Create a building

Modified: 27 Kvě 2026 Tekla Structures 2026

Create a building

Building is represented as a spatial volume in the model.

  1. On the Manage tab on the ribbon, click Building hierarchy.
  2. In the Building hierarchy side pane, click the button.
  3. Click the Create building command.
    1. Pick the first boundary point for the building in the model.
    2. Pick the second boundary point for the building.
    3. Pick the next boundary point for the building.
    4. Click the middle mouse button to create the building.

      You can now continue creating more buildings if you have more than one building in your model.

    5. To create another building, pick another point.
    6. To stop creating buildings, press Esc.

Modify building properties

  1. If the property pane is not open, double-click the building to open the properties.
  2. Change the properties as needed.
  3. Click Modify.

Building properties

Use the Building properties in the property pane to view and modify the properties of buildings in a Building hierarchy.

If you have customized the property pane layout, the list of properties may be different.

Setting

Description

General

Name

User-definable name of a building

The name can contain a maximum of 61 characters.

Boundary box

Top elevation

Defines the top boundary of the building

Bottom elevation

Defines the bottom boundary of the building

IFC export

IFC entity

You can only modify the IFC entity of spaces.

More

UDAs

Click the User-defined attributes button to open the user-defined attributes (UDAs) of the building. UDAs provide additional information about the building.

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