Member characteristic, construction and fabrication properties

The following table lists the available permutations of characteristic, construction and fabrication for each material type.


Material	Characteristic	Construction	Fabrication	Notes
Concrete	Beam	Concrete beam	Cast-in-place
			Post tensioned	Not designed
			Precast	Not designed
		Coupling beam	Cast-in-place	Coupling beams are the only beams considered by the Assisted core function. If you set the Construction as a Coupling beam when part of a core, you have made an engineering decision that you are satisfied the section is sufficiently stiff to provide rigid section behavior - Tekla Structural Designer does not check for this.
	Column	Concrete column	Cast-in-place
	Column	Concrete column	Precast	Not designed
	Analysis Element	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not designed
Steel	Beam	Non-composite beam	Rolled
			Plated
			Westok cellular
			Westok plated
			FABSEC	Not designed
			DELETABEAM	Not designed
		Composite beam	Rolled
			Plated
			Westok cellular	Not designed
			Westok plated	Not designed
			FABSEC	Not designed
			DELTABEAM	Not designed
	Column	Non-composite column	Rolled
			Plated
			Concrete filled	Not designed
			Concrete encased	Not designed
		Composite column	Rolled	Not designed
		Composite column	Plated	Not designed
	Brace	Steel brace	Rolled
	Steel joist	Steel joist	Steel joist	Standard, Special or Girder types
	Gable post	Steel gable post	Rolled
	Parapet post	Steel Parapet post	Rolled
	Truss member top	Steel Truss member top	Rolled
	Truss member bottom	Steel Truss member bottom	Rolled
	Truss member side	Steel Truss member side	Rolled
	Truss member internal	Steel Truss member internal	Rolled
	Analysis Element	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not designed
Cold formed	Beam	Cold formed beam member	Cold formed
	Column	Cold formed column member	Cold formed
	Brace	Cold formed brace member	Cold formed
	Gable post	Steel gable post	Cold formed
	Parapet post	Steel Parapet post	Cold formed
	Truss member top	Steel Truss member top	Cold formed
	Truss member bottom	Steel Truss member bottom	Cold formed
	Truss member side	Steel Truss member side	Cold formed
	Truss member internal	Steel Truss member internal	Cold formed
	Analysis Element	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not designed
Cold rolled	Beam	Cold rolled beam member	Cold rolled	Not designed
	Column	Cold rolled column member	Cold rolled	Not designed
	Eaves beam	Eaves beam	Cold rolled	Not designed
	Purlin	Purlin	Cold rolled	Not designed
	Rail	Rail	Cold rolled	Not designed
	Analysis Element	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not designed
Timber	Beam	Timber beam	Timber	Not designed
			Glulam	Not designed
			Structural composite lumber	Not designed
	Column	Timber column	Timber	Not designed
			Glulam	Not designed
			Structural composite lumber	Not designed
	Brace	Timber brace	Timber	Not designed
			Glulam	Not designed
			Structural composite lumber	Not designed
	Gable post	Timber gable post	Timber	Not designed
			Glulam	Not designed
			Structural composite lumber	Not designed
	Truss member top	Timber Truss member top	Timber	Not designed
			Glulam	Not designed
			Structural composite lumber	Not designed
	Truss member bottom	Timber Truss member bottom	Timber	Not designed
			Glulam	Not designed
			Structural composite lumber	Not designed
	Truss member side	Timber Truss member side	Timber	Not designed
			Glulam	Not designed
			Structural composite lumber	Not designed
	Truss member internal	Timber Truss member internal	Timber	Not designed
			Glulam	Not designed
			Structural composite lumber	Not designed
	Analysis Element	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not designed
General	Beam	General material beam	Not applicable	Not designed
	Column	General material column	Not applicable	Not designed
	Brace	General material brace	Not applicable	Not designed
	Analysis Element	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not designed