Tekla Structures

Release Notes

Product version 18.0 SR 2

June 2012

2012 Tekla Corporation

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

General.............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Tekla Structures configurations ......................................................................................................... 7
Adding printers ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Using several plugins ............................................................................................................................ 7
Korean characters in file names ........................................................................................................ 7
Modeling .......................................................................................................................................................... 8
Saving attributes .................................................................................................................................... 8
Multi-user mode ..................................................................................................................................... 8
Reinforcement ................................................................................................................................................ 8
Strand patterns ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Reinforcing bar bending radius .......................................................................................................... 8
Custom components ..................................................................................................................................... 8
Allowing multiple connections between parts .............................................................................. 8
Drawings .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Selecting drawing views ...................................................................................................................... 9
Aligning section views .......................................................................................................................... 9
View placing ............................................................................................................................................ 9
Moving views to another drawing .................................................................................................... 9
Anchor bolt plan views ......................................................................................................................... 9
View label frames ................................................................................................................................... 9
Reference model objects .................................................................................................................... 10
Selecting handles ................................................................................................................................. 10
Opening drawings ................................................................................................................................ 10
Revising drawings ................................................................................................................................ 10
Checking dimension point validity .................................................................................................. 10
Master Drawing Catalog in CIP ........................................................................................................ 11
Marks ....................................................................................................................................................... 11
Associativity ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Cloning .................................................................................................................................................... 11
Grids ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
Pullout pictures ..................................................................................................................................... 12
DWG/DXF files ....................................................................................................................................... 12
Object handles ...................................................................................................................................... 12
COG dimensioning tool ....................................................................................................................... 12
Multidrawings ....................................................................................................................................... 12
Number of similar meshes ................................................................................................................. 13
Curved reinforcing bars ...................................................................................................................... 13
Reinforcing bar properties ................................................................................................................. 13
Import and export........................................................................................................................................ 13
Changes in IFC Export ......................................................................................................................... 13
Xml files in IFC export ........................................................................................................................ 14
NC files .................................................................................................................................................... 14

BVBS export ........................................................................................................................................... 15

Importing SDNF results ...................................................................................................................... 15
Tekla BIMsight ...................................................................................................................................... 15
Steel connections ........................................................................................................................................ 15
Cold rolled overlap (1) ........................................................................................................................ 15
Bolted gusset (11), Tube gusset (20) .............................................................................................. 15
Stiffened end plate (27) ..................................................................................................................... 16
Haunch (40) ........................................................................................................................................... 16
Corner tube gusset (56), Hollow brace wraparound gusset (59) ............................................ 16
Splice connection (77) ........................................................................................................................ 16
Steel details................................................................................................................................................... 16
Stiffeners (1003), Multiple stiffeners (1064) ............................................................................... 16
Steel modeling tools ................................................................................................................................... 16
Z pan (74) ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Bridging (80) .......................................................................................................................................... 16
Concrete components................................................................................................................................. 17
Sandwich and double wall (1) .......................................................................................................... 17

Tekla Structures 18.0 SR1 Release Notes ................................................. 19

General............................................................................................................................................................ 19
Zero inches in dialog boxes ............................................................................................................... 19
Modeling ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
User-defined attributes for bolts and welds ................................................................................ 20
Loading applied values from user-defined attributes standard file ...................................... 20
Surface treatment ................................................................................................................................ 20
Snapping ................................................................................................................................................. 20
Model Organizer ................................................................................................................................... 20
Reinforcement .............................................................................................................................................. 20
Reinforcing Bar Shape Catalog ........................................................................................................ 20
Reinforcement adaptivity .................................................................................................................. 22
Analysis and design..................................................................................................................................... 22
Analysis models .................................................................................................................................... 22
Deleting analysis parts ....................................................................................................................... 22
Drawings ........................................................................................................................................................ 22
Work plane and updating drawings ................................................................................................ 22
Section view boundary ....................................................................................................................... 23
Rotating drawing views ..................................................................................................................... 23
Showing grids ........................................................................................................................................ 23
Updates in associative notes ............................................................................................................ 23
Removing unnecessary drawing files ............................................................................................. 23
Panning in drawing mode .................................................................................................................. 23
Part marks .............................................................................................................................................. 23
Drawing filters ...................................................................................................................................... 23
Recreating drawings ............................................................................................................................ 24
Slotted holes .......................................................................................................................................... 24
Showing bolt groups ........................................................................................................................... 25
Dragging in drawings .......................................................................................................................... 25
Object level settings ............................................................................................................................ 25
Minimum cut part length .................................................................................................................. 25
Alignment tools .................................................................................................................................... 25
Multidrawings ....................................................................................................................................... 26
"Use columns" template setting in cast unit drawings ............................................................. 26
Rebar mesh view creator ................................................................................................................... 26

