Tekla Portal Frame Designer 26 & Tekla Connection Designer 26 Release Notes
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Tekla Connection Designer
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Tekla Portal Frame Designer
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| NOTE: Portal Frame Design to Eurocodes is now also available in Tekla Structural Designer 2026 |
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Installation & licensing
This release will upgrade your Tekla Portal Frame Designer & Tekla Connection Designer installation to version number 26.0.0.0 and should be installed to ensure optimum function of the program. It will remove any previous version.
Subscription Licenses
If you have Subscription Licenses they will use the Tekla Online License Method and the 2026 license(s) should already have been added to your Tekla Online Organization. Select the “Tekla Online” license method option when installing as shown in the picture below:
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- In order to use a Tekla Online license you will need: a verified Trimble Identity & Tekla Online Account; to be a member of your company's Tekla Online Organization; have an Online License assigned to you by your Organization’s Administrator; to Sign In to your Tekla Online account when you run the program.
- For more guidance on using Tekla Online Licensing see the following videos;
Using Tekla subscription licenses and Managing Tekla Named Subscription Licenses.
- For more guidance on using Tekla Online Licensing see the following videos;
On-premises (Perpetual) Licenses
Attention:
For perpetual licenses using Sentinel RMS (both local and server), Tekla Structural Designer 2026 will require the activation of a new 2026 version license. You should already have received your 2026 Product Activation Key (PAK) as these are distributed prior to the software release. Please contact your local Service Department now if you do not have your PAK. To minimize any down time, we recommend you activate your PAK BEFORE installing this release.
Attention:
License Server Version - if you are using Sentinel RMS Server Licenses, we strongly recommend the Tekla Structural License Service on your license server is updated now to version 7.0 or later. The installation for this can be obtained from the Download Service.
- For more information about this please see the Tekla Structural License Service Release Notes (V7.0).
For any type of On-premises (Perpetual) Licenses, select the “On-premises'' License Method option when installing, then the appropriate option on the next page as follows:
For a mix of pooled Subscription and Sentinel RMS server licenses, select the “Automatic” option as described in this TUA Article.
Otherwise, select the “Server Sentinel RMS”, “Local Sentinel RMS” or “Local Hardware Key” option appropriate to your license type*.
- *If you have a mix of license methods per product, you can edit the license method used by each product after the installation as described in this TUA Article.
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Integration
Tekla Structural Designer - if you wish to integrate Tekla Portal Frame Designer 26 and/or Tekla Connection Designer 26 with Tekla Structural Designer you MUST install Tekla Structural Designer 2026 available from the Download Service.
Fixes & Enhancements
Several bug fixes and improvements are included in this release.