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Tekla StructuresRelease Notes DRAFT

Product version 16.1May 2010

2010 Tekla Corporation


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Contents

Conventions used in this guide ........................................................................................................................... 3

1 Tekla Structures 16.1 Release Notes ....................................................... 72 New Features and Improvements ............................................................ 9

2.1 Feature map........................................................................................................................................... 9

2.2 General................................................................................................................................................. 12

Improvements in filtering.................................................................................................................. 12Disabling the Save and Save as functionalities for standard files ................................................... 14

2.3 Modeling............................................................................................................................................... 14

Measuring arc radius and length...................................................................................................... 14Rotating objects around any line...................................................................................................... 15Displaying parts with high accuracy................................................................................................. 16Casting direction affects numbering................................................................................................. 18Improvements in Clash Check Manager.......................................................................................... 19

Improvements in handling large reference models.......................................................................... 222.4 Reinforcement ...................................................................................................................................... 22

Ungrouping and grouping of reinforcements.................................................................................... 22Modifying the shape of a reinforcement by adding or removing points............................................ 26Combining two reinforcing bars or reinforcing bar groups into one.................................................. 27Reinforcing a continuous beam........................................................................................................ 29Improvements in reinforcement geometry........................................................................................ 31Improvements in reinforcement splicing........................................................................................... 32

2.5 Drawings............................................................................................................................................... 33

Improvements in dimensions........................................................................................................... 33Improvements in automatic cloning.................................................................................................. 34Improvements in controlling views and multinumbers of deleted parts and assemblies.................. 34New tool for showing layer information of reinforcing bars in drawings........................................... 34Improvements in handling the concrete part top-in-form information............................................... 35

2.6 Import and Export ................................................................................................................................. 36

New dialog boxes for exporting 3D DGN and 3D DWG/DXF........................................................... 36Permanent GUIDs for spatial structure IFC elements...................................................................... 37Improvements in IFC import and export........................................................................................... 37

2.7 Analysis and Design............................................................................................................................. 37


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New appearance for analysis nodes, handles and secondary members......................................... 37Merging nodes................................................................................................................................. 39New connectivity option for analysis members ............................................................................... 40Including loads and load groups in reports...................................................................................... 40

2.8 Task Manager....................................................................................................................................... 41

Improvements in managing task information................................................................................... 41Improvements in filtering and selecting tasks ................................................................................. 41Improvements in printing tasks........................................................................................................ 42

2.9 System Components............................................................................................................................ 42

Wall Rails (1).................................................................................................................................... 42Improvements in Floor Tool (1)........................................................................................................ 43Improvements in Tube gusset (20) .................................................................................................. 45

3Fixes ......................................................................................................... 493.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 49

3.2 General................................................................................................................................................. 49

Fix list............................................................................................................................................... 49

3.3 Modeling............................................................................................................................................... 50

Fix list............................................................................................................................................... 50

3.4 Reinforcement ...................................................................................................................................... 51

Fix list............................................................................................................................................... 51

3.5 Drawings............................................................................................................................................... 51Fix list............................................................................................................................................... 51

3.6 Templates and Reports ........................................................................................................................ 55

Fix list............................................................................................................................................... 55

3.7 Import and Export ................................................................................................................................. 56

Fix list............................................................................................................................................... 56

3.8 Analysis and Design............................................................................................................................. 56

Fix list............................................................................................................................................... 56

3.9 Construction Management.................................................................................................................... 57Fix list............................................................................................................................................... 57

3.10 Custom Components............................................................................................................................ 58

Fix list............................................................................................................................................... 58

3.11 System Components............................................................................................................................ 58

Fix list - steel connections................................................................................................................ 58Fix list - steel details......................................................................................................................... 60Fix list - steel modeling tools............................................................................................................ 60Fix list - reinforcement...................................................................................................................... 60Fix list - cold rolled........................................................................................................................... 60


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Tekla Structures 16.1 Release Notes

1 Tekla Structures 16.1Release Notes

Tekla Structures version 16.1 is an intermediate release and contains many new features andfixes.

Compatibility Tekla Structures 16.1 is compatible with all previous versions. You can open and work withexisting models using Tekla Structures 16.1. Note the following issues:

To avoid conversion problems, always open a model created with an older version of TeklaStructures as a single-user model first.

Updating drawings created with an older version of Tekla Structures in Tekla Structures16.1 may cause problems. We recommend that you complete any drawings you havestarted using your current version or recreate the drawings using Tekla Structures 16.1.

We recommend that you always check that custom components created in older versionswork correctly in the new version of Tekla Structures.

When you open custom components made with an older version of Tekla Structures in theCustom component editor, and the new version contains improvements requiring update,Tekla Structures asks whether you want to update the component. If you do not update thecomponent, it works in the same manner as in the version where it was originally made,

but you do not gain the benefits of the improvements.

If you choose to update the component, you need to check and sometimes even recreatedimensions depending on the improvements. When you delete a dimension and create anew one (even with the same name), also the equations containing the dimension need to

be edited, because the dependency created by the equation is lost when a dimension isdeleted. You can recreate the dimensions and edit the equations easily in the Customcomponent editor.

We suggest that you complete any models you have started using your current version.

Installing Tekla Structures setup creates a new subfolder for Tekla Structures 16.1.

You need Windows Administrator rights to install Tekla Structures 16.1. This ensures that allWindows system folder *.dll files are updated.

Once you save a model in Tekla Structures 16.1, you can open it in TeklaStructures 16.0, but not in previous versions of Tekla Structures.


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Tekla Open APIRelease Notes

To learn about the improvements in Open API development, see the Tekla Open API Release Notes on the Tekla Extranet under Tekla Structures > Product > Open API .


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New Features and Improvements

2 New Features andImprovements

2.1 Feature mapThis feature map lists all the new features in Tekla Structures 16.1 and the configurations theyare available in. To navigate in the release notes, click the link in the New Feature column.

