 After Creating Drawings...............................................................................6 After Issuing Drawings for Fab .................................................................... 7 Restart Nu mbering ........................ ............. ............. ............. ............. ........... 8 Number the Model.............. ............. ............. ............. ............. .............. ........ 8 Check the N umbering n ad Create Reports............................................... 10

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This lesson introduces the principles of numbering the model in Tekla Structures. You will learn:    

The options available for numbering your model How marks are assigned in numbering How to check part marks To use report templates

4.1 Numbering Basics Defining n umbers to be used for parts Numbering series are used to divide part, assembly and cast unit numbers into groups. For example, you can allocate separate numbering series to different part types (BEAM, COLUMN, BRACING, etc.) or according to which floor the part is located in (1 st floor, 2nd floor, etc.). You can name the numbering series to which a part, an assembly, or a cast unit belongs using the part properties dialog box. The numbering series name consists of a prefix and a starting number. Part Position and Assembly Position numbers are material specific and apply only to steel by default. Concrete members have part prefix "Concrete", and the starting number is 1. They have a Cast Unit Position number instead of an Assembly Position number. See more: Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Numbering the model › Defining numbering series › Assigning a numbering series to a part Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Numbering the model › Defining numbering series › Assigning a numbering series to an assembly

Running the numbering When you initiate the numbering process, Tekla Structures assigns marks to parts, assemblies and cast units.

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The numbering function is run by selectingDrawings & Reports > Numbering > Number Modified Objects or Drawings & Reports > Numbering > Number Series of Selected Objects . The Modified option checks all the new and modified parts since the last numbering. If this is the first time a numbering is performed, it will include all objects, because all objects are new. The Series of Selected Objects option will check all parts of the same assembly series which are selected in the model. For example, if a column with an Assembly prefix ofC“” and a start number of “1” is selected in the model whenNumber Series of Selected Objects is run, it will compare all parts that are also included in an assembly with the same Assembly prefix and start number (Assembly series = C/1).

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How marks are a ssigned in n umbering In numbering, parts with the same Part prefix and Start number will be compared with each other. All identical parts within such a group will be given the same number. The prefix and start number together define what numbers the part will be given, e.g. if the prefix is C and the starting number is 1 (steel columns in our model), the numbering result will be C1, C2, C3, etc. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Numbering the model › What is numbering and how to plan it › What a ffects numbering

By default in the US Imperial environment, the Assembly Position is used when that particular part becomes the main part of the assembly. For instance, a beam may be made up of a shaft of steel, angle clips at each end and perhaps a shear tab somewhere along its length. Each individual part will have its own Part Position. Item

Part Position

Assembly Position

Shaft of Steel Angle Clips Shear Tab

B2 a44 p9

B2 B2 B2

When we make the assembly drawing, the entire assembly gets marked as 'ONE - BEAM B2' because the shaft of steel was defined as the 'Main Part of the Assembly'. If the assembly drawing came out marked as 'ONE - PLATE - P16' yet it shows the entire assembly, then we can tell that the main part of the assembly has been defined incorrectly.

Numbering se tting s Numbering is carried out according to the settings in the Drawings & Reports > Numbering > Numbering setti ngs dialog box. In the Numbering setup dialog you can define how new or modified parts are handled in numbering. For example, you decide whether a profile name affects the part number and define the degree of tolerance in comparing the parts in numbering. Home › Instructions › Modeling Guide › Modeling settings › Numbering settings › General numbering settings

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4.2 Numbering Settin gs Numbering Set up d ialog The Numbering Setup dialog box allows you to view and modify some general numbering settings.

Option

Description

Renumber all

All parts get a new number. All information on previous numbers is lost.

Re-use old numbers

Tekla Structures reuses the numbers of parts that have been deleted. These numbers may be used to number new or modified parts.

Check for standard parts

If a separate standard-part model has been set up, Tekla Structures compares the parts in the current model to those in the standard-part model. If the part to be numbered is identical to a part in the standard-part model, Tekla Structures uses the same part number as in the standard-part model.

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The part gets a new number even if a similar numbered part already exists. Modified parts maintain their previous numbers if possible. Even if a part or assembly becomes identical with another part or assembly, the srcinal position number is maintained.

Keep number if possible

Synchronize with master model

Automatic cloning

For example, you might have two different assemblies, B/1 and B/2, in the model. Later on you modify B/2 so that it becomes identical with B/1. If the Keep number if possible option is used, B/2 will maintain its srcinal position number when you renumber the model. Use this setting when working in multi-user mode. Tekla Structures locks the master model and performs a save, numbering, and save sequence, so that all other users can continue working during the operation. If the main part of a drawing is modified and therefore gets a new assembly position, the existing drawing is automatically assigned to another part of the position. If the modified part moves to an assembly position that does not have a drawing, the srcinal drawing is automatically cloned to reflect the changes in the modified part.

Holes

The location, size, and number of holes affect numbering.

Part name

The part name affects numbering.

Beam orientation

The orientation of beams affects numbering of assemblies.

Column orientation

The orientation of columns affects numbering of assemblies.

Reinforcing bars

The orientation of reinforcing bars affects numbering.

Embedded objects

The orientation of equal embedded objects affects numbering.

Surface treatment

Surface treatments affect the numbering of assemblies.

Tolerance

Parts get the same number if their dimensions differ less than the value entered in this box.

Assembly position sort order

To number assemblies and cast units, use the same numbering commands as for numbering parts. Before numbering, you can modify the sort order, which defines how assemblies and cast units are given their position numbers. Sorting does not affect part position.

Changing the numbering settings in the middle of the project can be dangerous. When you need to change the settings in the middle of the project, make sure you understand how the changes will affect the part marks.

Numbering Presets Numbering settings must be carefully planned depending on your workflow and numbering style. Tekla has set up and provided a selection of common numbering setups to help get you started, but you may need to adjust these to suit your needs.

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Each of these is an example of the numbering properties that you may use for that situation in a contract. You may need to change some settings and resave the attributes to fit your workflow.

Initial ThisNumbering setting would be chosen right at the start of the modeling process and would allow the user to quickly check that members that are supposed to be similar are getting the same number. Every time a numbering of the model is performed with this setting it will reset the marks for all parts and fill any gaps that may appear due to items being deleted from the model.

You can see that Renumber All is checked. This causes Tekla Structures to ignore the current number on an item and possibly give it a new number based loosely on the order it was added to the model. All information on previous numbers is lost. A typical scenario for this setting would be when we are ready to start generating data (reports) or creating drawings.

Before Creating Drawings This setting differs from1_Initial_Numbering by forbidding Tekla Structures to renumber everything in the model. It tries to retain the current numbers on parts that already have numbers, but it does try to fill any gaps in numbers by re-using deleted numbers that are no longer in use.

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A typical scenario for this setting would be when we have already generated some data (reports or other) from the model and we are ready to start creating drawings. Note that if this setting is used, the particular number that was assigned to one particular member, which has since been deleted or changed to be similar to another member, could now be assigned to a completely different member.

During the modeling process Tekla Structures consistently keeps track of what items are similar to what other items and numbers the model accordingly. Consequently, when items change, the numbers must revise so that no different items have the same number and that the amount of different numbers is minimized by consolidating similar items wherever possible into the same number.

After Creating Drawings The third default setting is used when approval changes or revisions arrive after drawings have been created.

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The system is allowed to re-use old numbers in order to minimize the gaps in the numbers. This may be particularly important if you are using multi-sheets (Large sheets with a number of items detailed on one sheet) where you would like to avoid having blank spaces on your sheets. It is also set for modified (changed) objects to try and keep their current mark, and not change completely or merge with another.

After Issuing Draw ings for Fab The fourth default setting is used when approval changes or revisions arrive after drawings have been issued to the shop for fabrication.

If drawings are issued to the shop for fabrication during the approval process, this setting will attempt to keep the numbers constant. This would help stop a particular mark that was assigned to something at the approval stage from changing to something completely different at the fabrication stage. It would also not go back and fill in gaps in the numbers and use marks that were already used. This helps avoid confusion at this later stage of a project. For multiple members in the model, if they are all changed at once, they may retain their number, but if one is changed and a numbering is performed, it will take a new number. Later if the others are changed, they may become similar to the first member that was changed but will keep their current mark and not combine with the first (they are now being told to keep their numbers ‘if possible’). Take New Numb er

Further options available in the New and Modified sections allow Tekla Structures to take a new number regardless.

This may be useful for revisions after fabrication and erection has commenced as it will not interfere with any drawings or numbers that have been previously issued. This may make handling revisions slightly easier.

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Restart Numbering The last default setting is used when the numbering needs to be started over. This again marks Renumber all , but also checks the option toRe-use old numbers .

This setting will wipe out the existing part marks and re-set them with new ones. Any existing drawings would also be wiped out.

4.3 Number th e Model Until now, we have not looked at how any items in the model are numbered. Trying to create a drawing at this stage would display a warning stating that the numbering is not up to date. If trying to create a report, there would be no numbers assigned to the items in the model for the report to display.

We will use Inquire object to see the current state of the numbering of parts, and then we will number the model. Inquire a part

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Select Tools > Inquir e > Object… or click on the Inquire Object icon.

2.

Select any steel column.

The Inquire object dialog box opens. The Part position and As sembly pos itio n marks are shown as C0(?) and C0(?). This indicates that the part and assembly have not been numbered yet.

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Any time you see a (?) after a mark, even if it has a value other than zero, means that it has been modified in some way since the last numbering was applied and it is no longer up to date.

Tekla Structures uses numbers to identify parts, assemblies and cast units when producing drawings and reports. You must make sure Tekla Structures numbers the model parts before you create drawings or reports.

Up until this point, if we had modeled with the wrong properties we could go back and modify to use the correct settings. Numbering is not affected by the Undo command, and if something is done incorrectly it can be time consuming to correct it. It is critical to apply the appropriate numbering settings every time before running a numbering. Run initial nu mbering

1.

Select Drawing & Reports > Numbering > Numbering Settings menu and Load the 1_Initial_Numbering settings. Click OK.

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Next, select Drawing & Reports > Number ing > Number Modified Objects pull-down menu.

3.

Because we have Renumber all checked in the numbering setup dialog box, we get a warning message notifying us that all part marks are about to change.

from the

While this would be a problem later in the project, since this is the first time marks are being applied this is OK. 4.

Click Yes.

Now all the parts, assemblies and cast units in our model have up-to-date position numbers. Normally, the first initial numbering would be run much earlier in the project. If you track preliminary marks, these can be saved after the first numbering has been run. Select all the parts in the model and go to Drawings & Reports > Number ing > Save Preliminary numbers . This writes the current mark to a User-Defined Attribute for the part and will not change even if the actual mark does.

4.4 Check the Numberi ng and Crea te Report s We will now check the marks assigned to parts, assemblies and cast units. Inquire part

1.

Select Tools > Inquir e > Object.

2.

Select any column.

Inquire object dialog box opens. Now the steel columns have Part position and The Assembly po siti on numbers, and the concrete objects have Cast Unit numbers (the position

numbers may differ in your model).

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The numbering is now up-to-date and we can create reports. We will next create an assembly part list of the whole model. Home › Instructions › Templates and Reports Guide › Reports › Creating a report

You can create reports at an early stage of the project to check the model and get pre-bill of material lists at quotation stage, cut lists, bolt lists, weld lists, etc.

Create assembly part list

1.

Click on the Reports icon (CTRL+B) to display the Report dialog box.

2.

Select 350 Assembly li st BOM report template from the list.

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On the Options tab, check the options as shown below.

4.

Click Create from all to run a report of the entire model. The first time you create a report, Tekla Structures creates a new folder inside the model folder called “Reports”. This folder is where all of the .xsr files are saved unless you browse to a different directory when creating the report.

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The report is now automatically displayed in a dialog. Also, the .xsr file that is created in the model folder can be opened in any text editor.

5.

Check the numbering range of the assemblies and parts.

We will create this report again and give the report a specific name in order to keep the information on the stage of the project. To keep the report files youhave created, give them a specific name. If you try to create a report with the existing name, Tekla Structures asks before it overwrites the existing report.

Naming a report

1.

In the Report dialog box, edit the r eport file name to read: Ass embl y li st BOM ABM.xs r

(Or you can type Assembly List - Numbering > Numbering Settings 1_Initial_Numbering option.

and load the

2.

Check on the option for Synchronize with master model . This is normally reserved for use with multiuser modeling but it allows you to review the numbers before they are applied.

3.

Click OK.

4.

Drawings & Reports > Select one of the columns in the Phase 1 building, and click on Numbering > Number Series of Selected Objects .

Using the Synchronize with master model option allows us to review the numbers that will be applied. Scrolling through you can see that the objects numbered are limited to the series of phase 1 columns and the series of objects that are on the columns (such as plates).

