There are four steps required in the process of using Tekla Structural Designer design within the process of wind tunnel testing.

1. Tekla Structural Designer creates a “Tekla Structural Designer - Wind Tunnel Report” from a vibration analysis to be used by the wind specialists.

   See: Exporting wind tunnel data workflow

2. The “Tekla Structural Designer - Wind Tunnel Report” is sent to the wind specialists who undertake the wind tunnel tests. At the end of the tests, they create a “Wind Tunnel - Load Report” which they send back to the structural designer.

3. The designer manipulates the “Wind Tunnel - Load Report” to generate 24 loadcases with F_Dir1, F_Dir2 & M_Z loads applied to the centres of mass of the rigid diaphragms at each floor/level.

   See: Using imported wind tunnel information

4. The 24 wind loadcases are combined in regular combinations to be included as part of the design process in Tekla Structural Designer