Interactive help for Tekla Structures in Trimble Assistant for Tekla

Trimble Assistant for Tekla is an artificial intelligence (AI) chat service that provides support for Tekla products.

Trimble Assistant for Tekla has two chat assistants: the User Assistant and the Developer Assistant.

The User Assistant provides support for Tekla Structures and other Tekla products based on content in Trimble User Assistance.

The User Assistant is available for users who have a Tekla Structures Diamond, Tekla Structures Graphite, or Tekla Structures Carbon subscription, or a Partner or Evaluation license.
The Developer Assistant helps with writing macros and modifying models using the Tekla Structures Open API.

The Developer Assistant is available for users who have a Tekla Structures Diamond subscription or a Partner license, and for users who have joined the Trimble Labs program.

If you use the Developer Assistant to write macros, we recommend that you use the Default environment because the Developer Assistant uses profiles from that environment to generate code.

In Tekla Structures 2025 the Developer Assistant in Trimble Assistant for Tekla is a Preview feature. To find out more, see Preview features in Tekla Structures 2025.

For more information, see the Trimble Assistant for Tekla product guide.

Trimble Assistant for Tekla side pane

The Trimble Assistant for Tekla side pane lets you use the Trimble Assistant for Tekla in the Tekla Structures application.

You can use the User Assistant in a web browser or in the Trimble Assistant for Tekla side pane. You can only use the Developer Assistant in the Trimble Assistant for Tekla side pane.

In Tekla Structures 2025 SP5 and later, the Trimble Assistant for Tekla side pane is installed by default when you install Tekla Structures.

An option in the Tekla Structures installer controls whether the Trimble Assistant for Tekla side pane is installed. If you did not install the Trimble Assistant for Tekla side pane when you installed Tekla Structures, run the installer again to install it.

Install the Trimble Assistant for Tekla extension in Tekla Structures

In Tekla Structures 2025 SP4 and earlier, install the Trimble Assistant for Tekla extension to use the Trimble Assistant for Tekla side pane.

Download the Trimble Assistant for Tekla extension from Tekla Warehouse.
Install the .tsep package from the file system or using the Tekla Structures extension manager.

For more information, see Install .tsep packages.