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Improvements in ClashCheck Manager (p. 19)

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ReinforcementUngrouping and groupingof reinforcements (p. 22)

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Combining tworeinforcing bars orreinforcing bar groupsinto one (p. 27)

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New dialog boxes forexporting 3D DGN and 3DDWG/DXF (p. 36)

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Including loads and loadgroups in reports (p. 40)

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2.2 General

Improvements in filtering

The following improvements have been made to the filtering dialog boxes in Tekla Structures16.1.

When you create new filters, you can now choose where the filter will be visible. Forexample, you can create selection filters that are available both in the model and in thedrawings. In previous versions, you had to create separate filters for all the different filtertypes.

The advanced saving settings become visible when you click the button. To hide the

advanced settings, click the button.

You no longer need to click Load to open a filter. When you select an existing filter fromthe Save/Load list, it is automatically loaded from the database and you can modify its

properties if needed.

You can change the order of the filter rules by using the new Move up and Move down buttons.

Open existing filters

Show or hide the advanced saving settings

Define where the filter will be visible


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Otherimprovements

User-defined attributes are now sorted in alphabetical order in the filtering dialog boxes.Because of this, it is now easier to find a specific user-defined attribute from the Property list.

For moreinformation

Filtering objects

Change the order of rows

Remove all existing rows


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Disabling the Save and Save as functionalities for standard filesYou can now disable the Save and Save as functionalities for standard files. You can do this byadding the following line to the privileges.inp file:

action:SaveStandard everyone none

For moreinformation Controlling access to attributesLocation of hidden files

Save defaults

2.3 Modeling

Measuring arc radius and length

To make model checking faster and easier on complex structures, you can now measure theradius and length of an arc in the model. In previous versions, this was possible only indrawings. The Measure arc command is available on the General toolbar and on the Tools >Measure menu.

For moreinformation

Measuring objects

Starting pointMiddle point (any point along the arc between the starting and end

points)

End point

Arc radius

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Rotating objects around any lineTo make it easier to position objects in the model, you can now rotate objects around any lineyou choose. In previous versions, you could rotate objects only around lines that were locatedon the current work plane.

To define the rotation axis, select line in the Around list and pick two points, or enter thecoordinates in the dialog box.In previous versions of Tekla Structures:

In Tekla Structures 16.1:

Example In the following example, the selected fitting plate has been copied and rotated around aconstruction line that is located at the given coordinates. As a result, the copied fitting platesfollow the curve of the concrete panel.


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For moreinformation

Rotating objects

Displaying parts with high accuracyYou can now temporarily display parts with the highest possible level of accuracy. This can beuseful, for example, when checking a large model, because the entire model can still bedisplayed in the Fast or Exact representation mode but the individual part can be shown inmore detail. High accuracy can be used for multiple parts at a time.

To enable high accuracy, select the desired parts, right-click, and then hold down the Shift keywhile selecting Show with Exact Lines from the pop-up menu.


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Example The following example shows the same objects first in the normal display mode and then in thehigh accuracy mode.

Normal display mode

High accuracy mode


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For moreinformation

Showing parts with high accuracy

Casting direction affects numberingThe casting direction now affects the numbering of concrete parts. If you define the castingdirection for parts that differ only by their modeling direction, they get different positionnumbers. This is because the modeling direction affects the top-in-form face of the parts.

By default, the casting direction of the parts is undefined, which means the modeling directiondoes not affect numbering.

In the example below, each cast unit gets a different position number, because their top-in-formfaces are asymmetrical. As the yellow and magenta handles indicate, the orientation of the

panels is different.

For moreinformation

Improvements in handling the concrete part top-in-form information (p. 35)

Casting direction

Defining the casting direction of a part

Showing the top-in-form face


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Improvements in Clash Check Manager The following improvements have been made to Clash Check Manager in Tekla Structures16.1:

Grouping Capability to group and ungroup clashes.

Clash groups are displayed as follows:

Clash information There is now a new Clash Information dialog box that allows you to view more detailedinformation about a clash. The dialog box contains three tabs:

The Object details tab allows you view the details of an individual clash. For example,you can view the profile, material and class of the objects that collide. This can be usefulespecially when you view clash groups that contain more than two objects.

The Comments tab allows you to add, edit and remove comments related to a clash.


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The History tab allows you to track the history of a particular clash. For example, you cansee when and by whom the clash was detected.

Searching Capability to search among the clash check results. Enter the search terms in the search box atthe upper right corner of the Clash Check Manager dialog box.

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Saving New saving option for clashes. Use the Save selected command to save only the clashes thatare currently being selected in the list.

Printing Capability to print lists of clashes. You can control the print settings the same way as in anystandard Windows application.

New columns Two new columns: Found by , and Modified by .


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For moreinformation

Clash Check Manager

Improvements in handling large reference modelsThe moving of large reference models that are split into reference model objects is now muchfaster than in previous versions.

To achieve the best possible performance, modify the value of the new advanced optionXS_PLOT_UNPLOT_BUFFER_SIZE in your user.ini file. Set the value to match the number

of objects in your largest reference model, rounded up to the closest thousand.For example, if your reference model has 119 115 objects, you should add the following line tothe user.ini file:

set XS_PLOT_UNPLOT_BUFFER_SIZE=120000

For moreinformation

XS_PLOT_UNPLOT_BUFFER_SIZE

2.4 Reinforcement

Ungrouping and grouping of reinforcementsIn Tekla Structures 16.1 you can ungroup and group reinforcements with the new Ungroup andGroup commands.

Ungrouping You can ungroup reinforcing bar groups and reinforcement meshes. Only reinforcements whereeach reinforcing bar is in one plane can be ungrouped.

To ungroup a reinforcement:

1. Click Detailing > Create Reinforcement > Ungroup .2. Select one of the reinforcing bars in a reinforcing bar group or in a reinforcement mesh.

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1. Select one of the reinforcing bar groups (or all groups) or a reinforcement mesh using Ctrl+ mouse or area select.

