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Tekla Structures
Product version 17.0

October 2010
2010 Tekla Corporation
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Contents
Conventions used in this guide ........................................................................................................................... 3
Tekla Structures 17.0 Release Notes....................................................... 7
New Features and Improvements ............................................................ 9

2.1
Feature map ........................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2
General ................................................................................................................................................. 12
2.3
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Improvements in concrete detailing .................................................................................................

Improvements in snapping ...............................................................................................................
Improvements in Mini Toolbar..........................................................................................................
Font used in Tekla Structures user interface ..................................................................................
Improvements in using lists in dialog boxes.....................................................................................
Improvements in FLEXnet licensing.................................................................................................
Global and local folder for XS_MACRO_DIRECTORY....................................................................
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Modeling ............................................................................................................................................... 17
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More colors in object representation ................................................................................................ 17

Changes in view type selection ....................................................................................................... 19
New tools for creating surface views................................................................................................ 19
2.4
Reinforcement ...................................................................................................................................... 21
Defining your own reinforcing bar bending shapes .......................................................................... 21
Improvements in bending radiuses .................................................................................................. 23
2.5
Drawings............................................................................................................................................... 24
Improvements in associativity and cloning.......................................................................................
Improvements in visualizing drawing object associativity ................................................................
Improvements in controlling dimension tag mark content ................................................................
Moving the end of the dimension line...............................................................................................
New tool for dimensioning center of gravity .....................................................................................
New tool for dimensioning spiral stirrup reinforcement groups ........................................................
New tool for creating drawing views for reinforcement meshes.......................................................
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Import and Export ................................................................................................................................. 37

Layout Manager - new tool for using model data on site .................................................................
Improvements in IFC import and export...........................................................................................
Improvements in IFC object conversion...........................................................................................
New scribing settings for NC files ...................................................................................................
Improvements in Export EliPlan file (68) ..........................................................................................
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Improvements in Unitechnik export (79) .......................................................................................... 40

Improvements in BVBS export ......................................................................................................... 40
2.7
Analysis and Design ............................................................................................................................. 41

Copying analysis models ................................................................................................................
Copying analysis parts .....................................................................................................................
Improvements in the Loads and analysis toolbar.............................................................................
Changes in Eurocode load modeling and load combinations .........................................................
Displaying warnings .........................................................................................................................
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2.8
Task Manager....................................................................................................................................... 46
2.9
System Components ............................................................................................................................ 46

Improvements in Seam Applicator (1).............................................................................................. 46
Improvements in Precast stairs (65) ................................................................................................ 47
Improvements in Rectangular column reinforcement (83) ............................................................... 51
Fixes ......................................................................................................... 53
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 53
3.2
General ................................................................................................................................................. 53
3.1
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Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 53

Modeling ............................................................................................................................................... 54
Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 54
3.4
Reinforcement ...................................................................................................................................... 55
Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 55
3.5
Drawings............................................................................................................................................... 56
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3.6
Templates and Reports ........................................................................................................................ 58

Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 58
3.7
Import and Export ................................................................................................................................. 59

Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 59
3.8
Analysis and Design ............................................................................................................................. 60
3.9
Construction Management.................................................................................................................... 60
Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 60
3.10 Custom Components ............................................................................................................................ 60

3.11 System Components ............................................................................................................................ 60
Fix list - steel connections ................................................................................................................
Fix list - steel details.........................................................................................................................
Fix list - steel modeling tools ............................................................................................................
Fix list - concrete components .........................................................................................................
Fix list - cold rolled ...........................................................................................................................
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Tekla Structures 17.0

Release Notes
Compatibility
Tekla Structures version 17.0 is a main version and contains many new features and fixes.
Tekla Structures 17.0 is compatible with all previous versions. You can open and work with
existing models using Tekla Structures 17.0.
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We suggest that you complete any models you have started using your current version.
Once you save a model in Tekla Structures 17.0, you cannot open it in
previous versions of Tekla Structures.
Tekla Structures setup creates a new subfolder for Tekla Structures 17.0.
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Installing
You need Windows Administrator rights to install Tekla Structures 17.0. This ensures that all
Windows system folder *.dll files are updated.
Tekla Structures 17.0 uses .NET Framework 4.0, which is installed as a prerequisite to the
computer you are installing Tekla Structures to. In case you already have a beta version of the
.NET Framework 4.0 installed on your computer, you need to uninstall it or replace it with the
official version of the NET Framework 4.0 available in the Microsoft web site.
Tekla Open API

Release 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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Tekla Structures 17.0 Release Notes
New Features and

Improvements
2.1 Feature map
Drafter
Viewer
Project Manager
Construction Management
Engineering
Reinforced Concrete Detailing
New feature
Precast Concrete Detailing
Steel Detailing
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This feature map lists all the new features in Tekla Structures 17.0 and the configurations they
are available in. To navigate in the release notes, click the link in the New Feature column.
General
Improvements in concrete
detailing (p. 12)
Improvements in snapping
(p. 12)
Improvements in Mini
Toolbar (p. 14)
Font used in Tekla

Structures user interface
(p. 14)
Improvements in using
lists in dialog boxes (p. 14)
Improvements in
FLEXnet licensing (p. 15)
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New Features and Improvements
Drafter
Viewer
Project Manager
Engineering
Steel Detailing
Full
New feature
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More colors in object

representation (p. 17)
Changes in view type

selection (p. 19)
New tools for creating

surface views (p. 19)
Global and local folder for

XS_MACRO_DIRECTO
RY (p. 16)
Defining your own

reinforcing bar bending
shapes (p. 21)
Improvements in bending
radiuses (p. 23)
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Drawings
Improvements in
associativity and cloning
(p. 24)
Improvements in
visualizing drawing object
associativity (p. 28)
Moving the end of the

dimension line (p. 32)
Improvements in
controlling dimension tag
mark content (p. 30)
New tool for dimensioning

center of gravity (p. 32)
New tool for dimensioning

spiral stirrup
reinforcement groups (p.
34)
New tool for creating

drawing views for
reinforcement meshes (p.
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Import and Export
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Reinforcement
Modeling
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Improvements in IFC
import and export (p. 37)
Improvements in IFC
object conversion (p. 38)
New scribing settings for

NC files (p. 38)
Drafter
Viewer
Project Manager
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Layout Manager - new

tool for using model data
on site (p. 37)
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Improvements in Export
EliPlan file (68) (p. 39)
Engineering
Steel Detailing
Full
New feature
Improvements in
Unitechnik export (79) (p.
40)
Improvements in BVBS
export (p. 40)
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Analysis & Design
Copying analysis models

(p. 41)
Copying analysis parts (p.

42)
Improvements in the
Loads and analysis toolbar
(p. 42)
Changes in Eurocode load

modeling and load
combinations (p. 43)
Displaying warnings (p.

