Squaring cuts

Purpose and description

Use Squaring cuts tool to create the minimum perpendicular cut for a sloping part or cut part. This can be useful in cases where a machine cannot fabricate 90 degrees cuts or cuts in bent plates affecting different folds.

System requirements

Tekla Structures version: Not version specific
Environments: All

Installing Squaring cuts

To install the extension:

1. Download Squaring cuts installer package from Tekla Warehouse. For more information see Downloading an application from Tekla Warehouse.
2. Install the file package.

Using Squaring cuts

To use the application:

1. Open a Tekla model.
2. Click the Applications & components button 
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   in the side pane to open the Applications & components catalog.
3. Search for Squaring cuts
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   and then double-click to open it.
4. The Squaring cuts dialog window will open.

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5. Make desired modification in offset cut field
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6. Pick part to be cut.

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7. Pick cutting part (multiple parts with area pick).

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8. Click the middle mouse button to create the cut.

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Application properties

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Field	Description	Default
Image	Define the offset around the minimum calculated cut.	0 mm

Application buttons

Field	Description
Save attribute Image	Use to save the attributes.
Help Image	Use to open help file.
Create Image	Use to create square cuts.
Cancel Image	Use to exit the program.

Additional information

• If you want to delete the component, you have to first close the tool and then delete it, otherwise all the parts that belong to it will be deleted.