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Tekla StructuresRelease Notes

Product version 18.0 SR 2

June 2012

2012 Tekla Corporation


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1 Tekla Structures 18.0 SR2 Release Notes ................................................... 7

General.............................................................................................................................................................. 7Tekla Structures configurations ......................................................................................................... 7Adding printers ....................................................................................................................................... 7Using several plugins ............................................................................................................................ 7Korean characters in file names ........................................................................................................ 7

Modeling .......................................................................................................................................................... 8Saving attributes .................................................................................................................................... 8

Multi-user mode ..................................................................................................................................... 8Reinforcement ................................................................................................................................................ 8

Strand patterns ....................................................................................................................................... 8Reinforcing bar bending radius .......................................................................................................... 8

Custom components ..................................................................................................................................... 8Allowing multiple connections between parts .............................................................................. 8

Drawings .......................................................................................................................................................... 9Selecting drawing views ...................................................................................................................... 9Aligning section views .......................................................................................................................... 9

View placing ............................................................................................................................................ 9Moving views to another drawing .................................................................................................... 9

Anchor bolt plan views ......................................................................................................................... 9View label frames ................................................................................................................................... 9Reference model objects .................................................................................................................... 10Selecting handles ................................................................................................................................. 10Opening drawings ................................................................................................................................ 10Revising drawings ................................................................................................................................ 10Checking dimension point validity .................................................................................................. 10Master Drawing Catalog in CIP ........................................................................................................ 11Marks ....................................................................................................................................................... 11Associativity ........................................................................................................................................... 11Cloning .................................................................................................................................................... 11Grids ......................................................................................................................................................... 11Pullout pictures ..................................................................................................................................... 12DWG/DXF files ....................................................................................................................................... 12Object handles ...................................................................................................................................... 12COG dimensioning tool ....................................................................................................................... 12Multidrawings ....................................................................................................................................... 12Number of similar meshes ......................... ........................................................................................ 13Curved reinforcing bars ...................................................................................................................... 13Reinforcing bar properties ................................................................................................................. 13

Import and export........................................................................................................................................ 13Changes in IFC Export ......................................................................................................................... 13Xml files in IFC export ........................................................................................................................ 14

NC files .................................................................................................................................................... 14


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BVBS export ........................................................................................................................................... 15Importing SDNF results ...................................................................................................................... 15Tekla BIMsight ...................................................................................................................................... 15

Steel connections ........................................................................................................................................ 15Cold rolled overlap (1) ........................................................................................................................ 15Bolted gusset (11), Tube gusset (20) .............................................................................................. 15Stiffened end plate (27) ..................................................................................................................... 16Haunch (40) ........................................................................................................................................... 16

Corner tube gusset (56), Hollow brace wraparound gusset (59) ............................................ 16Splice connection (77) ........................................................................................................................ 16

Steel details................................................................................................................................................... 16Stiffeners (1003), Multiple stiffeners (1064) ............................................................................... 16

Steel modeling tools ................................................................................................................................... 16Z pan (74) ............................................................................................................................................... 16Bridging (80) .......................................................................................................................................... 16

Concrete components................................................................................................................................. 17Sandwich and double wall (1) .......................................................................................................... 17

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General............................................................................................................................................................ 19Zero inches in dialog boxes ............................................................................................................... 19

Modeling ........................................................................................................................................................ 20User-defined attributes for bolts and welds ................................................................................ 20Loading applied values from user-defined attributes standard file ...................................... 20Surface treatment ................................................................................................................................ 20Snapping ................................................................................................................................................. 20Model Organizer ................................................................................................................................... 20

Reinforcement .............................................................................................................................................. 20Reinforcing Bar Shape Catalog ........................................................................................................ 20

Reinforcement adaptivity .................................................................................................................. 22Analysis and design..................................................................................................................................... 22Analysis models .................................................................................................................................... 22Deleting analysis parts ....................................................................................................................... 22

Drawings ........................................................................................................................................................ 22Work plane and updating drawings ................................................................................................ 22Section view boundary ....................................................................................................................... 23Rotating drawing views ..................................................................................................................... 23Showing grids ........................................................................................................................................ 23Updates in associative notes ............................................................................................................ 23Removing unnecessary drawing files .................................................. ........................................... 23Panning in drawing mode .................................................................................................................. 23

