Tekla Structures 2024 what’s new

Improved automatic fabrication drawing creation

• General design
• detailed design
• Fabrication
• Cast in place concrete
• Engineering
• Precast concrete
• Steel
• Rebar
• Drawings

When using cloning to create assembly drawings, you now automatically get more correct results, so less adjusting is needed. And when the model changes, your drawings stay up-to-date better.

Learn more in the release notes.

Better industry-standard support for drawings

• General design
• detailed design
• Engineering
• Collaboration
• Drawings

Gain greater control over your drawing setups to meet specific project needs and regulatory standards. With the ability to utilize custom colors and adhere to industry-standard font sizes, your drawings will not only look professional but also remain compliant. Additionally, Tekla Structures 2024 now supports direct delivery of your drawings in DGN format, catering to the demands of your project stakeholders efficiently.

Learn more in the release notes.

Renewed IFC property set control for exported model objects

• General design
• detailed design
• Fabrication
• Construction
• Collaboration

Now you have better control over model object properties in the IFC exports to satisfy project requirements at each project phase. Manage flexibly all properties in one place. Include BuildingSMART property sets, previously integrated and unexposed properties and use filters to apply details to specific model parts.

Learn more in the release notes.

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New Trimble Connect BCF Topics replace ToDos in Tekla Structures

• General design
• detailed design
• Fabrication
• Construction
• Collaboration

Leverage BCF Topics, the open industry standard from buildingSMART, for improved model-based communication across all construction project stakeholders. The customizable issue management workflow of the BCF standard, integrated with Trimble Connect, allows for the storage of model markups, comments, and attachments in a shared project space. This facilitates transparent communication and can be seamlessly synced, for example, with your fabricator’s operations in Tekla PowerFab, ensuring efficient collaboration.

Learn more in the release notes.

Better control of data storage location for Tekla Model Sharing

• Collaboration

Select the storage location for your Tekla Model Sharing project data to comply with project-specific data storage requirements.

Learn more in the release notes.

Constructible rebar data to streamline workflow

• detailed design
• Fabrication
• Construction
• Collaboration

Benefit from enhanced and more accurate rebar geometry generation using rebar sets. Better control the reinforcement shape recognition in numbering to ensure that the bar bending schedules (BBS) are optimized for fabrication, delivery logistics and site operations.

Learn more in the release notes.

Property pane improvements

• detailed design
• Fabrication
• Construction
• Collaboration

Now you can quickly copy properties when modeling or editing drawings. Also, property panes were added to all drawing objects for consistent experience.

Learn more in the release notes.

More intuitive modeling

• General design
• detailed design
• Cast in place concrete
• Precast concrete

Enjoy more intuitive modeling with less iterations from the start. Do more in one view with the new way of rotating the model and better snapping options. Enjoy quicker ways of inserting bolts correctly at the get-go!

Learn more in the release notes.

Improved and integrated Bridge Creator

• General design
• detailed design
• Cast in place concrete
• Engineering

The enhanced Bridge Creator, now included in Tekla Structures 2024 installation, provides a comprehensive modeling workflow for bridge engineers. Bring road alignment and benefit from automatic geometry creation and extrusion, for quicker modeling and detailing of various types of bridges.

Learn more in the release notes.

Simple steel connection design using Tekla Tedds Integrator

• General design
• detailed design
• Cast in place concrete
• Engineering

Save time by linking Tekla Tedds design calculation documents to your model without downloading and installing the Integrator extension separately. Tekla Tedds allows writing your own calculations but you can also utilize an extensive library of quality-assured calculations for several design codes. Automate Eurocode calculations for steel shear and end plate simple connections, and update geometry changes seamlessly.

Learn more in the release notes.