2. Right-click and select Ungroup .

The reinforcing bar group is replaced with single reinforcing bars. The single bars get the same properties and offsets as the group.

If you ungroup a reinforcement mesh, the offsets for single bars are zero.

You cannot ungroup circular or curved reinforcing bar groups.

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Grouping You can group single reinforcing bars and reinforcing bar groups. Only reinforcements whereeach reinforcing bar is in one plane can be grouped. Single reinforcing bars need to have thesame bending shape.

All groups are created with exact spacings.

To group single reinforcing bars or reinforcing bar groups:

1. Click Detailing > Create Reinforcement > Group .2. Select all the reinforcing bars or reinforcing bar groups that you want to group.3. Click the middle mouse button.4. Select one reinforcing bar or reinforcing bar group to copy the properties from.

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1. Select the reinforcing bars or reinforcing bar groups using Ctrl + mouse or area select.2. Right-click and select Group .3. Select one reinforcing bar or reinforcing bar group to copy the properties from.

The new group gets the same properties as the selected reinforcing bar.

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For moreinformation

Reinforcing bar

Reinforcing bar group

Reinforcement mesh

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Modifying the shape of a reinforcement by adding or removing pointsYou can now easily modify the shape of a reinforcement by adding or removing points in thereinforcement.

Use the command Detailing > Modify Polygon Shape to modify the shape of a singlereinforcing bar, a reinforcing bar group, or a bent mesh.

You cannot modify the shape of polygonal or rectangular meshes, or the shape of taperedreinforcing bar groups.

Adding points toa reinforcement

To modify the reinforcement shape by adding points to it:

1. Select a single reinforcing bar, a reinforcing bar group, or a bent mesh.

2. Click Detailing > Modify Polygon Shape .3. Pick the first existing polygon point (1).4. Pick new points (2, 3).5. Pick the second existing polygon point (4).

The new points are added to the reinforcement, and the shape of the reinforcement ismodified.

Removing pointsfrom areinforcement

To modify the reinforcement shape by removing points from it:

1. Select a single reinforcing bar, a reinforcing bar group, or a bent mesh.2. Click Detailing > Modify Polygon Shape .3. Pick the first existing polygon point (1).4. Pick the second existing polygon point (2).5. Pick a point to be removed (3 or 4).

The point to be removed needs to be in between the two previously picked (1) and (2) points.

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The points are removed from the reinforcement, and the shape of the reinforcement ismodified.

For moreinformation

Modifying reinforcement

Modifying the shape of a polygon

Combining two reinforcing bars or reinforcing bar groups into oneYou can now combine two single reinforcing bars or reinforcing bar groups into one.Previously you could only split the reinforcing bars or the reinforcing bar groups.

Single bars can be combined if the bar end points are connected, or the end points are paralleland close to each other. Bar groups can be combined if the first and the last bars in the groupscan be combined. However, in certain cases it is possible to combine reinforcements that arenot connected nor parallel. The combined reinforcement gets the same properties as the firstselected bar.

To combine two single reinforcing bars or two reinforcing bar groups into one:

1. Click Edit > Combine .2. Select the first single bar or bar group to be combined.3. Select the second single bar or bar group to be combined.

Single reinforcingbars

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After combining:

For moreinformation

Splitting reinforcing bar groups

Splitting reinforcing bars in a group

Reinforcing a continuous beam

You can now reinforce a continuous beam using a new macro calledContinuousBeamReinforcement . Reinforcing a continuous beam is typically a time-consuming task, and the purpose of the ContinuousBeamReinforcement macro is to reducethe amount of time used for the reinforcing.

The macro creates main top and bottom bars, stirrups, fittings, and additional top and bottom bars using system components. Longitudinal reinforcement (70) creates the main andadditional top and bottom bars, Stirrup reinforcement (67) creates stirrups, and Batteringconnection (13) creates fittings.

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Reinforcing acontinuous beam

1. Go to Tools > Macros... , and run ContinuousBeamReinforcement .2. Follow the instructions in the Continuous Beam Reinforcement Wizard .

The reinforcements are created.

Beams andcolumns tabs

Use the Beams tab to select the parts that form the continuous beam, and the Columns tab toselect the parts that form the supporting or breaking parts of the continuous beam.

Attributes tabUse the Attributes tab to define the main top and bottom bar and the stirrup properties, coverthickness, and whether a cast unit is created.

Main top andbottom bars tabs

Use the Main top bars and Main bottom bars tabs to define the cover thickness for top and bottom reinforcing bars and the number of bars.

Stirrups tab Use the Stirrups tab to define the bend type and bend direction of the stirrups, and the stirrupspacing.

Additional topand bottom barstabs

Use the Additional top bars and Additional bottom bars tabs to define, for example, whetheradditional bars are created, additional reinforcing bar properties, and the number and the lengthof the additional bars.


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Improvements in reinforcement geometryYou can now locate reinforcements with invalid geometry. The information about invalidreinforcement geometry is presented in several ways.

Geometry inmodel

When you create or modify a reinforcement and the geometry of the reinforcement becomesinvalid, for example the bending radius is too big, the invalid reinforcement geometry isvisualized in the model. Previously it was not possible to detect reinforcements with invalidgeometry.

Tekla Structures displays a warning message, and a thin line is drawn between thereinforcement handles to show the invalid geometry. You can correct the reinforcementgeometry by selecting the line and modifying the reinforcement properties.

A warning message is displayed also when you open a model created with a previous TeklaStructures version and the model includes reinforcements with invalid geometry.

Geometry indrawings

If a model contains reinforcements with invalid geometry, the reinforcements are not shown inthe drawings. Tekla Structures displays a warning message when you create or open a drawingcontaining reinforcements with invalid geometry. The reinforcements are shown in thedrawings when you have corrected the reinforcement geometry in the model.

Diagnose Model If a model contains reinforcements with invalid geometry and you run the Diagnose Model command, the report warns about the invalid reinforcement geometry. To correct the

reinforcement geometry, select the invalid reinforcements in the model one by one and modifytheir geometry. Note that running the Repair Model command does not repair invalidreinforcement geometry.

