Category: Steel Detailing Blog
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Trimble Connect – The powerful collaboration [Ep-1]
Trimble Connect is a powerful collaboration tool for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Professionals including the Architects, Engineers, Detailers, Sub contractores, General Contractors and Project owners. This tool helps in collaborating the models among all the members of the project. This tool makes the project information accessible, transparent and traceable and to help users to…
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Selection method for Reports Creation in Tekla
While creating reports in Tekla Always ensure that selection men must be in objects selection. See below snaps Above snaps clearly states reports must be taken while the members selected in objects selection option is turned on. Otherwise the report quantity will be less than the actual quantity.
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HAVE YOU TRIED IN AUTO CAD #2: CREATING CUSTOMIZED NEW RIBBON
We do use a set of commands frequently, in those case we used to switch between using mouse and keyboard. if we try to click on the icons on the default ribbon we need to search them every time. Auto cad has provided with an awesome facility that we could customize a ribbon in our…
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Can you spot the Problem#9
Can you find any discrepancy from the above Structural and Arch design Snaps. Hope you got it. Profile of beam B1 is150UC30 from the structural drawing. The beam comes below ceiling. It would not be an issue if the stud wall accommodates the beam. But, the thickness of the stud wall is only 92mm…
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NCDXF Files and & CSK Bolt Holes (in Tamil)
NCDXF Files and & CSK Bolt Holes (in Tamil) from Tek1 on Vimeo. Hi team, please review the video for CSK bolt holes and NCDXF Files – language is Tamil.
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GRASSHOPPER- THE VISUAL PROGRAMMING LINK FOR TEKLA
Ever wondered how to automate the processes in modeling of steel structures, increase efficiency and accuracy. Grasshopper has got all the answers. Grasshopper is a visual programming interface like the Dynamo we saw in the previous blogs. It is built in within the 3D modeling software called Rhino. Tekla has released a link which enables…
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ISSUES OF EXPORTING DSTV TO DXF WITH CSK BOLTS IN TEKLA MODEL
Wherever Countersunk bolts are provided in a model, it is advised not to send NC DXF files to the client for the corresponding plate/shaft. This is because the hole dia in the generated NC & DXF file is not the actual bolt dia but it is the dia of the countersunk head. Therefore, the hole…
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DYNAMO: MODELING COMPLEX STRUCTURES
When it comes to 3D modeling, there always exists limitations with conventional modeling software while working with complex structures. In business, it is very important that each and every need of the customer must be fulfilled without compromise. With these things in mind we started experimenting various ways to model complex structures. Dynamo came into…
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DYNAMO: THE GAME CHANGER
Automation is the process of making a task automatic, an essential requirement for all business processes to achieve accuracy in repetitive tasks, where humans or manual tasks are prone to error. One of the most powerful automation package of recent times in the construction industry is the Autodesk’s Dynamo. It is an open-source visual programming tool…
