Design models

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
Check floor vibration
Check drift, sway, seismic drift, wind drift, and overall displacements

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

Design timber members, precast members, and masonry walls using Tekla Tedds

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