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Tekla Structural Designer 2017 - foundation design
Tekla wall and floor layout
Comprehensive design functionalities
have been provided for all of the common
foundation types required in steel and
concrete structures. It makes foundation
design more efficient by automating some
functions, such as calculating the number
of piles required in a structure, together
with comprehensive calculations and
material take-offs within a single model. In
addition, new wind load processes have
been added which speed the application
of wind loading.
The new tools allow easy application of
horizontal and wind loading, helping
engineers assess the lateral strength
requirements of their structure. Besides
making the process faster, wind loading is
more flexible, making it especially suitable
for structures with challenging geometries.
In practice, wind loading can now be
applied easily on all types of buildings,
either manually or automatically, to comply
with your chosen code of practice.
Engineers can also choose rigid or flexible
diaphragm action to provide complete
control of lateral forces and how they are
distributed throughout the building.
Tekla Structural Designer is a vital tool in
all areas of concrete structural design.
Enhancements to slab design have
revolutionised the design of concrete slabs,
and now include slab splitting tools,
graphical control of panel patches and the
introduction of pass/fail contour diagrams.
Piled mat design efficiency is also
improved thanks to the expansion of TSD's
foundation design capabilities - not a
separate program, but part of the single
modelling environment. Engineers can now
choose between pad, pile cap, mat and
piled mat foundations all within the
same model.
Other features that have been enhanced
include automated pile layout with
comprehensive calculations and material
take off for foundations, and automated
load transfers to foundation - again, part of
the single modelling environment.
Foundation design is now comprehensive
and complete with all the main foundation
types catered for (pad, strip, pile cap mats
and piled mats) for both steel and concrete
structures. With regard to complex
constructions, Tekla Structural Designer
2017 facilitates the analysis of bending on
composite steel and concrete
constructions, enabling engineers to
assess the benefits of composite floor
construction on the overall frame deflection.
The software also provides engineers
with more control and improved design
capabilities, as well as a greater
understanding of a number of more
uncommon structural elements, such as
cambered beams, shear rails, which they
can design to either US or Eurocodes,
bending angles and tee sections - which
can also be designed to comply with US
codes. Punching shear design is a
tedious task, which becomes easier with
this new feature.
TEKLA TEDDS 2017: MORE
CALCULATIONS TO IMPROVE
PRODUCTIVITY
Developed to improve engineering
productivity and quality, Tekla TEDDs
automates repetitive and error prone
structural and civil calculations. In the face
of ever more aggressive deadlines and
demands, Tekla TEDDs enables users to
streamline engineering design by replacing
tedious manual calculations and
spreadsheets with professional and
consistent output. In version 2017, Trimble
has added a large number of new
calculations and enhancements to existing
calculations across various design codes.
Integrated with Microsoft Word, engineers
can now quickly create and customise
calculations and professional
documentation that includes those
calculations, together with sketches and
notes. The new version of TEDDs also
includes a large number of new
calculations and enhancements to existing
calculations across Eurocode, British
Standards, US, Australia & Canadian
codes. These include:
Eurocodes: New steel column and
base plate design, new RC corbel
design, enhanced retaining Wall A&D
and more
British Standard Codes: Update
retaining wall calculations, enhanced
masonry wall panel design and other
calculations
US Codes: RC column design has
been enhanced to display more
accurate profiles, enhanced steel 2D
Member A&D and improved user
experience for wood shear wall design,
to name a few
Australian Codes: New Gabion
retaining wall A&D, enhanced 2D
analysis frame wizard and more
New and enhanced calculations: These
have been added each month since
the September release of TEDDS 2017
www.tekla.com/2017
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March/April 2017