Timber Lift Tool (m183)

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Tekla Structures

Environment

Not environment-specific

The tool Timber Lift Tool is a plugin that creates drillings for lifting a timber assembly but can also add custom components that visualize the lift tool used in your company.

Before you start

Create an assembly into which you want to insert the Timber Lift tool.

Selection order

1. Select a beam that defines the direction of the plugin.
2. Select the beams that should be taken into account for the plugin to work out the situation correctly, the first selected beam is added to this list of beams.
3. Close the selection with the middle mouse button.
4. Select the position (origin) of the plugin.

Common tab

In the "Common" tab, control the parameters of the drillings performed by the plugin, plus if the custom components (See the Custom component tab for more information) are placed.

Option	Description
Drill distance	The distance between the beam and the center of the drilling.
Drill Z	Add a drilling on this side of the selected connecting beams. Option: False True
Component	If a custom component should be added on this side of the connecting beams. Option: False True
Drill X	Add a drilling on this side of the selected connecting beams. Option: False True
Drill diameter	The drill diameter to use.
Drill shift X	Adjust the position of the drilling in the X direction.
Drill shift Y	Adjust the position of the drilling in the Y direction.
Drill name	Name of the negative volume of the drilling.

Position tab

In the "Position" tab, control the orientation and position from where the calculations of the plugin are done. Also, define the search distances for beams along the directions to include in the calculations.

Option	Description
Direction	The plane used on the direction of the first selected beam to define the directions needed for you to fill out the other parameters. Option: X-Y X-Z Y-X Y-Z Z-X Z-Y
Flip	Reverse the chosen direction over the X direction. Option: False True
Offset X	Distance over the chosen X direction to shift the position from where the calculation should be done relative to the insert (origin) position.
Offset Y	Distance over the chosen Y direction to shift the position from where the calculation should be done relative to the insert (origin) position.
Offset Z	Distance over the chosen Z direction to shift the position from where the calculation should be done relative to the insert (origin) position.
Search distance X	Distance over the chosen X direction to search for the selected beams that should be processed. If a selected beam is outside this search distance it will be ignored for drilling.
Search distance Y	Distance over the chosen Y direction to search for the selected beams that should be processed. If a selected beam is outside this search distance it will be ignored for drilling.
Search distance Z	Distance over the chosen Z direction to search for the selected beams that should be processed. If a selected beam is outside this search distance it will be ignored for drilling.
Use search distance in orientation cross	To visualize the search distances with the orientation cross. (See the Orientation cross tab for more information). Option: False True
Auto modify	If "True" then a modification to the fields in the tab will result in an immediate Modify action. So no need to click the button Modify with each adjustment.

Custom Component tab

In the "Custom Component" tab, control the parameters of the custom components to be used.

The custom components that come with this plugin are:

Option	Description
Custom component start	The custom component and its setting to use at the start position.
Custom component end	The custom component and its setting to use at the end position.
Plane	Plane setting to use on the custom components. Option: Middle Right Left
Rotation	Rotation setting to use on the custom components. Option: Front Top Back Below
Depth	Depth setting to use on the custom components. Option: Middle Front Behind
Add to Assembly	Add the parts in the custom components to the assembly. Option: False True

The custom components that come with this plugin are:

The custom component “Timber_LiftTool_Rope” shows a polygon beam that looks like a rope:

The custom component “Timber_LiftTool_Steel” shows a bentplate with some drillings:

Orientation cross tab

In the "Orientation cross" tab, control the parameters of the parts that form the orientation cross. The orientation cross are parts that show the directions used in the calculations of the plugin.

Option	Description
Name	The name of the parts of the orientation cross.
Material	The material of the parts of the orientation cross.
Finish	The finish of the parts of the orientation cross.
Part numbering	The part numbering of the parts of the orientation cross.
Assembly numbering	The Assembly numbering of the parts of the orientation cross.
Add to Assembly	Add the parts of the parts of the orientation cross to the assembly.
Show orientation	What to show of the parts of the orientation cross.
Zone	The zone of the parts of the orientation cross.
Class X axis	The color of the parts of the orientation cross in the X direction.
Class Y axis	The color of the parts of the orientation cross in the Y direction.
Class Z axis	The color of the parts of the orientation cross in the Z direction.

Value fields tab

In the "Value fields" tab, the parameters created by the plugin can be used in the custom components are displayed. To see which values these parameters have a file can be created in the model folder by setting the Create report of field values to True.

In the custom components mentioned above you can find how to apply these parameters.

About tab

Information about the "build" date of the tool. This date may differ from the date in the tool you are using, but the content may nevertheless be the same. This date may be required when you contact the helpdesk.

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