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.
This video explains how to use Custom Components in Autoconneciton
Part 1 of the custom component take you through the following items.
Here is a discussion on beginer modeling errors.
These types of errors cause huge time loss in modeling and editing of drawings. Has to be tackled early on.
I have sent the corrected model to all the students.
Following items will be covered in the introduction
Introduction
Panning and Zooming
Switching to Normal View
Creating Views
Download dropbox model https://www.dropbox.com/s/a2vztcbxc3buadb/USER-INTERFACE.zip?dl=0
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 build better.
It keeps everyone in the hierarchy of the project updated about the progress and the next course of action. Trimble Connect accessibility via the web, desktop and mobile devices makes it userfriendly to share, view and access construction project data anywhere and anytime. Some of its main features include an activity feed, align models, export reports, create a project, coment on to-dos, file explorer, model object filtering and clash detection.
TRIMBLE CONNECT FEATURES :
3D markup
Align models
Activity Feed
Comment on to-dos
Combine and view selected models
Change color of some objects
Control visibility of entire model
Create a project
Define custom reports
Create and manage folders
Create and manage releases
Exchange to-dos using BCF 1.0
Export reports
File Explorer
Manage permissions and notifications
Model object filterin
Manage users and groups
Save views
Run clash checking
View/comment clashes
Temporary local offline storage
Let us see how we are going to collaborate using Trimble Connect in upcoming blogs. Follow the blog updates regularly for more Trimble Connect videos.
Have you ever created NC files for curved beams in TEKLA?
Generally, if you want to create an NC file for curved beams, the beams should be modelled using the Polybeam option. Because TEKLA will not create NC files for curved beams if you model them using the curved beam option.
Let’s consider the situation where you’ve done all the work using curved beams. But, If the fabricator asks for NC files for those beams, you will not be able to create NC files. You’ll have to rework the entire model.
To eliminate this kind of rework, we suggest you model the curved beams using Polybeam option in TEKLA.
Summary: “the DSTV standard does not support curved beams, so Tekla Structures does not create NC files for curved beams. Use polybeams instead of curved beams”
A lot of fabricators prefer D Nut bracing over cleat bracing because it is much simpler and cheaper. If the engineer has specified cleat bracing the detailer must investigate whether a D Nut bracing will be sufficient. If yes, then please RFI the engineer with D Nut bracing proposal. The fabricator could prefer this connection. Make sure the maximum angles of the D Nut is observed
