Category: Tekla API
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AutoCAD-Tekla Interoperability (AutoCAD .net)
Tekla – AutoCAD Interoperability Tool Tekla licenses are pricey. About $30k + maintenance per license. What if I told you that you needed 30-50% less licenses than you currently hold. That’s a huge cost saving, isn’t it? If you only need 5 licenses (as opposed to 10), then you’ve saved $150k instantly, plus maintenance. AutoCAD…
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How to insert Reference Models into Tekla
Wouldn’t it be handy if we could pro grammatically insert reference models into Tekla? Well you can now do so quite easily. And if you want to see a video demonstration, here it is: Here is the code which does the hard work. (You will of course add the appropriate references and directives):
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Adding a Dimension to a Beam – Drawing – (Tekla Open API Tutorial)
This is an example of a hello world program which dimensions a beam. I found this code in the Tekla Drawing Samples folder. You can see it in action here: Let’s walk through it: We have to get the relevant drawing. Then we have to get the relevant part we want to dimension. Then…
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Converting Engineering Components to Detailing Components
What do we want to do? We have received a Tekla model from someone. The model we have received was built using an Engineering Modelling license. We have a full detailing license. There are components in this model, but we can’t number them because they were produced using an engineering license. If you want to…
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Tekla–AutoCAD: Interoperability Tool
Tekla – AutoCAD Interoperability Tool Tekla licenses are pricey. About $30k + maintenance per license. That’s expensive. And if you had 10 licenses, or perhaps even 50 licenses, what if I told you that you needed: 30-50% less licenses than you currently hold? That’s a huge cost saving. If you only need 5 licenses, then…
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Converting Engineering Components to Detailing Components (Tekla API)
Has anyone every given you a model created form an engineering license and asked you to produce shop drawings from it? Well that’s incredibly difficult to make possibly. Because you can’t easily number parts. So I created a macro which makes life much easier (and faster) too. Here is a demo of how it works:…
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Tekla Open API Resources
Firstly, Tek1’s Open API Blog posts here. The Open API Reference. This was produced by Trimble and is the go-to place for information about classes and methods etc. There are some code examples also given. You can download it all from here. There are some basic code examples in there which is well worth investigating.…
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Showing an Assembly in the Model via a Tekla Drawing (Part I) – Tekla Open API Plugin
I’ve created another Tekla plug in. And I’m calling it using a macro. What does this plug in do? Here is a demo: Basically it display an assembly in the model, from a given assembly drawing. Does that make sense? Well if not let’s elaborate: The Problem: I’m sure you’ll be having similar issues. So…
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Create accurate grid from converted PDF Files
This tool works with Autocad. Usually the architects grid is not accurate to the decimal point for detailing purposes. Most detailers redraw the grid more accurately. This API tool let you select text in autocad and draw the grid automatically. Usually a pdf file converted to autocad is sufficient.