New Tekla Structures 14 enhances BIM modeling

摘要

Atlanta-based Tekla recently released Tekla Structures 14, the newest version of its structural engineering BIM software. Version 14 streamlines the design, detailing, fabrication, and construction delivery process by expanding the maximum model size the program can support, streamlining the user interface, improving data storage, and including previous add-on features-such as the ability to model rebar-in the standard license. "We want to offer solutions from design all the way through to facilities management," said Andy Dickey, Tekla's construction management segment manager, who noted that Tekla, founded in 1966, had a BIM program before BIM was even a term. "We had a lot of legacy issues and many older users needed to be transitioned to the new way users work," he said. "It's more logical and easy to understand now." The biggest improvement in Tekla 14 is the new network license management system that's dongle and shipping free. With the new system all licenses are in a pool on a server. As users launch Tekla Structures they can grab a license out of the queue until their server runs out; only then does a window pop up and prompt the user to contact Tekla.