Tekla Structural Designer configurations

Tekla Structural Designer
2022
Tekla Structural Designer

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 you can 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:
  1. Start Tekla Structural Designer
  2. On the Home ribbon tab, select License Manager
  3. Select Settings
  4. Select User Settings
  5. Select the product from the list
  6. From the Auto select droplist, select No (always ask me to choose)
    1. 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.
  7. Select Apply, then OK then Close
  8. Close and then restart Tekla Structural Designer.

How do I auto select a license?

  1. Start Tekla Structural Designer
  2. On the Home ribbon tab, select License Manager
  3. Select Settings
  4. Select User Settings
  5. Select the product from the list.
  6. 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?

  1. Start Tekla Structural Designer
  2. On the Home ribbon tab, select License Manager
  3. Select Settings
  4. Select User Settings
  5. Select the product from the list.
  6. From the Auto select droplist, select Default (use the default license)
  7. Select Show “Don’t ask me again” option in the Select Product License dialog.
  8. Select Apply, then OK, then Close
  9. 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.

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