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

  • 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

  • Trimble Connect- GA Drawing 3D-Export [Ep-6]

    GA Drawings overlay on IFC Model

    Ever wondered about how easy and accurate it would be to study a GA drawing when it is overlayed on the IFC Model? Well, Trimble Connect gives you a way to do so. The GA drawings are exported along with the 3D co-ordinates as dwg files in Tekla Structures. This process is easy and we have to make sure to activate few options in Advanced Options and in Export Drawings dialog box.

    • In Advanced Options dialog box, Select Export and look for the option XS_DWG_EXPORT_3D_MODEL_COORDINATES and change the value for it as TRUE.
    • Once this value is made true then we can proceed with the regular method of creating the GA Drawings and then export it.
    • When exporting the GA drawing, we have to make sure that the Model Space Co-ordinate value is made Model instead of Local.
    • If the model space co-ordinate is kept as local then the dwg file will take the local co-ordinate values as in the drawing created and the 2D dwg files are exported.
    • If the model space co-ordinate is kept as model then the dwg file will take the Tekla model co-ordinate values and the 3D dwg files of the GA drawings are exported.

    To have a more clear idea of how this option works refer to the video attachment.

    GA EXPORTDownload

  • Can you spot the problem#10

    Initial Structural design
    Arch design

    Did you find anything missing from the above Design?

    The Roof has slopes. But there is no consideration for gutter provision and its support.

    We figure out this issue and raise RFI against this issue.

    RFI regarding the missing consideration of Gutter and its fixing

    Client approves to make changes in the design and send us back. See below revised design

    Revised Structural Design

  • A Beginners guide to APIs

    Is programming knowledge necessary only for a Software developer? You will find an answer for this question in this blog. With automation ruling the world, it is important for every business to adopt it into their workflows to stay competitive.People may encounter lots of issues and errors in day to day work which may affect the efficiency and productivity. Laborious tasks can be automated using simple tools which can enhance productivity. This is where API comes into action.

    An API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of tools, protocols and methods offered by companies for their commercial software. Some of those companies offering API are Google, Mircrosoft, Autodesk, Tekla and the list goes on. Everyone who are using their software may want to have a customized tool to suit their special requirements. Hence for this purpose the application developers expose some of their core codes for their customers. Now the customers could query, retrive data, set values and do much more.

    How API works.

    A Civil engineer may be working with many software and when he has some knowledge on programming he could develop solutions using these API without hiring a software engineer and explaining all sorts of things to him. When he himself gets to explore the API, various possibilities will come into light and he could develop more productive tools for his business.

    All one needs to get started with API is some basic understanding of the high school computer science concepts on C or C++. Even though they are low level programming language unlike JAVA and C# which is required to work with API the concepts remains the same. JAVA has a lot of scope than C# which is mainly used to develop Microsoft Windows applications. But the selection of which one to learn depends entirely on what your requirement is as each API has been built on its own language. Once you get a fair bit on the language next important thing is the documentation of the API.

    This documentation is available in the websites of the software. It serves as a guide which explains the entire hierarchy of the software, data types, classes, methods etc. One needs to dig into this at the very beginning before accessing the API. Now you could start your coding after acquiring the basic knowledge on these things. Keep in mind that lots of trial and errors will only lead to success for a beginner. You should be continuously learning from the errors arising in the code and working on it further.

    Hope this blog has provided an insight on how important programming could be for people in industries other than IT. Well then get started to learn coding and explore new heights in your business and work.