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Inquire Object When you run the Inquire Object command or create reports, reinforcements with invalidgeometry are now clearly indicated.

Reinforcements with invalid geometry have the shape ? , zero length and zero weight. Theshape of the reinforcement is defined by the BEND_TYPE_INVALID variable in therebar_schedule_config.inp file.

For moreinformation

Working with reinforcement

Improvements in reinforcement splicing

Moving a splice You can now move the reinforcement splice along the reinforcing bar.

To move the splice:

1. Select the blue splice symbol .2. Right-click and select Move .3. Pick an origin and a destination point for the splice.

Alternatively, you can move the splice by clicking Edit > Move .

Offsetting asplice

Offsetting a splice now moves the overlapping reinforcing bar instead of the end point.Previously, when only the end point was moved, the reinforcing bars became skewed. As aresult, the bending types, dimensions and angles were not correct.

Now the reinforcing bars are not skewed anymore, and a spliced reinforcing bar gets the same bending type as a reinforcing bar without a splice. The bending dimensions and angles are alsocorrect. Thus it is easier to create accurate drawings.

For moreinformation

Reinforcement splice

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2.5 Drawings

Improvements in dimensions

Dimension tags Tekla Structures has a new tab page for dimension tags in the Dimension Properties dialog boxes in the drawing mode. The new Tags tab page also contains new options forleft and right middle dimension tags.

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Dimension marks You can now add dimension marks and dimension tags to new dimensions you are going tocreate in a drawing. In older versions you needed to first create the dimension before youcould do this.

Dimensionarrows

If you set the new advanced optionXS_USE_USABSOLUTE_ARROW_TYPE_FOR_ABSOLUTE_DIMENSIONS to TRUE in Tools >

Options > Advanced Options... > Dimensioning: General , the arrow shape US Absoluteis also used for normal absolute dimensions.

The arrow shape can be selected from the US Absolute dimensions list on theAppearance tab in the dimension properties dialog box.

For moreinformation

Adding tags to dimensions

XS_USE_USABSOLUTE_ARROW_TYPE_FOR_ABSOLUTE_DIMENSIONS


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Improvements in automatic cloning

Creating newdrawings ofidentical parts

If you have several identical parts, and you have created a drawing of one of them, changingone of the other identical parts will create a new drawing by automatic cloning whenAutomatic cloning is selected in Drawings & Reports > Numbering > Numbering Settings .Before, changing only the part that was used for creating the drawing created a new drawing by

automatic cloning.

Revisions anduser-definedattributes

If the new advanced option XS_COPY_REVISIONS_IN_AUTOMATIC_CLONING is set to TRUE in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Drawing Properties , the revisions and user-defined attributes are copied to the automatically cloned drawings during numbering. When itis set to FALSE , the revisions and user-defined attributes are not copied. The default value isTRUE.

For moreinformation

XS_COPY_REVISIONS_IN_AUTOMATIC_CLONING

General numbering settings

Improvements in controlling views and multinumbers of deleted parts andassemblies

You can use the new advanced option XS_MULTIDRAWING_KEEP_OBSOLETE_DRAWINGS (Tools > Options > Advanced Options... > Drawing Properties ) for controlling views andmultinumbers of deleted parts and assemblies in multidrawings. Set this advanced option toTRUE to preserve the views of the deleted parts and assemblies, and to reserve themultinumbers of the deleted parts and assemblies. Set this advanced option to FALSE to reusethe multinumbers of the deleted parts and assemblies and to delete the views.

For moreinformation

XS_MULTIDRAWING_KEEP_OBSOLETE_DRAWINGS

New tool for showing layer information of reinforcing bars in drawingsYou can now create cast unit and general arrangement drawings where reinforcing barrepresentation gets the layer information more automatically than before.

Before you can show the layer information in a drawing, you must run theRebarClassificator macro in the model.

To show the layer information in a drawing, run the RebarLayeringMarker macro throughTools > Macros... in the drawing. In the Rebar Layering Marker dialog box you can select thedesired marker type and define the marking settings. You can also select whether you want toshow the layer marker on all reinforcing bars or on the selected bars only.


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For moreinformation

Showing layer information on reinforcing bars

Improvements in handling the concrete part top-in-form informationChanges in the top-in-form setting are now handled correctly in drawing update and cloning.

When the top-in-form setting is changed in the model, the cast unit drawing views are updatedto match the new setting if fixed coordinate system is used.When you create a drawing using acloning template with a different top-in-form face setting than in the concrete part you select inthe model, or update the drawing when the top-in-form setting has changed, the viewingdirection is changed and the dimensions are placed to the most suitable location. A message isdisplayed indicating a major change in the drawing.

For moreinformation

Casting direction

Level prefix style marker. The number indicates the layer number, and the letterindicates whether the reinforcing bar is on the top, bottom, near side or far sidelayer.Symbol style marker. The number of triangles indicates the layer number fromthe face. Triangle orientation indicates whether the reinforcing bar is on the top,

bottom, near side or far side layer.


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2.6 Import and Export

New dialog boxes for exporting 3D DGN and 3D DWG/DXF

The dialog boxes for exporting 3D DGN and 3D DWG/DXF have been renewed. Thefunctionality remains the same, except you can no longer exclude inner contours in 3D DGN,DWG and DXF export.

New dialog box for 3D DGN export :

New dialog box for Export 3D DWG/DXF :

For moreinformation

Exporting 3D DGN

Exporting 3D DWG/DXF


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Permanent GUIDs for spatial structure IFC elementsSpatial structure IFC elements now have permanent GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers). Thismeans that elements, whose type is site , building , building storey or space now keeptheir GUIDs.

This improves communication between different parties in the projects: you can, for example,use reports and filters to track IFC objects that you have converted into native Tekla Structuresobjects.

