Tekla Structural Designer

2020

Tekla Structural Designer

Combined analysis and member design

Run a combined analysis and design in order to rapidly check, or design; every concrete, steel, or, concrete and steel menber in the model for active gravity, static, or RSA load combinations.

Overview

Located on the Design toolbar, three groups of commands can be used for combined analysis and design as follows:

Design steel - to design all steel beams and columns in your model.
Design concrete - to design all concrete beams, columns and walls.
Design all - to design all steel beams and columns, and concrete beams, columns and walls.

By selecting a Gravity, Static, or RSA option, you can control which classes of combination are considered in the analysis and design process.

At the end of the chosen process the Review tab and the review view open so that you can inspect the results

Note: As design validation is performed automatically as part combined analysis and design, there is no requirement to run design validation manually beforehand.

Note: In combined analysis and design each member is either designed or checked according to its individual 'auto-design' setting.

Note: Additional considerations may be necessary when designing members and walls for seismic analysis, see Seismic design methods in the Seismic analysis and design handbook.

Run Design Steel (Gravity)

On the Design tab, click

Design Steel (Gravity).

Tekla Structural Designer analyzes gravity combinations only, and then designs all steel beams and columns in the model.

Run Design Steel (Static)

On the Design tab, click

Design Steel (Static).

Tekla Structural Designer analyzes all static combinations and then designs all steel beams and columns in the model.

Run Design Steel (RSA)

Note: RSA load combinations must be set up in advance of RSA Design by running the Seismic Wizard (choosing the option to use Modal Response Spectrum Analysis).

Note: Additional considerations may be necessary when designing members and walls for seismic analysis, see Seismic design methods in the Seismic analysis and design handbook.

On the Design tab, click

Design Steel (RSA).

Tekla Structural Designer analyzes all Seismic RSA combinations and then designs all steel beams and columns in the model.

Run Design Concrete (Gravity)

On the Design tab, click

Design Concrete (Gravity).

Tekla Structural Designer analyzes gravity combinations only, and then designs all concrete beams, columns and walls in the model.

Run Design Concrete (Static)

On the Design tab, Click

Design Concrete (Static).

Tekla Structural Designer analyzes all static combinations and then designs all concrete beams, columns and walls in the model.

Run Design Concrete (RSA)

Note: RSA load combinations must be set up in advance of RSA Design by running the Seismic Wizard (choosing the option to use Modal Response Spectrum Analysis).

Note: Additional considerations may be necessary when designing members and walls for seismic analysis, see Seismic design methods in the Seismic analysis and design handbook.

On the Design tab, Click

Design Concrete (RSA).

Tekla Structural Designer analyzes all Seismic RSA combinations and then designs all concrete beams, columns, and walls in the model.

Run Design All (Gravity)

On the Design tab, click

Design All (Gravity).

Tekla Structural Designer analyzes gravity combinations only, and then designs all steel and concrete beams and columns and all concrete walls in the model.

Run Design All (Static)

On the Design tab, click

Design All (Static).

Tekla Structural Designer analyzes all static combinations and then designs all steel and concrete beams and columns and all concrete walls in the model.

Run Design All (RSA)

Note: RSA load combinations must be set up in advance of RSA Design by running the Seismic Wizard (choosing the option to use Modal Response Spectrum Analysis).

Note: Additional considerations may be necessary when designing members and walls for seismic analysis, see Seismic design methods in the Seismic analysis and design handbook.

On the Design tab, Click

Design All (RSA).

Tekla Structural Designer analyzes all Seismic RSA combinations and then designs all steel and concrete beams and columns and all concrete walls in the model.