Tekla Structures

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• BIM (Building Information Modeling)
• CAD Computer-aided Design Systems
• IT Project Management

2021: Tekla Structures 2021

On March 17, 2021, Trimble announced the release of an updated version of the Tekla software solution for building information modeling (BIM) and structural design - Tekla Structures 2021. The updated version of Tekla still supports the interaction of project participants at all its stages, and the work processes are based on the data-driven approach.

According to the company, Tekla Structures 2021 introduces three types of subscriptions, which allows you to reduce the initial investments in the purchase of software. The updated version allows you to purchase exactly those subscriptions that are necessary for the tasks of projects, and therefore a balance is achieved between the needs of customers and investments in software.

With flexible subscription options, users can choose the right Tekla Structures license for their projects:

• Carbon: to view models and collaborate with project participants;
• Graphite: for conceptual modeling, release of BIM models and documentation based on general drawings;
• Diamond: for designing, detailing and manufacturing of building structures.

The updated version of Tekla Structures also contains features that optimize user interaction. Among the updated features of Tekla Structures 2021:

• Optimized change management with collision detection and cloning tools
• Ease of use with built-in product instructions and localization
• Simulations with optimized options for drawing and object handling and other enhancements for various tasks, including scaffold modeling
• Optimized compatibility for IFC and other formats, deeper integration with Trimble Connect collaboration platform, and ongoing Tekla Model Sharing updates

2020: Tekla Structures 2020

On March 11, 2020, Trimble announced the release of the next version of its Tekla software solution for building information modeling (BIM), construction design and steel structure production management - Tekla Structures 2020. Tekla software is the core of design and construction workflows based on free data transfer, technology models, and collaboration.

Tekla Structures 2020 provides enhancements and features to organize an efficient workflow and improve productivity, mobility, and interoperability between project departments, such as:

• Modeling complex shapes has become easier with enhancements to geometry
• More convenient, more productive and more control with detail reinforcement
• Quick and easy formwork modeling, improved detail of void elements
• Changes in working with drawings to speed up preparation and increase reliability of working documentation

The Tekla Structures 2020 maintenance contract now includes the Trimble Connect interaction platform (Business License), a cloud-based solution that allows project participants to share, verify, coordinate, and comment on data-filled building models, drawings, specifications, and other project information in real time throughout the life cycle of the project - from a laptop, personal computer, or mobile device.

With Trimble Connect, process BIM data can be used at the construction site, eliminating data fragmentation and improving project management and coordination at different points of contact. The functionality and interface enhancements are more consistent with the existing workflows in the project companies and make it easier to get started with Trimble Connect.

2019: Tekla Structures 2019

On March 13, 2019, Trimble introduced an updated version of the software for construction industry participants: Tekla Structures 2019.

According to the developer, Tekla Structures 2019 provides users with more manageability of workflows, thereby increasing the effectiveness of the team. Changes presented in Tekla Structures 2019:

• Improved tools for designing the geometry of curved structures (for example, plates and stairs) that improve performance and eliminate recycling

• Added features for automated drawing creation based on information from the BIM model and updates to export data for the production of reinforced concrete products minimize discrepancies between the project and the real object.
• The detail of reinforcement (for example, the possibility of its rounding during modeling) is improved, thereby ensuring high accuracy and efficiency in the preparation of design documentation for the performance of work during the construction of monolithic structures

• The Pour Unit has been improved to facilitate the creation of reliable and structured drawings with the distribution of concreting areas.

The updates also affected the tools for designing the formwork - in Tekla Structures 2019, the detailing of this element is higher, which, according to the developer, will positively affect the efficiency of the work.

Added Revit Export extension. As noted in Trimble, it provides more flexibility in working with.rvt files and allows you to create solutions at a given cost. This helps reduce costs and improve the speed of the project.

Trimble also introduced the Bridge Creator extension, which accelerates and simplifies workflows early in bridge design. It is part of the castomized software for bridge builders.