For moreinformation

IFC import

IFC export

Improvements in IFC import and exportThe following improvements have been included in IFC import and export in Tekla Structures16.1:

The following IFC entities are now supported in IFC import: IfcDerivedProfileDef IfCompositeProfileDef IfcRevolvedAreaSolids IfcExtrudedAreaSolids

IFC import and export now use a new XML parser. Coloring issues with IFC entity IfcPresentationLayerAssignmentWithStyle have

been fixed. The inner radius of hollow rectangle profiles is now fixed to have a positive value in IFC

export. Failed cuts are no longer exported.

Assemblies are now written with full assembly structure. The boundary representation of reinforcing bars now writes the start and end face. The obligatory member BarRole of IfcReinforingBar is now set to NOTDEFINED . Reinforcing bars that are included in macros are now exported. Strings are now exported as IfcLabel entities. The exporting of curved beams has been improved. The exporting of reinforcing bars and screws was sometimes marked as failed in the export

log, even though the export had been successful. This has now been fixed.

For moreinformation

IFC import

IFC export

2.7 Analysis and Design

New appearance for analysis nodes, handles and secondary membersAnalysis nodes and handles have a new appearance that helps you easily to see whether a nodehas been selected, and to distinguish the start and end in analysis members and elements.Secondary members are now displayed in orange.


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Analysis nodes The analysis nodes are displayed as circles. When you select a node, the circle is filled withcolor.

Handles When you have selected an analysis member or element, Tekla Structures displays handles. Thestart of the analysis member or element is now displayed in yellow and the end is displayed inmagenta.

Node color Connectivitystatus Selection Example

Magenta Disconnected Selected

Magenta Disconnected Not selected

Green Connected Selected

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Secondarymembers Secondary members are now displayed in orange.

For moreinformation

Nodes connecting members and elements

Part handles

Merging nodesYou can now merge nodes in the analysis model, and pick a position for the merged node. Thisis useful when several nodes are located close to each other.

To do this, use the new command Analysis > Merge Selected Nodes .

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For moreinformation

Templates

Reports

Content types

2.8 Task Manager

Improvements in managing task informationIn Tekla Structures 16.1 managing task information is easier and more efficient than previously.

The Task Information dialog box has been renewed so that you can plan the schedule of atask, track how the task is progressing, and manage the individual objects in tasks onseparate tabs.

You can now monitor the task schedule and completeness of tasks more accurately than before. You can define that Task Manager calculates the task completeness based on thecompleteness of the individual objects in the task. Previously, you entered thecompleteness manually.

You can also enter dates and hours for the individual objects in a task and check that thedates entered do not conflict with the dates of the whole task. To check the possible

conflicts for all tasks, click > Check Dates . When changing the order of objects in a task, you can now easily see which objects are

moved. The selected objects are kept highlighted when you drag them to the desiredlocation in the list. In addition, the order column shows the saved order number of eachobject.

For moreinformation

Modifying a task

Defining the order of objects in a task

Improvements in filtering and selecting tasksFiltering and selecting tasks have been improved in Tekla Structures 16.1. You now haveseveral different ways to filter and select tasks.

You can easily filter the task list using the instant search field. The search starts when youhave entered two characters in the search field. The search covers all visible fields in thetask list.

The analysis model has to be active, when you include one of thefollowing in a report:

Loads and parts under each load Parts and loads under each part Parts and load groups under each part, and loads under each load

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On the Slab properties tab, you can define a direction for the hollow core slab you arecreating. The first two points you pick define the local +X direction.

You can later change the orientation of the slabs by setting the direction to Angle .

You can also define whether the slab ends are cut or not. When the slab ends are cut, youalso need to define the minimum end angles for the slabs.

On the Insulation tab, if you define that insulation is created, you can now define the rightand left end offset, and start and end offset for each slab.

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If the main part had a skewed cut in the end, the gusset plate collided with the end plate ofthe main part. This has now been fixed.

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Tube gusset (20)


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50 TEKLA STRUCTURES 16Fixes

Mini Toolbar The Mini Toolbar now stays in the position it was locked to. In previous versions, the MiniToolbar might be restored to the default location in some situations.

The Mini Toolbars of reference models and reference objects are now customizable. The Copy properties command on the Mini Toolbar sometimes copied also the part's

position settings to another part. This has now been fixed.

Multi-user mode When saving the model in the multi-user mode, the Crossing selection is inactive message is no longer shown on top of the Database stored message.

3.3 Modeling

Fix list

Part labels User-defined attributes related to profiles can now be shown in part labels.

Referencemodels

The File > Insert Reference Model command is now automatically deactivated after youhave inserted one reference model.

The change visualization of large subdivided reference models is now considerably fasterthan before.

Snapping to reference model origin now works correctly. In previous versions, if some of the reference model objects are set to hidden (either with

the Hide command or with the Show Only Selected command), the entire referencemodel became hidden. This has now been fixed.

Magnetism Magnetic grids and magnetic construction lines now work correctly when used together ina model.

Twin profiles You can now change the type of the twin profile on the Position tab in the Twin ProfileProperties dialog box.

Assemblies You can no longer create redundant assembly levels. If you try to create a sub-assembly of parts or assemblies that already form an assembly, Tekla Structures displays a warning. Inaddition, the Make into Sub-Assembly command now works only when at least two partsor assemblies are being selected.

You can now use Phase Manager to assign phases to assemblies. The phase is set only forthe assembly main part. If you explode the assembly, the remaining parts may belong to adifferent phase than the assembly main part.

Welds The user-defined attributes of welds are now retained correctly when you click Apply inthe Weld Properties dialog box.

All the weld properties, including the prefix and the reference text, are now displayedcorrectly in the Weld Properties dialog box.

Edge chamfers Edge chamfers are now handled correctly when you use the Copy Special > Mirror command.

Surface treatment If a surface treatment has been copied or moved to another object, deleting the originalobject part does not delete the moved or copied surface treatments.

