Tekla Structures 2025 introduces the Tekla Launcher as a new way to start Tekla Structures and open models. Using the Tekla Launcher you can open and create models and open and join Tekla Model Sharing models without downloading and installing environments from Trimble Downloads. With the Tekla Launcher, the environments are stored and maintained in a cloud service, ensuring that everyone working on the model is using the same environment with consistent settings and files. With the Tekla Launcher you have an easy access to recent models, and you can create new models with readily available environments.

Tekla Structures version 2025 introduces the Tekla Launcher functionality as a Preview feature. To find out more, see Preview features in Tekla Structures 2025.

When you install Tekla Structures, two desktop icons appear:

• that launches the classic Tekla Structures startup screen.
• that launches the new Tekla Launcher startup screen.

To use the Tekla Launcher to start Tekla Structures, double-click the desktop icon or select the Tekla Launcher from the Windows Start menu.

In a similar fashion as with the classic Tekla Structures startup screen, you can use the Tekla Launcher, for example, to:

• open models
• create new models
• select the environment that is used with the model
• modify the model properties
• open the model folder

The Tekla Structures environments in the cloud service and those downloaded from Trimble Downloads are built from the same source, so the content of the environment files is the same. When creating a new model in the Tekla Launcher, you can select whether the new model uses a cloud environment or a downloaded, local environment. For existing models, you can switch between a local environment and a cloud environment.

Note that hosting your own environments is not possible using the Tekla Launcher.

The Tekla Model Sharing models that have been created using the Tekla Launcher are restricted to the environment and environment version that they were created in. This ensures that all users in the shared model are using the same environment.