Part marks .............................................................................................................................................. 23Drawing filters ...................................................................................................................................... 23Recreating drawings ............................................................................................................................ 24Slotted holes .......................................................................................................................................... 24Showing bolt groups ........................................................................................................................... 25Dragging in drawings .......................................................................................................................... 25Object level settings ............................................................................................................................ 25Minimum cut part length .................................................................................................................. 25Alignment tools .................................................................................................................................... 25Multidrawings ....................................................................................................................................... 26"Use columns" template setting in cast unit drawings ............................................................. 26

Rebar mesh view creator ................................................................................................................... 26


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New template attribute for reinforcing bar groups: NUMBER_VISIBLE .............................. 26Reinforcing bar group dimension plugin ....................................................................................... 26Adjusting reinforcing bar location .................................................................................................. 27Reinforcing bar marks ......................................................................................................................... 27Actual or nominal reinforcing bar size .......................................................................................... 27Circular reinforcing bar group hooks .............................................................................................. 27Tapered reinforcing bar group dimension direction ................................................................... 27Reinforcing bar end symbols ............................................................................................................. 27

Templates and reports................................................................................................................................ 28Columns in templates ......................................................................................................................... 28Start number for reinforcing bars ................................................................................................... 28Creating reports .................................................................................................................................... 28Area calculation for meshes .............................................................................................................. 28Arcs and circles in DWG files added in templates ...................................................................... 28

Import and export........................................................................................................................................ 28NC files .................................................................................................................................................... 28IFC export ............................................................................................................................................... 28CIM export ............................................................................................................................................. 28HMS export ............................................................................................................................................ 29

Export EliPlan file (68) ........................................................................................................................ 29Export Unitechnik (79) ...................................................................................................................... 29Steel connections......................................................................................................................................... 30

Column - 2 beams (14) ....................................................................................................................... 30Tube gusset (20) ................................................................................................................................... 30Tube crossing (22) ................................................................................................................................ 30Stanchion curved (84) ......................................................................................................................... 30Welded to top flange S (149) ........................................................................................................... 30Joist to column, type 1 (161), Joist to column, type 3 (163), Joist to beam andcolumn (164) .........................................................................................................................................30

Steel modeling tools ................................................................................................................................... 30Unfold surface (21) .............................................................................................................................. 30

Tapered column 2 (S44) ..................................................................................................................... 31Tapered beam 2 (S45) ......................................................................................................................... 31

Concrete components................................................................................................................................. 31Wall panel (64) ..................................................................................................................................... 31Beam end reinforcement (79) ........................................................................................................... 32Rectangular column reinforcement (83) ....................................................................................... 32


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Tekla Structures 18.0 SR2 Release Notes 7

1 Tekla Structures 18.0 SR2 Release

Notes

This document explains new features, fixes and improvements in Tekla Structures 18.0 ServiceRelease 2. We recommend this service release for all Tekla Structures 18.0 users.

General

Tekla Structures configurations

BVBS export is now enabled in the Cast in Place configuration.

Shop welds and site welds can now be created in all configurations. Earlier it was possible tocreate only site welds in the Engineering configuration. This meant that assemblies were notcreated and it was not possible to define the required weld information.

It is now possible to create detailed reinforcements in all configurations. Conceptualreinforcements are not created anymore.

Some precast connections are now generic concrete connections and they can be applied tocast-in-place cast units.

Steel and precast objects made using conceptual components cannot be numbered. This meansthat steel assemblies or precast cast units that contain conceptual components cannot benumbered and drawings are not created. Cast-in-place cast units can be numbered even if theycontain conceptual components.

Reinforcements are not numbered in the Steel Detailing configuration.

Adding printers

Now it is again possible to add more than one printer in the Printer Catalog.

TT76822

Using several plugins

Having the Floor Tool dialog box open while opening another plugin from the Componentcatalog caused Tekla Structures to hang up. This has now been fixed.