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Fixes

Numbering The numbering of assemblies has been improved. In previous versions, when younumbered assemblies that contained sub-assemblies with studs, the assemblies weresometimes unnecessarily assigned new position numbers.

Bolt edgedistance

You can now use the new advanced option XS_CHECK_BOLT_EDGE_DISTANCE_ALWAYS in Tools > Options... > Advanced Options > Modeling Properties to define whether to

check the bolt edge distance in components. Set the advanced option to TRUE to alwayscheck the bolt edge distance and to FALSE to check it only when there are bolts in theobject (the check is not done if there is only a hole).

Phases When you use the Edit > Copy Special > From Another Model command, informationrelated to phases is copied together with the parts that you copy.

Sketched crosssections

Handling models that include sketched cross sections is now faster. In previous versions, it was possible to open the cross section sketch editor or the Profile

Editor when the custom component editor was already running, which caused some problems. This has now been fixed.

Profiles with

variable crosssections

In previous versions, the *.Location variable was not divided correctly in formulas if itsvalue was 1.00 . This has now been fixed.

Profile Catalog The profile catalog is now refreshed correctly for sketched profiles.

3.4 Reinforcement

Fix list

Bent meshes The hooks of bent meshes with multiple diameters follow the line between the longitudinaland the cross bars (the touching line).

Hooks If the hook length is set to zero, no hooks are created. This applies to single reinforcing bars, reinforcing bar groups, and bent meshes.

Reinforcing bars The end hook of a reinforcing bar is now correct regardless of hook bending radius andreinforcing bending radius values.

3.5 Drawings

Fix list

Dimensions The associativity of the angle dimensions has been further improved. Angle dimensions can now also be associated to grid. Now dimensions are not associated to edge chamfers that are not visible in the view. The handling of the dimension associativity has been improved, especially in drawings

containing lots of large dimension sets. Sometimes some dimension points were not associative if

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The dimension associativity in cast unit drawings will now prefer part planes overreference points. For example, if part reference point is located at the part corner, adimension made to the part corner will follow the corner in drawing update even thoughthe reference points would move to another location.

The association of the dimensions to complex profiles, such as hollow cores, is now morereliable.

Sometimes bolt dimensions were doubled in updated or cloned drawings. This has now been fixed.

Sometimes angle dimensions were marked with change symbols in cloned drawings. Thishas now been fixed.

In some cases dimension direction was not updated correctly. This has now been fixed. Dimensions were not updated correctly in some situations. This has now been fixed. The Fittings (NS/FS) dimension tag element was not working. This has now been fixed. Bending line dimensions were not drawn correctly if exaggerated dimensions were set on.

Bending line dimensions are not exaggerated anymore. The middle tag in absolute dimensions is again correctly positioned. The dimensions of plates are now displayed correctly in curved section views in drawings.

Marks Cutting angle template attributes ( END1_ANGLE_Y , END1_ANGLE_X , END2_ANGLE_Y ,END2_ANGLE_X ) now work again in part marks.

Sometimes part marks moved incorrectly in drawing update. This has now been fixed. Parallel leader lines for reinforcement group marks and merged reinforcement marks are

no longer drawn on the mark text. Furthermore, the extension lines in parallel leader linesare now drawn correctly.

Mark elements using frame type underline are now drawn correctly. The top-in-form setting is now considered when the part mark is rotated in general

arrangement plan drawings. If top-in-form face is set to Back in the model, the mark is placed near the end point of a part. For other parts, the mark is placed near the start point as before.

Sometimes merged marks disappeared when a drawing was updated or when the viewdepth was changed.This has now been fixed.

Welds The weld line type is now taken into account when drawing new weld type symbols. Setting the weld mark font through View Properties > Weld > Font now works. Weld reference text was drawn incorrectly if it was on the left side and the advanced option

XS_MIN_WELD_LINE_LENGTH was set. This has now been fixed. The weld contour symbol no longer overlaps other symbols when you use underlined weld

line type.

Views When manually editing a drawing, the view frames are updated correctly when needed and

view origo is kept at the same location if the advanced optionXS_DRAWING_CHECK_VIEW_FRAME_AFTER_EDIT is set to UPDATE . Views are now placed correctly in drawing update and cloning. If a drawing contained a

key plan view, sometimes all the views were moved unnecessarily. New option CLONING_ONLY has been added for the advanced option

XS_DRAWING_UPDATE_VIEW_PLACING . With this option you can define that view placingis updated only during cloning, not during update.

View frame of the enlarged views in anchor bolt plans was too small in some cases. Thishas now been fixed.

Sometimes the drawing views were placed incorrectly in cloned and updated drawings ifthe model geometry had changed. This has now been fixed.

Sometimes after drawing update, the section symbols were moved out of the view, theview frames were enlarged and views were placed incorrectly. This has now been fixed.


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Fixes

In some cases hidden section views became visible and visible section views becamehidden unintentionally if two or more section views used the same symbol.

Sometimes the section views were not combined or were combined incorrectly if theadvanced option XS_DRAWING_CUT_VIEW_COMPARISON_CRITERIA was set. This hasnow been fixed.

Sometimes section marks and view labels changed unnecessarily in multidrawings. Thishas now been fixed.

Container view size was not always updated correctly when the size of the included viewchanged. This has now been fixed. The view no longer jumps when you drag the containerview.

Single-partdrawingsincluded inassemblydrawings

The functionality of including single-part drawings in assembly drawings has beenimproved in the following way:

The quantity of the included single-part drawings is now ignored. For example, if youhave a plate p8 in many different assemblies, and you add another p8 in the model,and the p8 has not changed after numbering, the assembly drawing can be openedwithout numbering.

If a single-part drawing needs to be updated when creating the correspondingassembly drawing, Tekla Structures now creates a new single-part view, and you nolonger need to do this manually.

The Select objects button in the Drawing List now selects the assembly parts as before.

If selected drawing contains linked drawing views, Tekla Structures nowautomatically updates the linked drawings before the selected drawing. Before this fixTekla Structures only updated selected drawings and if the linked drawings were notup-to-date, then the selected drawing could not be updated.

