General and modeling highlights

• New - Footfall assessment of floor vibration to CCIP-016
• New - Footfall assessment of floor vibration to AISC Design Guide 11

Analysis and results highlights

• Enhanced reporting of story shears

Design highlights

• New - Staged construction analysis and design
• New - Masonry wall design to US codes
• Base plate design - New welded plate washers

Interoperability highlights

Other enhancements and fixes

• Other enhancements and fixes

Issues with associated bulletins

[TSD-14892] - Incorrect seismic and notional loads for some configurations of single bracing

This issue relates to an error in the calculations performed locally at the node formed where one or more single braces attach to a beam within its span. The following calculations were affected: Seismic weight/ mass and forces, notional loads, minimum lateral loads, storey forces/shears. This situation would occur for example when modeling eccentric bracing. Note that the issue did NOT occur for A or V Brace patterns. For more information please see Product Bulletin PBTSD-2403-01.

• This issue is fixed in this release.

• In addition, new validation checks and warns for the situation of V and A brace arrangements (where the braces meet at the apex of the V/ A) modeled with single braces - the recommendation is that these are modeled using the specific brace pairs intended for these arrangements.

Service packs

Follow the links below for information on new features, improvements and fixes made in each currently available service pack:

• Tekla Structural Designer 2024 SP1
• Tekla Structural Designer 2024 SP2
• Tekla Structural Designer 2024 SP3

Compatibility

Files from all previous versions can be opened in this release however, note that, once saved, they cannot then be opened in a previous release. If you wish to retain this option we therefore recommend using the File > Save As… option to save a copy of the file in the previous release and retain the original.

Integration

• Tekla Structures - if you wish to integrate with Tekla Structures you should install both this release and Tekla Structures 2024.

• Tekla Portal Frame and Connection Designer 24 - if you install this release and use Tekla Portal Frame Designer and/or Tekla Connection Designer you should install the new Tekla Portal Frame Designer 24 and/or Tekla Connection Designer 24 available from the Tekla Download Service.

• Tekla Tedds - for integrated design using Tekla Tedds you should install the 2024 release for Tekla Tedds.

• Autodesk Revit© - the Tekla Structural Designer Integrator for Autodesk Revit© 2024 was released in September 2023. For more information about this see the Tekla Structural Designer Integrator for Autodesk Revit 2024© Release Notes. The installation for this is available in Tekla Downloads. If you are now using Autodesk Revit© 2024, you can install this to perform BIM integration with Tekla Structural Designer.

  • The other currently supported Revit© versions are: 2021 (Integrator version 7.02), 2022 (Integrator version 8.0) and 2023 SP1. For more information about these see the Tekla Structural Designer Integrator June 2021 updates and Tekla Structural Designer Integrator for Autodesk Revit 2023© release notes. If you are performing BIM integration with any of these previous Revit© versions, we recommend you install the latest version of the associated Integrator.

Databases

Some Databases are updated in this release. For an existing installation of a previous release, your local Databases will automatically be updated (it is no longer necessary to do this manually via Home > Materials). This process works as follows:

• Providing all databases can be updated automatically without user intervention, when this release is first run then the updates are applied and a message is displayed stating "updating to latest database versions". On successful completion the message closes and the program will open.

Release notes summary across Tekla Structural Designer versions

The Release notes summary across Tekla Structural Designer versions provides an overview to the new features and improvements in Tekla Structural Designer versions and service packs for Tekla Structural Designer version 2018 and newer.