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📘 Guide details
• 945 pages
• PDF & EPUB formats included
• English language
• Compatible with Tekla Structures 21.1–2026 and recent versions
• 3400+ high-quality screenshots
• Covers Steel, Concrete, Rebar, Modeling & Detailing
• Skill level: Beginner → Intermediate → Professional
• Updated: February 2026

📦 File size: 395 MB (PDF) + 158 MB (EPUB)

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🚀 Tekla Structures Modeling Guide — From Beginner to Professional

I’m excited to share my comprehensive Tekla Structures modeling guide, created for both beginners starting from scratch and experienced users looking to deepen and refine their workflow.

This guide provides a step-by-step, practice-oriented approach to professional BIM modeling for steel and concrete projects, covering real production workflows rather than isolated tools.

Unlock the full potential of BIM modeling with this exhaustive masterclass. Whether you are a student or a senior engineer, this guide provides a rigorous, step-by-step path to mastering Tekla Structures for both steel and concrete industries.

🎯 Who is this for?

Beginners: Start from scratch—from PC requirements and installation to your first 3D model.

Advanced Users: Deep dive into complex tools like Non-Uniform beams, SIN beams, and advanced Rebar sets that are often skipped in basic tutorials.

✍️ About the Author

This book is written by an experienced Tekla Structures user who works with the software daily as an engineer delivering real-world projects and has been training engineers to work with Tekla Structures for over 15 years.

💡 Author's Recommendation

The structure of these guidelines is logically arranged for gradual exploration. To build a "gap-free" professional foundation, we recommend following the sequence without skipping chapters, as each topic builds upon the previous one.

📑 Table of contents:

1. Introduction
1.1 Who can benefit from studying present guidelines?
1.2 TS features map and application fields
1.3 Field cases executed in TS
1.4 PC System requirements for using the TS
1.5 Where to download the TS training version
1.6 Tekla Structures installation tips
1.7 Tekla Structures localization packages
1.8 Launching Tekla Structures

2. Tekla Structures modeling theory
2.1.1 Creating a new project
2.1.2 The main menu elements in Tekla Structures
2.1.3 Minimizing/ maximizing the model in TS
2.1.4 Rotating a model in Tekla Structures
2.1.5 Creating standard views in the model TS
2.1.6 Arranging/switching views in Tekla Structures
2.1.7 Switching to the view plane in Tekla Structures
2.1.8 Dragging the view plane in Tekla Structures

2.2 The “Grid” tool in TS
2.2.1 The “Grid properties” window in Tekla Structures
2.2.2 The “Modify” button of the TS
2.2.3 Creating a complementary grid in TS
2.2.4 Saving the current grid settings in Tekla Structures
2.2.5 Uploading the saved grids configurations
2.2.6 Setting out the snapping tools
2.2.7 Moving grids in Tekla Structures
2.2.8 Copying a grid in Tekla Structures
2.2.9 The “Radial grid” tool in TS

2.3 Steel columns in TS
2.3.1 Creating columns in Tekla Structures
2.3.2 The “Column Properties” menu in Tekla Structures
2.3.3 The “Cancel” and “Close” buttons in TS
2.3.4 The “Apply” button in Tekla Structures
2.3.5 The “Ok” button and its main distinctions from the “Cancel” button
2.3.6 The “Get” button in Tekla Structures
2.3.7 The “Modify” button in Tekla StructuresЪ2.3.8 The position of a column in Tekla Structures
2.3.9 The “Deforming” tool of the “Column Properties” menu in Tekla Structures
2.3.10 Simultaneously setting up particular attributes in Tekla Structures
2.3.11 The “Save settings” box in Tekla Structures
2.3.12 The “User-defined attributes” of the “Column Properties” menu in Tekla Structures
2.3.13 The “Mini toolbar” in Tekla Structures

2.4 Snapping tools/ Selecting tools/ Object types in TS
2.4.1 Selecting and ignoring objects by type
2.4.2 Snapping an object to the geometry
2.4.3 Snapping to the object reference/corner points
2.4.4 Selecting objects by frame in the left-to-right and right-to-left direction

2.5 The “Construction geometry” tools in Tekla Structures
2.5.1 The “Points” tool in Tekla Structures
2.5.2 The “Construction line” tool in Tekla Structures
2.5.3 The "Orthogonal regime" in Tekla Structures
2.5.4 The "Construction circle" tool in Tekla Structures
2.5.5 Dividing a construction line into a specified number of segments in Tekla Structures
2.5.6 The “Construction plane” tool in TS
2.5.7 Other construction geometry tools in TS

2.6 The “Contour plate” tool in TS
2.6.1 Create contour plate in TS
2.6.2 The “Contour plate Properties” menu in TS
2.6.3 Selecting a point from the contour plate surface in TS
2.6.4 Chamfers of a contour plate object in TS
2.6.5 Selecting a group of points at a contour plate in TS
2.6.6 Moving a group of points in TS
2.6.7 Adding and deleting points at/from the contour plate in TS
2.6.8 Creating a base plate
2.6.9 The “Cylindrical bend plate” tool in TS
2.6.10 The “Conical bent plate”tool in TS
2.6.11 The “Stand-alone bent plate” tool in TS
2.6.12 The “Lofted plate” tool in TS

