Tekla Model Sharing enables efficient global collaborative modeling within one Tekla Structures model. Tekla Model Sharing gives users the freedom to work with the same model at the same time in different locations and time zones.

With Tekla Model Sharing, you can work locally and share the model changes globally. For example, one Tekla Model Sharing team of users can work in New York, one in London and one in Bangkok. They all contribute to the same model, working around the globe during their respective office hours in different time zones while the model keeps building up all the time.

With Tekla Model Sharing,

• each user has a local version of the model on their computer, and the model data is shared and synchronized over the internet using a Microsoft Azure cloud sharing service. When a model is shared, it is connected to the cloud-based sharing service. You can check the real-time status of Trimble’s Tekla cloud services, including Tekla Model Sharing service, here.

• users can start to share their changes immediately. To easily share the model changes, write out them to the sharing service. When you want to update your model with the changes made by other users, read in the changes from the sharing service. Only new and changed data is shared, and the data that is fetched from the sharing service is merged to the data on your computer.

• even though the changes are shared over the internet, you do not need to be connected to the sharing service all the time. You need to be online only when you want to write out or read in the changes. This enables offline work if your internet connection is not always available.

• if needed, you can install a separate cache service. The cache service is particularly beneficial in locations where the internet download speed might be limited, as it reduces the download effort from the Tekla Model Sharing service by downloading and caching the model changes on behalf of the Tekla Structures client workstations.

• if you are a Tekla Model Sharing administrator of your organization, you can manage all of your organization's shared models through the Management Console for Tekla Model Sharing.