When you use Tekla Structural Designer as the analysis application, and you have analyzed, designed, and modified a model in Tekla Structural Designer, you can import the changes to Tekla Structures.

1. Open the Tekla Structures model to which you want to import.
2. On the Analysis & design tab, click A&D models.
3. In the Analysis & Design Models dialog box:
   1. Select the analysis model to which you want to import.
   2. Click Get results.
4. In the Tekla Structural Designer import dialog box:
   1. Click the ... button next to Import file to browse for and select the file exported from Tekla Structural Designer.

      To import design intent reinforcement, select the original Tekla Structural Designer model file (.tsmd).

   2. To check the proposed profile and material grade conversions, click the Preview Conversions button.

      The import uses an internal conversion list containing the standard profiles and material grades. In Quick report, any part with a profile or material grade that cannot be converted using the internal conversion list will be flagged in red, and the Tekla Structures name will be replaced with the text:

      --- NO MATCH ---

   3. If the text --- NO MATCH --- is displayed, or if you want to override the standard conversion, you can convert the profiles and materials in the following way:
      • Create a profile and/or material grade conversion file in a text editor using the file name extension .cnv.
      • In the text file, enter the Tekla Structural Designer profile or material grade name, for profiles the # symbol and the profile code, then the equal sign (=), and the corresponding Tekla Structures name, for example:

        STB 229x305x70#00610=TEE229*305*70 for profile

        S275JR=S275 for material grade

      • In the Profile conversion file and Material conversion file boxes, specify the conversion files that you want to use for mapping profiles and material grades.

      If the conversion files are not used, the parts with profiles or material grades that cannot be converted will still be created but they will use the import file profile or material grade that may be invalid.

   4. Select among the following grid options:
      • Delete Tekla Structures' grids: Import will remove all grid lines/planes from the current Tekla Structures model.
      • Import grids from import file: The grid lines from the import file will be imported into the Tekla Structures model. A grid line pattern will be created, and all the imported grid lines will be attached as individual grid planes to this pattern.
   5. If you want to remove slab and wall openings in the Tekla Structures model that were previously imported from Tekla Structural Designer, select the Remove previously imported openings check box.
   6. On the Rebars tab, define whether the reinforcing bars are imported, and how they are imported.

      Note that the options on the Rebars tab will become available only when you have selected a .tsmd file as the import file.

   7. Click Import.

      The result of the import is shown in Quick report, for example, the number of parts that have been imported, and any warnings or errors related to the import.

      Model Comparison Tool shows all parts that are flagged as New, Updated, Deleted, or Unchanged.

      On the Updated tab, the first number is the number of parts that will be updated in Tekla Structures, and the second number is the number of all parts whose profile or material was changed in Tekla Structural Designer.

      On the Unchanged tab, the first number is the number of parts that were not changed in Tekla Structural Designer or that will be ignored in the import, and the second number is the number of all parts whose profile or material was not changed in Tekla Structural Designer.

5. In Model Comparison Tool, accept or reject changes.
   1. If you want to exclude the objects that did not previously exist in the Tekla Structures model but that are in the import file, select the Ignore new items check box.
   2. If you want to append the Tekla Structures object ID to the object type string in the comparison tool list, select the Display part IDs check box.
   3. Click Accept to use the current settings and complete the import.
6. Close the Tekla Structural Designer import dialog box.