TT77277

Korean characters in file names

Korean characters are now supported in file names when you define "setXS_STD_LOCALE=korean_korea.949" in the TeklaStructures.ini file.

TT78251


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Modeling

Saving attributes

Trying to save attributes with invalid characters \ / : * ? " < > in the attribute file namecaused Tekla Structures to stop working. This has now been fixed. Tekla Structures now displaysa warning message for such file names.

TT78205

Multi-user mode

Object history is now collected correctly in the multi-user mode.

TT78026

Reinforcement

Strand patterns

The Strand pattern modeling tool now works properly with both metric and imperial units. Youcan also define company-specific strand material that is not available by default, for example,grade and size combinations. To do this, modify the content of the StrandPattern.ini fileand store the file under the model folder or any of the system folders, for example XS_FIRM.

TT74867

Reinforcing bar bending radius

Previously, when reinforcing bar bending shapes were created using the Rebar Shape Manager,the bending radius (DIM_R, DIM_TD, hook radius) was rounded in all reports and schedules. Thishas now been fixed.

TT76815

Custom components

Allowing multiple connections between parts

You can now change the Allow multiple instances of connection between same parts optionfor existing custom components in a model.


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TT77246

Drawings

Selecting drawing views

You can now select a view by clicking the view label. Previously you could select the view onlyby clicking the view frame.

TT76870

Aligning section views

If the main part was placed vertically in a view, and there were several section views, Alignsection views with main view in Layout Properties did not work correctly, and section viewswere placed on top of each other. Now the already placed section views are taken into accountwhen placing the new ones.

TT73355

View placing

View placing did not work correctly in an assembly drawing when you had selected autoscaling

from the Layout Properties dialog box, and had included single-part views in the drawing. Thishas now been fixed.

TT77788

Moving views to another drawing

When you move a view to another drawing, the view no longer remains selected after movingand the view boundary is no longer highlighted in the main view. Earlier the moved viewremained selected and the view boundary highlighted and you had to reopen the drawing to fixthis.

TT77430

Anchor bolt plan views

Views are now placed correctly in anchor bolt plans after drawing update.

TT77482

View label frames

Frames are again drawn around the view title.


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TT77788

Reference model objects

If there is a reference model object that is only partly inside the view boundaries, there is nomore extra empty space in the view frame. Earlier, the view frame did not adjust automatically.

TT77464

Selecting handles

Selecting handles did not work properly. Now the handle selection is working again.

TT77388

Opening drawings

Tekla Structures no longer shows an image of the previously opened drawing when you openanother drawing.

TT77144

Revising drawings

Previously, modifying drawing revision information sometimes caused inconsistent id values.

When diagnosing the model, Tekla Structures displayed an error message showing that themaximum id value was greater than the current id value. This has now been fixed.

TT78027

Checking dimension point validity

Dimension point invalidity symbols have not been displayed since version 18.0. Thisfunctionality was not needed anymore, because dimension points that do not have validassociation get a ghost associativity symbol and a question mark, which makes it easy to finddimensions that need attention.

Also, the possibility to check dimension point validity and control the invalidity symbols hasbeen removed from the Dimensioning menu.


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The following advanced options are not needed anymore and have been removed:

XS_DO_NOT_CHECK_DIMENSION_POINTS

XS_DO_NOT_PLOT_DIMENSION_POINT_CIRCLES

XS_DIMENSION_POINT_CIRCLE_COLOR

XS_DIMENSION_POINT_CIRCLE_INNER_RADIUS

XS_DIMENSION_POINT_CIRCLE_OUTER_RADIUS

TT69657, TT76898

Master Drawing Catalog in CIP

The Master Drawing Catalog now shows the cast unit drawing templates in the Cast in Place(CIP) configuration. Earlier they were not available.

TT77708

Marks

Part class included additional information (curved beam information) in templates and partmarks if the part was curved. This has now been fixed.

TT56491

Associativity

Drawing was recreated if the object level settings were changed and Modify was clicked in thedrawing properties dialog box on drawing level, even if the Use detailed object level settingsoption was switched off. This has now been fixed.

