Plan the installation and set up Tekla Structures

Planning is important for ensuring that your installation of Tekla Structures meets your needs.

When planning the Tekla Structures installation, consider:

The hardware and software components that you will need for the installation
How you will distribute Tekla Structures to users
Which Tekla Structures environments you will use
How you will use the project and firm folders to store customized settings.

Tekla Structures installation requirements

For information about recommended operating system and hardware specifications, see Tekla Structures 2023 hardware recommendations.

Tekla Structures also requires some Microsoft redistributable packages. If these redistributable packages or newer versions of them are not already installed on your computer, they are automatically installed during the Tekla Structures software installation. For more information, see Additional necessary software components in the hardware recommendations.

If you create a customized installation package, make sure that the .NET Framework is installed on the client computers.

The following installers are also automatically installed during the Tekla Structures software installation:

Tsep File Dispatcher Launcher
Tekla Warehouse Service

These installers are needed for Tekla Warehouse to work correctly.