45)
Improvements in Seam
Applicator (1) (p. 46)
Improvements in Precast
stairs (65) (p. 47)
Improvements in
Rectangular column
reinforcement (83) (p. 51)
System Components
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2.2 General
Improvements in concrete detailing
To better fulfill the various requirements in cast-in-place and precast detailing practices, Tekla
Structures 17.0 contains changes in concrete detailing.
Cast units have the cast unit type part property - they are set either Cast
in place or Precast. It is now important to use the correct cast unit type,
because some functionalities, for example numbering, are based on the
cast unit type.
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The following changes have been made for cast units in concrete detailing:
Family numbering is only applied for precast cast units.
The top-in-form setting is only taken into account in the numbering of precast cast units.
Precast components can only be applied for precast cast units.
Precast manufacturing exports are only allowed for precast cast units (for example,
Unitechnik, ELiPLAN).
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The following improvements have been made in the Reinforced Concrete Detailing (RCD)
configuration:
Cast-in-place cast units and reinforcements can now be numbered in RCD.
When reinforcing precast concrete parts, conceptual reinforcements are created in RCD. It
is possible to convert the conceptual reinforcements to detailed reinforcements in the
Precast Concrete Detailing (PCD) configuration.
You can now add steel embeds to cast-in-place cast units in RCD.
You can now warp, camber and shorten a part using the options on the Deforming tab in
the part properties dialog box in RCD.
It is now possible to create cast unit drawings of cast-in-place cast units. Precast cast unit
drawings cannot be created, and the existing drawings are only in read-only mode in RCD.
Improvements in snapping
The following improvements have been made to snapping in Tekla Structures 17.0:
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When snapping to extension lines, it is now easier to follow an extension line as it extends
past the cursor.
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When snapping to an extension line that is perpendicular to the part reference line, an
angle symbol is shown.
When both the Snap to extension lines snap switch
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and the Snap to nearest
are active, it is now possible to snap to the

points (points on line) snap switch
intersection of the extension line and the grid line. Snapping to the intersection also works
when both the Snap to extension lines snap switch
points snap switch
and the Snap to intersection
are active.
It is now easier to find the extension line in 3D view when snapping. To show the
extension line, you can move the mouse pointer along the part reference line and continue
in the direction of the extension.
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The Snap to nearest points (points on line) switch and the Snap to lines and edges
For more
information
Snapping to extension lines
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Improvements in Mini Toolbar
. They have been

switch are now next to each other in the Snapping toolbar
grouped so that turning one of them on automatically turns the other one off.
The following improvements have been made to the Mini Toolbar in Tekla Structures 17.0:
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You can now quickly show or hide the Mini Toolbar using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+K.
You can still also go to Tools > Options > Mini Toolbar to show or hide the toolbar.
You can now modify polygon welds using the Mini Toolbar.
Mini Toolbar
Font used in Tekla Structures user interface

The font used in the Tekla Structures user interface now follows the Windows default system
font. If you change the system font in Windows, the font used in Tekla Structures dialog boxes
and other user inteface elements changes accordingly.
Using the Windows default system font makes the user interface more easy to read.
Improvements in using lists in dialog boxes

When selecting options from a list in a dialog box, you can now point to the list you want to
display, click and then enter one or two characters to find the desired option.
Previously, you had to open the list and then drag the pointer to highlight the desired option.
For more
information
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Dialog box elements
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Improvements in FLEXnet licensing
Tekla Structures 17.0 works with version 17 entitlements. You need to deactivate version
16 entitlements in order to activate the version 17 entitlements.
Tekla Structures 17.0 beta versions work with version 16 entitlements.
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New version of Tekla Structures license server is released with Tekla Structures 17.0. The
versioning of Tekla Structures license server has been harmonized with the Tekla
Structures version numbers. From now on the version number of the licensing tools refers
to the Tekla Structures main version, same way as the entitlement version number.
Tekla Structures Licensing Service is now configured automatically during the license
server installation. Your server computer hostname is automatically written into
tekla.lic license file, and the license server manager lmgrd is set to run TCP/IP port
27007. This reduces the need to edit the tekla.lic file manually.
There is a new tab in Tekla Structures License Administration Tool. The Statistic tab
shows the license usage at one view. The Statistic tab gives the total number of each
configuration activated on the server, licenses in use, borrowed licenses and free licenses.
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The usage of the enterprise licenses can now be controlled through tekla.opt options
file. You can, for example, assign the enterprise licenses to a certain work group with the
following rule:
INCLUDE STD-E GROUP detailers-india
The configuration code of Construction Management has changed from

ConstructionManagement to CM-C. You can use the new configuration code in
tekla.opt file to control access to Construction Management licenses.
You can now run Tekla Structures license server without troubles with VPN connection.
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Global and local folder for XS_MACRO_DIRECTORY

The advanced option XS_MACRO_DIRECTORY in Tools > Options > Advanced Options... >
File Locations now accepts two folders: a global and a local macro folder, and finds macros in
these two folders. Use a semicolon (;) as a separator. Do not define more than two macro
folders.
First define the global folder and then the local folder:
XS_MACRO_DIRECTORY=%XSDATADIR%\environments\common\macros;%XSDATADIR%\
environments\<your_environment>\macros
Please do not change the global folder. If necessary, you may change the
local folder.
In the Tools > Macros dialog box, you can select which macros to run by selecting the Local or
Global option button. The buttons are not visible if you specify only one macro folder.
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See also
XS_MACRO_DIRECTORY
2.3 Modeling
More colors in object representation
You can customize the color of model objects using the new Choose color... option in the
Object Representation dialog box. This option gives you more freedom in visualizing the
different types of objects in the model.
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You can define a specific color of your own for each object group. When you click Choose
color..., the Color dialog box is displayed. You can select a color either from the Basic colors
palette, or create custom colors of your own.
You can use an unlimited number of colors in a model. The Color list in the Object
Representation dialog box shows 10 previously defined colors above the dashed line.
Information about the colors that you set for the object groups is stored in the
used_custom_colors.clr file, which is located in the model's attributes folder.
Information about the colors that you add in the Custom colors palette is stored in the
xs_user.xxx file in the model folder (xxx is your user name).
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Choose color is not available in Tekla Web Viewer. If you intend to
publish the model as a web page, use only standard colors.
For more
information
Object representation settings

Creating object representation settings
Changes in view type selection

The View type selection has been removed from the model View Properties dialog box. All
model views are now by default rendered.
If you want to use wire frame, set the advanced option XS_ENABLE_WIRE_FRAME to TRUE
through Tools > Options > Advanced Options > Model View.
Rendered views:
The Autostick options in the Display dialog box are unavailable.
Wire frame views:
The View type selection is available in the View Properties dialog box, and you can set
the view type to rendered or wire frame.
The Autostick options are available in the Display dialog box.
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Both rendered and wire frame views:
XS_ENABLE_WIRE_FRAME
View types
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The command Create Zoom Window has been removed from the View menu. You can use
the zooming commands Zoom In and Zoom Out instead of Create Zoom Window.
New tools for creating surface views

With the new surface view creation commands you can pick the surface of any part, and Tekla
Structures automatically creates a new aligned temporary view looking directly at the surface,
fits the work area of the model to the selected part, and aligns the work plane to that surface or
a user-selected edge of the surface. This makes it easier to model in bolt groups, stiffener
plates, and hole penetrations on complex geometry. While you model in the newly created
temporary view, you can see your modeling work being done in the original 3D view for
verification.You can also use these tools to easily create views along the surface of concrete
panels, slabs, columns, or beams, which makes it easy to place embeds, formwork, or wall
penetrations.
The commands are available in the Macros dialog box (Tools > Macros), and you can also add
them on a toolbar (Tools > Customize).
To create a surface view using the toolbar:
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Click one of the view creation commands:

To create a surface view from the part surface, click CreateSurfaceView and select
the surface of a part you want a new view to be created from.
If creating the surface view from only selecting the surface does not align or orientate
the view along the edge you might want, click CreateSurfaceView_wEdge, select the
surface, and pick the edge in which you want to align the view to (this means the edge
that will form the X axis of the view).
Ensure that you have Snap to geometry lines /points
pick along an edge to define the direction.
on. This allows you to
Tekla Structures creates a new temporary view with the view plane at the selected
surface and the work plane changed along typically the longest edge of that face
unless you chose the CreateSurfaceView_wEdge command.
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Below is an example of a view that has been created with the CreateSurfaceView command.
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Example
Once the view is created, press Esc or right-click and select Interrupt to interrupt.
Use t he command WorkPlaneGlobal to return the work plane in the model back to the
origin and aligned with the global X,Y, and Z planes of the model.
Below is an example of using the CreateSurfaceView_wEdge command. The first image

shows the snap to lines arrow. The head of the arrow represents the positive direction the x axis
will be set to on the work plane. The view will be rotated to this direction in order to form the
flat horizontal edge of the view. The origin of the view and work plane will be at the start of the
arrow snap line. Once you have hovered over the edge and in the correct direction, click your
mouse and the new view will be created and aligned to that edge.
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For more
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Creating a view
2.4 Reinforcement
Defining your own reinforcing bar bending shapes
In Tekla Structures 17.0 you can define your own custom reinforcing bar bending shapes with
the Rebar shape manager tool. Custom bending shapes are useful when Tekla Structures does
not recognize a reinforcing bar bending shape and assigns it UNKNOWN bending type.
The custom bending shapes can be used in bending schedules and pull-out pictures in the same
way as the predefined, Tekla Structures internal bending shapes.
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Set the advanced option XS_USE_USER_DEFINED_REBARSHAPERULES to TRUE to enable

the user-defined bending shape recognition.
Select reinforcing bars in the model.
Go to Tools > Macros..., and select RebarShapeManager.
Click Run.
Rebar shape manager opens, and lists the selected reinforcing bars on the Model rebars
list.
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To define your own reinforcing bar bending shape:
Model rebars list shows the ID number and the bending shape code of the reinforcing
bars. If the bending shape is not recognized, three question marks ??? are shown.
Alternatively, you can first open Rebar shape manager and then select
reinforcing bars in the model.
Click Get selected to add the reinforcing bars to the Model rebars list.
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Select one unknown shape from the Model rebars list.

Define the needed bending shape information.
Bending shape rules lists the rules for the bending shape. You can add or a delete a
rule by clicking the plus and minus buttons.
Use the Shape code box to enter a shape code for an unknown shape.
If you have defined the shape code for a selected reinforcing bar and you have
modified the shape code, bending shape rules or the bending schedule field
definitions, click Update to update the existing shape code defintion.
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Select the Require hooks check box if you want to define different shape codes for
two bars that have been modeled with or without end hooks but still have exactly the
same geometry. By default, the hooks are not required and the check box is not
selected.
Use Bending schedule fields to define the content for a bending schedule. Rightclick a field to select the shape properties, or to enter a formula.
7.
When you have finished defining the new shape, click Add to add the bending shape
definition to the RebarShapeRules.xml file.
You need to change the bending shape rule, enter a shape code or require
the hooks to enable the Add button.
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Click Save to save the RebarShapeRules.xml file.

By default, the file is located in the ..\Tekla
Structures\<version>\environments\<environment>\system folder.
Next time you create, for example, a bending schedule, Tekla Structures uses the updated
bending shape information and recognizes the added bending shape and assigns a correct
bending shape code for it.
For more
information
User-defined reinforcing bar bending shapes

Defining your own reinforcing bar bending shapes
Defining rules for reinforcing bar bending shapes manually
Reinforcing bar bending shape rule settings
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Improvements in bending radiuses
You can now define a bending radius separately for each reinforcing bar bend. To do so, enter
several values in the Bending radius field. Separate the values with a space.
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radiuses in drawings and reports.
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For more
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Reinforcing bar
Reinforcing bar group
2.5 Drawings
Improvements in associativity and cloning

The following improvements have been made to associativity and cloning in Tekla Structures
version 17.0.
3D views in GA
drawings
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Objects are now associative in 3D views also in general arrangement drawings.
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Intelligent cloning is now enabled by default. This means that dimensions, marks, welds,
texts, associative notes, and graphical objects are adjusted per their associations during
cloning. The advanced option XS_INTELLIGENT_CLONING_ALLOWED is not available
anymore.
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Intelligent
cloning
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View frame is now updated if necessary when additional dimensions are created for new
parts during drawing update or cloning. View frame is the gray box around the view.
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Now the view boundary of main views is enlarged if necessary when new parts are added
to an assembly, or when a cloned drawing contains more parts than the cloning template.
View boundary is the dashed frame around the contents of a drawing view.
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Sometimes section views and detail views expanded in cloning. This was caused by the
view boundary becoming too big. If the view was associated to a reinforcement bar in the
cloned drawing, sometimes a wrong reinforcement bar was used, which caused the view to
expand. This has now been fixed.
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A new advanced option XS_DETAIL_VIEW_MAX_GROWTH was added in Tools > Options >
Advanced Options > Drawing View. The default value is 1.2 that prevents the view from
growing more than 20%. If you set this advanced option to 0.00, the view size does not
have any upper limit.
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The view placing during drawing update and cloning has been improved. Now views
retain their relative location to other views better when view sizes change or when the
drawing contains lots of views.
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When cloning, if there are new single parts in the resulting drawing, single-part views are
now created correctly for the new parts.
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Views for included single parts are now placed correctly after cloning and when you select
Create single-part views from the pop-up menu.
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The new advanced option XS_DRAWING_COMBINE_ADDED_DIMENSIONS controls

whether added dimensions are merged to existing ones in updated or cloned drawings.
Added dimensions are not merged to existing ones if this advanced option is set to FALSE
through Tools > Options > Advanced Options > Drawing Properties. The default value
is TRUE.
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Internal bolt dimensions of added bolts were sometimes missing after drawing update.
This has now been fixed.
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Bounding dimensions (first and last dimension points) are now cloned correctly. They
were sometimes missing from manually added reinforcing bar dimensions in cloned
drawings.
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Dimensions located on the drawing sheet are now cloned to new drawings.
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Duplicate dimensions are no longer created for bolts in updated or cloned drawings.
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obsolete dimension points were removed, especially if the point was located near the
center plane of the main part.
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Now angle dimensios are correct after intelligent updates.

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Dimension tags sometimes disappeared when dimensions were merged, or when more
dimension points were added to the dimension line. This has now been fixed.
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Leader line
anchor points in
merged weld
marks
Merged weld marks now maintain leader line anchor points in cloning. Earlier straight
lines were drawn.
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Associative notes of reinforcing bars are now associative no matter where you pick to add
the note, for example, edge or center line.
Associative notes
to reinforcing
bars
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XS_DRAWING_COMBINE_ADDED_DIMENSIONS
XS_DETAIL_VIEW_MAX_GROWTH
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Correct associations improve the reliability of drawing updates and cloning.The visualization
of the drawing object associativity has been improved in the following way:
Associative symbols are shown only when you select a drawing object, for example, a
dimension. Earlier associative symbols were shown for all associative objects at the same
time.
Objects that do not have valid association get a ghost associative symbol and a question
mark. These symbols are shown constantly. This makes it easier to find objects that need
attention.
Shapes (lines, rectangles, etc.) get ghost associative symbols only when they are created or
selected. The symbols are not shown constantly, because shape objects are often
intentionally not associated to anything.
You can still turn off the associative symbols by selecting Tools > Options > Associative
Symbol (Shift + A), but the new functionality makes it very practical to have the symbols
always on.
Associative symbols:
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Below is an example of ghost associative symbols. The ghost symbols are shown even though
the dimension is not selected.
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the selected 4'-0 dimension line has a ghost associative symbol indicating that it is not
associated to anything.
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Drawing associativity
Improvements in controlling dimension tag mark content
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In addition to the user-selectable dimension tag mark content, there is some content in the
marks that is automatically created based on the dimension end point locations. In Tekla
Structures 17.0, you can use the new setting Exclude parts according to filter on the Tags tab
of the Dimension Properties dialog box and select a filter that removes the desired automatic
content from the tag.
The new feature uses drawing view filters. Before you can remove content from the tag, you
need to create a drawing view filter for that purpose.
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The example below shows a tag that automatically contains concrete parts.
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In the example below, a drawing view filter concrete is created.
The created drawing view filter was used to remove all concrete parts from the tag content.
For more
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Adding tags to dimensions