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Tekla Structures gives 900 seconds by default to review the marks that will be applied. Clicking Save numbers will set them for the parts listed, and clicking Cancel will undo so that you can make any changes necessary. Stop timer will cancel the automatic save function and keep the dialog box open. 5.

Click Save num bers .

Use Inquire object (Tools > Inquire > Object or Shift+I) and click on different objects in the model. Note how Phase 1 beams, and all Phase 2 objects do not have marks, but Phase 1 columns do. Number re maining ob jects

1.

Go back to Drawings & Reports > Numbering > Numbering Settings

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Load 2_Before_Creating_Drawings and click OK to apply the properties and close the dialog box.

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3.

Go to Drawings & Reports > Number ing > Number Modified Obj ects .

4.

Check the Numbering L og (Tools > Display Log File > Numbering History

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The numbering log should show that items have changed to assume 1000 series or 2000 series numbers. Be careful to allow a good safety margin of available marks when using this type of phased numbering system. If you have more than 1000 different members in phase 1 then the 1001st member must take the number 2000. This will overlap with the first member in phase 2 and cause confusion.

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Integration between Drawings and the Model............................................. 1 Tekla Stru ctures model .......... .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. .... 2 Drawings ....................................................................................................... 2 Changes in themodel members.................................................................. 2 Drawing Types............ .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. .............. .. 3 Drawing List............ .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. .............. ...... 3 Opening andclosing drawings............. .............. ............. ............. ............. ...3 Drawing listcontents............ .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ...... 5 Drawing statu s flags............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ............. ...... 7 Drawing Levels ............ ............. ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. .. 9 Modify drawing pro perties............. .............. ............. ............. ............. ..........9 Modify view properties ...................... .............. ............. ............. ............. .... 11 Modify objectproperties............ ............. ............. .............. ............. ............ 13

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In this lesson

This chapter introduces the principles of working with drawings in Tekla Structures. We will first explain the integration between drawings and the model. Then we will:    

Introduce the drawing types available in Tekla Structures Introduce the drawing list Introduce the various levels of editing the drawings Study the drawing objects and layout

No changes will be made to the model in this chapter. Please review carefully as the

concepts here will be used in the next chapter.

5.1 Integration betwee n Drawings and the Model Tekla Structures stores all the important project information in one place, i.e. the model. Drawings and other printouts such as reports, CNC data files etc. are output produced directly from the model.

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Tekla Structu res model The model contains all the important project information:      

Part geometrical and structural information Part marking Part properties Bolts Assembly information User defined attributes

All the modifications must be done directly in the model. The model is always modified in the Tekla Structures Model Editor.

Drawings The drawings are current views of the members contained in the model with added definitions for:     

The sheet size to be used. The way titles and tables are placed on the sheets. What is dimensioned and how. Which marks are displayed. How the item is oriented on the sheet.

You can create drawings at any stage of a project. Some of the drawing commands are located in the Model Editor, and some are in the Drawing Editor. You will find all the commands for creating and managing drawings in the Model Editor. To view and edit drawings, you will use the Drawing Editor. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Introduction to dr awings

Changes in the model members Changes in the model members can result in the drawings no longer being up-to-date. The following are examples of changes that affect the drawings:   

A part's profile or geometry changes Parts have been added or deleted The number of identical parts has changed

Tekla Structures indicates updates in the related drawings and the drawing list the next time you number the model. Numbering does not have to beup-to-date to create or opengeneral arrangement drawings.

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Drawing Types (G) General Arrangement (GA) drawings, also known as Erection plans or E-sheets, can contain several views, which can include the whole model or any part of it. With the GA drawings you can create erection, foundation and other plans, as well as details from views in the model. (W) Single-part drawings are workshop drawings of individual steel parts. Drawings can be produced for any steel part in the model. The single-part drawings can contain holes but welded parts cannot be included. This drawing type is available in the Steel Detailing module. Single part drawings can either be on individual drawings or linked to a multi drawing to create a gather sheet. (A) As sembl y drawings are typically workshop drawings where details of an assembly consisting of steel parts are presented for fabrication. In most cases, an assembly consists of single steel parts that are either bolted or welded to the main steel part. This drawing type is available in the Steel Detailing module. Assembly drawings can either be on individual drawings or linked to a multi drawing. (C) Cast unit drawings are formwork or reinforcement drawings of reinforced concrete structures such as foundations. This drawing type is available in the Precast Concrete Detailing module. (M) Multi-drawings are workshop drawings which gather together several single-part or assembly drawings on one sheet. This drawing type is available in the Steel Detailing module.

5.3 Drawing List We will briefly cover the Tekla Structures drawing list. You can use the drawing list to:    

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Select and open your drawings for viewing and editing in the Drawing Editor Update, clone and delete drawings Display and filter drawings shown in the list Choose drawings to select parts in the model, or show only the drawings of the selected parts in the list (not available for GA drawings) Lock, freeze and issue drawings Add revisions to drawings Track drawing status and submittals Modify properties of several drawings at a time

The drawing list also displays the creation and modification dates of the drawings, drawing size and type, etc.

Opening and closing drawings You can only have one drawing open at a time. If you already have a drawing open and changes have been made, Tekla Structures prompts you to save that drawing before opening the next one. You cannot modify the model while a drawing is open.

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Open drawing li st and a draw ing

To open the drawing list and a drawing in Tekla Structures: 1.

Select Drawing & Reports > Drawing List… from the menu, or click theOpen drawing list icon on the Standard toolbar. You can also use the keyboard shortcutCTRL+L from the Model Editor and CTRL+O from the Drawing Editor.

2.

In the Drawing List , select a previously created drawing.

3.

Click Open , or double-click on the drawing to open it in the Drawing Editor.

Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Finding and opening drawings

When selecting in the,drawing the, activated buttons at. the of the Drawings dialogdrawings box are Open Update ,list, Clone Delete and Cancel Thebottom table below describes their functionality.

Button

Description

Open

Opens the selected drawing in the Drawing Editor. You can only select one drawing from the list at a time. If the Open button is grayed, you have more than one drawing selected. You can also double-click a drawing on the list to open it. See also Opening drawings.

Update

Updates all selected drawings that changed on numbering. Locked drawings are not updated.

Clone…

Clones the selected drawing for a similar part that is selected in the model.

Delete

Deletes selected drawings. You cannot delete locked drawings.

Cancel

Closes the dialog box.

Snapshots

Opens the snapshot of the selected drawing.

Close a drawing

To close the drawing in the Drawing Editor: 1.

Select Drawing File > Close (Back to Model) right corner of the drawing window.

from the menu, or click the X in the upper

If you have made changes to the drawing, Tekla Structures asks:

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This dialog DOES NOT appear if you have not made changes to the drawing. 2.

Select Yes to keep the changes that you have made to the drawing, or close the drawing without saving by clicking No. Check the box to Freeze the drawing up on saving. Check the box to Create a snapshot of the drawing upon saving. Freeze: You can select whether to allow Tekla Structures to update all associative objects on top of the drawing views. The geometry of the model is always updated, but freezing is used to stop the drawing intelligence (associativity) of drawing objects on top of the model views, and prevents them from being updated. For example, parts are updated, but dimensions, marks, views, and additional drawing objects are not. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Working with drawings › Freezing drawings

Drawing list c ontents All of your existing drawings are shown in the drawing list. The example below shows a portion of the header line information that is available in the drawing list.

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You can sort the order of the drawings by clicking the desired header line button in the drawing list. You can use a combination of 2 different headers to sort. You can adjust the column widths of the drawing list, and Tekla Structures will keep the changes. The table below explains the header line items of the drawing list. Item Flags

Explanation

Flags are characters ( , , , , , etc.) at the beginning of each row. They, along with the Changes column, indicate the drawing status.

Dates

The creation and modification dates of the drawing.

Revision

The revision number or mark of the drawing.

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Item

Explanation

Size

The size of the drawing border (paper size minus margins).

Type

The drawing types are identified by the following letters: W for single-part drawings. A for assembly drawings. C for cast-unit drawings. G for general arrangement drawings. M for multi-drawings.

Mark

The drawing mark is the number of the part from which the drawing was created. You cannot change drawing marks.

Name

You can add a drawing title using the Name field in the drawing properties dialog box.

Title 1, Title 2, Title 3

Add extra drawing title fields to the drawing properties dialog box.

User-defined attributes

Include up to 20 user-defined attributes in drawing lists. This is covered in more detail in the Steel Advanced Class.

The table below explains the search and filter functions in the drawing list.

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Item

Explanation

Enter Search Criteria

Enter text and or numbers to filter which drawings are visible in the drawing list.

Search In

Use to limit the search in certain columns in the drawing list.

Search within the currently visible drawings

Check this box to have the search criteria only apply to the drawings that are currently visible in the drawing list.

Select Drawing Set

Saved search filters that can easily be used to filter the drawing list. You can also save your own.

Store

Use to save search results into a drawing set.

Show all

Shows all drawings in the drawing list.

Invert

This feature allows you to list the opposite of the current content.

Selected

Show only the selected drawings.

Up to Date

List up-to-date drawings only.

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Explanation

Select objects

Use to select objects in the model based on the selected drawings in the drawing list.

By Parts

Use to filter the drawing list based on selected parts in the model.

Lock On/Off

Prevents the drawings from being opened, updated, cloned, deleted, or modified, even if the model changes. The geometry of the locked drawing still changes when the model changes

Freeze On/Off

You can select whether to allow Tekla Structures to update all associative objects on top of the drawing views. The geometry of the model is always updated, but freezing is used to stop the drawing intelligence (associativity) of drawing objects on top of the model views, and prevents them from being updated. For example, parts are updated, but dimensions, marks, views, and additional drawing objects are not.

Issue On/Off

The geometry of the issued drawings is updated when the model changes. Issuing only prevents the recreation of the drawing during update. The issuing information can be used to filter the drawing list and in templates.

Revisions

Use to create revisions on drawings. Select the drawings in the drawing list before clicking on the revision button.

Drawing status flags The status of drawings is represented by flags, which are shown on the left hand side of the drawing list in the Up to date column. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Finding and opening drawings › Drawing status flags › How to re ad the drawing status information Flag

Changes Text

Description

Parts modified

The parts in the drawing have changed, e.g. parts have been added or deleted, or part properties have changed.

Quantity increased

The actual drawing is up to date, but the number of identical parts has changed.

Quantity decreased Original p arts deleted

The part from which the drawing was srcinally created has been deleted.

Al l p arts deleted

All the parts related to the drawing have been deleted. The drawing is locked. The drawing is frozen.

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Flag

Changes Text

Description

Linked drawing changed

A linked drawing has been modified.

Copied view changed

A copied drawing has been modified.

Drawing updated

A frozen drawing has been updated.

Original parts deleted, others exist

A drawing flagged has been updated, and there are still other parts relevant to the drawing in the model.

Cloned

The drawing is a cloned drawing. The drawing has been issued. For example, you might reissue drawings that have been sent to site. The issued drawing has been edited or otherwise changed.

Issued drawing changed

Lock ( ), Freeze ( ), and Issue ( ) flags can be manually added to the selected drawings. The flag appears automatically on issued drawings that have been modified. Drawings marked with a (

) flag need to be updated before they can be opened.

It is a good idea to lock drawings to prevent them from being accidentally deleted or changed.

Use the buttons on the right hand side of the drawing list to change the status of a drawing. Alternatively, select the drawing in the list, right-click to open the pop-up menu and change the drawing status.

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5.4 Drawing Levels You can edit drawings in the Drawing Editor on three levels: 

Drawing properties

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View properties

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Object properties

For more information about the drawing properties and different drawing levels, see the following Tekla User Assistance articles: Home › Instructions › Drawing Guidedrawings › Introduction to d rawings › Basic principles of drawings › Three levels of modifying Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Drawing settings

Modify drawing properties The highest level at which you can change the drawing properties affects all of the objects in the drawing. These properties can be accessed through the Drawing properties dialog box for each drawing type. 1.

Select Drawing & Reports > Drawing Setting s > drawing type... on the menu bar, or double-click in the background of the drawing to open the drawing properties dialog box.

The Assembl y dr awing prop erti es dialog box is shown below.

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Item

Explanation

Name

The name of the drawing that will be used to populate the drawing titleblock.

Title 1…3

Title can be used to add more information about the drawing. these fields can also be added to a titleblock template.

Sheet Number

Used to create multiple drawings of the same assembly.

Edit Settings

Applies Object Level Settings on the drawing level.

Layout…

Defines which drawingtables to include and the set of rules for increasing the drawing size when necessary. It connects a set oftable layouts and drawing sizes.

View…

Controls which views of the assembly are visible as well as the labels and scale of all drawing views.

Section View

Controls the properties for automatic section views if enabled in the View setting.

Detail view…

Controls the start number or letter of detail view and symbol label.

