Tekla Tips and Tricks with Brian!

Dec 8

VIDEO: BuildingPoint Scandinavia’s Brian Jønck treats viewers to a variety of practical tips and tricks to enhance their experience with Tekla and become more productive!

Sometimes, it’s the small tip that does the trick!

Unlock the full potential of Tekla with this comprehensive Tips & Tricks video! BuildingPoint Scandinavia’s Brian Jønck treats viewers to a variety of practical tips and tricks to enhance their experience with Tekla and become more productive!

This time he shares topics gathered from “here and there” through his career in Trimble and BuildingPoint Scandinavia. Some tips are original, other tips are stuff you may know but have forgotten… regardless, we are sure you will learn at least ONE thing, if not many things from the video!

What You'll Learn:

The tutorial spans lots of essential topics! The tutorial covers modeling and drawing techniques, but extends into topics related to reference models, and performance optimization strategies:

Modeling tips

***IMAGE****: Screenshot from the Tekla Tips and Tricks video!*

Modeling in Tekla is fun and and efficient, but there are tons of small tricks that aren’t easily found by new users. In the video we cover Modeling related things like:

Copy to another object
Copy linear with calculation
Build beam with angle and length
Direct manipulation
Find related objects in the model
Undo function
Lock coordinates
Search bar
Select report
Helpful points
Change rebar-set shape
Back to previous selection
Select all part in assembly
Batch Editing
Keyboard shortcuts

Drawing tips

Although drawingless projects are an ambition in many projects, it is still normal to product drawings. In the video we share drawing related tips like:

Overlay drawing in model
Show drawing view’s in model
Main view on the drawing
Dimensioning tips
Add parallel dimension
Add perpendicular dimension
Radius dimension
Symbol in text

Additional topics

Overall, the video offers a comprehensive guide suitable for both beginners and experienced users, aiming to streamline and improve modeling and drawing workflows.

But we also find time for other topic areas, like