Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Be advanced in the structural industry using Steel detailing service

The steel detailing service is provided by the steel detailers for commercial, residential, public, industrial and municipal, low-rise residential projects, etc. These services prepare detailed plans, drawings and other documents for the manufacture and erection of steel types like columns, beams, braces, trusses, stairs, hand-rails, joists and metal decking. The firms carefully work with architects, engineers, general contractors and steel fabricators.

Many firms prepare steel detailing using Tekla. Tekla is the company which develop computer software programming. They provide products like Tekla structures, 3D Building Information Modelling computer applications which are used by many companies to deliver a quality service. These products help the planners and designers to manage the 3D models from the concept to the fabrication. The products are automated to provide less errors. The lead time for the steel drawing and processing time for the update in the 3D model are drastically reduced.

Some of the advantages of steel detailing using Tekla are;

• They help to avoid detailing errors and minimize the need for rework in fabrications.
• Fabricators find easier to manage changes in the 3D model.
•  Human errors are avoided. Drawings, reports and CNC information are automatically generated by the model.
• Optimization of the fabrication process is performed by the intelligent interfaces.
• 3D model is used in planning of fabrication and erection.
• The product enhances communication and coordination with other departments    and project suppliers using the developed 3D model.

The products offered by the Tekla are;
• Tekla structures
• Tekla model sharing
• Tekla Structural Designer
• Tekla Tedds
• Tekla BIM sight

Some steel detailing service companies use Tekla Tedds, a software used to automate the repetitive structural calculations. The key benefits of this product are;

 Productivity is increased
 Structural calculations are transparent
 Errors are minimized
 This product provides one solution for combined analysis and calculations
 They have the reduced software overheads
 They enhance the quality assurance
 Consistency with standardized templates is improved.

BIM sight is professional tool offered by Tekla for the construction project collaboration. They help to solve errors before the construction phase. The Tekla BIMsight helps to combine and share models, check for conflicts with construction workflow and communicate the notes to other departments.

Models created by the other BIM software and applications can be easily transferred and updated with the help of Tekla solutions. Many companies validate the spatial coordination with these software. Infrastructure and energy industries find more reliable to use the Tekla products. These products integrate high end technologies to develop the steel shop drawings.

Many firms incorporate these products to build two type of drawings namely erection drawings and shop drawings. Erection drawing is used to guide the steel erector and determine the location of the fabricated steel member. They show specific information including all the work that need to be done in the field such as bolting, welding and installing wedge anchor. If any conflict is found in the drawing, the suppliers or contractors can report a request for information before proceeding further.

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