Steel Detailing | Precast Detailing | Estimation

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  • Generating Bubble Deck Precast Order Forms From Excel To AutoCAD (Bubble Deck, AutoCAD .net)

    Ordering thousands of items in a layout is not easy. Order efficiently with Tek1!
    Ordering thousands of items in a layout is not easy. Order efficiently with Tek1!

    This is a demonstration of how we use Excel-Add ins and AutoCAD plugins to simplify the process by which order forms are created for Precast panel jobs.

    Please watch the below video:

     

    Print Bubble Deck Order Forms from Tek1 on Vimeo.

  • Tek1 Signs MOU with Saudi Arabian Company (News)

    Tek1 Sign MOU with Saudi Arabian Company Freih Bin Owaidha Al-Qahtani Sons Co. Ltd, Alkhobar.

    Freih Bin Owaidha Al-Qahtani Sons Co. Ltd will be representing Tek1 in all business in Saudi Arabia for detailing of Structural Steel and precast panels. Local office with technical staff will be established to cater to major clients in Saudi Arabia so projects can proceed smoothly and communication hurdles can be removed.

    Contact Details in Saudi Arabia.
    Phone – +966 13 865 4760,
    email info@alfreih.com.sa,
     P O Box 3073, Al-khobar 31952
    Saudi Arabia

  • Avoid Grating Errors During Drafting (Tekla Tips)

    grating model
    How to avoid drafting errors in grating drawing

    How to avoid the error?

    How to avoid  grating  and chequred plate errors being wrong , due to the view being wrong.

    We have a copped a few of  these errors where the chquered plate (or grating) was drawn upside down.

    How to counter measure: add orientation part cut on the plate

    The way to counter measure this error is to put an  orientation part cut on the plate. Make sure on the part drawing the full lines of the cut is shown. Cut will have to be on the top surface of the plate and must not penetrate to the other side.

    Please see the video below:

     

    How to Avoid Grating Errors from Tek1 on Vimeo.

  • Pick First Selection in the Drawing (Tekla Open API)

    Imagine you are in the Tekla Drawing space.

    Imagine you are in the Tekla Drawing space.

    We want to dimension certain objects in the drawing.

    First we need to identify the objects that we want to select. Since the Tekla Closed Open API doesn’t have much of a picker exposed, we would be forced to select the objects we need before running our command. We can do so with a pick first selection (to use the AutoCAD terminology).

    The code is quite simple, but is very important:

  • Changing All Block Definitions (AutoCAD .net API)

    (Unfortunately it's not a block table record dictionary definition - but it kind of is :))

    (Unfortunately it’s not a block table record dictionary definition – but it kind of is :))

    Some how or other all the block definitions associated with a drawing were not defined on layer zero – this is less than ideal. I guess it goes right up there with another instance I heard about: (i) about drawing everything in paper space, or layer zero, for example.

    Accordingly, it feel to me to change all the block definitions. I could foresee that there might be some other requirement associated with changing all the block definitions, so I thought it apposite right now to employ the strategy pattern to solve the problem.

    Here is the code in its entirety. I like using LINQ, it’s concise and efficient, so I beg the patience of those whose views differ:

  • Checking for Panels with Nibs – Precast Detailing (+ Video Demo inside)

    A gif showing how easy it is to check for nibs on bubble deck slabs using my command.

    A gif showing how easy it is to check for nibs on bubble deck slabs using my command. There are certain panels which we have that have protruding elements – salient features. These can be problematic if they go to production unnoticed. Given there are entire teams of people doing things, it can be hard to track – people forget that they cannot draw a panel with such a dimension.

    This is a plug in which enables one to easily identify all such panels with nibs like this:

     

    There is a need to identify panels with protruding features because they could be problematic if fabricated.
    There is a need to identify panels with protruding features because they could be problematic if fabricated.

     

    Here is a video demonstration:

    Bubble Deck Detailing – checking for panels with salient features from Tek1 on Vimeo.

    Summary:

    • This procedure and command saves us and the fabricator a lot of time and money.

  • How to fill out your timesheet

    • Please see a generic time sheet solution below which I’ve developed – please use it for the time being before I develop a more robust solution.
    • Please fill this out honestly – 1 hour is one diligent hour of hard work. If you work slowly and take two hours – you can only write one hour on your time sheet. So it is in your interests to work as hard and as efficiently as possible. If you can think of  a way of doing something faster and/or better, please go ahead and do so – while communicating this to your team leads and Koshy as well.

     

     

    How to Use The Time Sheet from Tek1 on Vimeo.

  • Plate work with Advance Steel (Steel Detailing)

    Tekla Structures is wanting features  in detailing plate work. Here is a video showing how Advance Steel handles Plate work. This type of cuts are not possible with Tekla Structures. I think it is mainly because of the data structure of Tekla. Of late Tekla has changed their data structure to deal with these type of situations. But I have not seen any videos from them.

  • Select Bolts From Tekla Model Based on its Tolerance using WPF (Tekla Open API) + Code Snippets + Video Demo

    Select bolts depending on their tolerance
    It’s not easy to find which bolt has a tolerance of 10 when you have 1000s of them in your model.
    You can really only do that type of thing with a tool.

    This is a repost from our sister site – I needn’t repeat it here, but it’s something that I’ve worked on, and which we hope to utilize to a greater degree when working with Tekla. Anyways, you can get the full blog post if you click this link here. Thank you for stopping by.

    Video Demonstration of Bolt Selector Tool

    Select Bolts From Tekla Model Based on its Tolerance using WPF (Tekla Open API) Video Demo from Tek1 on Vimeo.