TT77746

Cloning

Automatic bolt dimension was not cloned properly. A dimension that was associated in xdirection only sometimes had its extension line starting from outside the view boundaries. Thishas now been fixed.

TT77521

If a drawing was cloned and you tried to clone the same model part again, and after thatopened the cloned drawing, the drawing views were small. This has now been fixed.

TT77872

Automatic cloning did not work for single-part drawings if assembly position was changed andthe advanced option XS_USE_ASSEMBLY_NUMBER_FOR was set to MAIN_PART or LOOSE_PART.

TT76471

If the original drawing contained more parts than the cloned drawing, the dimensions werecloned several times. That does not happen anymore. The dimensions are cloned from the source

part that is the most similar with the target part.TT77531

Grids

XS_DRAWING_GRID_LABEL_FRAME_LINE_WIDTH_FACTOR is working again. This advancedoption is used for changing the thickness of the grid label frame in drawings.


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TT77791

Grid line dimension are shortened on all grid levels (Grid properties > Short extension lines),not just on 0 plane.

TT75585

Pullout pictures

In some cases pullout pictures were rotated incorrectly. This has now ben fixed.

TT76553

DWG/DXF files

You could not import DWG/DXF files using the Add DWG / DXF File... command if the drawingpath contained Polish characters. This has changed now, and you can add DWG/DXF files even iftheir file path contained Polish characters. The Windows locale and Tekla Structures languagemust both be set to Polish.

TT76921

Object handles

In certain Undo and Redo cases it was possible that the object handles were drawn also whenthe object was no longer selected. This has now been fixed.

TT77361

COG dimensioning tool

Now when you try to use COG dimensioning in multidrawings or general arrangement drawings,you receive an error message telling that COG dimensioning is not working for these drawingtypes.

TT73933

Multidrawings

The container view size was not correct in a multidrawing if the size of the linked assemblydrawing was changed. This has now been fixed.

TT77057

The advanced option XS_MULTIDRAWING_REMOVE_VIEW_LABEL_GAP is working again. Thisadvanced option removes unnecessary space between the drawing view label and the drawingview in multidrawings.

TT77227


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Number of similar meshes

When you enter the user-defined attribute NUMBER_IN_DRAWING in an associative note or partmark of a mesh, it gives the number of similar meshes, not the number of bars in the mesh, likebefore.

TT75584

Curved reinforcing bars

Curved reinforcing bar groups are again drawn curved in cast unit drawings.TT77463

Reinforcing bar properties

If you selected parts and reinforcing bars and then clicked Modify in the Reinforcing barproperties dialog box, both part properties and reinforcing bar properties were modified. NowTekla Structures no more modifies parts by reinforcing bar properties.

TT78118

Import and export

Changes in IFC ExportThe IFC Export dialog box was changed and simplified in the following way:

New Export type options: Coordination view 1.0, Coordination view 2.0 and SurfaceGeometry (the former Simplified view).

Selections for assemblies, bolts, and reinforcing bars were removed.

The Advanced tab now contains the Base quantities and Grid selections.


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The Coordination view 1.0 settings are the following:

Reinforcing bars as B-rep

No CSG, B-rep instead (CSG = Export as constructive solid geometry)

No assemblies Curved elements as B-rep

Bolts as B-rep

The Coordination view 2.0 settings are the following:

Reinforcing bars as extrusion

CSG support on

assemblies supported

curved elements as RevolvedAreaSolid

Bolts as B-rep

The Surface Geometry settings are the following: Reinforcing bars as B-rep

No CSG

No assemblies

Curved elements as B-rep

Bolts as B-rep

If some of these are not wanted to be included into the IFC model, the user needs to such aselection of model objects.

TT75700

Xml files in IFC export

An error occurred when exporting the xml file. This has now been fixed.

TT73030

NC files

Sometimes round corner chamfers were not identified correctly and line segments were writtento the dstv file instead of an arc. Now round corners are handled properly and exported as arcs.

TT72850


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BVBS export

There is a new option Reinforcement of selected cast units (totals by all positions) in the listof options for Model objects to be exported. When this new option is selected, thereinforcement of all cast units that have the same cast unit position as any of the selected castunit positions will be exported. For example, if a cast unit with cast unit position W-120 isselected, the reinforcement of all cast units that have position W-120 will be exported even ifnot all the cast units were selected.

