Tekla Analysis and Design Training

Welcome
 Two part session on Tekla Structural Designer and Tedds
 Agenda
– What’s new in Tekla Structural Designer 2017i
– 5 minute break
– TSD advanced topics
– 15 minute break
– What’s new in Tedds
– 5 minute break
– Working with Tedds for Word
Product Releases
 Two main releases every year; March and September
– TSD requires new download and installation
 Side by side installation – compatible with older files
 Update materials and grades
– Tedds can be updated from within program
– Available Sept 13th
 https://download.tekla.com
 Tedds > Help > Check for updates
What’s new in TSD 2017i
New automated snow loading
Snow loading wizard
 Intuitive snow load wizard
– Input building snow data
Snow loading wizard
 Automatically calculate snow loads
– Minimum values
– Balanced
– Unbalanced
– Drifts
Increased scope for steel members
Steel beam design for torsion
 Design WF and HSS
steel beams for torsion
Built-up steel sections
 Analyze custom built-up sections
 User generated sections
 Combine with AISC shapes
Enhancements to single angle deflection
 User defined flange bracing controls
resultant deflection
Setting for composite beams
 New global auto-design setting
– Ability to set if program will always pick new shear studs
Enhancements to concrete and bearing walls
 Enhancements to concrete wall panels
 Improved analysis and design of walls
 Simplified wall panels
 Simplified properties

Accurate
wall panels 4
based on 2 3
framing 2

1 1
Wall opening command
 Wall openings made easy with new ribbon command

Quickly
Manage copy to
Add
properties floors and
openings
for single or walls
graphically
multiple
openings
Enhancements to bearing walls
 Different material options
 Easily manage properties
 Several framing capabilities
Enhancements to concrete interactive design
Improved concrete interactive design
 Easily review concrete reinforcement
 Modify and re-design individual spans or entire member
 Copy reinforcing between spans/levels
Foundation enhancements
Footing design
 Option to ignore small shear forces
 Option to resist sliding and overturning
 Enhanced auto-design feature
Enhancements to wind loading
 Improved torsional wind load application
 Improved application of torsional wind loads
 Applied torsional moment results in base shears

MT

Deflected shape and Axial forces Torsional forces

foundation reactions
Show/Alter State wind drift
 Graphically view and modify which columns are checked for
wind drifts
Enhancements to seismic design
Seismic loading enhancements
 New seismic design to UBC 97
 Expanded flexibility
– user defined overrides for ELF and RSA force
 Refinement to seismic combinations
Enhancements to drawings
Enhancements to drawings
 Increased flexibility in drawing options
– Labeling content, visibility and positioning
Enhancements to BIM integration
Enhancements to BIM integration
 Improved integration of continuous members
– Maintain continuity in TSD
– User define export options as single or individual members

Export as Export as
single beam separate beams

Multi-span beam in TSD

 Enhancements to BIM integration

 New model settings to control

– Exporting continuous members
– Integration of reinforcement
– Importing of concrete beams
What’s new in Tedds 2017i
New and improved calculations
 Steel sheet piling design
 Steel sheet pile wall design
– Cantilever or propped/tied
– Uses limiting equilibrium
method (LEM)
– Allows multiple soil inputs
– Considers water table
– Comprehensive analysis
Steel member analysis and design
 Improved user experience
– Simplified user interface
– Improved performance
– Simplified output options
– Output summary table
 Masonry wall panel design
 Enhanced calculation
– Separate parapet loads
– Multi-story design capabilities
– Seismic design
– Axial shear and moment
diagrams
– Updated codes and
combinations
Let’s take a look
Enhancements to Tedds for Word
Batch design
 Automated Excel spreadsheet to batch design any Tedds
calculation
 Use Excel to manage the design data
 Send output results to Tedds for Word
Documented calculation variables
 Easier linking, batch design, API, etc.
– Standard for new calculations
– RC beam analysis & design
– Wood shear wall
– Masonry wall
Other improvements
 Updated developer tools documentation
 New “Go To Calc Section” dialog
 New Tedds API Tester application
 Performance improvements
Let’s take a look
Thank you