New template attribute for reinforcing bar groups: NUMBER_VISIBLE .............................. 26

Reinforcing bar group dimension plugin ....................................................................................... 26
Adjusting reinforcing bar location .................................................................................................. 27
Reinforcing bar marks ......................................................................................................................... 27
Actual or nominal reinforcing bar size .......................................................................................... 27
Circular reinforcing bar group hooks .............................................................................................. 27
Tapered reinforcing bar group dimension direction ................................................................... 27
Reinforcing bar end symbols ............................................................................................................. 27
Templates and reports ................................................................................................................................ 28
Columns in templates ......................................................................................................................... 28
Start number for reinforcing bars ................................................................................................... 28
Creating reports .................................................................................................................................... 28
Area calculation for meshes .............................................................................................................. 28
Arcs and circles in DWG files added in templates ...................................................................... 28
Import and export........................................................................................................................................ 28
NC files .................................................................................................................................................... 28
IFC export ............................................................................................................................................... 28
CIM export ............................................................................................................................................. 28
HMS export ............................................................................................................................................ 29
Export EliPlan file (68) ........................................................................................................................ 29
Export Unitechnik (79) ...................................................................................................................... 29
Steel connections......................................................................................................................................... 30
Column - 2 beams (14) ....................................................................................................................... 30
Tube gusset (20) ................................................................................................................................... 30
Tube crossing (22) ................................................................................................................................ 30
Stanchion curved (84) ......................................................................................................................... 30
Welded to top flange S (149) ........................................................................................................... 30
Joist to column, type 1 (161), Joist to column, type 3 (163), Joist to beam and
column (164) .........................................................................................................................................30
Steel modeling tools ................................................................................................................................... 30
Unfold surface (21) .............................................................................................................................. 30
Tapered column 2 (S44) ..................................................................................................................... 31
Tapered beam 2 (S45) ......................................................................................................................... 31
Concrete components................................................................................................................................. 31
Wall panel (64) ..................................................................................................................................... 31
Beam end reinforcement (79) ........................................................................................................... 32
Rectangular column reinforcement (83) ....................................................................................... 32

Tekla Structures 18.0 SR2 Release

Notes

This document explains new features, fixes and improvements in Tekla Structures 18.0 Service
Release 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 to
create only site welds in the Engineering configuration. This meant that assemblies were not
created and it was not possible to define the required weld information.
It is now possible to create detailed reinforcements in all configurations. Conceptual
reinforcements are not created anymore.
Some precast connections are now generic concrete connections and they can be applied to
cast-in-place cast units.
Steel and precast objects made using conceptual components cannot be numbered. This means
that steel assemblies or precast cast units that contain conceptual components cannot be
numbered and drawings are not created. Cast-in-place cast units can be numbered even if they
contain 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 Component
catalog 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 "set
XS_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 name
caused Tekla Structures to stop working. This has now been fixed. Tekla Structures now displays
a 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. You
can 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 file
and 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. This
has now been fixed.
TT76815

Custom components
Allowing multiple connections between parts
You can now change the Allow multiple instances of connection between same parts option
for existing custom components in a model.