Dimension…

Controls the appearance of all dimensions automatically created on the drawing.

Dimensioning…

Controls how the parts on the drawing are automatically dimensioned.

Marks

Controls how parts, bolts, neighbor parts, surface treatments, and connection are marked on the drawing.

Objects

Controls the appearance of the parts, bolts, neighbor parts, surface treatments, welds, and grids on the drawing.

Protection…

Controls the areas that you want to protect from text, marks, weld marks, other annotation objects, dimension arrowheads, dimension lines or dimension values.

Filter…

Controls what objects are visible on the drawing.

Neighbor part filter…

Controls which neighbor parts are visible on the drawing.

User-defined attributes…

Used to track drawn by, checked by, checked date, drawing status, submittals, as well as other customizable attributes about the drawing.

Whenever possible, you should modify drawings by changing the drawing properties. The properties saved on the drawing level are the only settings that get used when creating or recreating a drawing.

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Modify view properties The second level is toedit the view level, where youmodify the selected drawing's view. It is important to remember that changes at this level take precedence over the drawing level settings. 1.

In the drawing interface, double-click on the border surrounding the drawing view to open the View properties dialog box.

The Att ribu tes 1 tab of the View properties dialog from an assembly drawing view is shown below.

Item

Explanation

View

Defines the scale, size, and depth of view.

Edit Settings

Applies Object Level Settings on the view level.

Marks

Controls how parts, bolts, neighbor parts, surface treatments, connections, and reinforcement bars are marked in the view.

Objects

Controls the appearance of the parts, bolts, neighbor parts, surface treatments, welds, reinforcement bars, reference objects, and grids in the view.

Filter…

Controls what objects are visible in the view.

Neighbor part filter…

Controls which neighbor parts are visible in the view.

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The Att ribu tes 2 tab of the View properties dialog from an assembly drawing view is shown below.

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Item

Explanation

Representation of deformed objects

Controls if warped or cambered parts are shown as developed.

Shortening

Controls how parts in the view are cut to be shortened.

Other

Controls if openings are shown, how elevations are displayed, and how dimensions are created in the view.

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The Label tab of the View properties dialog from an assembly drawing view is shown below.

Item

Explanation

Text

Controls what information will be displayed for the view label. These can be either text or intelligent data from the model.

Symbol

Controls if a symbol is created for the view label as well as the appearance of the symbol.

Label Position

Determines the location of the view label.

View Direction Marks

You can display view direction marks in section views and end views.

Modify object pro pertie s The third and lowest level is to edit at the object level, where you change individual objects in the drawing. Individual object settings can beaccessed by double-clicking on the object. The properties dialog for a part mark is shown below.

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Drawing Objects

Drawing views may contain several types of objects. Some of them come from the model and represent something that will exist in the real building or will be closely related to it. Others are objects that represent information that is only relevant in the drawing, or that add extra information to the information in the model. Drawings may include the following object types: 

Building objects: parts, bolts, welds, chamfers, reinforcing bars, or surface treatment

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Associative annotation objects: dimensions, marks, associative notes

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Independent annotation objects that are not linked to the model: text, text files, symbols, link, hyperlinks, DWG/DXF files, and reference models Additional drawing objects: shapes (clouds, lines, rectangles, etc.)

Always work downwards in the drawing hierarchy. Get your drawing as close as possible to what you want by first attempting this at the entire drawing level. Then modify anything else that needs adjusted at the view level, and finally, if any further cleanup is necessary (and this should be minimal), you can do this at the individual object level. Once you have edited something at one level, changing something else at the level above may negate the changes you have just made. You can control detailed object level settings directly on the drawing and view level. This way setting up special representation for objects in drawings or views is very easy. 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 detailed object level settings on or off for the drawings or views you choose. We will discuss this in more detail later in the class.

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Assembly and Single Part Drawin gs

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Assembly and Single-part drawings............................................................ 1 Create Dra wings............ ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ............. 2 Create Assembly Drawings of selectedarts p ............................................. 2 Create Sing le-Part Drawings .................. ............. .............. ............. ............. 6 Creating Draw ings from rGoups o f Similar Mem bers ....... .......................... 7 Creating AllDrawings Automatically.......... .............. ............. ............. ..........8 Rule sets (W izards) ............ ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ........ 9 Edit Drawings Manually............. ............. ............. .............. ............. ............ 12 Edit Assembly Drawing ............... ............. .............. ............. ............. .......... 12 Changes in the model .......... ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. .... 30 Change the model .................... ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. 31 Update the Draw ings............ ............. ............. ............. .............. ............. .... 33

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In this lesson

We will introduce the creation of assembly and single-part drawings in Tekla Structures. We will first create single-part and assembly drawings by using predefined drawing settings. Then, we will use tools to automate the process. We will then edit the drawing properties. We will also demonstrate how updating effects the drawings. We will learn how to:    

Create assembly drawings individually Create drawings of groups with common attributes Create drawings automatically Handle drawings after changes are made in the model

6.1 Assembly and Single-part drawings Single-part drawings are workshop drawings of each of the individual steel parts in the model. Assembly drawings are workshop drawings in which details of an assembly consisting of the steel single parts are presented for fabrication. All of the views in single-part or assembly drawings are current views of the members as they are in the model. When the model contains any identical members, the drawing is a view of one of these members. The drawing, however, contains information about the quantity of all of the identical members. If the "host" member of the drawing is modified or deleted, it will get a new position mark at the next numbering. Tekla Structures will then automatically assign the srcinal drawing to another member with the srcinal position mark. Tekla Structures integrates the drawings and reports with the model. This means that, for example, dimensions and marks in the drawings are always correct. Because the information in the drawings and reports comes directly from the model, you cannot delete any of the parts or bolts from the drawings. You can, however, filter out parts and bolts in the drawings, or make them invisible. You can create drawings and reports at any stage of the project. If you change the model, Tekla Structures updates the related drawings the next time you perform numbering. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Introduction to dr awings

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6.2 Create Drawings Once you have numbered the model, you can create assembly and single-part drawings from the model. We will begin by creating these drawings one by one, then we will create drawings in groups and then we will use the Rule Sets or Wizards to automate the process There are many different settings available within the program to control how the drawings created will look. For instance: You may want column drawings to be dimensioned differently from Beam drawings and your Brace drawings may also be different. You can create an unlimited number of these drawing creation "profiles". Master Drawing All saved drawing settings are available in a central location called the Catalog .

Create Assembly Drawings o f s elected parts We will now use the Beam_with_BOM (Bill of Materials) settings to create an a ssembly drawing of one of the beams. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Creating drawings › Creating drawings using menu, toolbar or pop-up commands › Creating single-part, assembly, or cast unit drawings

Assembly drawing settings that end with “…with_BOM” are for individual assembly drawings (normally 11” x 17”). Assembly drawing settings that begin with “US_...” are for placing on multiple assembly drawings (24” x 36”). We will discuss multi drawings in the next chapter. Create Assembly Drawing Manually

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Open the BLDG 1 PLAN AT EL. 12'-7"1/2 view. Go to Drawings & Reports > Drawing Settings > Assembly Drawing .

3.

Load the Beam_with_BOM setting.

4.

Click OK to apply the drawing properties and close the dialog box.

5.

Select the beam along column line “A”, between “4” & “5”.

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Go to Drawings & Reports > Create Assembly Drawing .

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You can also create drawings manually by selecting the part then right cli ck > Create Drawings > Assembly dr awing after applying the properties as described above.

7.

Go to Drawings & Reports > Drawing List

8.

Select the beam drawing and clickOpen .

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You can also open a drawing by double clicking on it in the drawing list.

We can see that the drawing is created with the necessary dimensions and part marks for fabrication. There will be times that cleanup or editing will be necessary, but we will cover this later in the chapter.

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Close the drawing by clicking on the redX at the upper right.

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Go to Drawings & Reports > Create Drawings to open the Master Drawing Catalog .

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Select the column at gridA/7.

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Select As sembly drawings from the drop down list at the top of the Master Drawing Catalog . If you do not see a drop-down option, make sure the magnifying glass button is pressed down.

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Select Column_with_BOM (A) from the listed drawing styles.

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Click Create drawings .

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When you select a drawing setting in the Master Drawing Catalog, Tekla automatically applies those drawing settings before creating the drawing.

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Open the Drawing Li st , select the column drawing, and clickOpen .

Again we can see that part marks and dimensions have been created on the drawing. Note that because we used different preset drawing attributes, the style of the dimensions and marks are different – better suited for a column. 7.

Close the drawing by clicking on the redX at the upper right.

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Create Single-Pa rt Drawings We can also break out the parts of these assemblies and create individual drawings of them. 1.

Select Single-part drawings from the drop down list at the top of theMaster Drawing Catalog .

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Make sure you have "Select Objects i n Components " selected in your Selecting toolbar.

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Highlight the column base plate for the column at A/7 in the model.

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In the Master Drawing Catalog , select Plate_with _BOM (W) , and then click Create drawings . When you open the drawing list, notice that the drawing type is now “W” instead of “A” denoting that this is a single-part drawing.

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Double-click on the item on the drawing list to open the drawing.

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6.3 Creating Drawings from Group s of Simil ar Members Of course, it wouldn't be very productive to select each individual item and create each drawing one at a time. We can further automate this process by selecting groups of items. For example, we can set theSteel_Beam selection filter then run all the beam drawings at once. Then, you could switch to another selection filter and run drawings of that type. Create all the beam drawings

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Activate the Steel_Beam selection filter.

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Now drag a box over the entire model, and notice that only the beams will be highlighted. You can also type Ctrl+A to select all objects in the model. This command will still be restricted by the type of selection filter that is active.

The Organizer is another great tool to select object types in the model for creating drawings. The categories already use selection filters to separate beams, columns, etc.

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In the Master Drawing Catalog under As sembl y drawings , select Beam_with_BOM (A) .

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Click Create drawings .

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Notice that all beam drawings will now be created.

You could repeat this process for other items such as columns, braces, channels, angles etc.

6.4 Creating All Drawings Automatically You will notice that it takes some time to either select each item individually or in groups and set up each item's drawing properties. There is also the chance that you may miss something important. For these reasons, Tekla Structures has included an automatic process known as Rule sets, or Wizards, to do all this work for you. The Rule sets simply automate the process we have just covered in a step-by-step fashion. It sets the Anchor Rod drawing properties and the Anchor Rod selection filter. Then, it selects all the anchor rods in the model and creates the drawings. Next, it sets the Column drawing properties and the Column filter, selects all the columns in the model and creates those drawings. The process is repeated again and again for braces, channels, purlins, hips, rafters, stairs, handrails, etc. If it doesn't find a setting for something in the model, it will still create the drawing with the “NotFound” settings and will warn you with a message in the title column of the drawing list. For more information on Rule sets, see: Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Creating drawings › Master Drawing Catalog › Master drawing types › Rule sets Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Creating drawings › Creating drawings using rule sets or wizards

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Rule sets cannot be used to create General Arrangement (GA) drawings.

Remember that drawings are never recreated by the program if the drawing already exists and there have been no changes in the model. To force recreation of drawings, users must delete the existing drawing, or use a new sheet number.

Rule sets (Wizards) For each member type in the model,Rule sets automatically perform the following steps: 1.

Define the drawing type to be created (single, assembly)

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Select the predefined drawing properties to be used

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With the given selection filter, select the parts from which to create drawings

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Create drawings

When using Rule sets, you can choose whether the wizard creates drawings from all parts of the model, or just from selected parts. By creating rules that match the selection filters and drawing properties in the project, you can automatically create all single and assembly drawings of the parts using suitable predefined properties.

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Numbering of the model must be up to date Saved drawing properties listed in the rule set must exist The saved selection filters listed in the rule set must exist Model members which will be selected by the selection filter must exist

We will use Rule sets to create the remaining drawings in the model that have not been created already. Review Rule Se t Properti es

First we will review how the Rule set will create our assembly drawings. 1.

In the Master Drawing Catalog, select Rule sets (wizards) from the drop-down menu. Rule sets are also listed under their respective drawing types – assembly rules under ‘Assembly drawings’ and single-part rules under ‘Single-part drawings’.

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Double-click on the As sembl y Drawi ngs wit h BOM (A) option.

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We can see by the checkbox that this rule set is used to create assembly drawings

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Click Next .

In the rules is a list of object groups (selection filters) and master drawing settings (the preset drawing attributes). These can be changed to use your custom filters and drawing settings.

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At the bottom is a filter called WIZprimary and a drawing setting called NotFound. These are used to pick up any objects that do not meet the criteria from earlier rule sets, so that no matter what, every assembly will have a drawing created.

The order of sets is important, as Tekla Structures by default creates only one drawing for each object. If a drawing is created by an early rule set, that object will be ignored by later ones, even if it matches the criteria in the filter in the later set. After reviewing that the rule set contains object groups and drawing settings for all the assembly types we have in our model, we can close the rule set dialog. 4.

