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Category: Steel Detailing Blog

This page show cases some of the Steel Detailing projectgs completed in Melbourne, Sydney, WA, Brisbane Tek1 has completed

  • Numbering in Advance Steel

    Here is a tutorial which covers Numbering in advance steel. It however does not cover what how to manage once drawings are issued. May be there is another video for that

    Numbering basics in Advance Steel

  • Numbering Quiz Advance Steel Tutorial

    Here is a numbering Quiz for advance steel learners

  • Exporting Anchor bolts to Total Station

    Here is a video on how to export Anchor bolt positions to Total station. This option is available in Tekla as well. But it is surprising that no one has yet asked us for this export.

    We have so far only provided CAD layout of anchor bolt position. May be we must provide the point export from advance steel as well as Tekla

    Here is the video of how to export from Advance steel

  • Lesson 24 Overlay 2d Annotation

    All team leads, trainees must know how to overlay 2d annotations to IFC model and upload to trimble connect.

    Please watch this youtube video on it. I am asking Ragul to upload a training model with GA and Assy drawings. What you have to do is follow the video, extrat the dwg and upload the GA and Assy drawing to trimble connect on your private trimble connect.

    You may use campus for that. Get Ragul to check and approve.

  • Using Custom Components in Auto Connection

    This video explains how to use Custom Components in Autoconneciton

  • Modelling Complex Contour Plates using the Tekla Open API

    How to create custom Contour Plates using the Tekla Open API from Tek1 on Vimeo.

    Manually creating contour plates from CSV file inputs will likely be disastrous. You’ll inevitably make mistakes and things won’t fit on site: it will be an uphill battle. You can obviate these issues by using the Tekla Open API to solve a lot of those problems.

    See the video associated with this post for a demostration of our capabilities using the Tekla Open API.

    Full Source Code is here.

    Thank you for passing by!

    Many have been writing for a basic sample: so you may try this below:

  • Stair & Platforms – AS1428 & AS1657 – Online Training, Standards, Codes and Tests

    Applicable stairs, and ladders require compliance to:

    • AS1657 standards (by law in most Australian states – Victoria being the exception) – (sorry I can’t source the original copy here because it cost me $500)

    How can you test whether you know the standard? Take our online test – all detailers must pass this before they are allowed to detail any stair.

    Contact us for your detailing requirements.

  • Internal Processes

    Please find below the processes we expect all staff to follow:

    • Document all instructions in writing.
      • Why? Clients may call on the telephone. Communication may be confused. People say the wrong lengths, the wrong drawing numbers, and they might be working of the wrong revisions, and people hear the wrong things. If you receive instructions via the phone: put it in writing with any applicable mark ups to make sure that everyone is on the same page. Later on, if there is some miscommunication, it becomes a “he said – she said” blame game. We want to solve our clients problems not add to them.
      • Insist that communication is sent to the right people. If important communication is sent to the wrong person: perhaps a mark up or an RFI etc. then there is a chance that it could be missed.
    • Do not issue IFC drawings without IFA approvals.
      • Why? Clients will scream that they don’t care about approvals: but approvals are very important from a safety point of view. Be firm and clear: no IFC without IFA approvals. If a client wants to take a risk and build off an IFA drawing that that will be their prerogative. We do not want to risk someone’s safety in order to expedite a construction schedule.
    • Clear all outstanding RFIs before issuing drawings:
      • Why? If you don’t have the answers to the questions you need: then you can’t draw something on assumptions. What if those assumptions are not correct? Seek the answers you need before issues drawings.
    • DO NOT RUSH a job. Do it properly rather than do a rushed, or half-complete job.
      • Why? Because you will be likely to make mistakes and cost everyone even more down the line. If a client wants a ferrule moved on a mark up immediately, when there are 10 other items that need to be moved and verified, tell the client to wait. Because if those drawings are sent through, then you’ll need to send them again with those secondary revisions, and that will likely confuse people and cause huge problems down the line. Finish the job, do it properly and move on. Don’t be pressured to deliver a shoddy work due to time pressures. Yes we are all pressured by time, but there’s no point doing it badly and then costing everyone going forward.

  • HAVE YOU TRIED IN AUTOCADD#3: QUICK SELECT (QSELECT)

    Shortcut command: QSELECT (right click on the work area to get this command)

    When you need to select a specific element in an AutoCADD project, like for example some construction lines, you could select them either one by one or by using select similar when you need to select some specific items for which you know the properties we can use the quick select tool. This is very similar to the selection filter in Tekla Structures and in Revit.

    Using Quick Select or QSELECT, you could select the line of specific length or a specific colour. You could also use the tool to select elements specifically needed to work on in any area.



    Here is the list of options:

    1. Apply to: This restricts your selection to the required area or to the entire model as required.
    2. Object type: Select the object which needed. For example, if we need to select all the lines which has length less than 1m then you need to set the object type option as line.
    3. Properties: in this category we can specify the property of the object we need to select. In case of above example it would be the length.
    4. Operator: it is the usual comparison operators. for this case we could give lesser than.
    5. Value: According to the property we select we need to specify the value. in the above case we could specify 1000mm.
    6. How to apply: This is part is more interesting and very useful as well. If we use the radio button “Include in new selection set” the elements which passes the condition would be selected, if we use “Exclude from the new selection set” the case will be vice versa. ie. all the elements which does not satisfy the condition will be selected.

    Please find a short video on demo of the content below.

    QUICKSELECTDownload