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Drawings
Selecting drawing views
You can now select a view by clicking the view label. Previously you could select the view only
by clicking the view frame.
TT76870
Aligning section views
If the main part was placed vertically in a view, and there were several section views, Align
section views with main view in Layout Properties did not work correctly, and section views
were placed on top of each other. Now the already placed section views are taken into account
when 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. This
has now been fixed.
TT77788
Moving views to another drawing
When you move a view to another drawing, the view no longer remains selected after moving
and the view boundary is no longer highlighted in the main view. Earlier the moved view
remained selected and the view boundary highlighted and you had to reopen the drawing to fix
this.
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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Reference model objects
If there is a reference model object that is only partly inside the view boundaries, there is no
more 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 open
another 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 the
maximum 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. This
functionality was not needed anymore, because dimension points that do not have valid
association get a ghost associativity symbol and a question mark, which makes it easy to find
dimensions that need attention.

Also, the possibility to check dimension point validity and control the invalidity symbols has
been 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 part
marks 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 the
drawing properties dialog box on drawing level, even if the Use detailed object level settings
option was switched off. This has now been fixed.
TT77746
Cloning
Automatic bolt dimension was not cloned properly. A dimension that was associated in x
direction only sometimes had its extension line starting from outside the view boundaries. This
has now been fixed.
TT77521

If a drawing was cloned and you tried to clone the same model part again, and after that
opened 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 and
the 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 were
cloned 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 advanced

option 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 drawing
path contained Polish characters. This has changed now, and you can add DWG/DXF files even if
their file path contained Polish characters. The Windows locale and Tekla Structures language
must both be set to Polish.
TT76921
Object handles
In certain Undo and Redo cases it was possible that the object handles were drawn also when
the 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 drawing
types.
TT73933
Multidrawings
The container view size was not correct in a multidrawing if the size of the linked assembly
drawing was changed. This has now been fixed.
TT77057

The advanced option XS_MULTIDRAWING_REMOVE_VIEW_LABEL_GAP is working again. This

advanced option removes unnecessary space between the drawing view label and the drawing
view 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 part
mark of a mesh, it gives the number of similar meshes, not the number of bars in the mesh, like
before.
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 bar
properties dialog box, both part properties and reinforcing bar properties were modified. Now
Tekla Structures no more modifies parts by reinforcing bar properties.
TT78118

Import and export

Changes in IFC Export
The 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 Surface
Geometry (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 a
selection 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 written
to 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 list
of options for Model objects to be exported. When this new option is selected, the
reinforcement of all cast units that have the same cast unit position as any of the selected cast
unit positions will be exported. For example, if a cast unit with cast unit position W-120 is
selected, the reinforcement of all cast units that have position W-120 will be exported even if
not all the cast units were selected.
Note that depending on the file naming either one file (including totals of all units) or separate
files (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 path
names. 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 on
top 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 the
gauge 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 works
correctly 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 the
gap 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 now
been fixed.
TT77155

Steel details
Stiffeners (1003), Multiple stiffeners (1064)
Previously, when you defined contours for welds, an extra line that covered the weld was
created. 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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Bracings not created

Bracings created

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

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Tekla Structures 18.0 SR1 Release

Notes

This document explains new features, fixes and improvements in Tekla Structures 18.0 Service
Release 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 is
not 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 in
the 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, the
standard.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 both
reference object properties and report properties are shown under a certain property. Use a
semi-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 into
multiple concrete parts at the same time. Previously, the reinforcing bars could only be applied
inside 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 geometry
of 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 deleted
while 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's
0 coordinate when creating or editing drawings, your drawings would update incorrectly. This
has 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 the
parent 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 the
view. 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 a
change 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 want
to restrict the command usage, the following line needs to be added in the privileges.inp
file:
action:RemoveUnnecessaryDrawingFiles
[who]

[who]

[access]

is everyone or <Windows_logon_name>, or <domain_name>

[access]

can be none/view/full.

