Category: Steel Detailing Blog
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RFI for additional support members required
Does a detailer care about supporting the elements which are not available in the structural design, but it could affect the structure? You should care! See the below incident for an example. This structural plan has sections 1 & 2. Refer below snip for section views. If you see the above snap, Section 2 has…
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Custom Macro to Select Bolt Summary on Selected Assemblies-
This blog is about the efficient use of using custom macro in Tekla Structures. Tedious or repetitive commands in a model could be time consuming. These repetitive commands can be automated by use of custom macro Understanding the bolt parts: In Tekla Structure the bolts can be created as single or in a group.Bolts are…
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STEEL MODELER ATTENTION – DEALING WITH CAMBER
TEK1 worked in a railway foot over bridge with 2 lifts, 2 ramps, 2 stairs connecting platform and overpass, a canopy and 7 platform stairs. The main challenge is the over pass. As per design, the steel truss after erection must be cambered to different millimeters at different intervals. There were two terms “Residual camber”…
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Tek1 RFI System
Here is a preview on what is cooking in our kitchen. This is one of the feature which have built into the system to save a huge amount of time trying to avoid duplicate file downloads. The principle is simple and the execution beautiful. Saves us a huge amount of time. The entire RFI system…
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Numbering in Advance Steel
Here is a tutorial which covers Numbering in advance steel. It however does not cover what how to manage once drawings are issued. May be there is another video for that
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Numbering Quiz Advance Steel Tutorial
Here is a numbering Quiz for advance steel learners Loading…
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Exporting Anchor bolts to Total Station
Here is a video on how to export Anchor bolt positions to Total station. This option is available in Tekla as well. But it is surprising that no one has yet asked us for this export. We have so far only provided CAD layout of anchor bolt position. May be we must provide the point…