Creating view filters in drawings
Example: Removing dimension tag content
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Moving the end of the dimension line

You can now move the end of the dimension line orthogonal to itself outside the part by
dragging it from the handle. The dimension tags are moved together with the end of the line.
This is useful when the tags would otherwise cover part geometry or other objects, such as
dimensions or marks. The dimension tags are visible while you drag.
This new feature was also supports the requirements of the EN ISO 3766 standard regarding
the dimensioning and marking of reinforcing bars.
Limitations
You can move the end of the dimension line in all straight dimensions, except elevation
dimensions.
For more
information
Moving the end of the dimension line
New tool for dimensioning center of gravity
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Indicating the center of gravity (COG) is now part of the Eurocode. In Tekla Structures 17.0,
you can indicate the location of the center of gravity in single-part, assembly, and cast unit
drawings by creating COG dimensions and a COG symbol at the center of gravity. You can also
create COG dimensions in section views. COG dimensions will be automatically updated if the
single part, assembly, or cast-unit changes. The COG dimensions can also be cloned.
Before you can use this feature, add the Create COG Dimensioning command to a toolbar or
to the User menu through Tools > Customize.
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Double-click the Create COG Dimensioning toolbar command

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Modify the creation, dimensioning and symbol options and dimension attributes as
required.
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Click OK.
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Pick the first point to specify the origin of the dimensions. The origin is the point from
which you want to measure the location of the center of gravity. This point must be located
within in the view frame.
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Pick the second point to place the dimensions. This point may fall outside the view frame.
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6.
When the dimension is selected, handles are shown at the dimension origin and the
dimension location. You can drag these handles to adjust the origin or the location, or
move them using the standard editing commands.
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Dimensioning center of gravity
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For more
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If a drawing containing COG dimensions is copied or linked to another drawing, such as a

multidrawing, the COG dimensions will not be copied.
COG dimensions cannot be created in general arrangement drawings or multidrawings.
Limitations
Creating a user-defined menu

Managing toolbars
Adding dimensions
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New tool for dimensioning spiral stirrup reinforcement groups

You can now add dimensions to spiral stirrup reinforcement by using the Create
StirrupDimPlugin application.
Creating the dimensions successfully with this application requires that you model the
reinforcing bar group using the creation method By exact spacings in the Reinforcing Bar
Properties dialog box.
Before you can use this feature, add the Create StirrupDIMPlugin command to a toolbar or to
the User menu through Tools > Customize.
To add the dimension, select the reinforcement, click the command Create StirrupDimPlugin
that you added on a toolbar, or select the command from the User menu, and then pick a
location where you want to place the dimension.
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If you want to change the center-to-center distance letter, double-click the stirrup dimension
and change the letter. You can also load predefined dimension properties through the Stirrup
dimensioning plug-in dialog box, for example, if you want to change the dimension arrow
type.
Dimensioning spiral stirrup reinforcement groups
For more
information
Creating a user-defined menu
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Managing toolbars
New tool for creating drawing views for reinforcement meshes

You can now create drawing views each containing one reinforcement mesh by using the macro
RebarMeshViewCreator through Tools > Macros. You can create mesh views in general
arrangement and cast unit drawings.
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The mesh view contains the overall mesh length and width dimensions, and dimension lines for
wire spacing in horizontal and vertical directions. Also the wire sizes are displayed.
To create a reinforcement mesh view in a drawing:
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3.
4.
Open the drawing and select the meshes.

Click Tools > Options to go to the Macros dialog box.
Click RebarMeshViewCreator and Run.
You have the following choices in creating mesh views:
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5.
If you want to create a mesh view for each separate mesh in the current drawing, select
Create mesh view for all meshes in the drawing and click Create.
If you want to create a view for only certain meshes, select Create view for selected
meshes.
If you already have the views and just want to add dimension lines and diameters in
the views, select Create annotations for selected meshes.
Click Create.
Below is an example of the created mesh view.
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You may need to modify the view scale of the created mesh view.
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Creating a view for a reinforcement mesh
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2.6 Import and Export

Layout Manager - new tool for using model data on site
Layout Manager makes it possible to use accurate model data on the construction site.
You can export model data from Tekla Structures to an external device, Trimble LM80, and
import data from Trimble LM80 back to Tekla Structures.
Using real model data on the site brings considerable improvements to construction
productivity and accuracy. There are fewer errors as you do not need to manually calculate
distances and angles from plans, and, for example, pull tapes to measure distances.
To start Layout Manager, go to Tools > Layout Manager....
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To export model layout data, you need to define layout points and/or layout lines in your
model. You can define them using the LayoutPoint and LayoutLine tools in the Component
catalog. When you have defined the points and lines in the model, refresh the view in Layout
Manager to be able to manage the layout points and lines. You can for example, create groups,
name the groups, and define the point class, size and shape.
Improvements in IFC import and export

The following improvements have been included in the IFC import and export functionality in
Tekla Structures 17.0:
You can now export nested assemblies.

The following entities are now supported in the reference model import:
IfcDerivedProfileDef
IfcCompositeprofileDef
IfcRevolvedAreaSolids
IfcExtrudedAreaSolids
IfcRelAssignsToGroup aggregate
IfcPresentationLayerAssignmentWithStyle
IfcMaterialLayerSet attributes
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For more
information
IFC import
IFC export
Improvements in IFC object conversion

The following improvements have been included in the IFC object conversion in Tekla
Structures 17.0:
The conversion is now more reliable.

You can copy properties from the IFC object property sets to user-defined attributes of the
converted Tekla Structures objects in the Settings > IFC object convertor settings dialog
box.
Part naming is now based on object type definitions.
Converting IFC objects into native Tekla Structures objects
New scribing settings for NC files
For more
information
The Convert IFC objects tool can now be started directly from the Tools menu.
Previously the Convert IFC objects tool was started from the Tools > Macros dialog box.
You can convert plates, slabs and footings into native Tekla Structures objects.
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You can add scribing information to your DSTV and NC files with the new scribing settings
available in Tekla Structures 17.0.
You can add scribing information to both main and secondary parts.
You can define how the parts are scribed: by punching, by using powder or both.
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information
Scribing information
Tekla Structures displays scribing information as thick red lines in the model view.
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Improvements in Export EliPlan file (68)
The Export EliPlan (68) component enables you to transfer model data to Elematic ELiPLAN,
a software for resource planning, scheduling, and management for precast concrete fabricators.
The following improvements have been included in the Export EliPlan file (68) component in
Tekla Structures 17.0:
New option on
the Parameters
tab
New Plotter data

