CHALLENGE:-1

QUESTION:-1

Summarize the user interface in TSD with the for the following items: -

• Project Workspace – How to access and usage
• Scene Content – Demonstrate the use of scene content
• Create two scene views
• Loading drop list- How to access
• Properties windows – how to access and usage.

ANSWER:-

• Project Workspace – How to access and usage
  • First open the tekla software.
  • Next click on the New option, then the project workspace will be visible as shown below.

• Scene Content – Demonstrate the use of scene content
  • Now click on the scene content option at the left side of the screen, as shown below.
  • The use of scene content is, we can enable & disable the elements and that is applied to the model.

• Create two scene views
  • The two scene views are 2D view and 3D view.
  • The 2D & 3D views are viewed, as shown below.

• Loading drop list- How to access
  • On the left side of project interface we can see the loading drop list.
  • In the loading drop list we can see loadcases and load combinations, as shown below.

• Properties windows – how to access and usage.
  • Open the windows option and select the properties window option.
  • Then the properties will be visible on the project interface, as shown below.

QUESTION:-2

Create a new file in TSD and set up the settings for a steel building to have member grade FE410 and concrete grade of M30 as per IS codes. The covers for the members to be as per the following input: -

MEMBERS	IN CONTACT WITH GROUND	ABOVE GROUND
Column	50mm	40mm
Slab	30mm	25mm
Pile cap	75mm
Foundation	50mm

ANSWER:-

• First we have to open the tekla software.
• Next select the materials option and then the materials tab appears.
• In that materials tab and select the steel grade as Fe410 and concrete grade as M30, as shown below.

• Next we open the settings and set the nominal covers for given members in contact with ground and above ground, as shown below.

QUESTION:-3

With reference to the input drawing as per Attachment 1, 1.1, and 1.2 and study the steel building plan and summarize your understanding of the plan. Based on your study assume and explain the location of columns and beam and develop a hand sketch for each plan.

ANSWER:-

• Attachment:-1
  • According to the Ground floor plan we have drawn the rough sketch of columns and beams in the required places, as shown below.

• Attachment:-1.1
  • According to the First floor plan we have drawn the rough sketch of columns and beams in the required places, as shown below.

• Attachment:-1.2
  • According to elevation plan we have drawn the rough sketch of columns and beams in the required places, as shown below.

QUESTION:-4

Model grid lines and construction levels as per Attachment 1. 1.1 and 1.2. All dimensions are in mm

• The base level to be 500mm below ground level.

ANSWER:-

• First we have to open the TEKLA software.
• Here we set the levels using the construction levels option, as shown below.

• And the grid lines are drawn according to the given attachments, as shown below.