Install Tekla Structures

Tekla Structures
2024
Tekla Structures

Install Tekla Structures

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

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

For installation prerequisites and recommended hardware, see Tekla Structures 2024 hardware recommendations.

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

If you use legacy on-premises licensing, additional configuration is required. 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.

Install the Tekla Structures app

Note:

You must have administrator rights on the computer where you are installing 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 one or more Tekla Structures environments.

Install Tekla Structures environments

Environments are region or company-specific settings and information that are predefined in Tekla Structures, or that are defined by the user. We recommend that you install at least one environment after you install the Tekla Structures app.

The Default environment includes generic content that has not been localized for any region. If you are not sure which environment to install, you can install the Default environment to get started. You can later install other environments. You can install as many environments as you want.

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.

  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.

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 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.

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