Tekla Portal Frame Designer - File size:
- 313 MB
- Date added:
- Feb 14, 2022 | Last update check: 1 minute ago
- Licence:
- Trial | Buy Now
- Runs on:
- Windows 7 SP1 / 7 SP1 64-bit / 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 10 / 10 64-bit
Tekla Portal Frame Designer allows you to create cost effective design solutions for steel portal frame buildings. Trusted by UK Structural Engineers for portal frame design for over 30 year the product retains its unique elastic-plastic analysis approach to efficiently create single and multi-bay portal frame designs. Automated checks for sway, member stability and snap through are included along with automated loading for wind, snow, cranes, ties and parapets. Final designs can be communicated through clear and concise documentation that includes drawing and calculations.
Tekla Portal Frame Designer is an integrated part of the Tekla software family. It integrates seamlessly with Tekla Structural Designer or acts as a stand alone application.
Note: If you intend to use either Tekla Portal Frame Designer and/or Tekla Connection Designer program and wish to integrate with Tekla Structural Designer it is highly recommended the corresponding version of Tekla Structural Designer is installed. Tekla Portal Frame Designer and Tekla Connection Designer are shipped as part of the same installation package but licensed separately.
Features:
Analysis and Design features
- Easily produce both preliminary and detailed portal frame design options.
- Understand hinge history of the frame including hinge reversal and spurious mechanisms.
- Fully interactive member stability checks.
- Automate frame sway stability checks (including SCI P292 full second order elastic-plastic analysis).
- Integrate eaves, apex and base plate connections to BCSA/SCI Green Book.
Modelling features
- Build your own steel portal frame.
- Choose from symmetric, asymmetric, propped, monopitch, mansards or flat top portal frames.
- Include valley beams, ties, cranes, floor beams and parapets as required.
- Select from pinned, fixed or partially fixed base conditions.
- Optimise haunches from rolled sections or plated sections.
Loading features
- Apply dead and imposed load cases automatically.
- Calculate wind loading and snow loading to -BS6399 automatically
- Easily apply notional horizontal loading for sway stability.
Output features
- Customise and export reports to Microsoft Word.
- Export foundation and connection forces to Microsoft Excel.
- Save all output documents in PDF format.
Tekla Portal Frame Designer V20 updates (changelog)
What’s new in version 20.0.0.0:
This release will upgrade your Tekla Portal Frame Designer and Tekla Connection Designer installation to version number 20.0.0.0.
Improvements and bug fixes.
For more information please visit https://teklastructuraldesigner.support.tekla.com/support-article/3028673.
About Tekla software
Tekla software solutions for advanced BIM and structural engineering are produced by Trimble. Trimble’s construction offering ranges from total stations to advanced software, giving the industry tools to transform planning, design, construction and operation of buildings. Tekla software is at the heart of the design and construction workflow, building on the free flow of information, constructible models and collaboration.
About Trimble
Trimble is an industrial technology company founded in 1978. Their tagline is “Transforming the way the world works”.
Trimble delivers products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds and help solve complex industry challenges around the world. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware and services are transforming a broad range of industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation and logistics.
Trimble Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Their solutions are used in over 150 countries around the world, and their employees are located in more than 40 countries.
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Tekla Portal Frame Designer screenshot. ©Trimble
Tekla Portal Frame Designer screenshot. ©Trimble
Tekla Portal Frame Designer screenshot. ©Trimble
Tekla Portal Frame Designer screenshot. ©Trimble
Tekla Portal Frame Designer screenshot. ©Trimble
Tekla Portal Frame Designer screenshot. ©Trimble
Tekla Portal Frame Designer screenshot. ©Trimble