Updates affected the release of working documentation: in the presented version, the possibility of cloning annotations is available for faster and easier creation of typical drawings, the processing of different types of drawings has become more intelligent. Dimensional point snapping is also improved, allowing you to create drawings from BIM models of different complexity. Thanks to the expansion of the functionality of the Drawing Content Manager, it has become easier to comply with documentation standards, according to Trimble.

2018: Tekla Structures 2018

Trimble In March 2018, the company announced the release of updated versions software for design engineers, manufacturing construction and organizations: Tekla Structures 2018, and. Tekla Structural Designer 2018 Tekla Tedds 2018

The updated software improves the manageability of work processes and preparation of documentation at all stages of information modeling of buildings (BIM) for participants in the production of metal structures and prefabricated reinforced concrete structures, including designers, designers and manufacturers, concrete contractors, general contractors and civil engineers.

Tekla Structures 2018 accelerates 3D modeling processes, improves detail accuracy, improves change control, and allows you to create drawings faster with less effort. The updated version also supports the point cloud, which makes it possible to develop consistent and easy-to-install elements that will perfectly fit the structures already built. Drawing improvements have made it faster and easier to prepare, validate, and add drawings. Collaboration processes - from design and calculations to detail and production - are now carried out more smoothly, regardless of the material of the structures.

In addition to three versions of the software, Trimble also launched the Tekla Developer Center. This is an online site with all Open API data for Tekla solutions. It provides support to the application developer community by enhancing their ability to adapt Tekla Structures and using an open approach to collaboration in BIM and construction.

2017: Tekla Structures 2017

On March 13, 2017, Trimble announced the release of Tekla Structures 2017.

When creating Tekla Structures 2017, we primarily improved collaboration and modeling technologies, as they directly affect the effectiveness of key tasks in large working groups and large projects. The updated software is equipped with fundamentally new tools that allow project participants to expand the scope of work and effectively interact with each other. Thanks to this, the team can work more consistently. Jari Heino, Director, Building Structures Division, Trimble

Tekla Structures provides more direct model change capabilities during the design process, allowing you to create design models faster and easier:

• accelerates the work of the model organizer, designed to find and install parts.
• improved tools for instant information exchange.
• From a base point, engineering organizations and architects can work together to create an information model using consistent and accurate common coordinates.
• The efficiency of interaction with architects is improved thanks to the plugin, which allows you to perform algorithmic modeling for Tekla Structures in real time using the graphic algorithm editor Rhino/Grasshopper.

To work with concrete, Tekla Structures 2017 introduced a reinforcement tool with the ability to create and change reinforcement geometry for various types of reinforced concrete structures. The fill unit feature has improved efficiency and simplified the management and exchange of information related to the fill.

In this version, for the production of prefabricated reinforced concrete structures, the exchange of information on detail and production through data transmission channels in the field of production management is improved. The Palletizer tool optimizes and accelerates production planning based on the model, prevents human errors during the exchange of information.

At the steel structure detail stage, the 2017 version simplifies the modeling of bent plates with the capabilities of direct model change. Now the processes of editing and working with bent plates are simple and intuitive. Users can create anything from ordinary bent corner joints to folded profiles, plates for spiral stairs, pipeline transition links and complex bent panels. Expanding the technical capabilities of working drawings simplifies this process, ensuring accurate transfer of design intent and reducing the number of information requests.

Productivity is enhanced by using finished 2D library subassemblies in drawings.

2016

Stadiums ChE-2016 modeled in Tekla Structures software

On June 16, 2016, it became known about the preparation of models of three French stadiums at Tekla Structures software, which in the summer of 2016 will host Euro 2016 matches: Le Park Olympic in Lyon, Matmu Atlantic in Bordeaux and Velodrome in Marseille.

These structures are modeled using building information modeling (BIM) technologies and Trimble Tekla Structures has been selected as the software for modeling these objects .

Stade de Lumière, Lyon

This ultra-modern stadium was opened in early 2016. It seats 59 thousand spectators and is the home arena of the Lyon Olympic. Six matches of Euro 2016 will be held here, including the semifinals.

The metal structures of the stadium were modeled by Jaillet Rouby using Tekla Structures. This software was used by the manufacturer of metal structures Martifer, which was engaged in the monitoring of the project, the manufacture of structures, their construction.