tab
You can use the options on the new Plotter data tab to define how to export data on cutouts and
embeds.
Plotter data
export
The plotter item dimensions for wall and sandwich wall products are exported differently
than for slab products: the dimension LENGTH is always zero and the three other
dimensions (WIDTH, HEIGHT and THICKNESS) have respective values.
New options on
the Data content
tab
You can now set the reinforcing bar length unit with the option Unit for rebar length.
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You can now define which material classes to exclude with the new option List of classes
to be ignored (Material). Separate the classes by a space.
Exporting stairs
Tag for lifters
You can define whether to export the cast unit position number, or the assigned control
number (ACN) with the option Position number type.
You can use the newCalculate wall net area at option to control from which face of the
part the net area for wall and sandwich panels will be calculated.
The formwork plane is now oriented and aligned based on the largest face of the main part.
The length and width are calculated based on the main part boundaries in this aligned
coordinate system.
The height is calculated automatically based on the actual part: it is the minimum thickness
at the center half area (0.25*L 0.75*L) of the part geometry.
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Other
improvements
The top-in-form setting is now taken into consideration when exporting wall products.
This change affects plotter data (the coordinate values for openings and embeds) of wall
and sandwich wall product types.
The total thickness of walls is now calculated for sandwich elements in the following
manner:
For more
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Width (W) and height (H) are calculated based on extreme dimensions of all concrete
parts of the cast unit. The origin for the plotter data is the lower left corner of the W*H
box.
Thickness is now calculated based on extreme dimensions of concrete parts whose
area is 25% or more of the gross area of the whole cast unit. This way corbels or any
other small parts are not counted in the thickness.
Openings of all larger plates are exported in the plotter section. Earlier only main part
openings were exported.
Overview of ELiPLAN import and export
Improvements in Unitechnik export (79)

The Unitechnik export (79) component enables you to transfer model data to factory
automation and ERP systems efficiently. The following improvements have been included in
Unitechnik export (79) in Tekla Structures 17.0 :
New options on
the
Reinforcement
tab
The direction of bent reinforcing bars is now correct correct in the export.
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improvements
You can define whether the reinforcing bars are sorted according to their angle direction
with the new option Rebar direction angle limit.
You can define whether to add wires to the reinforcement mesh that stabilize the mesh with
the new option Add mesh stabilizing wires. This is useful when you have meshes with
large openings.
You can define the maximum spacing of the wires that stabilize the reinforcement mesh
with the new option Stabilization wire max spacing.
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Now also the Z coordinate of the mesh is written in the STEELMAT block in the
Unitechnik file.
The direction of braced girders is now calculated correctly.
The advanced option XS_UNITECHNIK_OFFSET_MESHES now works correctly.
Volume information is now exported correctly.
The exclusion of the first and last reinforcing bars from a reinforcing bar group is now
taken into account in the export.
Cast units, whose cast unit type is cast in place, are not exported. Only precast cast units
are exported.
Exporting Unitechnik
Improvements in BVBS export

The following improvements have been included in the exporting of reinforcements to BVBS
format in Tekla Structures 17.0:
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BVBS export locates now in File > Export > BVBS...

BVBS version 2.0 is now fully supported.
You can now define what to export: reinforcement in all cast units, reinforcement in
selected cast units or only selected reinforcements.
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You can define how to export: all reinforcements to the same file, or if a separate file is
created for each cast unit.
You have more options how to name the files: by their cast unit position or by their
assembly control number.
For more
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Exporting BVBS
2.7 Analysis and Design

Copying analysis models
You can create copies of existing analysis models. This is useful when you want to create
multiple calculations of the same analysis model with different settings.
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Copying analysis parts
Copying an analysis model
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You can create copies of existing parts together with the applied analysis properties and node
offsets. This is useful when you want to create multiple calculations of the same analysis model
or part with different settings.
For more
information
Copying an analysis part
Improvements in the Loads and analysis toolbar

The Loads and analysis toolbar is now automatically available when you select an analysis
model in the Analysis & Design Models dialog box.
The Loads and analysis toolbar contains new icons for selecting analysis parts, nodes and
rigid links.
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information
Toolbars
Changes in Eurocode load modeling and load combinations

The Eurocode model building code has been updated to enable the using of Eurocode on a
national level by using localizable standard files for different National Application Document
requirements.
The following changes have been made to Eurocode settings (available in Tools > Options >
Options... > Load modeling > Eurocode tab):
Support for generation according to the national annex (using standard files) has been
enhanced.
New load group types Special permanent load and Ice load have been added.
Customizable load group types have been added. You can use the customizable load group
types as a workaround when unsupported load modeling code needs to be used.
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You can now enter a Reliability class factor.
Eurocode
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Load
combination
generation
The following changes have been made to load combination generation settings (available
when clicking the Generate... button in the Load Combinations dialog box):
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Options for SLS - Serviceability limit state, Accidental loads, Earthquake loads and
Minimum permanent load with lateral loads only have been added.
Options for Load groups and Generate wind also in the opposite direction have been
removed.
You can access the Options dialog box by clicking the new Options... button.
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You can now add a scaling factor. This corresponds to the Eurocode reliability class factor.
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Load combination
Creating load combinations
Load modeling code
Displaying warnings
You can now review any warnings that might occur during analysis model creation. To do this,
click the new Display warnings button in the Analysis & Design Models dialog box. The
button is available if any errors have occurred during analysis model creation.
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2.8 Task Manager
Analysis > Analysis & Design Models...
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2.9 System Components
Improvements in Seam Applicator (1)

Seam Applicator (1) modeling tool has been improved in Tekla Structures 17.0. The
improvements enable a better usage of the Seam Applicator (1) with deformed, for example,
cambered parts.
Seam handle
points
When Seam Applicator (1) is used with a cambered double tee plate, the seam handle points
are now located correctly.
New options on
the Parameters
tab
You can now use short seams in Seam Applicator (1). Use the following new options to control
the seam creation.
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definition
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With the Number of copies option you can define the number of seams.
With the Distance to first seam option you can define the distance between the double tee
slab edge and the first seam start point.
With the Spacing value option you can define the space between the seams.
With the Copy at equal distances option you can define whether seams are created at
equal distances.
To be able to use Seam Applicator (1), you need to have a custom seam. When you define your
custom seam in Custom Component Wizard, make sure that you select the Allow multiple
instances of connection between same parts checkbox on the Advanced tab. This way you
can ensure that the short custom seams behave correctly in the model.
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Improvements in Precast stairs (65)

The following fixes and improvements are available in the Precast stairs (65) modeling tool in
Tekla Structures 16.1 and 17.0.
Stairs tab
The Stairs tab has the following new options:
A new option for foot creation. By default, the foot is created.

You can now enter negative values for foot nose depth. Entering a negative value cuts
the first step.
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Two new options for chamfers. The new options allow the creation of chamfers on the
underside of the stairs. By default, the chamfers are not created.
TT52484
Two new options that allow you to control the slope from the corbel to the underside
of the stairs and the slope from the foot nose to the foot base.
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Ridges tab
The Ridges tab has the following new options:
Create at foot option controls the creation of horizontal ridges at the foot of the stairs.
The option works in the same way as the Create option for horizontal ridges.
Four new fields control the distance from the margins for horizontal ridges that are
placed on the top step and on the foot.
When a foot is not created, vertical ridges now continue to the bottom level of the
stairs.
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Foot corner chamfer option controls the corner chamfers of the ridges that are
created on the foot step. The default is Chamfer.
Corner chamfer has a new list option Angle.
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The Anti-skid tab has the following new options:
Create anti-skid on foot controls the creation of anti-skids at the foot of the stairs.
By default, the anti-skid is created. Anti-skid is created only if the foot of the stairs
exists.
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Creation anti-skid has a new list option Create cutout. The new option allows you to
cut the stairs with the anti-skid to create cutouts. The default is No.
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The component has a new tab Kick plate. Use the Kick plate tab to create a vertical part to
the stairs, similar to the horizontal part that is created on the Anti-skid tab.
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The component has a new tab UDA. Use the UDA tab for entering user-defined attributes.
The user-defined attributes are written to the main part of the stairs.
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The user-defined attributes are case sensitive. Check the correct spelling
of an attribute from the objects.inp file.
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When the stairs are created, the following user-defined attributes are now automatically
written to the main part:
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Content
STAIR_NO_STEPS
integer
Number of steps
STAIR_STEP_L
float
Step length
STAIR_STEP_H
float
Step height
STAIR_BODY_H
float
Stair body height
STAIR_FOOT_H
float
Stair foot height
STAIR_WIDTH
float
Stair width
STAIR_FOOT
string
If foot is created, the string

