USA Formwork Tools: Prop Shoring Tower

Tekla Structures
2023
Tekla Structures
2024
Tekla Structures
Environment
Not environment-specific
United States (Imperial)
United States (Metric)

Prop Shoring Tower Plugin

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formwork shoring tower

This page contains instructions and documentation on how to use the Prop Shoring Tower plugin which is included with the installation of the USA Formwork Tools TSEP package on the Tekla Warehouse.

Usage

Tool for creating shoring tower composed of Props, Frames (horizontal), Heads and Base Plates.

 

After applying appropriate settings, pick two points:

  1. Pick first point to position origin of the first prop.
  2. Pick second point to define the direction of the prop spacing.
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Prop Shoring tower gif

User Interface

 

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Prop shoring tower plugin dialog
  1.  Supplier.
  2. Family (dependent on Supplier).
  3. Name of the Head.
  4. Name of the Prop.
  5. Name of the Coupler inserted between ends of props that connect to a prop above/below.
  6. Name of the Base Plate.
  7. Extension of the head from the top of prop.  Restricted values are based on the minimum and maximum head height.
  8. Distance list for the height of the Prop(s).
  9. Enter integer to flip the prop(s).  Stacked props are number from 1,2,3...n from the bottom prop going up in the vertical direction.
  10. Base plate height.  The used value will be based off the minimum and maximum heights of the Base Plate.
  11. The spacing as a distance list of the Frames starting from the bottom.
  12. Spacing of framing in the X direction.  Spacing value(s) are controlled by the allowed Frame lengths.
  13. Spacing of the props in the Y direction.  Spacing value(s) are controlled by the allowed Frame lengths.

Configuration *.PropShoringTower.csv

 This section contains information and instructions to setup a new formwork configuration file for the Prop Shoring Tower plugin.  The file must end with .PropShoringTower.csv

Example: MyFormworkSystem.PropShoringTower.csv

 

Preliminary Requirements

You must first define the formwork products to be useable with the Formwork Custom Part plugin and to be properly placed the must follow the Required Coordinate System section for that plugin's TUA page.

Units

Before the header row is defined for each parameter, there should be one row that defines the unit.  The format should be:

 

DISTANCE UNIT=INCH

 

After the equals (=) sign, use the distance type used for each of the parameter values.  Available unit types include: INCH, FT, FEET, MM, CM, DM, M.

Parameters

All Types (see Type parameter below) require Supplier, Family, Type, Name, and ProductName.  Other fields beyond those mentioned may be required and are mentioned below in the table.

Parameter Description and required fields (if applicable)
Supplier The name of the Supplier of the system.  Typically this will be the same value for each row.
Family The name of the Family of the system.  Typically this will be the same value for each row.
Type

The type of formwork element being defined.  Allowed values:

  • PROP
  • BEAM
  • HEAD
  • BRACE
  • TRIPOD
  • COUPLER
Name The name that will be visible in the UI.
ProductName The name of the product that matches the Supplier, Family and Name in the *Formwork.Products.csv file.  This can typically be the same value of the 'Name' property in the previous row above.
Length

The length of a formwork element.  For props, use max length value. Required for all Types:

  • PROP
    • Maximum length of prop.
  • HEAD
    • Height of head past the top point of the prop.  For variable height heads enter the maximum head height.
  • COUPLER
    • Vertical height of the coupler used to calculate how far props should be vertically offset when connected.
  • BASEPLATE
    • Height of base extension.  For variable height base plates enter the max length.
MinLength

The minimum length of a formwork element.  Required for the following types:

  • PROP
    • Minimum propping length.
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formwork prop min length
  • BASEPLATE
    • Minimum length of the base plate from the base to the bottom of the first prop.
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formwork prop base plate min height
  • HEAD
    • Minimum length of the head extended past the top of the prop.
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formwork prop head min height
MaxLength

The maximum length of a formwork element.  Required for the following types:

  • PROP
    • Maximum propping length for a single prop.
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formwork prop max length
  • FRAME
    • Horizontal length of the frame to span from center-to-center of prop.
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formwork prop shoring brace frame
  • BASEPLATE
    • Maximum length of base plate from base to bottom of first prop.

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formwork prop base plate max height
  • HEAD

    • Maximum length of the head extended from the top of the last prop.

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formwork prop head max height
  • COUPLER

    • Vertical height of the coupler between the end(s) of the prop.

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formwork prop coupler height
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