Click Cancel .

Create Assembly Drawings

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Select As sembly Drawi ngs wit h BOM (A), then right-click on it and chooseCreate drawings for all parts .

It may take a few moments to complete depending on how many drawings were created already. If you did not want to create drawings for the entire model, you can select a portion, for example a Phase, and then just clickCreate Drawings . It will run the rule set on only the selected objects.

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Sort the drawing list by name, and search for any items that have the title "** NO ASSOCIATED DRAWING SETTING USED BY WIZARD"

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Highlight these items in the list, and click theSelect ' objects ' button to show them in the model. You can then analyze and recreate these drawings manually with the drawing settings of your choice, or the Rule set can be modified so that these items are included in the future.

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You can also open a few drawings and inspect or check them. You can view the next drawing on the list by clicking Next or using the shortcut Ctrl + Page Down.

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Create Single Part Drawings

We can use the same type of settings to automatically create all of our single-part drawings. 1.

Select Single Part Drawings wit h BOM of Secondary Pa rts Only (W) in the Master Drawing Catalog.

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Right-click and select Create drawings fo r all p arts .

Any parts that are considered secondary objects will now have (W) drawings created for them.

It is advisable to create all the single part and assembly drawings with rule sets to ensure that all drawings get created.

6.5 Edit Dra wi ngs Ma nuall y It is easy to manually add, delete and edit drawing objects (i.e. dimensions, lines, text, symbols, graphics and marks) in Tekla Structures drawings. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Modifying automatic drawing settings › Settings affecting the recreation of drawings

Most drawing objects (both automatically and manually created) are associative and automatically update if the model changes. However, some manually created drawing objects such as lines, polygons and circles are not associative. We will now open and edit one HSS BRACE drawing manually.

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In the drawing list, type HSS in the Search Criteria field and click Search .

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This will restrict the drawing list to show only drawings with HSS in the name. By using the Search in drop-down you can choose which column to search through to be more specific.

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Double-click on the first HSS BRACE drawing from the 1000 series to open it.

The image above shows different elements that make up a drawing. Drawing Layout:

A. Layout size. This border indicates the size of the drawing defined by the drawing layout, and can be set manually or automatically based on a group of available sizes. B. Templates. These are used to create objects on drawings that have a static location, such as BOM’s, title blocks, calloffs, stamps and more. Template objects cannot be edited directly and are populated based off of model information. Drawing Views

C. The drawing views are windows into the model space, showing different views of the assembly or parts. Each view has its own scale and properties to control its appearance. Drawing Objects

D. Drawing objects are the individual items such as marks and dimensions. Model parts in the views are also considered drawing objects. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Introduction to drawings › Drawing contents

These drawing elements are tied to the three drawing levels that were covered in Chapter 5.

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Edit Drawing L evel

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Double-click in open space on the drawing to open theAssembly Drawing Properties dialog box.

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Click the Dimension button.

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Go to the Ap pearanc e tab.

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Change the color of the dimension text to Blue and click Modify .

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Click OK to apply the dimension properties and close the dialog box.

This is a drawing-level change, so notice how the dimension text color changes in every view.

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Next click on the Part button in the Ass embl y drawing p rop erti es dialog box.

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Go to the Ap pearanc e tab.

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Change the visible lines color to Dark Green, and click Modify .

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Click OK to apply the part properties and close the dialog box.

Again notice how all the parts in all the views change color, because this is a drawing-level change. These changes can be saved for use when creating future brace drawings. 10. Click App ly in the main As sembl y dr awin g prop erti es dialog box. 11. Click Save to overwrite the BraceHSS_with_BOM setting with your modified properties.

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12. Click OK to close the drawing properties dialog. You could also save these settings with a unique name. This would retain the ability to use the default setting, but would require you to adjust the rule set values to use the new name if you wanted to use this setting when automatically creating drawings.

Saved drawing-level attributes are the only ones that can be applied during the creation of a new drawing. Any view or object attributes saved would need to be manually applied during the editing/cleanup process.

Edit View Level

Next we will edit one of the individual views. 1.

Double-click on the Section A-A view border.

Note when the section view is highlighted, the location where this section was cut off the main view is also highlighted.

A. Section marks indicating the direction the view is looking B. The cutting plane for the view. C. The view boundary defining the depth and overall size of the section view. The section view is ‘live’, so if you drag the cutting plane or the bounding box size or location, the section view will automatically update.

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All views have a boundary represented by a dashed frame that is visible when the view border is highlighted. This is the actual ‘window’ into the model and can be resized if necessary. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Editing drawings › Drawing views › Modifying drawing views › Resizing the drawing view boundary

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In the View Properties dialog box, change the scale to 6.

3.

Click Modify .

Notice only the one view changes its scale, rather than all the views on the sheet. We can also change the appearance of just this view. 4.

Click on the Part button in the View Properties dialog.

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Go to the Ap pearanc e tab.

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Change the visible lines color back to Yellow and clickModify .

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Click OK in the View Part Properties dialog to apply the properties and close the dialog box. If you do not have a view border actively highlighted, the Modify button will be grayed out in any dialog related to views because Tekla Structures does not know which view to change. Highlight a view border to enable the Modify button.

Again notice that only the objects inside this view change, not all the views on the drawing.

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Click App ly in the View Properties window, and type the nameBasicTrg_Section in the Save as field and click the Save as button.

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Click OK to close the dialog box.

Now if we needed to quickly apply these section settings to another view we can simply load the saved attribute. 10. Double-click on the Section B-B view border. 11. Select and Load the BasicTrg_Section attribute from the drop-down list at the top (even if it shows as the current settings, you may have to re-select it). 12. Click Modify , and then OK to close the dialog. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Drawing settings › View properties in drawings

Move the views

You cannot change the location of the view from the view properties window, but you can drag and drop to relocate it on the drawing sheet. 1.

If a section view is not currently selected, single-click on the view border to highlight one.

2.

Left-click and hold on the view border, and drag to a new location on the drawing.

3.

Release the mouse button to place the view.

4.

Repeat for the other section view.

Do not drag a window around a view to select it – you will also select everything inside of the view and when you try and move it all objects inside it will move twice that distance. Simply single-click on the view border. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Editing drawings › Drawing views › Modifying drawing views › Moving drawing views

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Edit Object Level

The third and final level is the Drawing Object level. This is where manual editing is done – moving, adding, and deleting marks and dimensions; also modifying individual object properties like object color or mark content. Move Marks

First let’s look at adjusting the location of marks. 1.

Select the mark for the connection plate at the left end of the main view.

The associative symbols indicate which drawing objects are associated to the model and will be updated if the model is changed. Click SHIFT+A in the keyboard to display/hide the associative symbols. 2.

Click and hold on the text of the mark or the handle on the leader closest to the mark and drag to change its location. Note how the leader maintains the location it is pointing.

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Click on the handle at the point of the leader, and drag it to change where the leader is pointing. Note that since it is tied to the plate, you cannot move it off the piece. If you move it to where the plate is hidden, the mark line turns dashed.

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Hold Shift while dragging to move the entire mark and leader at once. Click and drag on the middle handle of the leader to put a bend in the leader. Each time you do so, new middle handles will be created for each segment.

Edit mark content

The marks are associative and contain intelligent information about the objects they are associated with. You can edit the content of the marks to show different types of information. 1.

Double-click on the mark to open thePart Mark Properties dialog box. Each type of mark (part, bolt, etc) has its own dialog with its own available content that can be included in the mark.

In the mark properties box, you willinsee elementsThe on general the left column, withsome current elements in thedialog highlighted mark theavailable center column. tab controls settings regarding the appearance of the mark.

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The current elements are the part position (mark) and then whether it is NS or FS. This plate is centered in the HSS brace, so there was no NS or FS note created. We can manually add text for this plate to be centered. 2.

Select the Text option from the available elements and clickAd d .

3.

In the text field dialog, type (CTR’D) and click OK .

4.

Click Modify in the Part Mark Properties dialog box.

Note how it adds the new element next to the existing part mark. When you add new elements, they will all come in as a single row of text unless you add line breaks.

5.

Select the add line ( Combine Dimension Lines .

Practice moving dimensions until you are comfortable with how they react. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Editing drawings › Dimensions › Modifying dimensions

Create Y-dimension

There are several dimensioning tools on the Drawing Objects toolbar. We do not have room to cover all of them in detail in this manual, but one thing to note is that there are separate buttons for X and Y dimensions, similar to the measuring tools in the model space.

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1.

Click on the Create Y dimension icon.

2.

Confirm that the Snap to end points and Snap to geome try lines/points are both pressed down – snapping follows the same rules as in the model.

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Pick the corners of the plate to be dimensioned as shown in the next image.

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Move the cursor to where you want the dimension to appear and click the middle-mouse button to place it.

Note how the manually created dimensions have their own properties and do not necessarily match the properties that were set for the automatically created dimensions. 5.

Double-click on the new dimension and go to the Ap pearance tab.

6.

Change the color of the text to blue to match the other dimension text on the drawing.

7.

Click Modify , and OK to apply the properties for an y other manual dimensions we add. To create a string of dimensions, just keep clicking on the desired points before middle-mouse clicking on the location for the dimension to be created.

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Ad d t o ex is ti ng di men sion

We can also add to an existing dimension rather than creating a whole new string. 1.

Click and drag the dimensions in the main view to rearrange them so the hole-to-hole dimension is above the running dimension.

2.

Select the hole-to-hole dimension and thenright-click > Add dimension point .

3.

Click on the top corner of the connection plate, and a new dimension will be added to that string.

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Double-click on the Create weld symbol icon.

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Change the dialog so that both the above and below line options are for 3/16” a fi llet weld.

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Click OK to close the dialog box.

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Pick two points to place the weld symbol – first where the arrow on the leader should be located, and then where the weld mark should be placed.

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Create a second weld symbol for the plate on the underside of the brace. Right-click > Interrupt to finish.

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Select both welds, andright-cli ck > Merge .

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The welds get merged together into a single mark with two leaders. You can now adjust the leaders like you can with a part mark. 8.

With the merged weld selected, grab the middle handle of the leader going to the underside of the brace and drag it out so the leader is pointing in the correct direction.

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Close the drawing, make sure the box the Create snapshot of the drawing is checked and click Yes .

When you close a drawing that has been changed, Tekla Structures prompts you to save the drawing. Tekla will create a snapshot of the drawing at that time so you can quickly view what the drawing looks like without opening it. Simply highlight the drawing you want to view, and click on the Snapshots button at the bottom of the drawing list. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Finding and opening drawings › Creating and viewing drawing snapshots

This one brace drawing has now been edited at all three levels – drawing, view, and object. Out of these, the only changes that can be automatically applied to other drawings are the drawing level changes that we saved. If we wanted the rest of the brace drawings to have the same editing, we could repeat the manual editing to them one by one. However, changing the drawing properties to get as close as we can is a better solution because this method is more automatic and much quicker. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Editing drawings Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Introduction to dr awings › Basic principles of drawings › Three levels of modifying drawings

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In order to automate the creation of drawings as much as possible, you should try finding adequate predefined drawing properties to create the drawings with instead of editing them manually. Whenever there is a need to edit the drawings, you should first check if the result can be achieved by changing the drawing properties. As long as you can manage to create complete drawings by using predefined drawing properties, the creation and updating of the drawings will be more automatic. Ap pl y s aved dr awi ng set ting s to another sh eet

We will now use the drawing-level settings on a different brace drawing so we can see which changes will be made to it. 1.

Open the other HSS BRACE drawing for the 1000 series.

2.

Double-click in the background to open the Assembly drawing properties dialog box.

3.

Select and Load the BraceHSS_with_BOM settings.

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Click Modify .

Now, this one brace drawing has roughly the same appearance as the first brace drawing. The difference is that this is missing all of the manual work. This is why you should always try and get the highest level – the drawing properties – as close as you possibly can to your final desired output. 5.

Repeat the editing we did on attributes the previous – view scales, dimensions, and weld marks. Don’tthat forget to use wedrawing previously saved to make the changes.

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Freezing drawing s

You can select whether to allow Tekla Structures to update all associative objects on top of the drawing views. The geometry of the model is always updated, but freezing is used to stop the drawing intelligence (associativity) of drawing objects on top of the model views, and prevents them from being updated. For example, parts are updated, but dimensions, marks, views, and additional drawing objects are not. We will freeze the second brace drawing so we can see how it is affected differently. 1.

Click on the X in the upper right corner of the drawing to close it.

2.

Check on the option to freeze the drawing, and click Yes.

When you look in the drawing list a snowflake icon that this drawing is frozen.

appears in the drawing list to show

You can Freeze and Unfreeze drawings from the buttons on the right side of the drawing list.