Note that depending on the file naming either one file (including totals of all units) or separatefiles (totals by one unit) for all W-120 positions will be exported.

TT76904

Importing SDNF results

Previously, Tekla Structures stopped working when trying to import SDNF results with long pathnames. This has now been fixed.

TT77075

Tekla BIMsight

When publishing to Tekla BIMsight, you can now define whether to include the grid in the

export.

TT74826

Steel connections

Cold rolled overlap (1)

In some cases, when connecting stays to purlins, the number of bolts added was doubled.Instead of the 2 single bolts added, 4 bolts were added, so that the extra bolts were placed ontop of the 2 single bolts. This has now been fixed.

TT77813

When using 2 bolts to connect stays to purlins, the bolts are now by default positioned on thegauge lines.

TT68665

Bolted gusset (11), Tube gusset (20)

The bolt distance defined on the Brace bolts 1 tab and the Brace bolts 3 tab now workscorrectly for both braces.


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TT65914

Stiffened end plate (27)

You can now move the end plate and the stiffener welded to the plate. You can also define thegap between the plate and the inner side of the main beam flange.

TT57279

Haunch (40)

Welds are now positioned correctly.

TT77429

Corner tube gusset (56), Hollow brace wraparound gusset (59)

Tongue plates and cover plates are now placed correctly.

TT77332

Splice connection (77)

In some cases, the main part of the connection was not correct when adding bolts. This has nowbeen fixed.

TT77155

Steel detailsStiffeners (1003), Multiple stiffeners (1064)

Previously, when you defined contours for welds, an extra line that covered the weld wascreated. The line was also shown in drawings. This has now been fixed.

TT72966

Steel modeling tools

Z pan (74)

In some framing conditions, the brackets supporting the Z pans rotate out of position when the

distance from the selection point to the bottom of the top pan is modified.

TT74733

Bridging (80)

Bracings are now created correctly when applying the Bridging (80) modeling tool.


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TT77522

Concrete components

Sandwich and double wall (1)

The assembly main part of the sandwich wall remains correct (inside shell) even if the end shape

of the sandwich wall is changed from straight ending to corner ending.

TT76242

Bracings not created

Bracings created


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This document explains new features, fixes and improvements in Tekla Structures 18.0 ServiceRelease 1. We recommend this service release for all Tekla Structures 18.0 users.

General

Zero inches in dialog boxes

Zero inches 0" are now shown even if the XS_DISPLAY_ZERO_INCHES advanced option isnot set.

TT75418


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Modeling

User-defined attributes for bolts and welds

Previously, the user-defined attributes of bolts and welds had some incorrect default values inthe list box options. This has now been fixed.

TT74949

Loading applied values from user-defined attributes standard file Loading applied values from user-defined attributes standard (.more ) files did not work

correctly if a dialog box was open. For example, if the column property dialog box was open, thestandard.clm.more file was not applied correctly when model was created or opened.

TT75128

Surface treatment

Adding surface treatment to complex planes has been improved.

TT71132

Snapping

It is now again possible to snap to the distant reference points of a part.

TT74220

Model Organizer

When defining the properties that are shown in the object pane, you can now define that bothreference object properties and report properties are shown under a certain property. Use asemi-colon to separate the properties.

TT75890

Reinforcement

Reinforcing Bar Shape Catalog

You can now apply the reinforcing bars created with the Reinforcing Bar Shape Catalog intomultiple concrete parts at the same time. Previously, the reinforcing bars could only be appliedinside one concrete part at a time.

See below for an example before the fix: Reinforcing bars are applied to one part at a time.


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See below for two examples after the fix: Reinforcing bars applied into multiple parts at a time.


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TT74912

Reinforcement adaptivity

In 18.0 (and newer versions) the adaptivity sometimes failed when you changed the geometryof complex profiles. This has now been fixed.

TT77070

Analysis and design

Analysis models

Analysis models are now saved when you save the model with Save As.

