Tekla Structures – Querying objects

Measures a user-defined distance between any two points. You can use this option to measure inclined or aligned distances in the current view plane.

1.     Click Tools > Measure and select one of the options.

2.    Pick the starting point.

3.    Pick the end point.

4.    Click to indicate on which side of the dimension line you want the number to appear. To measure angles:

1.    Click Tools > Measure > Angle.

2.    Pick the center point.

3.    Pick the starting point.

4.    Pick the end point. (Counterclockwise from the starting point.)

Use this option to measure the distances between bolts in a bolt group. Tekla Structures also gives you the edge distances between the bolts and a selected part.

To measure bolt spacing:

1.    Click Tools > Measure > Bolt Spacing.

2.    Pick a bolt group.

3.    Pick a part.

2.    Click Tools > Clash check.

3.    The clash check progress is displayed in the status bar. You can continue working during the clash check.

If there are no colliding parts, Tekla Structures displays the message No collisions detected on the status bar.

If parts, bolts, or reference model objects collide, Tekla Structures highlights them in yellow and displays the clash check log in the List dialog box.

If you start clash checking while another clash check is still running, you can choose whether to continue checking, restart the operation and check the currently selected parts, or stop checking.

4.    To quickly locate and view colliding parts in the model, select the line containing the ID numbers of colliding parts from the list. Tekla Structures highlights the parts in the model. Hold down the F key while you do this to have Tekla Structures fit the work area.

To define bolt clearance for clash checking, click Tools > Options > Options… > Clash check. Enter the values in the Bolt clash check settings dialog box.

The clash checking clearance area is grey. Select the checkbox in front of the field if you want to use the clearance value. If you clear the checkboxes, the clearance will be zero.The clearance in front of the bolt head is equal to the bolt length.

If you do not enter values for clearances, Tekla Structures uses the default value of 1.00.

You need to save the clearance values to use them in future sessions. Click Tools > Defaults > Save Defaults.

If Tekla Structures cannot find the bolt head or nut diameter in the bolt catalog, it uses the shank diameter.

The following reference model file types are supported in clash checking:

•     IFC

•     DWG

•     DGN

For more information, see XS_USE_NEW_CLASH_CHECK and XS_CLASH_CHECK_BETWEEN_REFERENCES.

To compare assemblies, click on a part in each assembly. Click Tools > Compare > Assemblies.

Tekla Structures displays the results on the status bar.

1.     Double-click the view to open the View properties dialog box.

2.     Click Display…. The Display dialog box appears.

3.     Click the Advanced tab and select the Part label checkbox.

1.     Select a property on the Properties list.

2.     Click Add to add it to the Part label list.

To add a user-defined attribute or template attribute to the part label:

1.     Select User-defined attribute on the Properties list.

2.     Click Add. The Part label dialog box appears:

For more information on the Display dialog box, see Display in the online help.

2.    Select an object in the list.

3.    Right-click and select a command from the pop-up menu. You can, for example, inquire or delete the object.

See also                      XS_DISTANT_OBJECT_FINDER_TOLERANCE