You can design most of your model’s members, walls, slabs and foundations directly in Tekla Structural Designer, to get started, see:

• Design steel members and cast-in-place concrete beams, columns and walls
• Design slabs and mats, run punching shear checks
• Design isolated foundations
• Floor vibration checks
• Check drift, sway, seismic drift, wind drift, and overall displacements

If your model contains timber or precast members these can be designed using Tekla Tedds. For further details, see:

• Design using Tekla Tedds (timber and precast members)

If your model contains steel connections, some connection types can be checked directly in Tekla Structural Designer whereas others can be designed or checked using Tekla Connection Designer or third party applications. For further details, see:

• Steel connections handbook