value is WITH_FOOT.
If foot is not created, the value
is WITHOUT_FOOT.
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Fixes
The landing slabs are now created as polygonal slabs with handles in each corner.
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Old landing slab
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If horizontal ridges are created, the filling under the sloped part of the ridge has the same
slope as the horizontal ridge.
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Equally sloped
TT57569
If the notch height on the Stairs tab is greater than the total height of the foot, the notch
height is now ignored and treated as if it were 0.
TT57302
On the Attributes tab, Prefix for Landings, Stringers and Ant-skid is now correctly set.
TT43301, TT43300
Previously a small ridge was created at the bottom step. Now the rigde is not created
anymore.
TT51090
Improvements in Rectangular column reinforcement (83)

The following fixes and improvements are available in the Rectangular column
reinforcement (83) modeling tool in Tekla Structures 16.1 and 17.0.
You can now define multiple side bars with different diameters.
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Side bars tab
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Stirrups tab
The Stirrups tab has a new option Create as one group that allows you to create stirrups
as one large stirrup group with different spacings, or as smaller reinforcing bar groups for
each zone.
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Strirrup attibutes
tab
The different zones now have zone numbers.
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TT56222
When you modified the component main part in a model that was created in a previous
version, unwanted side bars were created. This has now been fixed.
TT54374
Top bars are now created correctly.

TT54964
Intermediate links are now created correctly for side bars 1 and side bars 2. If both side
bars 1 and 2 are used, the intermediate links are created only for side bar 1.
TT57003
The side bars are now placed evenly between the main bars if you leave the spacing field
empty and the spacing option is set to symmetrical.
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3.1 Introduction
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This section contains descriptions on the numerous fixes and improvements that have been
included in Tekla Structures 17.0. Also fixes made for upgrade packages since Tekla Structures
16.0 are included.
The number after the description of the fix (for example TT12345) is the development item
number of that particular fix. Your local Tekla office may have referred to this number when
you have for example submitted a maintenance request.
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Fix list
Filtering
The user-defined attributes in the Part category properties are now shown correctly as
labels instead of user-defined attribute names.
TT57942
Previously, when you created a view filter and applied the filter and the view properties,
the filter was not used when you created a new view. This has now been fixed.
TT57939
When filtering objects using a selection filter, you can now use the template properties for
assemblies and cast units without a prefix, for example WEIGHT, if you have the Select
assemblies switch active.
TT57897
When a part belongs to several assemblies or tasks and you create rules for filtering, all the
rules must now apply at least in one of the assemblies or tasks the part belongs to for
filtering to succeed.
TT58047
Selecting objects
In the plane view, with XS_SOLID_USE_HIGHER_ACCURACY set to TRUE, you could not
always select a beam with a rounded corner profile. This has now been fixed.
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Snapping
The last picked point remains visible when the part is created and it can again be used as a
reference point when picking the next point.
TT57472
Multi-user mode
When the path in the Look in box did not have a backslash \ at the end, it was not possible
to change the server or open a a model in the multi-user mode. This has now been fixed.
TT57725
Moving objects in
magnetic planes
and grids
When moving selected objects away from magnetic planes or grids, the reinforcing bars
and cuts attached to the selected object are moved as well. Magnetism is now by default
disabled for these objects.
TT58205
You can now select dates in dialog boxes on the second monitor.
Enhanced tooltips are now shown on the second monitor.
If you did not set the advanced option XS_PROJECT, XS_FIRM or XS_INP to point to any
folder, Tekla Structures tried to search the objects.inp file in the root of the current
drive. The objects.inp should not be read from the root of the current drive unless the
proper advanced options point there. This has now been fixed.
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location of
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monitor
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General settings
for system and
custom
components
The settings on the General tab now work correctly for custom and system components.
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3.3 Modeling
Fix list
Reference
models
Inquiring reference model objects now works in the same way whether you use the Inquire
command from the pop-up menu or toolbar icon.
TT54359
In some cases there was an application error when you tried to open a hidden IFC reference
model. This has now been fixed with improved diagnose and repair model functions.
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Part properties
When you change the profile of a concrete column modeled as a beam, its properties are
now those of a concrete column.
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Weld properties
When you copy two objects and the weld between them, the user-defined attributes of the
weld are also copied.
TT54072
The reference text property now works correctly with the existing standard files.
TT56924
Object group
properties
Cast unit and assembly properties in the Template category now have the dot separator, for
example, CAST_UNIT.WEIGHT instead of CAST_UNIT_WEIGHT. This change makes it
possible to create better filters as there are more conditions available.
TT57897
Numbering
Sometimes thin polybeam parts (2.0 mm) that were seemingly similar were assigned
different numbers. This has now been fixed.
TT58183
TT58072
Objects that are not numbered, such as parts, assemblies, cast units and reinforcement bars,
are now given the number 0 even if the start number is greater than 1 (for example,
unnumbered parts in series P/1000 will get number P/0). The number is shown, for
example, in reports.
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Project status
visualization
In some cases, project status visualization by tasks did not succeed when an object
belonged to several tasks. This has now been fixed.
TT58047
Sketched profiles now retain the parameters modified in the profiles when you close and
re-open a model.
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Sketched profiles
In some cases, there was an application error if exactly 99 parametric profiles had been
defined in the profitab.inp file and some sketched profiles were in use. This has now
been fixed.
TT59139
3.4 Reinforcement
Fix list
Grouping and
ungrouping
reinforcements
It is now possible to group and ungroup reinforcements in configurations that contain the
Rebar Modeling module.
TT58207
Reinforcing bar
properties
Hooks at the ends of reinforcing bars are now created correctly when both the angle and
radius are set to 0.
TT57773
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Reinforcing bar
bending types
There are robustness improvements in the recognition of reinforcing bar bending type 81.
The properties of reinforcing bar bending type 81 are now identified correctly.
TT56876
3.5 Drawings
Fix list
Views
Detail views are now created correctly also when the frame of the original view is
manually resized.
TT54404
Moving a section view to another drawing no longer relocates the plan view.
TT58675
An existing single-part drawing was included in an assembly drawing. The model changed
so that a dimension in the single-part drawing changed. This dimension was marked with a
change symbol in the original single-part drawing but not in the assembly drawing. Now
the dimension is marked with a change symbol in both drawings.
Single-part
drawings in
assembly
drawings
Part and part