Whenever you have manually edited the drawing you may want to select Disable automatic updating (Freeze) . This way you will systematically freeze edited drawings and only them. The geometry of the model always updates, but this switch is used to stop the drawing intelligence and prevents the drawings from being updated. For example, parts are updated, but dimensions, marks, views, and additional drawing objects are not. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Working with drawings › Freezing drawings › How freezing affects drawings

6.6 Changes in t he model We will now modify our model by changing the size of the plate in all gusset plate connections. Changes in the model will result in some of the drawings no longer being up-todate. To be able to open the drawings, you will need to run numbering and update them. We will study how updating affects the edited drawings. Updating will:

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Switch the flag on a frozen drawing to . This indicates that the drawing has been updated (also manual editing, such as extra marks or dimensions). Regenerate any drawings with the flag that are unfrozen, with the originally used drawing properties. The updating deletes all the manual editing (added dimensions, texts etc.). Update the quantities on a drawing with the flag.

Change th e model Change gusse t plate bolt s pacing

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Select below. one of the connections where the braces cross the column in the model – Shown

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Double-click on the connection cone to open the connection properties for editing.

3.

Check that Ignore other types is selected in the connection dialog box.

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On the Brace Bolts 1 tab page, change the extra width of the plate and bolt location as shown on the next image.

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On the Brace Bolts 2 tab page, change the extra width of the plate and bolt location as shown below.

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Select the (2) bracing components at column line 3 and clickModify .

Now the model has changed and some of the drawings are no longer up to date. To be able to open the drawings you need to run numbering and update them.

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It is not possible to open earlier revisions of the drawings. Due to the integration between drawings and the model a drawing that is not up-to-date cannot be opened. If you tried to open a drawing that was affected by this model change, you would get an error message.

The model numbering needs to be brought up to date. Be sure to check your settings before just clicking the button, since you may not be aware what they are currently set to. Run numbering

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Go to Drawings & Reports > Numbering > Numbering Settings

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Load 3_After_Creating_Drawings and click OK to apply the properties and close the dialog box.

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Select Drawing & Reports > Numbering > Number Modified Objects .

Update the D rawing s Once the numbering is carried out, the flags in the Drawing li st show all those affected drawings that need to be updated. Click Show All to see the full list so you can see all of the drawings that were affected, not just the HSS Braces. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Finding and opening drawings › Drawing status flags

There should be several flags that we see.

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This indicates that the parts or assembly have changed in some way.

This indicates that there are less of that part than previous – for example, the connection plates are now differently sized, so it could mean that simply the quantity was reduces somewhat, or that all of them are now different marks. You will not know until the drawing is updated.

Cloned is shown for new drawings that were created. When a part changes so that a combination is broken up, Tekla Structures will attempt to automatically make a new drawing using the same settings for the part(s) with new marks. Cloned drawings do not need to be updated; it is simply a flag to let you know they are new. There could be other types of flags depending on the changes you made, your numbering settings, or other factors. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Finding and opening drawings › Drawing status flags › How to read the drawing status information

You can switch to the up-to-date drawings by choosing that option or using the Invert button in the drawing list.

Update out-of-da te drawings

We can restrict the drawing list to only show those that are out-of-date.

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At the top there is a drop-down to choose a drawing set. Click this and choose Out of date drawings .

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Highlight all of the out-of-date drawings and click Update at the bottom of the drawing list.

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Drawings that have a modified date of 00/00/0000 will not have any flags after updating – essentially this means any drawing that you have not yet edited. If the quantity has changed, they will get a modified date even if you did not actually open and edit that drawing, so they will still have an ‘updated’ flag afterwards. 4.

Again filter for HSS in the search criteria to bring up the HSS BRACE drawings.

5.

Open the unfrozen drawing and notice that any dimensions affected by the change, those created automatically or those created manually, have been updated to reflect the changes.

There will also be magenta clouds shown around all the changes that were made. These are for your information only and will not print on the drawings. You can add clouds that do print manually using the Draw cloud tool. 6.

You can also remove all the magenta clouds by clicking on the remove symbols buttons.

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Open the frozen drawing, and notice that the dimensions have not been affected by the change. Marks have updated to show the new position, but will not move to follow the parts if they moved.

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This is good for keeping track of minor changes but then will require manual updating of all dimensions.

Remember to add a revision to drawings that have been updated or changed after you have released drawings for the contract.

Another way to avoid repetitive editing is to use cloning for similar items. This allows user to copy the dimension and editing from one item onto a similar item. This will be covered in a later chapter.

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General Arr ang ement Drawings

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Creating G eneral Arrang ement Drawings................................................... 1 Create an Anchor Bolt Plan ............... ............. ............. ............. .............. ..... 2 Create aSingle ViewGA Drawing............................................................. 1 3 Create a Multiple View GA Drawing .......................................................... 21 ModifyingGA Drawings............. ............. ............. ............. .............. ............ 27 Modify drawing prop erties............. .............. ............. ............. ............. ........28 Modify view properties ...................... .............. ............. ............. ............. .... 29 Drawing Objects............ .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ........... 33 Modify objectproperties............ ............. ............. .............. ............. ............ 33

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8 General Ar rang ement Drawings

In this lesson

We will introduce the creation of general arrangement drawings in Tekla Structures. We will also revisit the various levels of editing the drawings, and introduce some new editing tools and features. We will learn how to:    

Make 3D Views, Plans, and Elevations Create section views from existing drawing views Use Filters Add drawing objects

8.1 Creating General Arr angeme nt Drawin gs Tekla Structures can be used to create general arrangement (GA) drawings which are also known as Erection plans or E-Sheets. GA drawings can contain several views, which can include the whole model or any part of it. With the GA drawings you can create erection, foundation and other plans, as well as details from views in the model. You can create general arrangement drawings from one or several named model view(s) with the following options:   

Create one drawing for each selected view Add all selected views to one drawing Create an empty drawing

You can create an empty drawing and add named model views to the drawing in the Drawing Editor. The views must exist but they do not necessarily have to be open.

You cannot modify the appearance, such as the viewing angle, of model views while in the Drawing Editor. Therefore, check and modify the appearance of model views in the Model Editor before creating GA drawings. For example, check that the plan views are really 2D views, and rotate the rendered 3D views the way you want them to be shown in the drawing.

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You do not need to number the model or update numbering to create or open general arrangement drawings. However, the position numbers on drawing may not be up to date if the numbering is not up to date.

Create an An chor Bolt Plan The anchor bolt plan would typically be created as soon as the columns and anchor bolt components were modeled in order to speed the construction process along, but as we are just starting to learn about creating drawings in Tekla Structures, we will handle this now. To create an Anchor Plan: 1.

Open your BLDG 1 PLAN AT EL. 0” view. In this model, you have 2 plan views at El. 0’-0”, one for the first building and one for the second. We will be using the first building’s view because it is ‘square’ to the overall building footprint.

Tekla Structures selects the objects that are included in the anchor bolt plan based on the following default rules:   

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The part is a column or an almost vertical beam. The part is the main part of an assembly. A base plate is included in the assembly, and it is located lower than the main part. If there is more than one part in the column assembly that fulfills the rules, the lowest part of them is considered to be the base plate. Bolts are attached to the base plate. The assembly is cut by the view plane. The boundary box of the base plate in the xy-direction intersects the boundary box of the column.

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You don't need to have the view open in order to make the General Arrangement Drawing, but it does let you check that the result will be close to what you are expecting.

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Select the view and right-click > Fit Work Area to Entire Model . The work area directly reflects what will be included on your GA drawing. If the work area is fit to the entire model, your drawing will show the same. If the work area is reduced to only a portion of the model, then you will get a partial GA plan.

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Go to Drawing & Reports > Create Drawings to open the Master Drawing Catalog .

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Select the General arrangement drawings from the drop-down menu.

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Choose An cho r Plan (G), and click Create drawings .

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Select BLDG 1 PLAN AT EL. 0 ” .

At this point we could just select the drawing type and create the drawing, but in this instance, we first want to change the scale for the drawing. 7.

Click Drawing properties .

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Click View .

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Load the Scale_1I8 attribute. Notice how it changes the scale to 1/96.

10. Go to the An cho r bo lt plan tab, change Show as a nchor bol t plan to Yes , then set the scale for the enlarged views to48 (1/4” scale).

11. Ap ply the view properties and Save as Scale_1|8 – A B Pl an.

The Anc and Anc hor provide enlarged over the horPlan column locations to Plan_w-Details easier dimensionsettings the spread of the anchors.views

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12. Click OK in the General – View Prop erties dialog box to close the dialog box. 13. Click OK in the General arrangement d rawing properties dialog box to apply the drawing properties and close the dialog box. 14. Now check the Open drawing box, and click Create .

Your output may differ from what is shown above depending on how the view looked on the model when you created the drawing. Remember you can alter the drawing output automatically by adjusting the scale or other parameters to get exactly what you want to see. The An ch orPl an setting creates enlarged views over the column locations, but will not create detail views. All detail and section views will need to be created manually. The An ch orPl an_w-Detail s setting creates enlarged views over the column locations and also creates detail views of the different base plates. Any elevation views of the base plate details need to be created manually. The An ch orPl an_Manuall y setting does not create enlarged views over the column locations or create detail views. All enlarged columns views, detail views, and section views will need to be created manually. This setting has the “Show as Anchor Bolt Plan” option set to “No” so the parts visible follow the rules of typical GA drawings, not the rules discussed earlier.

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Create Enl arged Detail View at Grid B /1 and C/1

We can see that the enlarged views for the columns at B/1 and C/1 overlap because they are so close together. We need to manually create a single view for both columns to make it readable. 1.

Delete the 2 enlarged column views at B/1 and C/1.

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Select the hidden columns at B/1 and C/1 then right click > Hide/Show > S how in Drawing View .

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Go to View > Create Drawing View > Detail View .

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Create a view using the following steps: a.

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Pick a point between column grids B/1 and C/1 for the center of the detail view. Pick a point to draw a circle that is large enough to include both columns.

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Click to place the location for the detail call-off text.

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Finally click to place the enlarged view above the titleblock.

When the view is placed, it will create a detail circle and mark over the two columns.

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Right-click > interrupt

to close the command.

Select the detail circle and you will see a magenta dashed box – this is the visible view area. If it does not completely surround both columns, drag one of the handles at the corners to make it larger. 6.

Double click on the gray border of the new view to open the view properties dialog box.

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Load the AB_B lo wup attribute and change the scale to 1/48.

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This modifies the view to match the scale and appearance of the other enlarged views on the sheet. 9.

Click on the Grid properties button in the View Properties dialog box.

10. Change the option at the top to Visible .

11. Turn on the grid labels at the top and left of the grid. 12. Change the grid label text height to 1/8” .

13. Click Modify . 14. Ap ply the grid properties and save as BasicTrg_Grid .

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15. Click OK to close the View Grid Properties dialog box. 16. Ap ply the vi ew proper ti es and s ave as Basic Trg_AB_Bl owu p.

17. Click OK to close th e view properties dialog box. There are still some more adjustments that need to be made to this view, but we can no longer make them in the view properties. We will make the rest of the changes on the object level. 18. Double click on the grid for Phase 1, on the W16X50 column. 19. Change the label to be on the left and the bottom and click Modify .

20. To adjust the grid lines with finer detail, switch to Select grid li nes in drawings .

21. Now you can grab the individual lines and use their handles to stretch or shrink as desired. 22. Switch back to Select all when done.

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23. Go to Dimensioning > Ad d free dimension . 24. At the column on C/1, pick on the lower left bolt, then the center of column, and finally the lower right bolt. Place the dimension with a middle mouse click above the column. When adding a free dimension, the first and last point clicked set the angle of the dimension string.

25. Repeat this process to dimension the anchor bolts in relation to column line C.

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26. Next 27. go to Dimensioning > Add vertical dimension . 28. Add a vertical dimension between column B/1 and C/1 as well as the anchor bolts at B/1.

29. Go to Dimensioning > Add horizontal dimension . 30. Add a horizontal dimension for the anchor bolts at B/1.

Clean up main view

There are a few more items we can clean up in the main view. If you look at grid intersections A/2 and A/4, you can see there are what appear to be extra marks added.

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The reason for this is that these are Component marks – they will show up for any components or green cones down near the foundation in this drawing. At those columns there are HSS brace connections coming in to the column near the base. Tekla picks these up as well as the base plate components. 1.

Select the marks that do not include the Anchor bolt information and right-click > Delete .

The grid for building 1 as the grid labels at the top, which are inside of building 2 and hard to read. 1.

Double-click on the building 1 grid.

2.

Change the checked options to move the label from the top to the bottom of the grid.

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Click Modify .

4.

Delete the existing string of dimensions along grid line B.

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Activate the Add horizontal dimension tool, and starting from grid line 1, pick each grid line down to line 7. Place it with a middle-mouse click.