TT76619

Deleting analysis parts

Previously, deleting a large number of analysis parts from an analysis model was slow. This has

now been fixed. Deleting is now faster also when a large number of model parts are deletedwhile the analysis model is active and also analysis parts have been selected.

TT76597

Drawings

Work plane and updating drawings

In Tekla Structures 18.0 final, if you set the work plane to any other coordinate than the model's0 coordinate when creating or editing drawings, your drawings would update incorrectly. Thishas now been fixed.

TT76527


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Section view boundary

The section view boundary of the selected section view was not always highlighted in theparent view. This has now been fixed.

TT75069

Rotating drawing views

Rotating a drawing view no longer moves the view far away from its original position.

TT75142

Showing grids

Grids were not show in a view that had a negative depth. The view plane was not inside theview. This has now been fixed.

TT74460

Updates in associative notes

If an associative note was edited using the Mini Toolbar, the note was not updated after achange in the model. This has now been fixed.

TT75256

Removing unnecessary drawing files

A new command Remove unnecessary drawing files was added in the Customize dialog box.You can use this command for removing drawing files in the single user mode.You need to have full privileges for using this command. Default privileges are full. If you wantto restrict the command usage, the following line needs to be added in the privileges.inpfile:

action:RemoveUnnecessaryDrawingFiles [who] [access]

[who] is everyone or , or

[access] can be none/view/full.

In this example, only the administrator can use the Remove unnecessary drawing filescommand:

action:RemoveUnnecessaryDrawingFiles everyone none

action:RemoveUnnecessaryDrawingFiles ORGANIZATION\admin full

TT74707

Panning in drawing mode

Performance improvement in panning in drawing mode caused quite often a checkerboardeffect. Now the checkerboard is visible only when the graphics are too heavy to be fullyrendered on panning.

TT76676

Part marks

Sometimes an application error occurred when part marks were updated. This has now beenfixed.

TT76340

Drawing filters

Drawing filters were not working correctly, as previous filter rules where used even though thefiltering dialog box contained no filter rules. This has now been fixed, and previous filter rules

are not used anymore.


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TT73733

Recreating drawings

Now selecting No in the drawing recreation confirmation box works correctly, and the selecteddrawings are not recreated.

TT74397

Slotted holes

Slotted holes are now shown correctly in the drawings, and the bolt marks contain slotinformation. In some older versions, slotted holes were shown as round holes, and bolt marksdid not contain any slot information.

A slotted hole in a model.

In the following example, only round holes are visible.

In the following example, the slotted holes are shown correctly.

TT48909


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Showing bolt groups

In drawings, if bolts are drawn as symbols, Tekla Structures now shows only those bolts that areinside the view restriction box. In older versions, the bolts in a bolt group were not showncorrectly.

TT68823

Dragging in drawings

Sometimes dragging in drawings worked incorrectly and the whole drawing was moved. Thishas now been fixed.

TT75004

When you dragged the view plane, the view was in some cases drawn in an incorrect place onthe sheet. The view was drawn correctly if you saved and closed the drawing and opened itagain. This has now been fixed.

TT75975

Object level settings

Object level setting for parts are now working also in the enlarged views of the anchor bolt plandrawings.

TT75012

Minimum cut part length

The Minimum cut part length setting (View Properties > Shortening) was calculatedincorrectly in drawing cloning or update if there was a detail mark at the end of the view.

TT76476

Alignment tools

The alignment tools on the Alignment toolbar were not working. This has now been fixed.

TT74433


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Multidrawings

Sometimes view placing was incorrect in a multidrawing if the selected drawings were split inseveral multidrawings.

TT67165

If you had an assembly drawing in a multidrawing, and you used multinumbering, the assemblydrawing views were placed incorrectly after update. This has now been fixed.

TT76620

Multidrawings with layouts are now placed correctly, and the size of the included drawing iscorrect (the same as that of the original drawing).

TT76625

View update in multidrawings has been improved, and views no longer move away from thecontainer box.

TT76931

"Use columns" template setting in cast unit drawings

An application error occurred when you updated a cast unit drawing containing reinforcement,and had selected the Use columns check box in the drawing template Row Properties. This has

now been fixed, and the Use colum nssetting works correctly.

