This tutorial is about creating beams. The main take away here is
1. Manage UCS.
2.Manage Layers
3.Manage View Cube and Work Area
4.Manage Rotation and insertion point of Beam Section so that later on Advance copy can be used effectively
5. Us Construction Lines.
Advance steel Quick View Tool bar tools to show and hide elements. Also, deals with 2d snap which is very much like Tekla Workplane Viewplane switch.
Tek1 has developed plug ins with IntelliCAD based systems to create take off models from PDF drawings. The PDF drawings are brought into the intellicad based cad systems. Columns and Beams are modeled over the PDF drawings.
This method is significantly faster than undertaking blue beam takeoffs. The accuracy of the take off is much better than what is possible with blue beam or any other PDF based take off system.
The inellicad model is then exported into Tekla using an in house plug in. Material Lists, and GAL lists can be taken out of the Tekla Model.
An IFC model is exported from Tekla. Along with a 3d model, this type of take off provides great value of the estimator.
Pricing is very competitive since we are using our in house offshore team. The take off team is now of a significant in size. Because IntelliCAD software is cheap, and given our in-house plug in, we are able to provide, fast and very cost effective services in take off modeling.
Fittings and bolts are not normally included in the take off.
Here is an example of the Essendon hanger we completed today (29/1/2020).
Tek1 has developed .dwg based plugins which talk to Tekla to carry out take-off efficiently
Take off is completed in .dwg based Cad systems very similar to modeling in Tekla. For BIM model the model is converted to Tekla
Reports can be taken either from .dwg system or Tekla. Right now reports are being taken out of Tekla. Our next effort is to develop a plugin which will convert the .dwg model into an IFC model.
If anyone is able to help us in this developing the plug int convert .dwg based model to an IFC model we will be very interested.
Here is a sample file.
