Main tab

You can now export meshes into individual files with the new setting Split meshes to individual files. Each exported file contains one STEELMAT block only.

TS configuration tab

You can now specify whether the double wall shells are swapped by using the new Allow swapping of shells setting.

Embeds tab

• You can now select the embeds to export by specifying a filter in Embed filter.

• You can use the new Sorting embeds by setting to select the export order of the embeds. The options are:

  ID, descending (default)

  ID, ascending

  Distance to zero point

  Name, descending

  Name, ascending

  Class, descending

  Class, ascending

Reinforcement tab

• The Export meshes as option Turned to pallet has been renamed to Turned to pallet (longest wire on X axis), and a new Turned to pallet (bent wire on X axis) option has been added to export meshes rotated to pallet plane with bent wires parallel with the X axis of the pallet.

  This improvement was already introduced in Tekla Structures 2022 SP2.

• There are now separate options Reinforcing bars diameter and Braced girders diameter for specifying the diameter for reinforcement and braced girders.

Line attributes tab

• You can now split the edge of the exported contour by using the new Edge chamfer splits line setting to have more line attributes exported for one edge.

Other Unitechnik improvements

• The export of the reinforcement from rebar assemblies is now supported. Rebar assembly types Mesh, Bent mesh, and Roll mat are collected and exported as mesh. The rebar assembly type is defined in the rebar assembly properties. If the rebar assembly type is undefined or Cage, the rebar assemblies are exported as cages. Rebar assemblies of the type Braced girder are exported as braced girders, and the assemblies of the type Embed are exported as mountparts. As the cage is not supported in Unitechnik versions below 6.1.0., the cage rebars will be exported as loose.

• Information about the export progress is now shown in the export progress window, as well as in the log file.
• Previously, loose reinforcement was exported as mesh. This issue has now been fixed.

Support for rebar assemblies

The export of rebar assemblies is now supported. Rebar assemblies are exported as bounding boxes.

Parameters tab

You can now open the exported file in the associated application after the processing has been completed by using the new Open exported file after processing setting on the Parameters tab.

Data settings tab

You can now export sub-materials of concrete material by using the new Include sub-materials setting. Sub-materials have a new section in the data conversion file called #SUBMATERIAL.

For more information about exporting sub-material, see section "Handling sub-materials in ELiPLAN export" in ELiPLAN.

This improvement was already introduced in Tekla Structures 2022 SP2.

Plotter data tab

• The option to export weep holes has been moved from the Weep holes tab to the Plotter data tab.

• You can now use the new Plot cutout/embed option, Automatically, for automatic accessory recognition based on shape.

Weep holes tab

• You can now specify the following offsets on the Weep holes tab:

  • An offset for weep holes at side pockets with the new At side recess/opening option.
  • An offset for weep holes at recesses or openings with the new At end zones recess/opening option.
  • An offset for weep holes at lifting loops with the new At lifting loops option.
  • An offset for weep holes at notches with the new At notches option.
• Now you can also merge weep holes if they are within the distance specified for the new Merge weep holes, closer than option.
• Previously, weep holes could be exported inside recesses and other elements inside cast unit. This issue has now been fixed, and the export of such weep holes is now prevented.

Other ELiPLAN improvements

• Information about the units selected for element dimensions and rebar lengths is now written in the header in version 3.0 of the ELiPLAN export.
• Element corner cuts created by line cuts in the model are now exported with a dedicated type code to the ELiPLAN file.
• Now height is also exported for user-defined profiles.
• Previously, cuts were exported together with filled cores when they were modeled in the same location and with the same size as the filled cores. This issue has now been fixed and cuts are not exported.

• The export of complex walls created by multiple concrete parts has been improved.