TT76564

Rebar mesh view creator

The RebarMeshViewCreator macro did not draw the mesh view in correct projection if themesh plane was not parallel to the main view coordinate system. This has now been fixed.

TT74749

New template attribute for reinforcing bar groups: NUMBER_VISIBLE

There is now a new context-specific template attribute NUMBER_VISIBLE for reinforcing bar

groups. When added in a mark, it gives the number of visible reinforcing bars in a view.TT67347

Reinforcing bar group dimension plugin

The RebarGroupDimensionPlugin application is again available for use. This application offersyou altogether three dimensioning representations instead of one. It also allows you to adjustthe placing of the various elements in the dimension annotation more flexibly.

To use this application, add the RebarGroupDimensionPlugin command to a toolbar or to theUser menu through Tools > Customize in the modeling mode.

TT76258

TheRebar group dimension plugin

dialog box now contains a new option for showing orhiding the position text.


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TT74383

Adjusting reinforcing bar location

The Adjust location command did not draw the reinforcing bar in the picked location if the firstor last reinforcing bar in the reinforcing bar group was outside view boundary. This has nowbeen fixed.

TT74408

The Adjust location command now works correctly also with tapered reinforcing bar groups.TT67062

Sometimes extra dimension lines were drawn when you had selected the Adjust locationcommand for a reinforcing bar.

TT74264

Reinforcing bar marks

Reinforcing bar marks were not created if the reinforcing bar was placed at a customizedlocation (Reinforcing Properties > Visibility of reinforcing bars in group > Customized), or ifthe Adjust Location command was used.

TT74263

Actual or nominal reinforcing bar size

In the drawing mode, the reinforcing bar diameter is now displayed in the same way as in themodeling mode. By default the diameter is "actual". If the advanced optionXS_USE_ONLY_NOMINAL_REBAR_DIAMETER is set to TRUE in the Advanced Options categoryConcrete Detailing, the diameter is "nominal".

TT75599

Circular reinforcing bar group hooks

Circular reinforcing bar group hooks were not created correctly in drawings. This has now been

fixed.TT73244

Tapered reinforcing bar group dimension direction

Reinforcing bar dimension line, dimension mark and tagged dimension mark are now created inthe reinforcing bar group direction, not at an angle even if the group is tapered.

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Reinforcing bar end symbols

Representation of reinforcing bars that point away from the drawing is now changeable. Youcan customize reinforcing bar end symbols (cross, circle, filled circle) in a symbol file by editingthe symbol file bent.sym, which in the default environment is located in..\ProgramData\Tekla

Structures\\environments\common\symbols . Or, you can create a newsymbol file in the same folder, for example,my_new_symbols.sym, and take it into use in therebar_config.inp by entering the following string:EndSymbolFile=my_new_symbols.sym

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Templates and reports

Columns in templates

Templates that contain columns now work correctly.

TT74435

Vertical continuous column fill now works again in templates.

TT76125

Start number for reinforcing bars

In Template Editor, you can now select the start number attribute for reinforcing bars whendefining the attributes for a value field.

TT74815

Creating reports

There was an application error when you created a report containing the SUM(AREA) value. Thishas now been fixed.

TT75419

Area calculation for meshes

Net and gross area calculations now take cuts into account in mesh area reports for rectangleand polygon meshes if you have selected the Cut by father part cuts option in mesh properties.When you select this option, polygon or part cuts also cut the mesh.

TT62814

Gross and net areas for bent meshes are now calculated correctly.

TT61962

Arcs and circles in DWG files added in templates

Arcs and circles in a DWG file do no longer get broken when the DWG file is inserted into atemplate. However, avoid spline line types, ellipses and elliptic curves, and user-defined linetypes in DWG files.

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Import and export

NC files

Assembly parts are now collected only once and the number of parts in NC files is correct.

TT65740

The IK block information in NC files is now shown correctly. Previously, if round holes were faraway from beam start points the inner contour dimensions were not shown properly.

TT75414

IFC export

IFC properties in Timestamp format are now displayed correctly in the Inquire object dialogbox. Previously, they were shown as 0.00.

