Modified: 31 Oct 2025

2025

Tekla Structural Designer

Design Settings > Concrete > Precast (Eurocode only)

Beam

Reinforcement Settings


Buttons, commands, or options	Description
Country list	Allows you to specify the country used for the reinforcement information.
Reinforcement settings	Allows you to adjust the Reinforcement Class and nominal cover settings applied to beam reinforcement:

Top / Bottom Longitudinal Bar Pattern


Buttons, commands, or options	Description
Longitudinal Bar Pattern	Allows you to select a pattern to be viewed and modified.
Longitudinal Default Pattern	Allows you to select the pattern that is applied to new beams when they are first created. Note: The Longitudinal Default Pattern option cannot be used to change the pattern applied to existing beams. Instead, you should modify the beam properties.
Continuous Span tab	Allows you to define how the selected longitudinal bar pattern is applied to continuous spans. An interactive diagram updates to match the changes you make. Bars: Selected checkboxes that are greyed out are mandatory for the selected pattern. Other bars can optionally be included in the pattern according to your needs. Region fields: The regions in which bars are applied are defined as a percentage of the span length. Note: The Top and Bottom Region fields dictate how many design sections appear in the Tedds Calculation - a different design section is required at each interface between regions.
Pinned Span tab	Allows you to define how the selected longitudinal bar pattern is applied to single pinned spans. An interactive diagram is also displayed and updates to match the changes you make.
Cantilever	Allows you to define how the selected longitudinal bar pattern is applied to cantilevers. An interactive diagram updates to match the changes you make.

Stirrup (Link) Settings


Buttons, commands, or options	Description
Normal	When considering shear, the design shear checks are performed in each of 3 regions S ₁ , S ₂, and S ₃. In each region, the maximum vertical shear from all load combinations is determined and this maximum value used to determine the shear reinforcement required in that region. Region S1, Region S2, Region S3: The regions are defined as fixed proportions of the span of the beam. By defining the extent of the S₁ region, the other regions are determined automatically.
Cantilever	In cantilevers, the design shear checks are performed in 2 regions S ₁ and S ₂.

General Parameters


Buttons, commands, or options	Description
Design Beams for FE Chasedown analysis results	Allows you to specify that the beams are designed for the forces obtained from a previously performed FE chasedown analysis in addition to the forces obtained from the other analyses that have been performed.
Design precast beams for lifting forces	Allows you to specify that the beams are also to be designed for lifting forces, (the lifting check being optional in the Tedds calculation).

Column

Reinforcement Settings


Buttons, commands, or options	Description
Country list	Allows you to specify the country used for the reinforcement information.
Reinforcement settings	Allows you to adjust the Reinforcement Class and nominal cover settings applied to column reinforcement:

General Parameters


Buttons, commands, or options	Description
Design Columns for FE Chasedown analysis results	Allows you to specify that the columns are designed for the forces obtained from a previously performed FE chasedown analysis in addition to the forces obtained from the other analyses that have been performed.
Design precast column for lifting forces	Allows you to specify that the columns are also to be designed for a set of lifting forces, (the lifting check being optional in the Tedds calculation).

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