There was also a problem with assembly drawings that contained linked views. TeklaStructures could only update the linked views or the assembly views but not both.Thishas now been fixed.

Dragging objects Now using Ctrl and Shift while dragging works more reliably. When you press Ctrl whiledragging, the object is copied, and when you press Shift while dragging, the object ismoved, together with a potential leader line.

The advanced options XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_DIMENSIONS_TO_FIXED ,XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_NOTES_TO_FIXED , XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_TEXTS_TO_FIXED ,XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_MARKS_TO_FIXED , XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_VIEWS_TO_FIXED are now working correctly.

View dragging is now faster than in Tekla Structures version 15.0. Dragging multiple leaderline handles at the same time works now correctly. Dragging DWGs in drawings was slow with some DWG files. This has now been fixed.

Texts If you changed text from the type Along line to With leader line , the text was notdisplayed correctly. This has now been fixed.

It is again possible to rotate text even if the font is bigger than 3/32.

Symbols Rotating symbols works correctly again.

Rectangles Rectangles are now associative again.

Snapping to lines Snapping to lines was not working in drawings when you copied objects from a view toanother. This has now been fixed.

Filtering The Save and Save as buttons are now working correctly and the related boxes show thecorrect settings in filtering dialog boxes.

Filters are again working properly in manually created drawing views.


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Printing to PDF Reports are now printed to PDF with correct rotation (0 degrees).

Conversion toradians

Conversion to radians works now correctly in templates.

3.7 Import and Export

Fix list

Export data toEliPlan file (68)

It is now possible to select the position number type to be exported: cast unit number orassigned control number (ACN). This setting only affects the pieces and plotter data of theexport file.

NC files In the NC files, the number of parts was incorrect when a hard stamp was used in the NCfile that contained also part position information.

In NC files, round contour plates with round part cut produced incorrect results. This hasnow been fixed.

When you have set the advanced optionXS_DSTV_REAL_WIDTH_INTO_HEADER_PROFILE_FOR_PLATES to TRUE and there is nowidth in the profile name (only the plate thickness), the profile name is not changed.

For T profiles, the width and height values are now switched in the NC file header, whichresults in correct placement of holes in the output.

Hidden objects indrawing export

Hidden objects no longer cut lines in drawing export.

Web Viewer Exporting of surface treatments to Web Viewer models has been improved.

3.8 Analysis and Design

Fix list

Analysis modelproperties

The options Node position tolerance and Snap distance have been removed from theAnalysis Model Properties dialog box to enhance the usability of the analysis model.Automatic values are used instead.

Built-up sections The neutral axis position was not calculated correctly at split position for tapered built-upsections with split positions. This has now been fixed.

Creating bracingsas builtupsections

When creating bracings as builtup sections, sometimes a plate belonging to a neighbouring bracing was included in the builtup section.This has now been fixed.

Area loaddistribution

In some rare cases, the total load and applied load differed for area loads, and a warningwas displayed. This has now been fixed.

Area loadhandling

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Fixes

Analysis memberoffsets

The longitudinal member offset as defined in the analysis properties of a connection wasnot taken into account when creating an analysis model in which Member end releasemethod by connection was enabled. This has now been fixed.

Analysis nodes Sometimes, split nodes inserted by users did not function correctly in analysis modelupdates. This has now been fixed.

Nodal loads In some rare cases, nodal load was applied to a node which did not exist in the model. Thishas now been fixed.

Snapping Snapping to an analysis bar or analysis area edge did not work even if the Snap to linesand edges switch was selected. This has now been fixed. Also, snapping to a node nowworks if the Snap to geometry lines / points switch is selected.

Analysis membercoordinates

Forcing an analysis member coordinate to a specified value by setting the Axis modifier option to Fixed coordinate on the Position tab in the analysis part properties dialog boxdid not work correctly when you had selected the neutral axis position. This has now beenfixed.

3.9 Construction Management

Fix list

Assemblyproperties

Previously, it was possible to modify the assembly name, start number and prefix in theConstruction Management configuration. This has been changed so that modifying these

properties is not possible in the Construction Management configuration anymore.

Filtering byobject types andlogical areas Previously, filtering by object types and logical areas did not work if objects wereorganized as assemblies in Model Organizer. This has now been fixed.

Deleting modelobjects

Model objects that have been deleted from the model are now removed from the ModelOrganizer when you manually refresh the Model Organizer view.

It is not possible to delete model objects in the Model Organizer. You can, however,remove objects from a selected category in the Model Organizer.

Viewing theobject pane

When you changed to another model, sometimes there was an error in the ModelOrganizer and you had to restart Tekla Structures to open the object pane. This has now

been fixed.

Taskdependencies

Task dependencies are now checked when task duration is changed as a result of production rate calculation.

You can now select in which direction a dependent task is moved when the preceding taskis moved.

Importing andexporting tasks

Previously, task dates and dependencies were not correctly exported from Task Manager toMS Project if you had made changes in the tasks and not saved the task list. This has now

been fixed so that saving is not needed before exporting. Importing from Task Manager to Primavera P6 did not function correctly. This has now

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Non-workingdays

The following improvements have been made in the Non-working days dialog box inTask Manager:

The Remove button now functions properly. OK and Cancel buttons have been added in the Non-working periods dialog box. Now it is easier to define weekly recurring events for non-working days.

Viewingselections

Now Task Manager remembers all selections that you make in the View menu. When youopen Task Manager the next t ime, the selections you made in the View menu in the

previous Task Manager session are used. If you move the toolbars, we recommend that youdo not position them right after each other as they may be misplaced.

Sortint taskinformation

In tasks that did not have any objects linked to them, there was an error when you clickedthe column headings on the Manage Dates of Individual Objects tab in the TaskInformation dialog box. This has now been fixed.