TT63905

CIM export

In some cases, there was an application error when you tried to export a manufacturing model.

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TT75777

HMS export

The nibbed end (NE) of a slab was not exported if the slab had a cut in the end points. Now it isexported correctly, including the depth.

TT74844

The extension .sot is now always added to the export file name if there is no extension in the

filename.TT71325

Export EliPlan file (68)

NET weight is now exported correctly instead of GROSS weight.

TT74995

Export Unitechnik (79)

You can now define on the Reinforcement tab that loose reinforcements, being part of a mesh,are exported as reinforcing bar type 8. The loose reinforcement is collected by its class. You candefine the class.

TT75025

You can now define on the Reinforcement tab that loose reinforcements, being part of a mesh,are exported as reinforcing bar type 8. The loose reinforcement is collected by its class. You candefine the class.

TT75025

You can now set the Output file structure on the Main tab to 1 SLABDATE block with n parts.Using this option all similar wall shells will be defined within the block SLABDATE, instead ofbeing defined in a separate block SLABDATE per wall shell.

TT72738

All slab parts are now taken into account when forming a contour in a cast unit. Previously,with the 1 SLABDATE, n parts layer type export option, only the thickest slab part was taken intoaccount.

TT74387

The total element thickness and the production thickness (in mm) in the SLABDATE block arenow exported correctly as the total thickness of the exported cast unit.

TT74917

When exporting turned double walls, the second shell is now moved to the pallet top side.

TT74924

Previously, embeds in double wall panel were exported twice, in both layers. This has now been

fixed.TT74947

The installation identifier set on the Embeds tab now functions for the embeds defined inOpening embed classes.

TT74420

'Zero-Offset X-axis in mm' and 'Zero-Offset Y-axis in mm' in the SLABDATE block are now takeninto account.

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Steel connections

Column - 2 beams (14)

The beams are now cut correctly. Also, the limit value for the gap between the end plate and thebeams is now calculated correctly.

TT74719

Tube gusset (20) The distance between the connection plate and the secondary part is now created correctly.

TT69422

You can now define the end plate properties separately for each end plate.

TT69426

You can now define the distance between the gusset plate and the connection plates on theBrace conn tab.

TT69424

Tube crossing (22)

Chamfering the connection plate created a gap between the connection plate and the tongueplate. This has now been fixed.

TT70546

Previously, a gap was created between the brace and the connection plate even if you definedthat a gap should not be created. This has now been fixed.

TT73639

Stanchion curved (84)

Previously, the part prefix defined on the Parts tab was shown as the assembly prefix in partproperties and the assembly prefix defined was not shown at all. This has now been fixed.

TT74976

Welded to top flange S (149)

In some cases, the secondary beam top flange was cut so that the cut could not be removed.This has now been fixed.

TT75276

Joist to column, type 1 (161), Joist to column, type 3 (163), Joist to beam and column (164) The bolt group dimension options on the Stabilizer Angle Bolts tab now match the bolt

dimensions created in the model.

TT61712

Steel modeling tools

Unfold surface (21)

When unfolding assemblies, the assembly main part is now always used as the source part ofunfolding.

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Cuts are now positioned correctly in unfolded plates. Previously, when using the One plateoption for the unfolded plate, the cuts were not positioned correctly.

TT71830

Line cuts are now created correctly in the unfolded parts.

TT71838

Tapered column 2 (S44)

The column is now rotated according to the actual work plane.TT69634

You can now create the column on the web and flange edges on either side of the picked point.

TT74493

Tapered beam 2 (S45)

On the Picture tab, you can now define in percentages or degrees how much the beam issloped.

TT69930

Concrete components

Wall panel (64)

The Transverse Mesh tab name has been changed to Mesh. There is a new option for Meshcreation direction on the tab. You can select to create Longitudinal or Transverse meshes. The

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TT74414

Beam end reinforcement (79)

You can now control the position of bar 4 by defining the offset from the edge on the Bars tab.The default is centered for single reinforcing bars and 100.00 mmfor multiple reinforcing bars.

TT74837

Rectangular column reinforcement (83)

The range from where intermediate links are created is now correctly calculated from the inneredge of stirrups.

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