Month: April 2026

  • Esplanade Brighton canopy

    Esplanade Brighton canopy

    TEK1 completed a canopy project for a prominent organization in Australia. The goal was to provide detailed support for steelwork canopies.

  • Navigate a million Changes?

    Navigate a million Changes?

    Meticulous Care – Expertise alone not sufficent

    Meticulous Care – Expertise alone not sufficent With many many changes, Mulitple site meaures, point cloud data, unless the processes are good and the care is meticulous, the knowledge and expertise will not count Street Address ATL Station State NSW Country Australia Modeler Ganesh Kumar

    When it comes to shop drawings and steel detailing, expertise, knowledge of software alone will not make it

    With many many changes, Mulitple site meaures, point cloud data, unless the processes are good and the care is meticulous, the knowledge and expertise will not count

  • Handling Complex Geometry – Ribbon

    Handling Complex Geometry – Ribbon

    Recently, we were awarded a project to detail a curved section on the bridge for a reputed organization in Australia. The geometry involved presented some unique challenges.

    From the elevation, the structure followed a non-linear zig-zag curvature, creating a dynamic and aesthetically driven form.

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  • .Net | Python Ruby on Rails

    • ByCoordinateSystems (i.e. the Tekla API method)? AlignCoordinateSystem (the AutoCAD .net API method)? What are they? What do they mean?

      What problem does it solve? I have some treasure, buried somewhere. I know how to get there from my town. This is great from my current location. But how will you get there from YOUR location? Without changing the location of the treasure, I can tell you how to get there, from your location by…

    • How to programmatically filter model objects, in a Tekla model, by Part Position? (Tekla API)

      Suppose you have a Tekla model and you want to programmatically filter for parts with a revision mark of abc/1. How would you do that? When I originally tried the code, I had a single Binary Filter expression for just the part Position Number. I made a fatal mistake – I had assumed that Tekla…

    • How to Debug a Tekla Plugin Without Restarting Visual Studio (Tekla Open API Tutorial)

       To my surprise, debugging is not a trivial exercise. Please watch the video to guide you on where to click etc. Source code – github repository of the tekla beam plugin. You need to follow the instructions listed here: https://developer.tekla.com/tekla-structures/documentation/debug-plugin-without-restarting-tekla-structures with the following notes and amendments: Add “set XS_PLUGIN_DEVELOPER_MODE=true” to the teklastructures.ini file and open…

    • How to Get Drawing Revision Numbers

      Couldn’t do it, because it’s not exposed. This is a hack that I used to circumvent:    

    • Tekla API – how to select model objects via a picker

      Pretty simple: just selects a simple model object    

  • Batch Edit a Part in Tekla Structures

    Batch Edit a Part in Tekla Structures

    TeklaStructures has a batch editing utility for Assemblies.

    However, if we have to batch edit parts there is nothing.

    Expert Steel Detailers demand Utilities

    Our detailers have demanded that we develop a utility to do batch editing of parts.

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  • Steel Stairs | Melbourne | Sydney | WA

    Steel Stairs | Melbourne | Sydney | WA

  • SHED | DARETON NSW

    SHED | DARETON NSW

    Darenton-NSW
    Darenton-NSW

  • Shed | Alice Springs

    Shed | Alice Springs

    We did detailing only. Model was given to us

  • SHEDS | Class 9 Structures

    SHEDS | Class 9 Structures

    Steel Detailing for Sheds

    Expert Detailing for Class 9 Buildings , Sheds, Farm Sheds

    We service Victoria, NSW, Brisbane, WA, NT, SA

    • DAREN TOWN NSW

      SHED | DARETON NSW

    • MPH SHED ALICE SPRINGS

      Shed | Alice Springs

    • O & M Shed – Wunghnu Solar Farm