Stand-alone bent plate

Stand-alone bent plate has been implemented as a part of the complex geometry solutions in Tekla Structures. It can also be seen as further development to conical bent plate feature implemented in Tekla Structures 2018i. Stand-alone bent plate does not require any input parts like the cylindrical or the conical bent plate. Stand-alone bent plate can be used to model both cylindrical and conical parts. It can be used, for example, to create hoods, hoppers, cones, and so on.

To do

Create the needed standard files.

Project level setting for fillet weld size control

When modeling fillet or compound welds, users now can control how the fillet weld size is interpreted. This is done by using the new advanced option XS_ISO_LEG_LENGTH_AS_WELDSIZE. It has impact only if XS_AISC_WELD_MARK is set to FALSE.

When XS_ISO_LEG_LENGTH_AS_WELDSIZE is set to FALSE , the fillet weld size is treated as throat thickness. When XS_ISO_LEG_LENGTH_AS_WELDSIZE is set to TRUE , the fillet weld size is treated as leg length. If the user sets a prefix that influences the weld size, the prefix overrides the advanced option value.

To do

Start using the new advanced option if needed.