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Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3
Tekla Structures A&D model creation ........................................................................................... 3
Installation of the link .................................................................................................................... 3
Development and copyright .......................................................................................................... 4
Transfer of the Tekla Structures A&D model ................................................................................. 4
Transfer of the ETABS A&D model ............................................................................................. 12
Technical information and setup ................................................................................................. 16
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Installation location .............................................................................................................. 16
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ETABS Storey information ................................................................................................... 16
7.3
Profile and material mapping ............................................................................................... 16
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Decks................................................................................................................................... 17
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Trouble shooting .................................................................................................................. 17
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Using the link with a beta copy of ETABS ............................................................................ 17
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Videos of the link ................................................................................................................. 17
DIAGRAMS
Figure 1 Installation screen 1 ..........................................................................................................................3
Figure 2 Installation screen 2 ..........................................................................................................................4
Figure 3 Installation screen 3 .......................................................................................................................................... 4
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1. Introduction
The Tekla Structures/ETABS plugin allows the user to easily transfer the
structural model data from Tekla Structures & ETABS, and to insert a ETABS
model into a blank Tekla Structures model.
This application is designed to exchange the structural objects between Tekla
Structures and the Computer & Structures Inc. ETABS Analysis and Design
(A&D) application. The link allows the structure to be created in Tekla
Structures and then exported into ETABS or an ETABS model to be inserted
into an empty Tekla Structures model. The imported elements will create native
Tekla Structures steel and concrete beams, columns, slabs, shear walls etc.
The A&D model transfer from Tekla Structures is based upon the same
techniques as the other A&D links, for example the current SAP2000 transfer,
etc. Both Tekla Structures and ETABS 2013 need to be loaded on to the same
machine where the transfer is performed.
If the loads are modelled in Tekla Structures then these will be transferred to
ETABS. However, no loads can be returned from ETABS. Also the normal
results update procedure (maximum end reactions and member size revisions
in ETABS) and the model merge function are also available within this plugin.
Kindly note that the Get Results function can be slow due to the .Net
technologies used. Also the load transfer from Tekla Structures will be available
from ETABS 13.1.4 or beta build 1078 .
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If the user just wants to display the A&D model in Tekla Structures then the
Parts can be de-selected from the View properties
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7.4 Decks
Deck recognition - To establish when a contour plate from Tekla Structures
should be exported as an ETABS Deck, the following algorithm is applied to
every selected plate element:
See the Tekla Structures log files file for all other issues
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