The default dimension settings will combine similar values. This can be changed to show individual grid dimensions.

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Double-click on the new dimension line to open the properties. Change the Combine equal dimensions setting to Off .

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Click Modify .

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Close and save the Anchor bolt plan.

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Create a Single View GA Drawing 1.

Open the BLDG 1 PLAN AT EL. 24'-0" view.

(You may need to right click > Fit Work Area to Entire Mode l. )

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Right click in the background of the view and selectCreate General Arrang ement Drawing .

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Highlight BLDG 1 PLAN AT EL. 24'-0" , and click Drawing p roperties …

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Load the Plan attribute and change Title 1 to PLAN @ ELEV. 24’-0” .

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Click View and Load the Scale_1I8 attribute to change the scale to 1/96.

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Click OK on the General – View Properties dialog box to apply the view properties and close the dialog box.

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Click OK on the General arrangement d rawing properties dialog box to apply the drawing properties and close the dialog box.

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Check the Open Drawing box, and click Create

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Notice how the pour stop angle on column line 1 looks different than the angle on column line 7. This is due to the reference lines (handles) being at different locations in the model. Keep this in mind when modeling parts in the future. Ad d J oi st Spac in g

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Double click in the background of the drawing to open the drawing properties dialog box.

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Click on the Dimensioning button.

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Go to the Parts tab and click on Add Rule.

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Set the Object Group to Steel_Joist .

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Set the Positioning to Outside grid.

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Set the Horizontal P ositio n and Vertical Position to Distributed to both sides .

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Ap ply the dimensioning properties and save as BasicTrg_Joist_Spacing .

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Click Modify , and then OK to close the dialog.

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Create Section for Perimeter Angle

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Go to View > Create Drawing View > Section View .

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Pick a point to the left of column line 1, between C and D.

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Right cli ck > Perpe ndic ular and then pick the perpendicular snap along column line 1.

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Pick a point beyond the joist to determine the view depth down of the section view.

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Pick a point beyond the end of the joist to determine the width and view depth up of the section view.

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Locate the section view on the right side of the drawing above the titleblock.

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Double click on the gray view border to open theView Properties .

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Load the Sectcut attribute and click Modify .

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Click on Grid in the View Properties dialog box.

10. Load the BasicTrg_Grid attribute and clickModify .

11. Click OK in the View Grid Properties dialog box to apply the grid properties and close the dialog box. 12. Click App ly in the View Properties dialog box and Save as BasicTrg_GA_Section .

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Depending on where the section was cut, you may see the El. 24’-0” grid as shown in the above image. If you do, follow the next steps. If the section was cut further away from the Phase 1 building and this gridline is not visible, skip ahead to modifying the section cut symbol. 13. Turn on the Select grid l ines in drawing selection button. 14. Select the grid line at EL. 24’-0” thenright clic k > Hide/Show > Hide from Drawing View .

15. Switch back to Select All when done.

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Modify Section Cut Symbol

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Double click on the section cut symbol to open theSection symbol properties .

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Change the Section name to 1 and click Modify .

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3/8" and click Modify . Change the location of the section symbol from the cutting line to

4.

Go to the Section mark tab.

5.

Change the Right Symbol to None and click Modify .

6.

Ap ply the properties and Save as GA_Section .

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Create Section for Bent Plates

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Go to View > Create Drawing View > Section View .

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Following the same steps we used earlier, pick points near column line F to determine the

3.

cutting line, view depth down, and view depth up. Place the new section near the Section 1 that we created earlier.

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Double click on the gray view border to open theView Properties .

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Double click on the section symbol and change theSection name to 2.

Ad d Sect io n Cu t Sy mbol s

When you have sections that can be applied to multiple locations around the plan, you can create section symbols without creating new views. 1.

Go to An not ati ng > Add Sectio n Mark .

2.

Pick a point outside of column line 7 for the srcin of the cutting line.

3.

Pick the perpendicular snap along column line 7.

4.

If needed, double click on the section mark and change theSection name to 1 and click Modify .

5.

Repeat this process to create section symbols along column line C. (Section name = 2)

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Close and save the drawing.

Create a Multip le View GA Drawin g We will now repeat almost exactly the same process in order to make a GA drawing with multiple views.

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Open the 3d, BLDG 1 ELEVATION ON GRID 4 and BLDG 1 ELEVATION ON GRID A views from the Views list.

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Rotate the 3d view how you want it to appear on the GA drawing.

3.

Switch to the BLDG 1 EL EVATION ON GRID 4 view and make sure that only the steel from Building 1 is visible by going to View > F it Work Area > U sing Two Points .

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Draw a box around the Building 1 framing by picking 2 points.

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Switch to the BLDG 1 ELEVATION ON GRID A view and right click > Fit Work Area to Entire Model.

It is a good idea to run numberingDrawing & Reports > Numbering > Number Modified Objects to make sure your part marks are up to date before making GA drawings.

6.

Right click in the background of one of the views and selectCreate General Arrang ement Draw in g .

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Highlight 3d, BLDG 1 EL EVATION ON GRID 4 and BLDG 1 ELEVATION ON GRID A and make sure the All selected v iews to on e drawing option is selected.

You can select multiple views (or toggle the selection) in the dialog box above by holding down the Ctrl key and picking each view separately. GA drawing views are automatically labeled with the current model view name. With the One drawing per view option you can select all the plan views in the dialog box and create separate drawings with predefined drawing properties all at once.

Define drawing properties

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Click the Drawing properties... button to open the General arrangement drawing properties dialog box.

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Give the drawing a distinctive Name of3D and in the Title 1 field, put STEEL FRAME.

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Click the View... button to open the General – View Prop erties dialog box.

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On the Attri butes tab, change the drawing scale to 1/120 and click OK to apply the scale and close the dialog box.

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Now click the Filter button in the General arrangement drawing properties and complete the filter rows as shown below.

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Click OK to apply the filter properties and close the dialog box.

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Click App ly in the General arrangement drawing properties dialog and Save as Steel_Frame .

Drawing property files Steel_Frame.gd, Steel_Frame.gd.filter,and Steel_Frame.gd.more are created in the …\Basic Training YourName\attributes folder.

9.

Click OK to close the dialog box.

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Create and open the GA drawing

To create and open the GA drawing:

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Select the Open drawing checkbox in the Create general arrangement drawing dialog box to have Tekla Structures automatically open the drawing.

2.

Click Create .

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Check that the created GA drawing is as shown below.

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All of the views in the GA drawing will be created according to the same GA drawing properties you applied. If some views need different properties, you have to modify the view properties afterwards in the Drawing Editor.

You can first define the GA drawing properties by selecting Drawing & Reports > Drawing Settings > General arrangement drawing... from the menu, and then load and apply the desired properties. After that, open the Create general arr angement drawing dialog box to create the GA drawing with the selected

views.

8.2 Modify ing GA Dra wing s You can edit drawings in the Drawing Editor on three levels:   

Drawing properties View properties Object properties

For more information about the drawing properties and different drawing levels, see the following Tekla User Assistance pages: Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Introduction to d rawings › Basic principles of drawings › Three levels of modifying drawings Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › M odifying automatic drawing settings › Drawing properties

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Modify drawing properties At the highest level, you can change the drawing properties which affect all of the objects in the drawing. Modify part's color on drawing l

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With the 3D drawing open, selectDrawing File > Drawing Properties... on the menu or double-click on the drawing to open theGeneral arrangement drawing properties dialog box.

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Click the Part... button to open theGeneral - part properties dialog box.

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Uncheck the boxes for Center line and Hidden lines and click Modify .

4.

Go to the Ap pearanc e tab and change the Color of Visible lines to dark green and click Modify .

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Click OK to apply the part properties and close the dialog box.

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Ap ply the drawing properties and Save the Steel_Frame attribute.

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Whenever possible, you should modify drawings by changing the drawing properties. The drawing level settings can be saved and applied to easily create another drawing with the same settings.

You can toggle the appearance of the drawing between black and white, grayscale, and colored by going toTools > Options > Drawing Color Mode or by pressing B on the keyboard.

Modify view properties The second level is to edit the view level, where you modify the selected drawing view. Change pa rt mark con tent

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Double click on the gray border of the3d view to open the View Properties .

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Click the Part m ark… button to open the View Part Mark Properties dialog box.

3.

Load the No_Part_Mark attribute and click Modify .

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Click OK to apply the part mark properties and close the dialog box.

Hide the Grid

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Click the Grid… button to open the View Grid Properties dialog box.

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Set the grid to be Not visible and click Modify .

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Change Part Representation

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Click the Part… button to open the View Part Properties dialog box.

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Change the Part representation to be Outline and click Modify .

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Click OK to apply the part properties and close the dialog box.

Change bolt pro perties

4.

Click the Bolt… button to open the View Bolt properties dialog box.

5.

On the Content tab set the Solid/Symbol to exact solid and click Modify.

6.

Click OK to apply the bolt properties and close the dialog box.

The bolts will now appear as actual bolts in the drawing view, but the hidden bolts are also visible which can be confusing.

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Hide hidde n b olts from drawing views

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Go to Tools > Options > Advance Op tion s > Drawing Properties following options to FALSE.

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Click App ly and OK.

and change the

These Advanced Options will affect the visibility of hidden bolts in ALL GA drawings. The new setting will not be applied until we modify the bolt properties again. 9.

Double-click on the border around the 3d view to open the View properties dialog box.

10. Click the Bolt… button to open the View Bolt properties dialog box. 11. On the content tab, change the visibility of bolts in main parts to Not visible and click Modify .

12. Change the visibility of bolts in main parts back to Visible and click Modify again.

13. Click OK to apply the bolt properties and close the dialog box. The 3d View will now look much cleaner.

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14. Ap ply the view properties and save as BasicTrg_3d_View .

We will now follow the same basic steps to modify the elevation views.

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Double click on the gray border around theBL DG 1 ELEVATION ON GRID 4 view to open the View Properties dialog box.

2.

Change the scale to 1/96 and click Modify .

3.

Click on the Grid... button to open the View Grid Properties dialog box.

4.

Select and Load the BasicTrg_Grid attribute and click Modify .

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Click OK to apply the grid properties and close the dialog box.

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Click on the Part mark... button to open the View Part Mark Properti es dialog box.

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On the General tab, change the visibility to always and click Modify .

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Change the Parts out of view plane to Not visible and click Modify .

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Click OK to apply the part mark properties and close the dialog box.

10. Ap ply the view properties and save as BasicTrg_Elev_View .

Now let’s modify the BLDG 1 ELEVATION ON GRID A view to match the BLDG 1 ELEVATION ON GRID 4 view. 1.

Double click on the gray border around theBL DG 1 ELEVATION ON GRID A view to open the View Properties dialog box.

2.

Load the BasicTrg_Elev_View attribute and click Modify .

8.3 Drawing Objects In Tekla Structures, the term drawing object refers to lines, rectangles, arcs, circles, polylines, polygons, clouds, symbols, text, DWG/DXF files, marks and dimensions.

Modify object pro pertie s The third and lowest level is to edit at the object level, where you change individual objects in the drawing. Modify Vertical HSS Braces

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In the BLDG 1 ELEVATION ON GRID A view, double-click on one of the vertical HSS diagonal braces to open theDrawing part properties dialog box.

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On the Content tab, check on the options to show hidden lines and own hidden lines.

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Select the other 3 vertical braces by holding downCtrl or Shift .

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Click Modify and OK.

Create text

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Hold down the Shift key and go to An notati ng > Ad d Text > Text to open the Text properties dialog box.

2.

In the Text field, type in a note for the erector to add to the drawing.

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Turn on the option to add a frame around the text field.

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Click OK to apply the properties and close the dialog box.

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Locate the text note near the vertical braces in the BLDG 1 ELEVATION ON GRID A view.

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Create Associative Note

If you need to add a note on the drawing that includes information from the model such as profile, material, bolt grade, etc., you do not want to use text. There is another tool called Associative Notes that will automatically update when a part in the model is modified. 1.

Hold down the Shift key and go to Ann otatin g > Add Ass oci ativ e Note > With L eader to open the Ass oci ativ e Note Properties dialog box.

2.

Change the content type to Bolt .

3.

Remove the Size field by selecting it in the Elements in mark window and clicking on Remove .

4.

Select Numbe r of Bolts from the Av ailabl e elements window and click Add .

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Select Full Name from the Avai labl e elements window and click Add .

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Select Text from the Availab le elements window and click Ad d . When prompted, type “(“ and click OK.

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Select Text from the Availab le elements window and click Ad d . When prompted, type “)” and click OK.

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Select the “(“ text field in the Elements i n mark window and click the Move Up button until it is above the > field.

9.

Select the “)“ text field in the Elements in mark window and click the Move Up button until it is below the > field and above the > field.

