Tekla Structures

Release Notes

Product version 16.0 SR1

March 2010
2010 Tekla Corporation

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Contents
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General .............................................................................................................................................. 7
Multi-user mode ........................................................................................................................... 7
Modeling............................................................................................................................................. 7
Surface treatment ........................................................................................................................ 7
Reinforcing bars .......................................................................................................................... 7
Reference models ....................................................................................................................... 7
Splitting objects ........................................................................................................................... 8
Cuts in solid parts ........................................................................................................................ 8
Assembly properties .................................................................................................................... 8
Filtering by object types and logical areas ................................................................................... 8
Profile Catalog ............................................................................................................................. 8
Model Organizer .......................................................................................................................... 8
Drawings ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Dimensions .................................................................................................................................. 8
Views ........................................................................................................................................... 9
Dragging ...................................................................................................................................... 9
Filtering ........................................................................................................................................ 9
Changes in sheet number functionality ....................................................................................... 9
Detailed object level settings ..................................................................................................... 10
Weld line types .......................................................................................................................... 10
Single-part drawings included in assembly drawings ................................................................ 10
Mini Toolbar ............................................................................................................................... 10
Draw protect command ............................................................................................................. 10
New advanced option for Special color in hatches ................................................................... 11
Colored lines around hatching ................................................................................................... 11
Level attributes .......................................................................................................................... 11
Templates and reports ..................................................................................................................... 11
GetFieldFormula rule ................................................................................................................. 11
Cast unit center of gravity reports ............................................................................................. 11
Template Editor ......................................................................................................................... 11
Import and export............................................................................................................................. 11
Export data to EliPlan file (68) ................................................................................................... 11
Hidden objects in drawing export .............................................................................................. 12
NC files ...................................................................................................................................... 12

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Task Manager ..................................................................................................................................

Task dependencies ....................................................................................................................
Importing and exporting tasks ....................................................................................................
Non-working days ......................................................................................................................
Viewing selections .....................................................................................................................
Sorting task information .............................................................................................................
Modifying task dates ..................................................................................................................
Task duration .............................................................................................................................
Production rate quantities ..........................................................................................................
User-defined attributes ..............................................................................................................
Custom components ........................................................................................................................
Custom component browser ......................................................................................................
Connections .....................................................................................................................................
JP Floor beam gusset (11) ........................................................................................................
Shear plate (48) .........................................................................................................................
Apex haunch (106) ....................................................................................................................
Shear plate simple (146) ............................................................................................................
Bent plate (190) .........................................................................................................................
Modeling tools ..................................................................................................................................
Ship Ladder (1) ..........................................................................................................................
Cold rolled ........................................................................................................................................
Albion SIGMA profiles ................................................................................................................
Ayrshire Non-Continuous Rail (106) ..........................................................................................
Ayrshire Eaves Beam to Stanchion (113) ..................................................................................
Ayrshire non-standard eaves beams ........................................................................................
Box Bolt (13) .............................................................................................................................
Beam Clamp bolts in reports .....................................................................................................
Steadmans side rail supports (28) .............................................................................................
HiSpan Sag Rod to Rafters (50) ................................................................................................
Metl-Con Autoform One Sided (20), Metl-Con Autoform Two Sided (22),
Metl-Con Autoform Detail (1003) ...............................................................................................
UltraZED macros using CSK type holes ....................................................................................
UltraZED Std. Anti-Sag Bay (37) and Eaves Brace (38) ...........................................................
UltraZED Eaves beam to stanchion (104) .................................................................................
UltraZED Cold rolled sleeved (107) ...........................................................................................
UltraZED cold rolled cleat (108) .................................................................................................
Analysis and design .........................................................................................................................
Area load distribution .................................................................................................................
Area load handling .....................................................................................................................
Analysis member offsets ............................................................................................................
Analysis nodes ...........................................................................................................................
Nodal loads ................................................................................................................................
Snapping ....................................................................................................................................

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Tekla Structures 16.0 SR1

Release Notes

This document explains new features, fixes and improvements in Tekla Structures 16.0 Service
Release 1. We recommend this service release for all Tekla Structures 16.0 users.
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.

General
Multi-user mode

When saving the model in the multi-user mode, the Crossing selection is inactive
message is no longer shown on top of the Database stored message.
TT54470

Modeling
Surface treatment

If a surface treatment has been copied or moved to another object, the deletion of the
original object part does not delete the moved/copied surface treatment(s).
TT53680

Reinforcing bars

The end hook of a reinforcing bar is now correct independently of hook bending radius and
reinforcing bending radius values.
TT53141

Reference models

The change visualization of large subdivided reference models is now considerably faster
than before.
TT54762

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Splitting objects

If there were both lines and circles, and 3D solids in the model, splitting objects did not
function. This has now been fixed.
TT54933

Cuts in solid parts

Cuts in solid parts sometimes failed, especially if the cut did not extend very far outside the
part face to be cut. Now the cuts in solid parts are created more robustly and there are
fewer failures.
TT54335

Assembly properties

Previously, it was possible to modify the assembly name, start number and prefix in the
Construction Management configuration. This has been changed so that modifying these
properties is not possible in the Construction Management configuration anymore.
TT54285

Filtering by object types and logical areas

Previously, filtering by object types and logical areas did not work if objects were
organized as assemblies in Model Organizer. This has now been fixed.
TT54155

Profile Catalog

Profile Catalog is now refreshed correctly for sketched profiles.

TT54185

Model Organizer

Model objects that have been deleted from the model are now removed from the Model
Organizer when you manually refresh the Model Organizer view.
TT53395

It is not possible to delete model objects in the Model Organizer. You can, however,
remove objects from a selected category in the Model Organizer.
TT53673

When you changed to another model, sometimes there was an error in the Model
Organizer and you had to restart Tekla Structures to open the object pane. This has now
been fixed.
TT54197

Drawings
Dimensions

Sometimes some dimension points were not associative if

XS_INTELLIGENCE_MAX_RULE_COUNT was defined. This has now been fixed.
TT53516

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The middle tag in absolute dimensions is again correctly positioned.

TT55104

Views

View frame of the enlarged views in anchor bolt plans was too small in some cases. This
has now been fixed.
TT53615

Sometimes after drawing update, the section symbols were moved out of the view, the
view frames were enlarged and views were placed incorrectly. This has now been fixed.
TT53299

Sometimes section marks and view labels changed unnecessarily in multidrawings. This
has now been fixed.
TT54232

Dragging

The advanced options XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_DIMENSIONS_TO_FIXED,

XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_NOTES_TO_FIXED, XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_TEXTS_TO_FIXED,
XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_MARKS_TO_FIXED, XS_CHANGE_DRAGGED_VIEWS_TO_FIXED
are now working correctly.
TT53404

View dragging is now faster than in Tekla Structures version 15.0.

TT54410

Sometimes the section views were not combined or were combined incorrectly if the
advanced option XS_DRAWING_CUT_VIEW_COMPARISON_CRITERIA was used. This has
now been fixed.
TT53738

Filtering

The Save and Save as buttons are now working correctly and the related boxes show the
correct settings in filtering dialog boxes in drawings.
TT53781, TT54014

Filters are again working properly in manually created drawing views.

TT54001

Filtering categories Task, Template and Logical area are now available also in drawing
filters.
TT54435

Changes in sheet number functionality

If an existing cast unit drawing sheet number is set to zero, the drawing marks are modified
so that the sheet number is not included. This is similar as when the drawing is created
with sheet number zero from the beginning.
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Select objects in the Drawing List now works correctly and shows the related parts also
when the sheet number is set to 0 for cast unit drawings.

TT53659

Detailed object level settings

When you pressed the Modify button in the Object level settings dialog box, also the
settings from the drawing properties dialog box and its sub-dialog boxes were applied.
This has now been fixed.
TT54005

When you pressed the Save button in the Object level settings dialog box, the settings
were saved in the file the name of which you had entered in the Save as box. This has now
been fixed.
TT53766

The new detailed object level settings work also when drawings are created using the old
AutoDrawings wizard file type of rule sets.
TT54469

The drawing object level setting groups are no longer displayed in the Object level
settings dialog box, if the classifier files have been deleted from the model folder.
TT53791

Weld line types

The weld line type is now taken into account when drawing new welds.
TT53876

Single-part drawings included in assembly drawings

The functionality of including single-part drawings in assembly drawings has been

improved in the following way:

The quantity of the included single-part drawings is now ignored. For example, if you
have a plate p8 in many different assemblies, and you add another p8 in the model,
and the p8 has not changed after numbering, the assembly drawing can be opened
without numbering.

If a single-part drawing needs to be updated when creating the corresponding

assembly drawing, Tekla Structures now creates a new single-part view, and you no
longer need to do this manually.

The Select objects button in the Drawing List now selects the assembly parts as
before.
TT54468

Mini Toolbar

When you tried to remove a fill from a circle using the Mini Toolbar, Mini Toolbar was
not working properly and gave an error message. This has now been fixed.
TT54618

Draw protect command

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The Draw protect command can again be added in a toolbar in the Customize dialog box.

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TT53283

New advanced option for Special color in hatches

Use the new advanced option XS_HATCH_SPECIAL_COLOR_ACI to set the autocad color
index for the Special color in hatches in drawing export. The default values is 120.
TT53925

Colored lines around hatching

Colored lines around hatching defined with the advanced option

XS_SECTION_LINE_COLOR are now drawn on top of part lines.
TT53421

Level attributes

The level attributes ASSEMBLY.MAINPART.TOP_LEVEL and ASSEMBLY.TOP_LEVEL are

now giving correct values in part marks and associative notes. Now,
ASSEMBLY.MAINPART.TOP_LEVEL works in the same way as
ASSEMBLY.MAIN_PART.TOP_LEVEL, and ASSEMBLY.TOP_LEVEL works in the same
way as ASSEMBLY_TOP_LEVEL. The same changes have been implemented for the level
attributes for the cast units drawings.
TT54471

Templates and reports

GetFieldFormula rule

When creating reports, the GetFieldFormula rule did not function correctly in some
situations. This has now been fixed.
TT53833

Cast unit center of gravity reports

Subassemblies are now calculated correctly in cast unit center of gravity template fields
(COG_X, COG_Y, COG_Z).
TT54143

Template Editor

In some rare cases, adding an image caused an application error, especially if the file path
to the image file was very long. This has now been fixed.
TT54514

Import and export

Export data to EliPlan file (68)

It is now possible to select the position number type to be exported: cast unit number or
assigned control number (ACN). This setting only affects the pieces and plotter data of the
export file.
TT53700

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Hidden objects in drawing export

Hidden objects no longer cut lines in drawing export.

TT54018

NC files

In the NC files, the number of parts was incorrect when a hard stamp was used in the NC
file containing also part position information.
TT54673

In NC files, round contour plates with round part cut produced incorrect results. This has
now been fixed.
TT50500

Exporting tube NC files now functions in 64-bit Tekla Structures.

TT54231

Task Manager
Task dependencies

Task dependencies are now checked when task duration is changed as a result of
production rate calculation.
TT53760

You can now select in which direction a dependent task is moved when the preceding task
is moved.
TT53947

Importing and exporting tasks

Previously, task dates and dependencies were not correctly exported from Task Manager
to MS Project if you had made changes in the tasks and not saved the task list. This has
now been fixed so that saving is not needed before exporting.
TT54251

Importing from Task Manager to Primavera P6 did not function correctly. This has now
been fixed.
TT54534

Non-working days

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

The Remove button functions now properly.

OK and Cancel buttons have been added in the Non-working periods dialog box.

Now it is easier to define weekly recurring events for one non-working days.
TT54104

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Viewing selections

Now Task Manager remembers all selections that you make in the View menu. When you
open the Task Manager the next time, the selections you made in the View menu in the
previous Task Manager session are used. However, if you position toolbars right after each
other, they may be misplaced, so we recommend that you do not position the toolbars
right after each other.
TT53942

Sorting task information

In tasks that did not have any objects linked to them, there was an error when you clicked
the column headings on the Manage Dates of Individual Objects tab in the Task
Information dialog box. This has now been fixed.
TT53828

Modifying task dates

Previously, sometimes when you modified the dates of a task in the Task Information
dialog box and clicked Modify, the changes were not shown on the Manage Dates of
Individual Objects tab. This has now been fixed.
TT53945

Task duration

Modifying the planned duration of a summary task from the task list is now disabled.
TT54271

When you assigned a task type to a summary task, the duration of the task did not match
the length of its subtasks. This has now been fixed.
TT54826

Production rate quantities

The quantitiy for production rate was different for parts and assemblies. This has now been
fixed.
TT54443

User-defined attributes

The names of user-defined attrributes are now presented correctly in the Task Types
dialog box.
TT54722

Custom components
Custom component browser

Reinforcement splice information is now available in the Custom component browser.

TT55098

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Connections
JP Floor beam gusset (11)

There is now a cut in the upper side corner of the gusset to show which is the upper side of
the gusset.
TT51025

Two closed beams were regarded as a twin profile beam in the JP Floor beam gusset (11)
connection. This has now been fixed.
TT51024

Welded parts, for example stiffeners, were sometimes incorrectly regarded as the main part
flange plate of a built-up beam. This caused gusset plates to have incorrect shapes. This
has now been fixed.
TT51023

Shear plate (48)

The tab page contents have now been fixed.

TT54551

Apex haunch (106)

The analysis profile length did not work correctly for the main part. This has now been
fixed.
TT52745

Shear plate simple (146)

The gap between the secondary beam web and the double shear plates is now created.

TT54539

Bent plate (190)

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Slotted holes are now created correctly.

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TT54730

Modeling tools
Ship Ladder (1)

The weld created is now always an on site weld. The shop/site weld selection has been
removed from the Welds tab.
TT53058

Cold rolled
Albion SIGMA profiles

Albion SIGMA profiles are now available in the Profile Catalog.

TT54318

Ayrshire Non-Continuous Rail (106)

The default bolt sizes are now correct: M12 for CW and ZED sections, and M16 for Zeta
and Zeta2.
TT36446

Ayrshire Eaves Beam to Stanchion (113)

Web bolts did not go through the eaves beam in a face fix condition. This has now been
fixed.
TT36441

The default bolt size for the component is now M16 4.6XOX.
TT40146

The component now allows slotted holes to be defined within the connection.
TT52126

Ayrshire non-standard eaves beams

Non-standard eaves beams did not have the correct Arrangement and Position in the D3
(CAM) file. This has now been fixed.
TT38975

Box Bolt (13)

Box Bolt now uses Hexagon Head as the default.

TT53560

Box Bolt diameter is now shown in the table on the Parameters tab.

TT54038

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Beam Clamp bolts in reports

Bolts used within the Beam Clamp components will not appear in the standard bolt reports
Bolt_Site_Summary and Bolt_Site_location.
TT54064

Steadmans side rail supports (28)

Side rail struts now use 12 mm bolts with 14 mm holes in the cleat and 14 mm square holes
in the rail.
TT46973

HiSpan Sag Rod to Rafters (50)

The connection has been removed from the HiSpan system.

TT54168

Metl-Con Autoform One Sided (20), Metl-Con Autoform Two Sided

(22), Metl-Con Autoform Detail (1003)

When the Autoform bolt backmark is below the specified minimum it gives a red cone, but
only when it is to the web of the section. If it is below the specified minimum to the end of
the Autoform, it leaves a green cone, but fails the file transfer.
TT45627

When deleting an Autoform connection from a beam it would remove the connection, but
would leave the Autoform data on the beam. This has now been fixed, removing the
Autoform connection also removes the Autoform data.
TT52090

UltraZED macros using CSK type holes

When using CSK holes, the actual depth of the CSK is 5 mm from the inside face of the
section, was previously using 5 mm from the outside face of the section.
TT38920

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

UltraZED Eaves Brace no longer puts a packer plate on when using CSK bolts.
TT44157

UltraZED Eaves beam to stanchion (104)

When fixing to 2 eaves beams with standard UltraZED cleats, if the setting Number of
Profiles is Double, then entire connection and bolts would be doubled. This has now been
fixed.
TT54273

UltraZED Cold rolled sleeved (107)

Minimum bolt grade for UltraZED sections is 8.8, if no bolt grade was specified it would
previously use 4.6, it now uses 8.8.
TT54195

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UltraZED cold rolled cleat (108)

When connecting to two secondary members, getting the correct cleats would depend on
the picking order of the secondary members. Now Tekla Structures uses the correct cleats
using any picking order of the secondary members.
TT50301

Analysis and design

Area load distribution

In some rare cases, the total load and applied load differed for area loads, and a warning
was displayed. This has now been fixed.
TT49859

Area load handling

In some rare cases, incorrect loading was created for single spanning loads. This has now
been fixed.
TT53288

Analysis member offsets

The longitudinal member offset as defined in the analysis properties of a connection was
not taken into account when creating an analysis model in which Member end release
method by connection was enabled. This has now been fixed.
TT53087

Analysis nodes

Sometimes, split nodes inserted by users did not function correctly in analysis model
updates. This has now been fixed.
TT54298
TT54280

Nodal loads

In some rare cases, nodal load was applied to a node which did not exist in the model. This
has now been fixed.
TT53113

Snapping

Snapping to an analysis bar or analysis area edge did not work even if the Snap to lines
and edges switch was selected. This has now been fixed. Also, snapping to a node now
works if the Snap to geometry lines / points switch is selected.
TT54314

Creating bracings as builtup sections

When creating bracings as builtup sections, sometimes a plate belonging to a neighbouring

bracing was included in the builtup section. This has now been fixed.

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