Category: Tekla Modelling Tips
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Plate Stringer Sprial Stair
Expert detailiing of spiral stair with plate stringers. Clear drawings and set outs for easy fabrication. Here is and example. Tek1 has the experience detailing different types of spiral stairs. There are challenges for the fabricator. Good drawings help to reduce the issues the fabricator will be facing. If you want the Tekla Model for…
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Weld Clearance
Make sure there is sufficent clearance for welds. The cost of not providing weld clearance is significant. These type of errors chips away at our credibility
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Purlin Brackets
Lysaught provides different types of brackets. Whe you are modelling choose the appropriate types
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Can You Spot the Mistake in This Stair Design?
Imagine you’re reviewing a staircase drawing, and you see this note: “8 THK CONTINUOUS FOLDED PLATE TREADS AND RISERS.” Sounds fine, right? But here’s the catch—is it actually possible to fold a single plate continuously for an entire stair flight? 🤔 The Hidden Problem A plate cannot be folded continuously to form multiple stair treads…
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Specifying Ferrule Bolts
Ferrule bolts do need nuts to be ordered. If your bolt report has ferrule bolts, then you have to specify what is the Bolt Dia and Length of the Bolt dia. Also you must specify no nut required. The other thing to note is that, You cannot give extra length. Your bolt length should be…
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The Importance of Proper Modelling for Non-Structural Plates: A Guide
When working with elements like cladding plates, balustrade infills, decorative panels, and chequer plates, the approach to modelling them differs significantly from that used for standard structural plates. Ensuring accuracy in these cases hinges on a thorough understanding of working points and the rotation property, which are essential for ensuring the correct orientation of the…
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Create Radius with Polygon Cut
Important points. Do not pick points along the Arch to do a polygon cut. Select Extreme end of the Arc and Create tangent to circle at those points. Use the intersection of the tangents as one polygon cut node. Other nodes should be outside the Arc. No node of the Polygon should be on the…
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Copy Elements to Other Drawing in Tekla
For instance, when we intend to include this cloud and text markup in all drawings, our current process involves adding a cloud followed by a text box. However, this repetitive action for each drawing proves to be extremely time-consuming. So, I’m going to share a trick with you (which Tekla already has) as an alternative…