The project participated in the Tekla BIM Awards in 2014. A feature of this stadium is a metal frame supporting a complex structure of a transparent roof.

Matmu Atlantic, Bordeaux

Matmu Atlantic Stadium is built by Vinci and Fayat groups. It was launched in May 2015. This is a real architectural masterpiece. Five matches of Euro 2016 will be held here. Matmu Atlantic seats more than 42 thousand people, which makes it the largest stadium in southwestern France and the entire Atlantic coast.

Tekla Structures software was used to design the supporting structures of the stands. Due to architectural restrictions, it was necessary to reduce the space between building structures, which complicated their assembly.

Velodrome Stadium, Marseille

This stadium was opened in October 2014. After the modernization work, its capacity increased to 67.39 thousand spectators (previously - 60 thousand). The stadium will host six matches of Euro 2016: four group tournament meetings, a quarter-final and a semi-final. Metal structures were made by Horta Coslada.

During the modernization, a roof with a diameter of 250 m and a weight of 6 thousand tons was made. It was mounted at a height of 65 m, on a huge 3D frame made of galvanized steel.

Tekla Structures 2016

Tekla Structures 2016 allows you to perform structural modeling of any possible steel or concrete structures. The new version of the software allows you to model even more efficiently, increasing performance by more easily eliminating expensive errors during the production and construction stages. The software is available and supported in 17 languages. Korean has been added to this release.

The Tekla Structures user interface provides easy operation and quick learning with several features that simplify modeling and accelerate the design process. Customizable menus and easily recognizable icons save user time, increasing modeling efficiency, and a single color system allows you to instantly find the right elements on models.

The 2016 version also introduced a more efficient use of model information. Model content management and reporting are effective. The detection of possible errors during the design phase, when it is easier to fix them than to redo something on the construction site, allows you to save money. Creating repetitive information for the production of, for example, concrete coatings for prefabricated elements can be automated to increase productivity.

2015: Tekla Structures 21

Tekla Structures 21 - software for construction and design. The system is based on building information modeling (BIM) technology.

On March 16, 2015, Tekla introduced Tekla Structures 21, a construction and design software.

With improved compatibility and graphics, ease of use and performance, Tekla Structures 21 improves the design process for industrial and commercial facilities. The updated software is aimed at specialists in the construction industry:

• steel structures and precast reinforced concrete manufacturers,
• detalirovshchik,
• general and subcontractors.

Tekla Structures 21 expands the possibilities of working together with engineering engineers of engineering networks and communications, chief engineers, architects, etc.

Tekla Structures window screenshot, 2014

Tekla Structures 21 reduces the time from the development of an idea to its implementation by increasing the level of interaction and productivity of project teams and easily exchanging information between all project participants.

Advantages

• Advanced Reference Models - Easily interact with third-party solutions, including IFC, DGN, DWG, or SKP files.

• Improved process of industrial design - Due to integration software with industrial design, the process of designing plants and offshore structures is improved. Optimized interaction with Intergraph Smart 3D facilitates the exchange of information models, and two-way data transfer with AVEVA PDMS allows you to better control the exchange of information and changes.

• Seamless data integration and export - Integration with Revit Architecture and Revit MEP from, Autodesk as well as Trimble SketchUp Pro improves the interoperability between architect teams. To ensure a smooth design process, Tekla Structures 21 automates the export of models and drawings.

• Enhanced IFC Change Management and Control Technologies - IFC's advanced change management process helps users monitor and manage changes.

• Simpler and more efficient modeling - Draw lines, circles, and points, place objects as easily as edit. The Organizer function helps you use accurate object-oriented model data to calculate the required quantity of material.

• Automated Drawing Management - Simplifies the search, printing, and viewing of drawings, providing users with the necessary and high-quality format for viewing graphic documents according to company standards.

• Improved modeling of concrete works - Tekla Structures 21 simplifies and makes more reliable modeling of cast-in-situ reinforced concrete, changes in casting areas and formwork panels. Due to automatic loading of concreting data after installation of formwork boards, important information will not be lost.