Tekla Structures Configurations

May, 2021

Tekla Structures online licenses are purchased as a recurring or fixed-term subscription. The license details, including renewal information, can be viewed in the Tekla Online Admin Tool. The licenses unlock the Tekla Structures Carbon, Tekla Structures Graphite, or Tekla Structures Diamond configurations, which progressively enable more product features. Also special student and developer configurations are available. Note that legacy configurations are still used with on-premises licensing.

Our documentation covers the content of the Tekla Structures Diamond configuration, so you may not have access to all the described features. If your organization has licenses for different configurations, you can select between them when you start Tekla Structures.

Feature map for online licenses

  Carbon Graphite Diamond

Modeling
Opening and viewing models ✔ ✔ ✔
Modeling of parts, steel assemblies, precast cast units, concrete pour units   ✔ ✔
Creating steel and concrete components   ✔1 ✔
Creating unique part marking (numbering)   ✔2 ✔
Intelligent batch editing tools     ✔

Planning tools
Logistics planning, sequencing, scheduling, classifying, status visualization ✔ ✔ ✔

Drawings and reports
Creating reports & print drawings ✔ ✔ ✔
Creating general arrangement, rebar and anchor bolt drawings (plan, section, erection)   ✔ ✔
Creating steel and concrete production drawings (part, assembly, cast units)     ✔

Interoperability
Exports for steel CNC & MIS systems ✔ ✔ ✔
Exports to rebar manufacturing systems ✔ ✔ ✔
Exports for precast concrete ERP & MES systems ✔ ✔ ✔
Work with reference models (such as DWG, DXF, IFC formats) ✔ ✔ ✔

Analyzing
Create analysis models and analysis loads   ✔ ✔
Analysis and design interfaces   ✔ ✔

Other
Open API capabilities ✔ ✔ ✔

✔1 = Conceptual components only.
✔2 = Numbering is limited to cast-in-place parts, cast units and reinforcement.

Feature map for on-premises licenses

  Full Steel Detailing Precast Concrete Detailing Rebar Detailing Engineering Construction Modeling EPM Modeler Primary Production Planner for Concrete Project Viewer Drafter
Viewing ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Grids, construction lines, points ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Building elements ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔1
Assemblies ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Precast cast units ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Batch editing ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔       ✔      
Pour modeling ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2
Pour viewing ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2 ✔2
Cast in Place cast units ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Numbering ✔ ✔6 ✔ ✔3 ✔
Assigning control numbers ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Steel components ✔ ✔ ✔8 ✔8 ✔8 ✔8 ✔
Concrete components ✔ ✔ ✔5, 8 ✔8 ✔8 ✔8 ✔
User-defined attributes ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔9 ✔9 ✔7
Locking ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Multi-user ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Clash check manager ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Planning tools

Lotting ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Precast planning tools (such as Palletizer and Stacker) ✔ ✔10 ✔ ✔
Sequencer ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Project status visualization (4D) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Task manager ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Organizer ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔4

External editors

Symbol Editor ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Template Editor ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Drawings, plans and reports

Drawing layout editor ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Creating general arrangement drawings (plan, section, erection) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Modifying general arrangement drawings (plan, section, erection) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Creating steel fabrication drawings (single-part drawings) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Modifying steel fabrication drawings (single-part drawings) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Creating steel fabrication drawings (assembly drawings) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Modifying steel fabrication drawings (assembly drawings) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Creating precast concrete drawings (cast unit drawings) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Modifying precast concrete drawings (cast unit drawings) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Creating cast-in-place concrete drawings (cast unit drawings) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Modifying cast-in-place concrete drawings (cast unit drawings) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Anchor bolt plans ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Reports ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Printing and plotting ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Interoperability

Export CNC, DSTV ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Steel MIS links ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Import 2D and 3D DWG, DXF ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Export 3D DWG, DXF, DGN ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Export drawings (DXF, DWG) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Import and export CAD and FEM packages ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
IFC export ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
CIS/2 import and export ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
ELiPLAN import and export ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
BVBS export ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
HMS export ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Unitechnik export ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
View reference models ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Insert reference models (DXF, DWG, DGN, IFC, XML, PDF) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Layout manager ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Analyzing

Create analysis model ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Analysis and Design interface ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Loads ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Open API

Open API capabilities ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔4