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Trimble Connect

Tekla Tedds integrates with Trimble Connect, enabling construction project collaboration on desktop, mobile and web. Store your Tedds documents or publish PDF documentation in the cloud using Trimble Connect for effective project collaboration on all your projects.

  • Trimble Connect is available as a cloud-based platform (Trimble Connect Web) and a Windows application (Trimble Connect for Windows). Projects are synchronized between the Windows app and the cloud.

    To learn more about Trimble Connect, see:

  • Trimble Connect Project Explorer is used within Tekla Tedds to control the flow of information between the open Tedds project and a Trimble Connect project.

    With Trimble Connect Project Explorer you can:

    • link a Tedds project to a Trimble Connect project
    • create and rename folders in a Trimble Connect project
    • view a file list and rename files in a Trimble Connect project
    • upload the Tedds project documents to a Trimble Connect project
    Note: A Tedds project can only be linked to a Trimble Connect project from the Trimble Connect Project Explorer and not from the web or Windows apps. The Tedds project must be linked before any information can move between Tekla Tedds and Trimble Connect.

Storing Tekla Tedds Projects and Documents

To start using Trimble Connect for storing your Tedds projects and documents simply complete the following steps:

  1. Create an online account to Get Started using Trimble Connect
  2. Download and Install the Trimble Connect Sync tool for Windows from the app store within the Trimble Connect App
Once setup the file open and save commands in the Tekla Tedds application will include additional options for saving to your Trimble Connect synchronisation folder.

Launch Trimble Connect Project Explorer from the Tedds Application

  1. Open a project in the Tedds Application.
  2. Log in using your Trimble Identity, (if not already signed in).
  3. On the View tab, click the Trimble Connect droplist.
  4. Select Trimble Connect

    Trimble Connect Project Explorer opens, either as a docked window, or as a tab on the right of the interface.

  5. Confirm that the Server Location shown at the top of the window is appropriate to your location.
    Available projects are listed with link icons as below.
Tip: If the project in which you want to collaborate is not shown, try clicking the refresh button to synchronise with the cloud. If it still not shown you would need somebody with the appropriate permissions to create it, or grant you access, using Trimble Connect Web, or Trimble Connect for Windows.
Tip: If a 'Cannot find linked project' message is displayed, this indicates either that you do not have permission to view the project; or, that the project to which the model was previously linked has been deleted - in this situation you would need to click 'Unlink' before you are able to link the model with another project.

Link or unlink a project

To link to a project:

  1. Click next to the project you want to link to.
    When the model is linked, the project name appears at the top of the window and the icon changes as shown below.

    Any folders or files in the Trimble Connect project that you have read access to are also displayed.

To unlink from a project:

  1. Click to unlink the project.
    The full list of available projects is displayed once more.

Create folders, rename folders, rename files

When you link to a Trimble Connect project the existing project folder structure is displayed. You can add to this, if required.
Note: You can only create but not delete folders in Trimble Connect Project Explorer. Folders can only be deleted in Trimble Connect Web, or Trimble Connect for Windows.

You can only rename folders and files to which you have write access.

To create a folder:

  1. Right click in the Trimble Connect Project Explorer window.
  2. Select Create folder and enter the folder name.

To create a subfolder:

  1. Right click on an existing folder.
  2. Click Create folder and enter the folder name.

To rename a file or folder:

  1. Right click on the file/folder.
  2. Select Rename

Upload the documents from your Tedds project as pdfs

The Trimble Connect Project Explorer window allows you to publish and share your completed documentation with one click.
  1. Select the View tab on the ribbon and then click the Trimble Connect command to open the Trimble Connect Project Explorer window.
  2. Using the Trimble Connect Project Explorer click the Link button next to the Trimble Connect project you want to link to.
  3. Right-click on the folder that you want to upload the documents to.
  4. Select Upload Tedds project
    A progress bar is displayed while the documents are being uploaded.
  5. When the upload is complete, open the folder to confirm the documents have been uploaded.

    The Tedds project documents will appear in the selected folder as pdf files. After an 'assimilation' process it will be possible for collaborators to view these in Trimble Connect.

Note: If the Tedds project is subsequently updated, you can upload a new revisions of the ifc file. To do this, right-click on the ifc file name and select Upload new version.

View the uploaded pdfs in Trimble Connect

To open Trimble Connect from the ribbon:

  1. If not already signed in, click log in (at the top right of the interface).
  2. On the View tab, click the Trimble Connect droplist.
  3. Select Trimble Connect Web, or Trimble Connect for Windows as required.

    • Trimble Connect Web: This launches the in-browser web app. If the open Tedds project is associated with a Trimble Connect project, the project itself is opened, otherwise a default Trimble Connect page is opened.

    • Trimble Connect for Window: This launches the Windows application. Again, if the open Tedds project is associated with a Trimble Connect project then that project is opened.

To open Trimble Connect from Trimble Connect Project Explorer:

  1. Right-click on a folder in the Trimble Connect Project Explorer window.
  2. Select Open in Trimble Connect Web, or Open in Trimble Connect for Windows as required.

    The in-browser web or Windows app is launched and opened at the selected folder.

To view the uploaded pdfs:

  1. Navigate to the folder to which the pdfs were uploaded.
  2. Double click on an individual pdf to view.

Modify the identity of the linked model and objects

If you have followed the Tekla Structural Designer > Tedds > Trimble Connect workflow to enable collaborators to access the Tedds designs, the Tedds project which is created will be automatically linked to the Trimble Connect Project and each document created in the Tedds project will include a reference to the object(s) in the IFC model which that document relates to.

Although you can modify the identity of the linked model and objects, typically you would not do this manually, although it is possible to get the information from a Trimble Connect model, in which case the GUID's can be manually entered as described below.

To modify the linked model identity:

  1. On the View tab, click the Trimble Connect droplist.
  2. Select Projects BIM Model Identity
  3. Enter the new GUID as required.

To modify the linked object identity:

  1. On the View tab, click the Trimble Connect droplist.
  2. Select Documents BIM Object Identities
  3. Enter the new GUID as required.
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