Modifying taskdates

Previously, sometimes when you modified the dates of a task in the Task Information dialog box and clicked Modify , the changes were not shown on the Manage Dates ofIndividual Objects tab. This has now been fixed.

Task duration Modifying the planned duration of a summary task from the task list is now disabled. When you assigned a task type to a summary task, the duration of the task did not match

the length of its subtasks. This has now been fixed.

Production ratequantities

The quantity for production rate was different for parts and assemblies. This has now beenfixed.

User-definedattributes

The names of user-defined attrributes are now presented correctly in the Task Types dialog box.

3.10 Custom Components

Fix list

Customcomponents

AutoConnection and AutoDefaults are now available for custom components. You can now add keywords for several custom components at the same time.

Parameter naming conventions in nested components have been improved. Previouslywhen you defined an equation for a nested component parameter, you could not use a

parameter name that existed inside the nested component. Now the same parameter namescan be used several times in nested components.

3.11 System Components

Fix list - steel connections

JP Floor beamgusset (11)

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Fixes

Two closed beams were regarded as a twin profile in the connection. This has now beenfixed.

Welded parts, for example stiffeners, were sometimes incorrectly regarded as the main partof a built-up beam. This caused gusset plates to have incorrect shapes. This has now beenfixed.

Batteringconnection (13) When the secondary part was sloping and a gap was defined between the main and thesecondary part, the parts collided. This has now been fixed. The sloping part is cutaccording to the entered gap distance.

Stiffened shearplate (17)

Filler plates are now created with the correct width.

Shear Plate FullDepth (37), ShearPlate Full Depth(39)

You can now define the gap between the shear tab and the main part top and bottom flange.

Haunch (40) When you created a haunch connection, the lower bolts in the end plate were not createdcorrectly if main part plate (flange or web) was thick. This has now been fixed.

Cranked beam(41)

Previously, welds were not created correctly in the beam. This has now been fixed.

Shear plate (48) The Picture and Options tab contents have now been fixed.

Apex haunch(106)

The analysis profile length did not work correctly for the main part. This has now beenfixed.

Two sided endplate (142)

Secondary parts were not cut correctly if there was an angle between the parts. This hasnow been fixed.

Shear platesimple (146)

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Bent plate (190) Slotted holes are now created correctly.

Fix list - steel details

Stiffened notch

(1006) The weld is now placed correctly on the beam web.

Fix list - steel modeling tools

Ship Ladder (1) The weld created is now always an on-site weld. The shop/site weld selection has beenremoved from the Welds tab.

Ladder (S35) When the L-profile was used, stringers were not created in the same way on both sides ofthe Ladder (S35) component. This has now been fixed.

Fix list - reinforcement

Slab bars (18) Reinforcing bars are now created correctly also when there is an opening in the slab.

Inverted tee beam(52)

You can now create meshes on the Stem mesh and Ledge mesh tabs only using the meshcatalog.

The meshes are created correctly according to the selected mesh catalog type. Previouslythe mesh creation did not work correctly, which affected the cast unit numbering.

Wall Panel (64) Now the Mesh type that you have selected on the Transverse Mesh tab is displayed in theReinforcement Mesh Properties dialog box. Previously the mesh name was notdisplayed.

StirrupReinforcement(67)

You can now define the start and the end cover thickness for the stirrups.

Lifting Anchor(80)

Anchors were rotated incorrectly in cases where many parts formed a cast unit, forexample a sandwich wall. This has now been fixed.

Rectangularcolumnreinforcement(83)

You can now create both symmetrical and asymmetrical side bars on the Side bars tab.

Fix list - cold rolled

Albion SIGMAprofiles

Albion SIGMA profiles are now available in the profile catalog.

Ayrshire Non-Continuous Rail(106)

The default bolt sizes are now correct: M12 for CW and ZED sections, and M16 for Zetaand Zeta2.

Ayrshire EavesBeam toStanchion (113)

Web bolts are now created correctly through the eaves beam. The default bolt size for the component is now M16 4.6XOX . The component now allows slotted holes to be defined within the connection.

Ayrshire non-

standars eavesbeams

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Box Bolt (13) Box Bolt now uses Hexagon Head as the default. Box Bolt diameter is now shown in the table on the Parameters tab.

Beam Clampbolts in reports

Bolts used within the Beam Clamp components will not appear in the standard bolt reportsBolt_Site_Summary and Bolt_Site_location .

Steadmans siderail supports (28) Side rail struts now use 12 mm bolts with 14 mm holes in the cleat and 14 mm square holesin the rail.

HiSpan Sag Rodto Rafters (50)

The connection has been removed from the HiSpan system and the component catalog.

Metl-ConAutoform OneSided (20), Metl-Con AutoformTwo Sided (22),Metl-ConAutoform Detail(1003)

When the Autoform bolt backmark was below the specified minimum value at either endof the Autoform , the file transfer failed even though a green connection symbol wasdisplayed. This has now been fixed.

When you deleted an Autoform connection from a beam, the Autoform data was notremoved. This has now been fixed. Removing the Autoform connection also removes theAutoform data.

UltraZEDcomponentsusing CSK typeholes

When using CSK holes, the actual depth of the CSK is now 5 mm from the inside face ofthe section. Previously, the depth was 5 mm from the outside face of the section.

UltraZED Std.Anti-Sag Bay (37)and Eaves Brace(38)

When CSK bolts are used, a packer plate is not created anymore.

UltraZED Eavesbeam tostanchion (104)

If you used standard UltraZED cleats to connect two beams and had set the Number ofProfiles to Double on the Parameters tab, the entire connection and bolts were doubled.This has now been fixed.

UltraZED Coldrolled sleeved(107) The minimum bolt grade for UltraZED sections is now 8.8. Previously, the bolt grade was4.6 when no bolt grade was defined.

UltraZED coldrolled cleat (108)

Previously, when two secondary parts were connected, the selection order determinedwhether cleats were created correctly. Now Tekla Structures uses the correct cleats withany selection order.

Documents

Release_notes_161_enu.pdf