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10. Ap ply these properties and Save as BasicTrg_Bolt_Mark .

11. Click OK to close the dialog box. 12. Select one of the bolts connecting the vertical bracing in the BLDG 1 ELEVATION ON GRID A view.

Associative notes are adaptive and will change depending on which object you clicked on. Using them you can build ‘typical’ notes that will change the pertinent information based on the model.

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Drawi ng Manag ement

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Drawi ng Managem ent .......................................................................1 9.1

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9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6

Controlling Draw ing Revisio ns............. ............. ............. .............. ............. ...1 Make cha nges to the model ............. ............. ............. .............. ............. ....... 2 Fabrication Drawings ................ .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. .2 General Arrange mentDrawings ..................................................................9 Modify revisio n inform ation............ ............. ............. ............. .............. ....... 10 Show revision information in a report ........................................................ 10 Creating Ob ject Leve l Settings ................. ............. ............. ............. .......... 12 Define the general prop erties for llaparts................................................. 12 Modify a drawing using Object level settings ............................................ 15 Cloning Drawings............ ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ......... 18 Adding a logo to a drawing template.........................................................20 Creating Bas ic Templates ........................ .............. ............. ............. ..........22 Adding Templates to Layouts....................................................................30

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9 Drawi ng Management

In this lesson

In this chapter we will learn further drawing editing and customization tools. Tekla Structures contains a vast array of facilities that allow the user to effectively handle changes to a contract after the drawings have been issued. There are also a collection of tools that allow complete customization of how the drawings look. These topics are covered in more depth during advanced training, but we can introduce them here and learn some basic functionality. We will introduce:     

How to handle revisions from assembly through general arrangement drawings Creating Object Level Settings Cloning, as an effective way to minimize repetitive editing How to add a logo to a default template How to make a template and add it to a drawing layout

9.1 Contro llin g Drawing R evis ions Now we will cover the revision handling features of Tekla Structures. When the model changes:  

You have to update or revise drawings Attach revision information to the drawings

Tekla Structures displays the revision information alongside the revision number or the mark in the drawing list and in the revision table within the drawings. The revision table also shows the revision date. You can create a list of revisions in a report. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Working with drawings › Revising drawings

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Make changes to the mod el 1.

Modify the model by changing the profile of the columns on gridlineA/7 and B/7 from W16X50 to W16X67.

Number the model

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Select Drawing & Reports > Numbering > Numbering Settings 3_After_Creating_Drawings setting.

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Click OK to apply the properties and close the dialog box.

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Select Drawing & Reports > Numbering > Number Modified Objects.

Fabrication Drawings Revise modifi ed Asse mbly d rawings

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Open the drawing list and note the flagged drawings.

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You may have some marked as Parts modified, Quantity Decreased, some as Linked drawing changed, and some marked Cloned. 2.

Use the drawing set drop-down to restrict the list to only show Out of date drawings .

The drawing list shows assembly (A) and multi-drawings (M) being flagged, but not general arrangement drawings. GA drawings will reflect the changes in the model automatically, but because they are not affected by the numbering change they do not get a flag. Now is a good time to mark the drawings as revised. 3.

Highlight the drawings shown and click the Revision button in the lower right.

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This opens the Revision Handling dialog box. 4.

Make the changes shown in the next image and clickCreate . Use your initials for Created by .

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Save this revision information as BasicTrg_Rev1 . Make sure you click Create when making new revisions, the Modify button will update an existing revision.

Each revision created gets added to the drop-down in the upper right of the dialog box. You can then go through these old revisions to see their dates and text.

It is a good idea to add the revision before updating the drawing to make sure that you catch every drawing that is altered. The modified flag will disappear after you open and save the drawing.

The current revision is now listed for each drawing in the drawing list. 6.

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Close the Revisio n Handling dialog by clicking Cancel or the X in the top corner.

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Several drawings can share the same revision mark, date, and information. To attach the same revision information to several drawings simultaneously, make sure that you do not have a drawing open, select multiple drawings from the drawing list, and then create the revision. If you update the multi-drawings it will also automatically update the assembly drawings at the same time. It is usually a good idea, however, to review the assembly drawings first. 7.

Open the first Parts modified assembly drawing in the list.

Notice how some of the dimensions or marks have magenta clouds around them. These have been updated automatically and the clouds are there to show you that something has changed. They do not print, and are only temporary. Note re visio ns on drawing

Next we will create clouds and revision marks on the changes. 1.

Click on Draw cl oud on the Drawing Objects toolbar.

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Click points (at least 3) around the area you want to cloud, and finish with a middlemouse click.

For smaller clouds, you can use the Draw Polygon command, and then double-click on it and add a ‘Bulge factor’ to create a bubble.

Once you have all the desired permanent clouds drawn in, you can remove the temporary ones. 3.

Click on the Remove all dimensio n change symbols button to remove the magenta clouds.

Tekla can add revision marks that are linked to the revision information we added in the drawing list.

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Select An no tati ng > Add Revi sion Mark > Arro w o n Left .

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Select the first revision from the drop down in the upper right of the Revision m ark properties dialog box, and click App ly .

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Click to place the mark to the right of one of the clouds.

You can use text to add a more traditional triangle revision mark, but it will not contain information about the revision.

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Close and save the drawing.

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Quantity changes that affect the call-off template at the bottom will not create any change clouds – the only notification you will get is from the drawing list before you update/open the sheet.

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Use the Draw cloud tool and create a revision mark around the call-off at the bottom of the drawing.

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Close and Save the drawing. If you are working with only assembly drawings, where the BOM and Title Block are on the sheet, you could stop here. If you are working with multidrawings, however, they need to be updated as well.

Revise Multi -drawing s

Open the first multidrawing flaggedLinked drawing changed. We could have updated this at the same time as the assembly drawings, as a group, justassemblies. would have been flagged again as soon as any changes were made tobut thethey linked

Note that clouds and revision marks added to the assembly drawings automatically are shown on the multi drawing. If you wanted the BOM to get Revision marks or clouds, they would have to be created here on this drawing. 1.

Add a revision mark next to the assembly that had the quantity change.

The drawing also reflects the current revision near the title block.

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By default the drawings only show the latest revision. They can be modified to show all the revision history by going to the project properties back in the model, under User-defined attributes, on the Drawing Switches tab. Change the option for stacked revision list to Yes, and this will affect all drawings automatically.

General Arrangement Drawings Select the GA drawings set from the Drawing Lis t .

Open the E1 drawing – PLAN @ ELEV. 24’-0” . Notice how the columns changed automatically and were updated on the drawing. They are also shown with a magenta cloud.

Also, note that the beam is highlighted above too. This is because it may have been the same as the other beams on grids 5 and 6 before we changed the column depth causing these beams to get slightly shorter. Ad d r evi si on

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With the drawing list open, highlight the E1 general arrangement drawing and click the Revision button.

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Load the BasicTrg_Rev1 saved attribute and click Create .

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Use what we have already learned to add clouds and revision marks to the changed objects.

Modify revision in forma tion To modify the revision information of an existing revision mark you can use the Revision button or right-click on the drawing in the Drawing Li st to select the Revision option.

Revision information can be modified or deleted – but you can only delete the last revision in the list. When you delete a revision, Tekla Structures automatically adjusts the remaining revision numbers for that drawing.

Show revision information in a rep ort The report 551 Drawing Revision li st shows the revision dates and revision information of drawings. For more information about reports see Chapter 4 – Numbering and Reports . Show revision information in report

To create a report containing the revision information: 1. 2.

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Click the Create from all button.

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Check that the revisions are shown correctly in the report 551 Drawing Revision li st.xsr

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9.2 Creating Obj ect Level S ettings There are always situations where you might like to customize how one item looks on your drawings without affecting everything else. A typical example of this would be how purlins are shown on roof plans. To do this in Tekla, users have a number of options, but the most obvious would be to highlight each purlin on the drawing and change its Part representation to a phantom line. This is very time consuming and will be overwritten if the drawing has to be remade. It also means that this work would have to be repeated again on every other plan drawing. A better way is to group those items and then apply a rule ( Detailed object level settings) to how you would like these to be handled, then to tell the program exactly how you would like to handle these items. This means that even if the drawing is recreated, the settings will be remembered and the drawing will modify automatically. You can also take these rules to subsequent contracts or store them in your company-wide Firm Folder so that the rule only has to be created once.

Define the general properties fo r all parts Create the drawing

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Use the tools you learned in the previous chapter to create a plan drawing for the Building 2 roof, using thestandard setting for the GA drawing. Give it the name E2, and put BL DG 2 ROOF FRAMING PLAN in the Title 1 field. Since the roof here slopes, make sure that the view depth is deep enough to see all the purlins and horizontal HSS braces.

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If you want to hide the silos from the drawing, you can use filters or simply select the view to see the work area dashed box. Drag the corners of the work area to exclude the silos from the view.

All of the parts shown are represented in their actual shapes; nothing has been converted to solid lines for plans. First, the overall drawing properties should be set for the majority of the parts. For most of the parts in a roof plan, we would want them to be shown as a single solid line. Set ov erall properties

Change the appearance of all of the parts to symbol. 1.

Double-click in the drawing background to open theGeneral arrangement drawing properties dialog box.

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Click on the Part button and change the representation to Symbol , and the offset to 4” .

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Also turn off the center lines.

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Click Modify.

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Click OK to apply the part properties and close the General – Part Properties dialog box. The symbol offset controls the visible setback from the end of the line that represents the beam object to the actual handle – so it is easier to see where one part ends and another begins.

All of the beams, purlins, and horizontal braces should now have the appearance of a single solid line. Next hide the bolts and secondary (connection) parts. 6.

Click on the Bolt button and change the visibility to Not visible .

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Click Modify.

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Click OK to apply the bolt properties and close the General - Bolt Properties dialog box.

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Click on the Filter button and add a row as shown in the n ext image.

10. Click Modify. 11. Click OK to apply the filter properties and close the General – Filter Properties dialog box. More could be done, such as setting up the part marks for the entire drawing, but we will leave these as is for this lesson and move on to creating custom settings for groups of objects.

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Modify a drawing using Object level settings First, we will change the way purlins are displayed. Create and use Detailed Object Level settings by following a simple 4 step process.   

Group the items you want to handle differently using a filter (purlins) Define the settings that you want to apply to those groups on the sheet Create Object level settings During the following steps, it is important that you DO NOT click OK, Ap ply or Modify in the dialog boxes unless specifically instructed to do so. This would affect the overall drawing, and we are only trying to affect specific parts.

Group the items

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In the General arrangement drawing properties dialog box, click on the Filter button.

You do not want to affect the overall drawing filter; we are building one to teach the drawing how to find purlins. 2.

Click New filter .

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Click Ad d row and d efine the settings as shown below.

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Save the filter as BasicTrg_Purlin_Filter . Exit by clicking Cancel or X. DO NOT click Modify, Apply, or OK.

In filters you can add an asterisk to the term as a wildcard allowing everything that contains a word to be grouped. Home › Instructions › Basics of Tekla Structures › Filtering objects › Possible values in filtering › Wildcards

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Define the setting s

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Click the Part button and go to the Ap pearance tab.

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Make the changes shown below. DO NOT click Modify, Apply, or OK.

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Save these settings as Purlin_Part . Click Cancel or X to close the General – Part Properties dialog box. Again,DO NOT click Modify, Apply, or OK .

Create the Object level settings

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dialog box, clickEdit Settings .

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Click Ad d Row .

The first column is where you choose the group of parts to show differently than the drawing properties. Use the drawing filters to affect the different types of objects. 3.

Select BasicTrg_Purlin_Filter from the list (if not already shown).

The second column is theDrawing obj ect type . This is the name of the button from the drawing properties dialog box that controls what we are trying to change. 4.

Set this to Part .

The third column is for the pre-saved settings that we defined under the button on the drawing properties dialog box. 5.

Select Purlin_Part from the list.

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Click Modify and the purlins will change color and linetype.

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Click App ly in the General arrangement drawing properties

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Save the drawing properties as BasicTrg_Plan .

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Object level settings can be created at the view level as well as the drawing level that we just went through. This way, different views can appear different but each is intelligently applying the appearance settings.

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9.3 Cloni ng Dra wing s Another way to minimize the amount of cleanup required on drawings is to use cloning. Cloning is exactly as its name suggests where a master drawing is set up, and similar drawings are cloned from it. This is particularly useful when you have repetitive dimensioning required on a number of similar items. When we first created the assembly drawings we saved drawing settings and applied them to another sheet, but we had to recreate all of the manual editing that was done. Instead we can clone that editing to another sheet. 1.

Search for the HSS brace assembly drawings in the drawing list.

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Open the first edited HSS brace drawing and take note of the added dimensions, weld

symbols and modified section views.

These are the types of things we don’t want to have to recreate on similar drawings. 3.

