Tekla Structural Designer configurations
The Tekla Structural Designer configurations that you have access to will depend on your organization's online licenses as follows:
- A subscription to Tekla Structural Designer unlocks the Tekla Structural Designer Full configuration which can be used for modeling, analysis and design.
- A subscription to Tedds unlocks the Tekla Structural Designer LT configuration. This configuration can also be used for modeling, analysis and design, but is limited to 200 members and 8000 shells.
- For students, a special student configuration is also available.
Our documentation covers the content of the Tekla Structural Designer Full configuration, so you may not have access to all the described features. If you have more than one configuration available you are prompted to select the one you require when you start Tekla Structural Designer.
Feature map for license configurations
| LT | Full | |
|---|---|---|
| Modeling | ||
| Opening and viewing models | ✔ | ✔ |
| Modeling of 1D elements |
200 members (1) |
unlimited |
| Modeling of 2D elements | 8000 shells | unlimited |
| Analysis | ||
| 1st order linear | ✔ | ✔ |
| 1st order non-linear | ✔ | ✔ |
| 1st order modal | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2nd order linear | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2nd order non-linear | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2nd order buckling | ✔ | ✔ |
| FE chasedown | ✔ | ✔ |
| Grillage chasedown | ✔ | ✔ |
| Slab deflection analysis | ✔ | ✔ |
| Design (2) | ||
| Steel member design | ✔ | ✔ |
| Composite steel beam design | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cast in place concrete member design | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cast in place concrete wall design | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cast in place slab design | ✔ | ✔ |
| Pad base design | ✔ | ✔ |
| Pile cap design | ✔ | ✔ |
| Mat foundation design | ✔ | ✔ |
| Piled mat foundation design | ✔ | ✔ |
| Simple connection resistance checks | ✔ | ✔ |
| Column base plate design | ✔ | ✔ |
| Drawings and reports | ||
| Create planar drawings | ✔(3) | ✔(3) |
| Create member detail drawings | ✔(4) | ✔(4) |
| Concrete member schedules | ✔ | ✔ |
| Interoperability | ||
| BIM | ✔(5) | ✔(5) |
| Open API capabilities | ✔ | ✔ |
(1) - For this check the members count is taken as: beam spans + columns + braces
(2) - Design capabilities may vary according to the regional code being worked to.
(3) - General arrangement, beam end force, column splice load,foundation reaction, loading plan, slab/mat detailing, foundation layout
(4) - Concrete member and wall detail showing reinforcement in elevation and section, non-concrete member detail, base plate detail.
(5) - Autodesk Revit, Tekla Structures, Trimble Connect, STAAD, Robot, Tekla Portal Frame Designer, Tekla Connection Designer, IDEA Statica Connection Design, Cellbeam, FBEAM, ADAPT
How do I view license configurations available to me?
License details can be viewed from the My licences page of your Tekla Online Profile.
How do I switch between available configurations?
If your organization has licenses for different configurations, you can select between them when you start Tekla Structural Designer.
Note: If you have deactivated
the Select Product License dialog you won’t be able to select between
licenses until the dialog is reactivated. This can be done as follows:
- Start Tekla Structural Designer
- On the Home ribbon tab, select License Manager
- Select Settings
- Select User Settings
- Select the product from the list
- From the Auto select droplist, select No (always ask me to
choose)
- If you want to prevent the dialog from being deactivated in future, unselect Show “Don’t ask me again” option in the Select Product License dialog.
- Select Apply, then OK then Close
- Close and then restart Tekla Structural Designer.
How do I auto select a license?
- Start Tekla Structural Designer
- On the Home ribbon tab, select License Manager
- Select Settings
- Select User Settings
- Select the product from the list.
- Select the Auto select option you require:
Choice Result Yes (if only one license is available) The Select Product License dialog is not displayed. Default (use the default license) The Select Product License dialog is not displayed. (The default license is the one that you last used.) No (always as me to choose) The Select Product License dialog is displayed allowing you to choose the license configuration you require.
How do I deactivate the Select Product License dialog?
- Start Tekla Structural Designer
- On the Home ribbon tab, select License Manager
- Select Settings
- Select User Settings
- Select the product from the list.
- From the Auto select droplist, select Default (use the default license)
- Select Show “Don’t ask me again” option in the Select Product License dialog.
- Select Apply, then OK, then Close
- Close and then restart Tekla Structural Designer.
How do I set the default license type?
The default license is the one that you last used.