mark properties
When part changes from neighbor part to normal part and vice versa, part and its mark get
properties from the view level correctly.
TT58616
Large drawings with numerous model objects are now faster to create. For example, a
general arrangement drawing with several tens of thousands of parts is created more than
twice as fast as before.
D
R
General
arrangement
drawings
AF
TT56496
TT53793
Modifying objects
In some cases, pressing Alt + M modified an object although the Modify button was
disabled?. This has now been fixed.
TT56591
Marks
If there is a multi leader line set for a reinforcing bar group mark, but there is only one
reinforcing bar in the group, Tekla Structures now automatically uses a single leader line
instead. Previously no marks were drawn if the reinforcing bar group contained only one
reinforcing bar and a wrong leader line type was selected.
TT49296, TT49873
Associative notes
If associative notes are set to fixed in the Associative Note Placing dialog box, they do
not move any longer.
TT54796
Dimensions
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Fixes
The Dimension Properties dialog box now contains a new angle dimension type:
Triangle with degrees.
TT24605
Now, when you enter a value or change the value for the advanced option
XS_DO_NOT_CHECK_DIMENSION_POINTS in Tools > Options > Advanced Options >
Dimensioning: General, you do not need to restart Tekla Structures for the change to take
place.
TT54559
In some cases, automatic reinforcement dimensions were not closed to part geometry even
though Closing dimension to part geometry was set to Yes in the cast unit dimensioning
properties. This has now been fixed.
TT54720
The color of the right middle dimension tag and the left middle dimension tag can now be
modified with the Mini Toolbar.
TT55638
In cast unit drawings, the bent mesh outline symbol is now shown correctly with crossing
and longitudinal wires of the mesh taken into account.
TT56807
Symbols inside part marks are now drawn with correct line type also when the parts are
hidden.
AF
Symbols
D
R
TT49876
Automatic
hatches
The Background color selection is now available also for Automatic hatches. However,
this setting only has effect, if an automatic hatch is not defined for the material in the hatch
pattern schema files.
TT54460
Change symbols
Manually edited marks no longer get unnecessary change symbols.

TT55426
Multidrawings
Now the parts included in dimension tags are the same in multidrawings as in their source
drawings.
TT53648
Multidrawings can now be created from a drawing that was just created by cloning.
Previously, the cloned drawing had to be opened and saved first.
TT55114
Embed
reinforcing bars
Embed reinforcing bars are now undeformed correctly in drawing views.

TT53762
Anchor bolt plans
Opening and updating of anchor bolt plan drawings was slow when you had made changes
in the model and an additional parts filter was used. This has now been fixed.
TT54148, TT57643
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57
Protected areas
Associative notes and texts used to have a protected area around them even if they were
empty. This caused problems, for example, in printing: all drawing content was not shown
in printouts. Now the associative notes and texts have a protected area only when they
contain something.
TT53306
Protected areas around texts now work more reliably.

TT55060
Dragging and
cursor behavior
When you dragged an object and had selected two object handles, the end result was not
correct. This has now been fixed.
TT53417
When you dragged a weld leader line that went across the empty are in cut parts, the end
result was not correct. This has now been fixed.
TT54128
When you created an arc and tried to drag one of the end points to create a full circle, the
cursor did not show when you had reached the full circle. This has now been fixed.
TT54149
Reinforcing bar
hooks
Reinforcing bar hooks are now drawn in correct direction in pullout pictures.
TT57808
Hatches now work correctly on faces with holes.
DWG files
It is now possible to add in drawings DWGs whose filename contains Chinese characters
when Tekla Structures language is China.
TT53098
Object level
settings
When you created general arrangement drawings with object level settings containing
background hatch, the background was not applied to the parts. This has now been fixed.
D
R
AF
TT48940
TT51346
3.6 Templates and Reports

Fix list
Profiles with
polygon cross
sections
Template
attributes
The subtype of profiles with polygon cross sections is now shown in reports.
TT57798
SERIAL_NUMBER now shows the actual serial number of a reinforcing bar instead of the
start number.
TT39294
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3.7 Import and Export

Fix list
NC files
Hierarchic objects in the model sometimes caused problems when creating NC files from
all parts. This has now been fixed.
TT58655
NC files were not created for the secondary parts when only Assembly position was used
for hard stamp. This has now been fixed. NC files are created both for the main and the
secondary parts.
TT57481
Weld preparations were not created correctly into the NC files in the US Imperial
environment when cutting the web of a T-profile beam. This has now been fixed.
TT57550
When you created NC files for plates in US Imperial environment, plate thickness was not
always rounded correctly in the file header. This has now been fixed.
Errors in Unitechnik export are now displayed more clearly in separate error message
dialog boxes. Such errors could be, for example, ACN warnings or if the special export
assembly file is not found or the path length is not correct.
TT57556
AF
Unitechnik export
(79)
TT58333
TT57553
Bent rebars export now functions correctly and distributes the reinforcing bars in the
correct direction.
TT56420
Previously, meshes was not stabilized correctly. This has now been fixed.
TT59240
D
R
The special assembly definition file has been changed to support the following new
options:
insertion point and the direction of the embed

assembly code
You can add these options to the file as needed, otherwise the symbol definitionsremain as
before.
TA20 2 (1) (1)S 0 0 50 200S 0 0 -50 200
TT58383
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3.8 Analysis and Design

3.9 Construction Management
Fix list
Importing and
exporting tasks
Models created and exported to .xml with Tekla Structures 15.0.6 or earlier are now
correctly exported from Task Manager and imported to Microsoft Project 2007.
TT53586
In some cases, task dependencies were not exported correctly from Tekla Structures to
.xml. This has now been fixed.
TT58117
Importing from Primavera P6 v7 to Task Manager did not function correctly. This has now
been fixed.
AF
3.10 Custom Components
TT59375
D
R
3.11 System Components

Fix list - steel connections
The following fixes and improvements are available in Tekla Structures 16.1 and 17.0.
Tube splice (6)
You can now modify the size and shape of the end plate on the End plates tab.
TT43851
Tube gusset (20)
Welds were not created correctly between the connection plate and the end plate to make
an assembly. This has now been fixed.
TT57521
Bolted gusset
(11), Fitting (13),
Column with
shear plate (131)
Bolted gusset
(11)
Secondary parts are now correctly connected to the main part when the main part is a
circular tube profile.
TT57642
Both the gusset plate and the bolts are now positioned correctly.
TT49196
Battering
connection (13)
When you define that the secondary part is fit to the main part at an angle, the beam end is
now cut correctly.
TT21030
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Tube gusset (20)
Previously, welds were created incorrectly causing the braces to be connected to each
other. This has now been fixed.
TT58334
Previously, when you entered a distance other than the default between the brace and the
connection plate on the Brace bolts 1 tab, the gusset plate was not created correctly. This
has now been fixed.
TT54906
Previously, chamfers were not created even though you defined chamfering for two
connection plates. This has now been fixed.
TT54546
When you used two connection plates, the defined the edge distance of a square end plate
from the brace outer edge was not created correctly. This has now been fixed.
TT54544
When there was a gap between the main part and the gusset plate, the gusset plate was not
placed in the correct location. This has now been fixed.
TT54487
The vertical bolt group is now positioned correctly when using the Middle and Below
options.
D
R
AF
Simple Clip Angle

(31), Simple Clip
Angle 2 (82)
TT53503
TT58219
Seating cap (37),

Seating (39)
You can now define the parts in which slotted holes are created.
TT55355
Haunch (40)
When you select option 2 and define a property for an additional stiffener on the
Parameters tab, an additional stiffener is now created.
TT55092
Previously, the top part of the horizontal rafter double hauch was not created when you
first applied the component even though you had the option selected. This has now been
fixed.
TT53424
Column splice
(42)
Flange plates are now correctly bolted to the main part.

TT56315
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61
Railing beam to
beam (88)
Connecting railings with angles now works correctly also when the auto option of Up
direction is used. Previously, profiles were not rotated correctly.
TT56391
Create hole
around a part (92)
For rectangular cuts, you can now define whether the cut is perpendicular to the main part
or not. The default value is No.
TT57242
Two sided end

plate (142)
The part prefix and assembly prefix defined in the Two sided end plate are now applied
for all fitting plates.
TT57240
The bolt cut length is now calculated correctly based on the bolted parts.
TT47952
Two sided clip

angle (143)
Slot rotation now works correctly when the secondary parts have different heights.
TT42687
The end plate now stays in the correct position when you define the vertical dimension for
the bolt group. Previously, the end plate moved even if you entered a zero value.
D
R
AF
End plate (144)
TT52830
Bolt length is now calculated correctly based on plate thickness.

