Design Settings > Design/Reporting Forces

Tekla Structural Designer
2023
Tekla Structural Designer

Design Settings > Design/Reporting Forces

Ignore forces for member design below

Note: Values entered in the Ignorable Forces Below section:
  • are considered when designing steel and cast-in-place concrete members in Tekla Structural Designer
  • are not considered when designing timber or precast members via Tekla Tedds
Setting Description

Ignore Forces Below

Allow you to specify appropriate negligible or nominal force levels to prevent 3D analysis from exposing small forces that are normally ignored in design.

When the small forces in the 3D analysis are below the specified levels, they are ignored and the design in Tekla Structural Designerproceeds automatically.

Ignore deflections for reporting

Setting Description

Deflection

Allow you to specify appropriate negligible deflections that are normally ignored.

When all the deflection values on a diagram are below the specified level, the deflection diagram is not reported.

Concrete beams (Eurocode only)

Setting Description

Torsion force % of concrete resistance

Allows you to limit the maximum design value of the torsional resistance moment (ΤRd,max) to a % of the concrete torsional resistance moment (TRd,c).

Minimum brace force for reporting and connection design

Note: The axial force entered in this section:
  • is considered when creating bracing forces reports/drawings in Tekla Structural Designer
  • is considered when performing connection resistance checks in Tekla Structural Designer
  • is considered when designing connections in Tekla Connection Designer, or IDEA StatiCa
  • is not considered when designing steel braces in Tekla Structural Designer
  • is not considered when designing timber or precast members via Tekla Tedds

These settings provide flexibility to control minimum design values used in the following:

  • Member end force reports/drawings
  • Connection resistance checks
  • Export of connection forces to another application for design (Tekla Connection Designer or IDEA StatiCa)
Setting Description

Axial force

Click the links to see examples of how the minimum entered here is used in:

Minimum beam end force for reporting and connection design

Note: Values entered in this section:
  • are considered when creating member end force reports/drawings and foundation reaction reports/drawings in Tekla Structural Designer
  • are considered when performing connection resistance checks in Tekla Structural Designer
  • are considered when designing connections in Tekla Connection Designer, or IDEA StatiCa
  • are not considered when designing steel and cast-in-place concrete members in Tekla Structural Designer
  • are not considered when designing timber or precast members via Tekla Tedds

These settings provide flexibility to control minimum design values used in the following:

  • Member end force reports/drawings
  • Connection resistance checks
  • Export of connection forces to another application for design (Tekla Connection Designer or IDEA StatiCa)
Setting Description

Axial Force

Minor Axis Shear Force

Minor Axis Moment

Major Axis Shear Force

Major Axis Moment

Click the links to see examples of how the minimums and rounding increments are used in:

Brace/beam end rounding increments

Note: Values entered here:
  • are considered when creating member end force reports/drawings and foundation reaction reports/drawings in Tekla Structural Designer
  • are considered when performing connection resistance checks in Tekla Structural Designer
  • are considered when designing connections in Tekla Connection Designer, or IDEA StatiCa
  • are not considered when designing steel and cast-in-place concrete members in Tekla Structural Designer
  • are not considered when designing timber or precast members via Tekla Tedds

These settings provide flexibility to control the rounding increments used in the following:

  • Member end force reports/drawings
  • Connection resistance checks
  • Export of connection forces to another application for design (Tekla Connection Designer or IDEA StatiCa)
Setting Description

Rounding Increment for Force

Rounding Increment for Moment

Click the links to see examples of how the minimums and rounding increments entered here are used in:

Minimum foundation reactions for reporting and connection design

These settings provide flexibility to control minimum design values and rounding increments used in the following:

  • Foundation reaction reports/drawings
  • Connection resistance checks
  • Export of connection forces to another application for design (Tekla Connection Designer or IDEA StatiCa)
Setting Description

Foundation Reactions

Axial Force

Minor Axis Shear Force

Minor Axis Moment

Major Axis Shear Force

Major Axis Moment

Click the links to see examples of how the minimums and rounding increments entered here are used in:

Rounding Increment for Force

Rounding Increment for Moment

Minimum design forces

Note: Values entered in the Minimum Design Forces section:
  • are considered when creating member end force reports/drawings and foundation reaction reports/drawings in Tekla Structural Designer
  • are considered when performing connection resistance checks in Tekla Structural Designer
  • are considered when designing connections in Tekla Connection Designer, or IDEA StatiCa
  • are not considered when designing steel and cast-in-place concrete members in Tekla Structural Designer
  • are not considered when designing timber or precast members via Tekla Tedds

These settings provide flexibility to control minimum design values and rounding increments used in the following:

  • Member end force reports/drawings
  • Foundation reaction reports/drawings
  • Connection resistance checks
  • Export of connection forces to another application for design (Tekla Connection Designer or IDEA StatiCa)
Setting Description

Brace Force

Axial Force

Click the links to see examples of how the minimum entered here is used in:

Beam End Forces

Axial Force

Minor Axis Shear Force

Minor Axis Moment

Major Axis Shear Force

Major Axis Moment

Click the links to see examples of how the minimums and rounding increments entered here are used in:

Rounding Increment for Force

Rounding Increment for Moment

Foundation Reactions

Axial Force

Minor Axis Shear Force

Minor Axis Moment

Major Axis Shear Force

Major Axis Moment

Click the links to see examples of how the minimums and rounding increments entered here are used in:

Rounding Increment for Force

Rounding Increment for Moment

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