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Tekla Structures - Advanced

3 Day Advanced Course

Day 1: Model Management

This comprehensive three day course will provide you with advanced knowledge on Tekla Structures. As the course progresses, you will develop your Tekla Structures abilities with a key focus on steel models, working through a series of practical examples and exercises.

Experts will teach you how to navigate and use the interface, model a variety of steel structures, generate drawings and reports, and how to set up and maintain your system, giving you the confidence and skills to be more productive and efficient on your return to the office.

Course Content

  • Introduction

    • Overview of model management

  • Model management

    • Working with reference models

    • Phasing and lotting

    • Numbering

    • Diagnose and repair

    • Filters

    • Clash checking

    • Model Organizer

    • Best practices for working with Multi-user and Tekla Model Sharing

  • Interoperability

    • Importing models from Tekla Structural Designer

    • Importing item / shape files

    • Useful Tekla Warehouse extensions

Day 2: Steel Drawings

Building on your existing knowledge of Tekla Structures, this training course will expand on the topic of steel drawings, developing your understanding of the drawing setup and generation processes.

You will work through exercises covering the creation and editing of GA and fabrication drawings, explore drawing settings and learn how to produce drawings that contain the correct information and styling to suit your company requirements. Utilise tools and functionality designed to enhance your drawing production speed and efficiency.

  • Introduction

    • Overview of steel drawings

  • Drawing setup

    • Drawing templates

    • Layouts

    • Drawing settings

    • Drawing wizard

  • Drawing generation

    • Generating GA drawings

    • Generating fabrication drawings

    • Sub-assembly drawings

    • Cloning drawings

    • Document manager

    • Object level settings

  • Output

    • Printing and issuing drawings

Day 3: System Customisation

Building on your existing knowledge of Tekla Structures, this training course will expand on the topic of system customisation, enabling you to set up Tekla Structures for optimum use in your business.

Our experts will guide you through how to customise the Tekla Structures interface and how to create your own toolbars and menus so you only see the tools you use regularly. Learn how to set up your system so that it works the way you want it to consistently across all projects.

  • Introduction

    • Overview of the standard Tekla Structures interface

  • System customisation

    • Customising the interface

    • Applications and components

    • User defined variables

  • System setup

    • Firm folders

    • Project folders

    • Model templates

    • Role folders

    • Standard part models

    • Working with different system, folder and file setups

  • General

    • Customising your licence setup

    • Customising your software installation

    • Upgrading to a later version of Tekla Structures on an already customised system

Overview

Building on your existing knowledge of Tekla Structures, this three day training course will teach you how to effectively and efficiently manage your various Tekla Structures projects.

Working through a series of exercises, learn how to use the Model Organizer to improve construction management and planning. Manage models within the Multi-user mode and Tekla Model Sharing for smooth collaboration with local or global teams on projects. Utilise tools and functionality designed to help you keep on top of all your projects.

Skill level  

  • Intermediate 

Pre-requisites  

  • Fundamentals 

Duration  

3 days 

Cost  

€1,200 Non Members - €900 Members for the 3 days. No VAT on Training

Training method available

Classroom 

Training Centre 

Irish Steel  

The Certification Hub Unit 2/3 - Zone 5 

Clonminam Business Park Portlaoise

Course literature, tea/coffee & lunch will be provided 

Please bring your own Lap-Top 

Date: TBC

Payment for this course can be made once a date for training is released by Irish Steel. If you have any queries, please contact us by email [email protected] or by phone (057) 867 0629

You can still book your place by submitting the booking form.

Tekla Basics Booking Form

Payment for this course can be made once a date for training is released by Irish Steel. If you have any queries, please contact us by email [email protected] or by phone (057) 867 0629