2.7 The “Steel Beam” tool in TS
2.7.1 Creating beams in TS
2.7.2 Distinctions between a column and a beam in TS
2.7.3 Transforming a beam into a column and vice versa
2.7.5 Curved beam in TS
2.7.4 The “Polybeam” tool in TS
2.7.6 The “Twin profile” tool in TS
2.7.7 The “Split” and “Combine” tools in TS
2.7.8 The “Orthogonal beam” tool in TS
2.7.9 The “Spiral beam” tool in TS
2.7.10 The “Item” tool /IFC in TS

2.8 Moving objects in TS
2.8.1 Moving objects using the Ctrl+M hotkey combination
2.8.2 The “Move Linear” tool in TS
2.8.3 The “Move Special - Rotate” tool in TS
2.8.4 The “Move Special - Mirror” tool in TS
2.8.5 The “Move Special- To another plane” tool in TS
2.8.6 The “Move Special - To another object” tool in TS

2.9 The “Copy” tool in TS
2.9.1 The “Copy” tool by using the Ctrl+C hotkey combination in TS
2.9.2 The “Copy Special - Linear” tool in TS
2.9.3 The “Copy Special - Rotate” tool in TS
2.9.4 The “Copy Special-Mirror” tool in TS
2.9.5 The “Copy Special - to another plane” tool in TS
2.9.6 The “Copy Special - To another object” tool in TS
2.9.7 The “Phase manager” tool in TS
2.9.8 The “Copy from another model” tool in TS

2.10 The added material tools in Tekla Structures
2.10.1 The “Cut part with line” tool in Tekla Structures
2.10.2 The “Fit part end” tool in Tekla Structures
2.10.3 The “Cut object with polygon” tool in TS
2.10.4 The “Cut object with part” tool in TS

2.11 The “Chamfer” tool
2.11.1 The “Create chamfer - For part edge” in TS
2.11.2 The “Create Chamfer - For part corner” tool in TS
2.12 The “Bolts” tool in TS
2.12.1 The bolted joints in Tekla Structures

2.13 The “Measure” tools in TS
2.13.2 The “Measure - Horizontal distance” tool in TS
2.13.1 The “Measure - Vertical distance” tool in TS
2.13.3 The “Measure - Distance” tool in TS
2.13.5 The “Measure -Angle” tool in TS
2.13.6 The “Measure -Arc” tool in TS

2.14 The “Surface treatment” tool in TS
2.14.1 The “Surfaces” tool in TS
2.14.2 The “ Surface treatment to part face” tool in TS
2.14.3 The “ Surface treatment to all faces of part” tool in TS

2.15 Views in TS
2.15.1 The “Basic View” in TS
2.15.2 Selecting views in TS
2.15.3 The “View depth Up/ Down” field
2.15.4 The workplane in TS
2.15.5 Saving views / The View list in TS
2.15.6 Creating views in TS
2.15.7 The “Hide” tool
2.15.8 The “Show only selected” tool
2.15.9 The “Show with exact lines” tool
2.15.10 The "View properties" window / The "Display" button
2.15.11 The “View Settings” menu / “Display” button/ “Advanced” tab

2.16 The “Weld” tool in TS
2.16.1 The “Create weld between parts” tool in TS
2.16.2 The main component of an assembly in the TS
2.16.3 The “Create polygon weld” tool in TS
2.16.4 The “Convert to polygon weld” tool in TS
2.16.5 The “Create weld to part” tool in TS
2.16.7 The “Prepare part for welding with another part” tool in TS
2.16.8 The Welding assignment

2.17 Non-Uniform beams in TS
2.17.1 Non-uniform beams created of a profile in the TS
2.17.2 Welded uniform cross-section beams in TS
2.17.3 Welded non-uniform cross-section beams in TS
2.17.4 The SIN beams in TS

2.18 The “Concrete pour” modeling tools in TS
2.18.1 The “Concrete column” tool in TS
2.18.2 The “Add to/Remove from cast unit” tool in TS
2.18.2 The “Concrete footing” tool in TS
2.18.3 The “Concrete beam” tool in TS
2.18.4 The “Strip footing” tool in TS
2.18.5 The “Concrete panel” tool in TS
2.18.6 The “Concrete polybeam” tool in TS
2.18.7 The “Concrete slab” tool in TS
2.18.8 The “Add to/Remove from part” tool in TS
2.18.9 The “Spiral beam” tool in the TS
2.18.10 The “Lofted plate” tool in TS
2.18.11 The “Floor layout” tool in TS
2.18.12 The “Wall layout” tool in TS
2.18.13 The “Pour view” and “Pour break” tools in TS

2.19 Rebar modeling in TS
2.19.1 The “Single bar” tool in TS
2.19.2 The “Bar group” tool in TS
2.19.3 The “Rebar shape catalog” tool in TS
2.19.4 The “Create rebars by point input” tool
2.19.5 The “Group”/ “Ungroup” tools in TS
2.19.6 The “Rebar Splice” tool in TS
2.19.7 Rebar sets in TS
2.19.8 The reinforcement mesh in TS
2.19.9 Prestressed reinforcement in TS