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Highlight the second 1000 series HSS brace assembly drawing (the one we froze) and click Select objects to highlight them in the model.

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Click Delete in the drawing list to delete the highlighted drawing.

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Highlight the first edited drawing, and with both it and the braces selected in the model, click the Clone button.

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A new dialog box will open, asking what items you want to clone from the master drawing. Make sure all of the options are set to Clone.

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Click Clone Selected .

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Notice that the drawing list now shows the new cloned drawings.

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10. And if you open one of these, the editing made already will be shown.

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Cloning may not always create perfect duplicates and some minor additional cleanup may be required. Always be sure to review the cloned drawings for accuracy.

9.4 Adding a logo to a drawing template Most users will probably want to customize their standard drawing templates to show their company information and logo automatically. This is covered in detail during the advanced training course, and there is further help on the subject available to users on the extranet. However, this chapter outlines a simple method of quickly and easily adding information to the standard drawing templates. In this example, we will add the Tekla logo to the drawing, but users can add any DWG/DXF or image file of their choice. Drawing borders consist of a set of rules called Layouts that are made up of a collection of Templates which call information from the model and the program. Templates can be textual (for reports) or graphical (for drawings). For example, the Bill o f Materials on a drawing is a template. TheTitle Block is another template. The drawing border is created by adding and locating each of these templates in aLayout.

For more help see the Template Editor Help:

Contents › Introduction to Templates › W hat are templates? › Graphical Templates

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Open the template to be mod ified

We will open the template being used for General Arrangement drawings and add a logo to the Style 1 area. 1.

From the Model Editor, selectDrawings & Reports > Template Editor.. . From the Drawing Editor, selectTools > Template Editor…

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In the Template Editor, selectFile > Open and navigate to the … \Tekla Structures\20.0\Environments\usimp\template folder and select the TypeGM_TitleBlocks.tpl file. This path could be found under the C:\Program Data or C:\TeklaStructures directory, depending on how you installed the software.

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Click OK.

There are several different styles available to use, and these can be set up in File > Project Properties in the Model Editor. We will deal with Style 1 which is at the top of the list.

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Zoom in to the area where FabName -1 is shown.

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Select Insert > Picture...

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Select the tekla.jpg file, and then clickOK .

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Pick 2 points to define the top left and bottom right corners of the picture in the row.

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Pro ject Deliv erab les ..........................................................................1 10.1 Plotting Drawings.......................................................................................... 1 Making PDF Files............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ........... 3 10.2 Sharing Yo ur Entire Model............ ............. .............. ............. ............. ..........4 Exporting aTekla BIMsight model............ ............. ............. .............. ........... 4 Exporting aWeb View er Model: ........ .............. ............. ............. ............. ..... 6 10.3 Export CNC files............ .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. 7 Create NC Files............. ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ............. 8 Creating DX F format files............ ............. .............. ............. ............. .......... 10 10.4 Creating M IS files............ .............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ......... 11

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In this chapter we will learn about some of the export options available. We will discuss printing or plotting options. Also, we will look at ways to generate Computer Numerical Control (CNC) files for fabrication and Management Information System (MIS) data. You can also share the 3D model with members of the construction team who may not have Tekla Structures installed themselves. We will introduce:     

Printing your drawings Exporting the 3D model to Tekla BIMsight Exporting a 3D Web Viewer model Exporting CNC data Exporting MIS data such as KSS files

10.1 Plotti ng Dra wing s Tekla Structures plots drawings both to selected print devices and to files. Single drawings can be plotted from the Drawing Editor. Single or multiple drawings, when selected in the drawing list, can be plotted from the Model Editor. The following is just a general overview of plotting. There are no printers associated with Tekla Structures by default so this would need to be done before you can actually print. For more information on setting up printer instanced, see the Tekla User Assistance -Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Working with drawings › Printing drawings › Setting up printer instances in Printer Catalog

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Plot a single drawing

To plot a single drawing from the Drawing Editor: 1.

Open the drawing in the Drawing Editor.

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Select File > Print > Print Drawings to open the Print drawings dialog box, or click the Print drawings icon (Shift+P) on theDrawing Tool s toolbar.

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Select the print device (plotter) to be used and clickPrint .

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Plot multiple dr awings

To plot multiple drawings from the Model Editor: 1. Open the drawing list. 2.

Select at least two drawings in the drawing list.

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Click on the Print drawings icon (Shift+P) on the General toolbar.

4.

Select the print device to be used and clickPrint . If you select several print devices, Tekla Structures sends each drawing to the device with the smallest paper size, on which the drawing will fit.

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Exporting Drawing as Other F ormats

You can convert Tekla Structures drawings to many commonly used industry drawing formats like DXF, DWG, PLT or even PDF. Before you can do this you must install the printer or print driver in Windows then add the relevant printer to your Printers catalog in Tekla Structures. Home › Instructions › Drawing Guide › Working with drawings › Printing drawings › Setting up printer instances in Printer Catalog

Plot a drawing as a file

Plotting drawings as a file allows you to send drawings electronically for remote printing. To plot the drawing to a file:

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Open the drawing list in the Model Editor.

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Select the drawing or drawings in the list.

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Select File > Print > Print Drawings

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Select the type of output you would like and click the Browse button to specify the location the plot files are to go on your computer or type.\PlotFiles to have the program create a folder in your model folder labeledPlotFiles.

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(Shift+P).

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For Plotting to a file be sure to check the box forPrint to file .

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The Include revision mark to fil e name option allows users to di fferentiate between a file printed before revisions and the same file re-printed after a revision was made. It simply appends the revision mark to the name of the file it creates and saves on the computer. 

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If you do not enter a file name for the destination plot file, or you have chosen several drawings, Tekla Structures uses the drawing name(s) as file name(s). If you do not entermodel a folder name, Tekla Structures creates the file(s) in the current folder. You can also print a drawing to DWG using the Drawing Editor. Open the selected drawing and follow the above steps, starting at step 3. Tekla Structures does not distinguish between upper and lower case letters. For example, a dwg named A.1 overwrites a drawing named a.1.

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Maki ng PDF Files PDF Files are the open format employed by Adobe, and there is a free viewer available for download on the internet called Adobe Acrobat Reader. There are also a number of free or cheap PDF file maker programs that can be used in conjunction with Tekla Structures to enable sharing of your drawings with clients who may not have a license of Tekla Structures. Once you have chosen and installed a PDF making program, you can make and share PDF files. Many of these programs behave like an imaginary printer attached to your computer and instead of creating physical paper as output theyormake filesout that can beorsent electronically via email or written to the storage media evenPDF printed locally remotely.

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10.2 Shari ng Your Enti re Model It is also possible to share all sorts of information graphically with everyone involved in your contract regardless of whether they have Tekla Structures or not. Users can create a representation of the model in a format that can be viewed in a free collaboration software called Tekla BIMsight, or in Microsoft Internet Explorer which is already installed on every machine that is running any form of Microsoft.

Exporting a Tekla BIM sight model Tekla BIMsight is a freetheir tool for construction project collaboration. The entire construction workflow can combine models, check for clashes, and share information in the same BIM environment. Tekla BIMsight can be downloaded from http://www.teklabimsight.com. You do not need to own a license of Tekla Structures to use Tekla BIMsight, so anyone involved with the project can use it. To publish a Tekla BIMsight model:

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Select File > Publish to Tekla BIMs ight…

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Click Publish All in the dialog box that appears.

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There are several options to control what you want included with your model export. You can also publish just a small portion of the model by highlighting it and then using the Publish Selected option.

Tekla Structures creates a new folder inside the model folder called Tekla BIMsight Models and places a new .tbp file inside with the m odel name. If you have Tekla BIMsight installed on your computer it will now open. The model can be rotated, zoomed, and moved in a similar manner as if you would if you were running the full installation of Tekla Structures.

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This is an incredible way to quickly and easily share information about your model. In addition you can import files fromall other trades involved in the project and use this tool for conflict management. The supported file types are *.ifc, *.ifcXML, *.ifcZIP, *.dwg, *.dgn, and *.xml. Home › Instructions › Interoperability Guide › Tekla B IMsight

Expor ting a We b Viewer Model: Another quick option to share the model is through a Web Viewer. This will open in Internet Explorer on any Windows computer but only include limited data about the model.

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Select File > Publis h as a Web Page ...

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Click Publish in the dialog box that appears.

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Internet Explorer should now open on your computer. You may see a warning about an ActiveX control that has to be allowed to run.

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Click on the Allow blocked content button.

After a few moments the model will appear. The model can be rotated, zoomed, moved or flown through in the same manner as if you would if you were running the full installation of Tekla Structures. Users can also use the mouse to hover over items to highlight some extra information.

This is a great way to quickly and easily share information about your model. Progress can be tracked visually. Requests for information can be handled easily by highlighting affected items in the model in a different color prior to exporting as a web page. All sorts of information can be shared among those involved via this easy to use system. It is possible to create custom reports that will change the tooltips displayed in XML models. This is covered in our Advanced Training Class, or you can find information in the Tekla User Assistance.

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Create NC Files To create CNC files, there is an option to simply create all, but normally these would be created based on phase or some other grouping (floor, type, etc.). 1.

Open the Drawing Li st .

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Highlight the BEAM drawings in the list that were linked to multidrawings.

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Click Select objects to highlight them in the model.

With this method, we select not only the beams, but the connection material (plates, angles) that are associated with them. If you wanted to create CNC files for just specific parts, it might be better to use a selection filter rather than the drawing list. 4.

Go to Fil e > Expor t > Create NC Files .

Tekla is set up out of the box to give different types of parts slightly different settings. This mainly helps to break them up into separate destination folders. To make the CNC files for these different part types, make sure the Create boxes are checked at the beginning of each line.

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Click Create.

There will be a new folder calledNC_Files created in the m odel folder, with the CNC files inside. Depending on what you have selected in the model and in the NC Files dialog, there may be sub-folders inside as well for the different parts.

There are only a few settings that can be adjusted regarding the output of the CNC files, but these can be critical in getting the correct results depending on the type of equipment being used. Make sure to send a few sample files at first to verify the output from Tekla Structures is compatible. For help with the CNC settings, see the Tekla User Assistance website or contact your local Tekla Support for help. Home › Instructions › Interoperability Guide › NC files

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Creating DXF fo rmat fil es Sometimes you may need to provide DXF format files, for use with equipment such as plate burning tables. Tekla has a built-in converter to create the DXF files from the raw CNC text files. 1.

First, plate CNC files must be created using the method in the above section.

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Go to Tools > Macros to view the available macros.

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Highlight the Convert DSTV2DXF macro and click Run .

This opens a dialog to select the plate NC files.

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Navigate into the NC_Files folder, and then to the Plates folder inside.

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Select all the .NC1 files in the folder that you want to convert. Click Open .

You will get a pop-up asking if you want to check the converted files.

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Tekla has a basic built-in DXF viewer, but for now click No to skip this step. If you have a lot of files, this could take a while to scan through them all.

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Next you will get a prompt to open the folder that contains the DXF files. Click Yes to open the folder.

This opens the NC_dxf folder, also created inside the model folder, which now contains all the converted DXF files. 8.

Left-click in the model background to deselect all of the beams. For certain manufacturers, there may be specific settings in the DXF files for layers/colors of the lines. It is possible to customize the conversion of the files to contain the output you need, see the Tekla User Assistance for more help or contact your local Tekla Support.

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10.4 Creating MIS files Tekla Structures can also export files for different Management Information System (MIS) formats. 1.

Open the Drawing Li st .

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Select objects . Select the 1000 series column assembly drawings, and then click

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Select File > Export > MIS .

The Export MIS dialog will open, and you have options for several MIS types at the top.

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Select Fabtrol/KISS from the menu.

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Change the file name to Phase_1_Columns .

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Click Create s elected .

Inside the model folder there will be a new file created,Phase_1_Columns.kss. The extension is chosen automatically because of the Type we selected.

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The MIS exports contain simple text-based data, and there may be more up-todate ways to transfer information to your MIS system. Some have custom reports for exporting data, or even direct links with Tekla Structures. Contact your MIS software vendor for their recommended workflow.

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Reports

Tekla Structures also includes some reports for sending data to other systems such as FabTrol and EJE. 1. Open the Report dialog by going toDrawings & Reports > Create Report . 2.

Scroll down to the 400---Import-Export--- section. The FabTrol reports included with Tekla Structures are for FabTrol MRP v3.0 or newer. There are very specific workflows required when generating Reports for import into FabTrol, depending on what stage of the project you are at. See the FabTrol help for more details.

We recommend using the FabTrol reports instead of the MIS export for exporting FabTrol data. The FabTrol reports are available for the Steel Detailing role in the US imperial and US metric environments. If you do not use a suitable environment you may also contact your local support for the FabTrol files.

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