In Tekla Structures 2024, when you printed drawings that were created in Tekla Structures versions older than 2024 using Black and white or Tekla Grayscale printing color mode, the Special color used in hatches in the old drawings was printed as black, hiding all the overlapping lines and markings. In previous Tekla Structures versions, a Special color could be defined for hatches using the advanced options XS_HATCH_SPECIAL_COLOR_R, XS_HATCH_SPECIAL_COLOR_G, and XS_HATCH_SPECIAL_COLOR_B. This issue has now been fixed and the Special color is shown correctly in all printing color modes.

A bulletin with a workaround was released for this issue after the problem was found. The problem described in the bulletin has been fully solved with this fix.

TTSD-63147

A new command for adding associative notes, With applied values, has been added, and in the Default environment, it is available on the ribbon by default. This command allows you to create associative notes using the value that you have selected for the Leader line setting in the associative note properties. The other three associative note commands do not allow using an applied value for the Leader line setting, they always use the predefined value defined for each command: With leader line, Without leader line, or Along line.

The new Add associative note with applied values command is used by default when you select the Add associative note command from the context menu or from the drawing property pane object list, or enter the command in Quick Launch.

If the With applied values command is not shown on the ribbon, you can add it through the Ribbon editor.

TTSD-61894

The Invisible and None color options are now located at the end of the standard color list in the color palette. Earlier, they were located at the beginning. Invisible and None may or may not be shown in the color palette depending on where you open the color palette, and previously, the position of other colors could change. Now when the location of the colors no longer changes, selecting colors is more efficient.

TTSD-61941

You can now mirror pull-out pictures in rebar marks horizontally or vertically through the object-level rebar pull-out picture properties using the new Mirror options:

Mirroring is available in One factor and Two factors modes.

TTSD-61422

A new option, Mesh label, has been added in the Rebar mesh view creator dialog allowing you to add a mesh label in the top-left corner of the view. The options are None and Mesh position. The mesh position value consists of the mesh position number (ASSEMBLY.SERIAL_NUMBER) and the assembly name (ASSEMBLY.NAME).

For details about creating mesh views, see Create reinforcement mesh views.

TSAC-8241

The sawing angles for web and flange start and end are now by default set to 0.00 degrees when one of the related outermost profile faces has a 90-degree angle to the profile direction.

Now the sawing angles are always based on the shortest possible sawing length. See also Standard Description for Steel Structure Pieces for the Numerical Controls.

Previously, some sawing angles were incorrectly added to the NC files. The old method ignored the 90-degree sawing angles on the edges. As a result, certain machines and DSTV viewers were not able to read DSTV files correctly for fabricating parts.

TTSD-60982

To allow nuts and washers to be correctly combined in reports, nuts and washers can now be separated within a bolt assembly in Template Editor.

In Template Editor templates, nuts and washers within a bolt assembly are no longer combined into one row. Previously, when a bolt assembly had different nuts and/or washers, the quantity of them was combined, but it was not possible to distinguish the sizes and standards of the nuts and washers. The result was that in the bolt inquiry report, washers were not combined.

Now, if nuts and washers are not the same in a bolt assembly, Template Editor is able to separate them in templates. You no longer need to use NUMBER 1 - NUMBER 3 in the row property rules for nuts and washers. This allows nuts and washers from multiple bolt groups to be correctly combined or separated. In the image below, you can see that washers are combined although they have different sizes.

To see this change in your own templates, you need to update the templates. The bolt inquiry report (TS_Report_Inquire_Bolt.rpt) already contains the fix.

TTSD-62118

• The number of groups you can create in Layout manager is not limited anymore. Previously, you could have a maximum of 255 groups in Layout manager.

  TSAC-6738

• You can now define the name of the part that Layout Point, Layout Line, and Layout arc create in the model.

  

  TSAC-8307