Example: Set up layers and export to DWG
2. Select Import Steelfab/SCIA from the Type list
3. Use the default name import model or enter a new name.
4. Click OK.
5. Select the model from the list.
6. Click Properties to open a dialog box where you can define the settings for the import file:
• Enter the input file name.
• Enter the conversion file names.
• Set the origin coordinates in the Origin boxes if you want the file in a specific location
• Set Import weldings to Yes to include welds in the model.
• Set Import holes to Yes to include holes in the model.
7. Click OK.
8. Click Import.
9. Select which version of parts to import.
10. Click Accept all.
CAD 120 Import a SteelFab/SCIA model
11. If you have changed the model and want to re-import it, you can also reject all changes by clicking Reject all, or accept or reject individual changes by clicking Select individual.
12. Tekla Structures displays the message Do you want to save the import model for subsequent imports? Click Yes.
Tekla Structures displays the import model in a model view.
13. Right-click the model view and select Fit work area to entire model to ensure that the imported model is completely visible.
14. If parts are missing, check the View depth Up and Down values in the View Properties dialog box and change them if necessary.
See also
CAD model import settings (page 121)
14.5 CAD model import settings
The settings related to importing various types of models through the Import Model dialog box are listed below. All of the tabs and settings are not available for all import types. The import types are listed next to the settings, so that you can see which import type the settings belong to. The Import Model dialog box is displayed when you click Properties in the Import Models or New Import Model dialog box.
Conversion tab
Option Description Import type
Profile conversion
Set the conversion files you want to use.
Conversion files map Tekla Structures profile and material names with names used in other software.
For SteelFab/SCIA, these options are located on the Parameters tab.
CAD
Previous plan lists the objects in your model, compared with the objects in the file to be imported. They can be New, Modified, Deleted, or Same.
Tekla Structures compares the state of imported objects with those in your
CAD FEM MicasPlus
CAD 121 CAD model import settings
Option Description Import type model. They can be Not in model,
Different, or Same.
Use the options under Not in model, Different, and Same to specify the actions when importing changed objects.
The options are No action, Copy, Modify, or Delete.
Eureka LMP CIS Model/
CIMSteel
Parts tab
Option Description Import type
Part Pos_No Assembly Pos_No
Enter a prefix and a start position number.
For SDNF, this option is located on the SDNF tab.
FEM
Parameters tab
Option Description Import type
Input file or ASCII
file name The file you want to import. You can also
browse for the file. All
Type or Model type
Set the input file or model type:
CAD: SDNF, Calma, HLI, Plantview, SDNF (PDMS), XML
FEM: DSTV, SACS, Monorail, Staad, Stan 3d, Bus
CIS Model/CIMSteel: Design, Analysis, SP3D.
CAD FEM
CIS Model/
CIMSteel
CIS version Select CIS/1 or CIS/2:
• CIS/1 imports files compatible with the CIMsteel LPM4DEP1 schema
declaration.
• CIS/2 imports files compatible with the CIMsteel CIS/2
(STRUCTURAL_FRAME_SCHEMA) schema declaration.
CIS Model/
CIMSteel
Input scope Import the Entire model or Selection
only. CIS2 status
Part rotation Select Front or Top. MicasPlus
Origin X, Y, Z Set the origin coordinates to place the file
in a specific location. CAD
FEM
CAD 122 CAD model import settings
Option Description Import type when yield stress >
= limit
Default material when yield stress <
limit
The Default material when yield stress
< limit setting is used for SACS import file.
Define the material to use if yield stress is less than the limit.
The setting Default material when yield stress >= limit is used for SACS or DSTV import files. For SACS, this field defines the material to use if yield stress is greater than or equal to the limit. For DSTV you can enter the material grade here, if it is not included in the import file.
FEM
Combine members Max length for combining
To combine several elements in the FEM or CIS model into one part in Tekla
Structures, set Combine members to Yes.
For example, if a beam in a file consist of more than one element, and you select Yes, the elements are combined to form one beam in the Tekla Structures model.
If you use the value No, Tekla Structures creates a beam for each element in the FEM or CIS model.
Max length for combining is only applied if you set Combine members to Yes. Use this setting to define the maximum length for combining parts. Tekla Structures combines elements into one part only if their combined length is less than the value you enter here.
FEM
CIS Model/
CIMSteel
Ignore offsets CIS/1 and CIS/2 analysis models can include member offsets, which means that nodes are not exactly at the beam’s end points. With the default Yes, Tekla Structures uses these offsets to locate the physical members. With No, Tekla
Structures determines the location using the node locations.
CIS/CIMSteel
Ignore forces Use to define how forces are imported.
With No, Tekla Structures imports absolute values of maximum forces to
CIS/CIMSteel
CAD 123 CAD model import settings
Option Description Import type parts’ user-defined attributes Shear,
Tension and Moment. With Yes, Tekla Structures does not import forces.
Import GUID
(design model) The part GUID is included in the import. CIS/CIMSteel Create log file Select Create to write a new log file and
delete the previous log file each time you import the model.
Select Append (default) to add the log file information is at the end of the existing log file.
If you do not need a log file, select No.
In SDNF, this option is on the SDNF tab.
CAD (SDNF)