In this example, only the administrator can use the Remove unnecessary drawing files
command:
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 checkerboard
effect. Now the checkerboard is visible only when the graphics are too heavy to be fully
rendered on panning.
TT76676
Part marks
Sometimes an application error occurred when part marks were updated. This has now been
fixed.
TT76340
Drawing filters
Drawing filters were not working correctly, as previous filter rules where used even though the
filtering 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 selected
drawings are not recreated.
TT74397
Slotted holes
Slotted holes are now shown correctly in the drawings, and the bolt marks contain slot
information. In some older versions, slotted holes were shown as round holes, and bolt marks
did 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 are
inside the view restriction box. In older versions, the bolts in a bolt group were not shown
correctly.
TT68823
Dragging in drawings
Sometimes dragging in drawings worked incorrectly and the whole drawing was moved. This
has now been fixed.
TT75004

When you dragged the view plane, the view was in some cases drawn in an incorrect place on
the sheet. The view was drawn correctly if you saved and closed the drawing and opened it
again. 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 plan
drawings.
TT75012
Minimum cut part length
The Minimum cut part length setting (View Properties > Shortening) was calculated
incorrectly 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 in
several multidrawings.
TT67165

If you had an assembly drawing in a multidrawing, and you used multinumbering, the assembly
drawing 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 is
correct (the same as that of the original drawing).
TT76625

View update in multidrawings has been improved, and views no longer move away from the
container 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 columns setting works correctly.
TT76564
Rebar mesh view creator
The RebarMeshViewCreator macro did not draw the mesh view in correct projection if the
mesh 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 offers
you altogether three dimensioning representations instead of one. It also allows you to adjust
the placing of the various elements in the dimension annotation more flexibly.
To use this application, add the RebarGroupDimensionPlugin command to a toolbar or to the
User menu through Tools > Customize in the modeling mode.
TT76258

The Rebar group dimension plugin dialog box now contains a new option for showing or
hiding the position text.

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Adjusting reinforcing bar location
The Adjust location command did not draw the reinforcing bar in the picked location if the first
or last reinforcing bar in the reinforcing bar group was outside view boundary. This has now
been 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 location
command for a reinforcing bar.
TT74264

Reinforcing bar marks

Reinforcing bar marks were not created if the reinforcing bar was placed at a customized
location (Reinforcing Properties > Visibility of reinforcing bars in group > Customized), or if
the 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 the
modeling mode. By default the diameter is "actual". If the advanced option
XS_USE_ONLY_NOMINAL_REBAR_DIAMETER is set to TRUE in the Advanced Options category
Concrete 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 in
the reinforcing bar group direction, not at an angle even if the group is tapered.
TT67642
Reinforcing bar end symbols
Representation of reinforcing bars that point away from the drawing is now changeable. You
can customize reinforcing bar end symbols (cross, circle, filled circle) in a symbol file by editing
the symbol file bent.sym, which in the default environment is located in
..\ProgramData\Tekla
Structures\<version>\environments\common\symbols. Or, you can create a new
symbol file in the same folder, for example, my_new_symbols.sym, and take it into use in the
rebar_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 when
defining the attributes for a value field.
TT74815
Creating reports
There was an application error when you created a report containing the SUM(AREA) value. This
has now been fixed.
TT75419
Area calculation for meshes
Net and gross area calculations now take cuts into account in mesh area reports for rectangle
and 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 a
template. However, avoid spline line types, ellipses and elliptic curves, and user-defined line
types in DWG files.
TT58036

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 far
away 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 dialog
box. 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.
This has now been fixed.

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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 is
exported 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 can
define 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 can
define 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 of
being 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 into
account.
TT74387

The total element thickness and the production thickness (in mm) in the SLABDATE block are
now 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 in
Opening embed classes.
TT74420

'Zero-Offset X-axis in mm' and 'Zero-Offset Y-axis in mm' in the SLABDATE block are now taken
into account.
TT74953

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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 the
beams 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 the
Brace conn tab.
TT69424

Tube crossing (22)

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

TT70546

Previously, a gap was created between the brace and the connection plate even if you defined
that 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 part
properties 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 of
unfolding.
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Cuts are now positioned correctly in unfolded plates. Previously, when using the One plate
option 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 is
sloped.
TT69930

Concrete components
Wall panel (64)
The Transverse Mesh tab name has been changed to Mesh. There is a new option for Mesh
creation direction on the tab. You can select to create Longitudinal or Transverse meshes. The
default is Longitudinal.

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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 mm for multiple reinforcing bars.
TT74837
Rectangular column reinforcement (83)
The range from where intermediate links are created is now correctly calculated from the inner
edge of stirrups.
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