BW Side Rail Supports (51)

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Tekla Structures

Environment

Not environment-specific

The BW Industries' Side Rail Supports macro can be used to define an arrangement of side rail supports between the rails of a bay. The macro can also provide the necessary connections between the top rail and an eaves beam.

Before and after

Notes

Any modification of the selected parts will cause this macro to be updated.
Most of the data required for this macro is fixed by BW and stored in a series of data files supplied with Tekla Structures. Where standard data is not applicable, then certain items can be modified through the Parameters tab of the properties panel, but it is also possible to tailor the data files to individual requirements. This would require assistance from Tekla Structures support.
Only one eaves beam may be selected for inclusion in the bay.
All rails in the bay must have the same section depth.
All rail lengths must be parallel.
Eaves beam must be parallel to rails and above the last rail.
The outside of the rails / eaves beams must align.

Selection order example

Stanchion (which can be of any type)
Stanchion (which can be of any type)
As many rails as required and an eaves beam (if required)
Click middle mouse button

BW Side Rail Supports (51)

Before and after

Notes

Selection order example

See also