TT55840
Column with
stiffeners W
(182), Beam prep
(183), Column
with stiffeners
(188)
Bolted gusset
(196)
Secondary part flanges were cut when you defined the weld gap on the Picture tab and
weld access hole dimensions on the Beam cut tab so that there was no gap between the
main part and the secondary part. This has now been fixed.
TT56681
The connection plate properties now show the correct part mark and name. Previously,
angle properties were shown.
TT56415
Fix list - steel details

Base plate (1004)
The cast plate is now placed correctly when the detail is connected to a sloped column.
TT46551
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Handrailing
(1024)
The stanchions are now correctly bolted to the beam when creating a handrailing.
TT53969
Circular base
plates (1052)
When you select a square base plate on the Parameters tab, you can now define the hole
diameter for the plate.
TT53772
Fix list - steel modeling tools

Z Pan (S74)
Bent plate brackets are not created anymore when you define they should not be created.
TT56814
Kickplate (S75)
You can now select a profile for the kickplate. When you use a plate profile or leave the
profile field empty on the Parameters tab, the kickplate is created as a polygon plate so
that chamfers can be created. When you select some other profile (L, C, U, T), the
kickplate is created as a beam.
It is now possible to rotate the top and bottom cords.

TT52179
To join the top chords at the apex, you can now again use the Apex haunch (106)
connection.
AF
Truss (S78)
TT43837
TT52238
Bridging macro
(S80)
When you set the Bridging type to be Manual on the Parameters tab, you can also define
the Start bridge code, Intermediate bridge code, and End bridge code.
D
R
TT57656
PEB Knee Joint
(S93)
The bolt cut length is now calculated based on the thickness of the end plates.
TT56054
The rafter web is now formed of two plates with the same thickness.
TT58271
Radial Grid
The Radial Grid dialog box was not displayed correctly when text sizes larger than the
default size were used. This has now been fixed.
TT57265
Fix list - concrete components

The following fixes and improvements are available in the Tekla Structures 16.1 and 17.0.
Corbel
connection (14)
The Picture tab has new options:
You can chamfer the corbel. By default, no chamfers are created.
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63
TT45004
You can define whether the beam or the corbel is cut when the beam is sloped.
TT35628
When the beam end is cut, the corbel top stays horizontal. When the corbel is cut, the
corbel top has the same slope as the beam.
Corbel
connection (14),
Seating with
dowel (75), Two
sided seating
with dowel (76),
Seating with
dowel to flange
(77), Two sided
seating with
dowel to flange
(78)
Slab bars (18)
If there was a cut in the slab, the mesh was not created correctly. This has now been fixed.
TT53487
Cover thickness is now defined correctly.
AF
If the corbel part prefix and start value fields are empty, the numbering values are now
taken from the main part.
You cannot add a cast unit prefix or start number for corbels anymore, as corbels are added
to the column cast units and they take the numbering values from the column.
D
R
TT52244
TT59762
Double-tee beam
(51)
When you select diagonal Side/end notch reinforcement or diagonal Opening

reinforcement options on the Notch/Opening tab, the Number of bars and Spacing
fields are now unavailable for every option.
TT5977
Meshes are no longer created directly on top of each other.

TT53608
The default values for the number of bars for the side/end notch reinforcement have been
corrected. The default value for both the x and y directions is 1, if no other value is entered.
It is also possible to enter 0 as the number of bars. In this case, reinforcing bars are not
created.
TT57267
On the Notch/Opening tab, there are now new options for creating Corner notch
reinforcement and Side/end notch reinforcement. These reinforcements can be created
with or without hooks.
TT58949
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Edge and corner

reinforcement
(62)
The Vertical U bars tab has new options Same as horizontal and inside and Same as
horizontal and outside. You can create either narrow or wide U bars with these options.
TT49411
Edge bars are now created inside the stirrups.

TT55383
Longitudinal
reinforcement
(70)
The reinforcing bars were not placed correctly when there was a gap in the beam. This has
now been fixed.
TT55907
Pilecap
reinforcement
(76)
Splice ends are positioned in the same way as in the Pad footing (77) reinforcement.
The Back orientation on the Lacer bars tab works now correctly.
TT56790
The Bars tab has a new option for diagonal bars length.
D
R
AF
Beam end
reinforcement
(79)
TT55589
The reinforcement is now created correctly also for non-orthogonal beams.

TT55687
Round column
reinforcement
(82)
The different zones nowhave zone numbers on the Stirrup attributes tab.
TT56222
The Stirrups tab has a new option that allows you to create separate stirrups.
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65
This option
The default name for Side bars, Corner bars and Stirrups is now empty.
TT53800
The Picture tab has new options:
You can create cover thickness on both the top and the bottom sides.
D
R
Reinforcement
mesh array in
area (89)
AF
Starter bars for

pillar (86)
TT56504
creates a stirrup group.
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Fixes
You can create the cover thickness for all sides of the mesh.
You can define the location of cross bars. Use the Cross bar location top and Cross
Border rebar (92),

(93)
AF
TT54715
bar location below options.
The Pins tab has new options:
You can define the bending radius using the Bending radius field.
D
R
You can now select the reinforcing bar size by clicking the select button next to the
Size field. The selected reinforcing bar sets the Size, Grade and Bending radius
values.
You can also manually enter several values for the fields.
TT58935
Fix list - cold rolled
Eaves beam to
stanchion (3)
The rectangular hollow profile is now placed at the center of the plate. You can now also
define the offset for the eaves beam cleat.
TT55802
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67
Albion File
Transfer (95)
CSV file transfer has been modified to distinguish between cleats and sleeves which can
now have either 14mm or 18mm holes.
TT51599
Metsec file
transfer
Extra checks have been added to the file transfer.
D
R
AF
TT59277
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Tekla Structures 17.0 Release Notes....................................................... 7

New Features and Improvements ............................................................ 9

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

Improvements in concrete detailing .................................................................................................

More colors in object representation ................................................................................................ 17

Import and Export ................................................................................................................................. 37

Improvements in Unitechnik export (79) .......................................................................................... 40

Analysis and Design ............................................................................................................................. 41

System Components ............................................................................................................................ 46

Fix list ............................................................................................................................................... 53

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

Templates and Reports ........................................................................................................................ 58

Import and Export ................................................................................................................................. 59

Analysis and Design ............................................................................................................................. 60

3.10 Custom Components ............................................................................................................................ 60

Tekla Structures 17.0

Tekla Open API

New Features and

2.1 Feature map

Reinforced Concrete Detailing

Precast Concrete Detailing

Font used in Tekla

Reinforced Concrete Detailing

Precast Concrete Detailing

More colors in object

Changes in view type

New tools for creating

Global and local folder for

Defining your own

Moving the end of the

New tool for dimensioning

New tool for dimensioning

New tool for creating

Import and Export

New scribing settings for

Layout Manager - new

Reinforced Concrete Detailing

Precast Concrete Detailing

Analysis & Design

Copying analysis models

Copying analysis parts (p.

Changes in Eurocode load

Displaying warnings (p.

Cast-in-place cast units and reinforcements can now be numbered in RCD.

When both the Snap to extension lines snap switch

and the Snap to nearest

are active, it is now possible to snap to the

and the Snap to intersection

Snapping to extension lines

Improvements in Mini Toolbar

. They have been

Font used in Tekla Structures user interface

Improvements in using lists in dialog boxes

Dialog box elements

Improvements in FLEXnet licensing