Add surface treatment to parts
Use the surface treatment tools to add surface treatment to parts. Surface treatment for concrete parts include flat finishes, surface mixes, and tiles. Surface treatment for steel parts include fire-proofing and unpainted areas, for example.
When you modify the shape or size of a part, Tekla Structures automatically modifies the surface treatment to fit the part.
When you create overlapping surface treatments, the smaller surface treatment overrides the larger one. The overlapping area is recognized in reports: only the topmost (visible) surface treatment is calculated.
Add surface treatment to an entire part face
- On the Edit tab, click .
- Pick the origin of the surface treatment.
- Pick a point to indicate the direction of the surface treatment.
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Select the part to apply the surface treatment to.
- Move the mouse cursor over a part. Tekla Structures highlights the faces that you can select.
- Select the part face.
Add surface treatment to a selected area on a part face
- On the Edit tab, click .
- Pick the origin of the surface treatment.
- Pick a point to indicate the direction of the surface treatment.
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Select an area of the part face to apply the surface treatment to.
- Move the mouse pointer over a part. Tekla Structures highlights the faces that you can select.
- Select the part face.
- Pick three or more points on the part face to define a polygonal area.
Add surface treatment to all faces of a part
- On the Edit tab, click .
- Select the part to apply the surface treatment to.
Add surface treatment to cut faces
Surface treatment on chamfered parts
Take these things into account when adding surface treatment to chamfered parts:
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Surface treatment does not work on sketched profiles with chamfers.
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Add surface treatment before chamfering the part. If surface treatment is applied to a chamfered part, the surface treatment chamfer cannot be modified later on.
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The chamfers for the main part and surface treatment are separate. Modifying the main part chamfer does not affect the surface treatment chamfer.
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The orientation of unsymmetrical chamfers depends on the face where it was created (such as top, bottom, left, or right). To change the orientation of an unsymmetrical chamfer, you must swap the chamfer's x and y values.
Surface treatment on parts with openings and recesses
To force Tekla Structures to consider openings and recesses in parts when adding surface treatment, set the Cut by father part cuts to Yes in the Surface treatment properties.
(1) The green surface treatment has the Cut by father part cuts set to Yes.
(2) The tiled surface treatment is not cut by the cut in the part: Cut by father part cuts is set to No.
If you use the Surface treatment to all faces of part command and set the Cut by father part cuts to Yes, Tekla Structures automatically adds surface treatment also to the cut faces.
Modify surface treatment properties
- If the property pane is not open, double-click the surface treatment to open the Surface treatment properties.
- Change the properties as needed.
- Click Modify.
Note that if you modify the Pattern properties, you need to first click Modify in the property pane and then redraw the view to make the changes visible.
Surface treatment properties
Use the Surface treatment properties in the property pane to view and modify the properties of a surface treatment. To open the properties, double-click the surface treatment. The file name extension of a surface treatment property file is *.srf.
If you have customized the property pane layout, the list of properties may be different.
Setting |
Description |
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General |
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Name |
User-definable name of the surface treatment. |
Type |
Select the type of surface treatment. |
Subtype |
Select the subtype of a specific surface treatment. |
Material |
Depending on the type of the surface treatment, select the material of the surface treatment. |
Color |
Depending on the type of the surface treatment, set the color of the surface treatment. |
Thickness |
Depending on the type of the surface treatment, enter the thickness of the surface treatment. |
Cut by father part cuts |
To force Tekla Structures to consider openings and recesses in parts when adding surface treatment, set this to Yes. |
Position |
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In depth |
Select the location of the surface treatment, and set the Depth offset value. |
Pattern (for tiled surface treatment) |
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Pattern |
If you have set Tile surface as the Type of the surface treatment, select the pattern of the tiled surface treatment. |
Tile width Tile height |
Define the tile width and height. |
Mortar height Mortar width |
Define the mortar height and width. |
Tile color Mortar color |
If needed, use the color picker to pick the tile and the mortar color. |
More |
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UDAs |
Click the User-defined attributes button to open the user-defined attributes (UDAs) of the surface treatment. UDAs provide more information about the surface treatment. |