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Tekla Structures User Meeting 2008

Tekla Structures User Meeting 2008. Custom Components. By: Glen Hutchinson. Endend Plane. Box Plane. Collision Plane. Middle Plane. Custom Component Quiz. Position Type Endend Plane Middle Plane Collision Plane Box Plane. B. Column to IT Beam. A. Column to Spandrel.

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Tekla Structures User Meeting 2008

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  1. Tekla Structures User Meeting 2008 Custom Components By: Glen Hutchinson

  2. Endend Plane Box Plane Collision Plane Middle Plane Custom Component Quiz • Position Type • Endend Plane • Middle Plane • Collision Plane • Box Plane B. Column to IT Beam A. Column to Spandrel C. Spandrel to Double Tee D. Pad Footing to Column

  3. Answers

  4. Custom Components Quiz • Middle Plane A. Column to Spandrel

  5. Custom Components Quiz • Box Plane B. Column to IT Beam

  6. Custom Components Quiz • Collision Plane

  7. Custom Components Quiz • Endend Plane

  8. Custom Components Agenda • CC’s and Database Size • ASCII Files • Create an ASCII file • CC .INP Backup • CC Location • Best Practices

  9. CC’s & Database Size V13.1 < x 2,000 = 20,000 attributes

  10. CC’s & Database Size V14.0 > • On average, 5 are not default • Store 10,000 Attributes • 50% less

  11. ASCII Files • ASCII simple text file • American Standard Code for Information Interchange • Tab delimited Columns

  12. .dat ASCII Files • Scenario • 6 Plates, varying in size

  13. ASCIIDemo

  14. Parameters vs. ASCII • Parameters = 11, Dist. = 2, Tot. = 13 • ASCII = 6, Dist. = 2, Tot. = 8

  15. Benefits of using ASCII • Modifying the CC is much Easier • Don’t have to mess with the .inp files • Adding Variables, much easier • The R&C are organized, table • Less attributes in the model

  16. .inp.bak .inp Custom Component .INP • Save a Custom Component an .inp • Also a .inp.bak • Useful when creating CC’s that contain pictures in them.

  17. CC Location • Model folders contain CustomComponentsDialogFiles • All CC .inp and .inp.bak are stored MODEL

  18. Best Practices • Keep It Light • Only Bind objects that you have to • Keep intelligence to a minimum • Keep It Simple • Don’t detail every little thing • Model only what you have to, so you can understand what the object is in the drawings.

  19. Old New Tips and Tricks • Add a line separating the variables CC • Edit the ***.inp located in CustomComponentsDialogFiles • Change number • Save ***.inp • Reopen the Model

  20. Tips and Tricks • Protect CC’s with a Password • Name = Password • Type =Text • Value = Your Password • Cannot be edited without the Password

  21. Thank You

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