Tekla Structures installation

Installation packages are available for download in Tekla Downloads. You can directly install the latest service pack.

Tekla Structures service packs include the latest new features, and improvements and fixes to existing features. You do not need to separately install the related Tekla Structures version before installing a Tekla Structures service pack. For more information, see Install Tekla Structures service packs.

Tekla Structures software and environments are available as separate installation packages. The software installation package always contains a blank project environment that includes generic content. Other Tekla Structures environments are available as separate installation files. Environments are region or company-specific settings and information that are predefined in Tekla Structures, or that are defined by the user. For installation prerequisites and recommended hardware, see Tekla Structures 2023 hardware recommendations.

Tekla Structures extensions are not part of the Tekla Structures product release. Extensions are available for download in Tekla Warehouse, and you can install them separately.

Install Tekla Structures

To use Tekla Structures, install the Tekla Structures app and the Tekla Structures environments that you want to use.

If you are using legacy on-premises licensing, you must meet the following requirements before you can start Tekla Structures:

The Tekla on-premises license server must be installed, either on your own computer or on another computer.
Your Tekla Structures on-premises license must be activated.
Tekla Structures must be connected to the Tekla on-premises license server.

For details, see Tekla Structures on-premises licensing.

If you have a Tekla Structures subscription, the subscription is connected to your Trimble Identity, and assigned to you by your organization's administrators. You only need to install and start Tekla Structures, and sign in to use your Tekla Structures subscription.

Note:

You must have administrator rights on the computer where you are installing the Tekla Structures app.

Install the Tekla Structures app.
1. Download the installation file from Tekla Downloads to your computer.
  At the site, click Download for a guided experience that ensures that you have all necessary files.
2. Double-click the installation file to run the installation.
3. Follow the steps in the installation wizard to complete the installation.
  
  You can select the installation folder and the model folder.
Install the Tekla Structures environments.

If you do not install any environments before you start Tekla Structures, Tekla Structures prompts you to install an environment before continuing the start-up. You can later install as many environments as you want for the Tekla Structures version that you are using.
1. Download the environment installation files from Tekla Downloads to your computer.
2. Double-click the installation file to run the installation.
3. Follow the steps in the installation wizard to complete the installation.
  
  The location of the environment installation folder depends on where you have installed the Tekla Structures app. You cannot change the environment installation folder in the installation wizard.
  
  In the installation wizard, you can specify that the environment setting files (.tsep) are installed when running the environment installation wizard. If you do not install the environment setting files when running the environment installation wizard, the files are installed to the environment folder when you start Tekla Structures after the installation.
  
  If you are installing several environments for the first time, we recommend that you do not select to install the environment setting files (.tsep) when running the environment installation wizard. Some of the .tsep packages are used in more than one environment and the same version of a .tsep package is only installed once.
  
  When Tekla Structures starts, a dialog box that shows the installation progress open. If you cancel the installation in this dialog box, the environment setting files are still installed but the installation of extensions is canceled. Tekla Structures installs the extensions the next time it starts.
To start Tekla Structures, select it from the Windows Start menu or double-click the desktop icon.

For more information, see Start Tekla Structures.

Start learning how to use Tekla Structures:

For a brief overview, see Get familiar with Tekla Structures.
Find the Instructor side pane on the right-hand side of the Tekla Structures modeling or drawings view to see instructions for each command as you activate them.
Take one of our free online elearning courses.

Tekla Structures installation folders

By default, the Tekla Structures app, environments, and user settings are installed in separate folders.

You can select the installation folder for the Tekla Structures app in the installation wizard. The locations of the installation folders for environments and user settings are automatically selected based on where you have installed the app.

By default, the files are installed in the following folders:

The Tekla Structures app is installed in the \Program Files\Tekla Structures\<version>\ folder.

When Tekla Structures is installed in the Program Files folder,configuration files are installed separately in the hidden Program Data folder.
Environments and extensions are installed in the hidden \ProgramData\Trimble\Tekla Structures\<version>\ folder.
User settings are always installed in the \Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Trimble\Tekla Structures\<version>\ folder, regardless of where the Tekla Structures app is installed.

Installation in the Program Files folder requires administrator rights on the computer. If it is not possible to install Tekla Structures with administrator rights, we recommend that you install Tekla Structures in a normal file folder on the computer, such as C:\TeklaStructures. When you install Tekla Structures in a normal file folder, all files except for user settings are installed in that folder. Installation in a normal file folder can also be useful if you manage your own installation of Tekla Structures and you want to customize Tekla Structures.

When you install a new Tekla Structures version, make sure that the installation folder does not contain any files from other Tekla Structures versions. Removing files from other Tekla Structures versions ensures that you get all the files that are included in the installation package.

When you are installing a service pack, you cannot select the installation folder if the related Tekla Structures version or a previous service pack is already installed. The service pack is always installed in the same folder as the related Tekla Structures version or the previous service pack. Installing the new service pack automatically removes old files from the related Tekla Structures version or the previous service pack before copying the new files. If you have your own files in the installation folder, these files remain unchanged in the folder.

When you have installed the software and the environments, you can check the installation paths in the Windows Control Panel.

Note:

You might need to install Tekla Structures in a folder that has a name in a non-Unicode language such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Russian. If your Windows installation does not match the non-Unicode language, you must change the language in XS_STD_LOCALE and the Windows system locale in the Windows Control Panel to the same language so that Tekla Structures can work normally.