2019i SP11: New features and improvements

Precast found block (1028): The Union 3 parts option that connects the created found blocks is now working properly. The result in the model corresponds with the selected connection type option.

Concrete foundation (1030): The positioning of the second group of injection tubes and bars is now working properly.

Reinforced concrete stair (95): In rebar H, both parts in the secondary rebar shape now take the rebar attributes properly for each part.

Anchor (10): When creating a connection profile as a custom part, it is now correctly added a sub-assembly to a panel or column.

Truss (S78): Previously, in some cases the bottom chord was created differently on the right and the left side. This has now been fixed.

Two sided end plate (142): Previously, when filler plates were created, galvanizing holes were created in the last filler plate. This has now been fixed, and galvanizing holes are always created in end plates.
 

Trimble Connector: Measurement markups sometimes showed 1.0 millimeter short of the actual distance between the measurement points. Now the displayed measurement values are rounded correctly to the nearest integer.

IFC2x3 export: Now the dialog box remembers the previous Location by setting when the dialog box is closed and reopened.

Export 3D DWG: Previously, when you used GUID in the Layer name as functionality, the export transformed the GUID to an invalid format. This has now been fixed, and the GUID retains its original format.

Export drawings to DWG/DXF: The export now works more consistently with the different base point exporting options.

Base points with duplicate names no longer prevent the IFC export dialog box from opening. Additionally, you can now use the model diagnose to detect duplicate base point name issues.
 

Export drawings to DWG/DXF: Drawing hatches using invisible colors behave now better in the DWG export.

IFC4 export: The OBJECT_TYPE attribute is now supported properly by the IFC4 export.

IFC export: The boolean type can now be selected in Additional property sets.

Previously, a CopyField function could give a wrong result when it was used in a value field with a conditional expression (if-then-else) in its formula. This has now been fixed.

It is now possible to have 32nd and 64th precision in templates, reports, marks and dimensions in imperial units.
 

When the NextValue() and IsLast() functions were used together in a row rule, rows could sometimes be left out from the final output. This has now been fixed.

Previously, after duplicate rows were combined, the GetFieldFormula() function did not give the correct result if the referenced value field was in the combined row (and had sum-action defined during combine). This has now been fixed.

REVISION rows cannot be defined on their own anymore. They need to be defined together with DRAWING row.

Template editor: Output 0 as empty string did not work with imperial units when fractions were used. This has now been fixed.

When specifying plot file names for the XS_​DRAWING_​PLOT_​FILE_​NAME advanced options, conditional text using "?" did not work for UDA and TPL fields. This has now been fixed.

Document manager: Issuing general arrangement drawings in Document manager while the  drawing was open could cause offset lines to become skewed. This has now been fixed.

Printing: The Print on multiple sheets option was not working correctly. This has now been fixed.

Linking drawing views in a multidrawing failed when the source drawing already contained some linked views. This has now been fixed.

Printing: Printing drawings with invalid data could cause Tekla Structures to crash. This has now been fixed so that if a drawing contains invalid data, the printing will stop at that point, and the drawing is labeled as incomplete.

Printing: The Print Drawings dialog box did not respond correctly if you had not selected any drawings in Document Manager. This has now been fixed.

Document manager: Previously, in certain cases, there was an exception in Document manager that occurred when Show changes from now on was used. This has now been fixed.

Document manager: Previously, Document manager included the hidden internal DocumentId property in any searches, which resulted in unexpected search results. This has now been fixed.

Tekla Model Sharing icons in the Quick Access Toolbar have been improved to better show the read in and write out arrows.

Now, if a mesh name is found in the mesh standard file but with custom values, the name will be changed to Custom mesh whenever any mesh value is modified in the Property pane.

Previously, connection component coordinate system sometimes flipped randomly in certain symmetrical cases, such as when connecting two parallel parts of the same length. Now, small numerical noise is ignored so that in symmetrical cases the component will be inserted to the same side consistently.

Previously, Tekla Structures could sometimes crash when converting a single user model to a multi-user model. This has now been fixed.

Previously, Tekla Structures would crash if the shape definition XML file had empty values, for example, in the BrepGUID field. Crashing is now prevented and errors are logged in these situations.
Diagnose model now detects these situations and reports them.

Previously, there could be extreme slowness when calculating parametric profiles with deeply recursive parameter dependency. This has now been fixed.

Now a new error message is shown if Tekla Structures cannot properly open and read the LoadRole.ini file. This error is typically caused by using incompatible Tekla Structures environment and Windows locale settings, for example, a Japan environment and Finnish locale.

Custom Component Dialog Editor settings are now saved in the current model folder. The options set are applied only to the current model instead of the Tekla Structures version as before.

Layout manager: 
When creating new names for layout points and layout lines with no names, the Layout manager does not add the default prefix to the name anymore. Previously, layout point and layout line names consisted of the default prefix followed by a number. Now the new name consists of numbers only.
Auto Naming a group now allows empty prefixes when creating new names for the layout points and layout lines in a group.
 

Previously, Tekla Structures was not responding in certain models when creating new system components. This has now been fixed.
 

Export Unitechnik (79): Two new options have been added to the option Export assemblies on the Embeds tab. The first option exports all sub-assembly parts as one object with continuous geometry, and the second one exports all sub-assembly parts as one object with distinct geometry of each part.

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EliPLAN export (68): User is now notified via log when the net area calculation fails.

Export Unitechnik (79): You can now specify more precisely how the mountpart name is exported by using the new options in the Mountpart name field on the MOUNTPART block data tab: UDA, Text[Template]#Counter, Template, and User-defined text.

Export Unitechnik (79): Using the product types Thermo wall (1st stage) and Thermo wall (2nd stage) in the object UDAs will now produce an export file with a separate HEADER block for each of the two stages of the thermal wall, similarly as with double walls.

Export Unitechnik (79): On the MOUNPART block data tab, you can now specify the installation type of the embed by defining a UDA, class, name or user-defined text. Additionally, you can now specify a different mountpart name source for the insulation or cutpart mountparts.

Export Unitechnik (79): The placement logic of the geometry detailing strip parts has been improved, and the parts are now added to the correct shell of the double walls. 

Export Unitechnik (79): Meshes collected from rebar groups that are set to be exported as embeds now have a rectangular bounding box geometry. Also reinforcement with a cage UDA specified to be exported as embed by name on the Embeds tab is now exported with a cage bounding box.