Tag Archives: TeklaOpenAPI

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Tekla Open API: Ask User to Select Objects

This article explains how you can ask the user to select objects from the model using the Tekla Open API. It also provides examples as to how to filter the objects selected by the user. Step 1: Add reference to the Tekla.Structures.Model and Tekla.Structures.Drawing library

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Tekla Open API: Start/End Point Offsets

Understanding the start and end points of a part object is essential when working with parts. Start and end points are displayed using a square at both ends of the part: By modifying the start and end point offsets you will be able to change their relative position with

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Tekla Open API: Change View Filters

View filters cannot be directly modified using the Tekla Open API. The only possible option regarding view filters and the API, is to change the current view filter to another view filter from the list of available views filters. Step 1, Add Libraries: Add reference

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Tekla Open API: Rotate Part

This article explains how you can rotate existing parts in a Tekla Structure model using the Tekla Open API in VB.Net. Step 1: Add reference to the Tekla.Structures.Model and Tekla.Structures library located in the path “C:Program FilesTekla Structures20.0ntbinplugins” and manually open the tekla model. This has been

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Tekla Open API: Cast Units

This article explains how you can create cast unit using  the Tekla Open API in VB.Net. Step 1: Add reference to the Tekla.Structures.Model and the Tekla.Structures library located in the path “C:Program FilesTekla Structures20.0ntbinplugins” and manually open the tekla model. This has been covered in the article below: VB.Net

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Tekla Open API: Get Part Length

This article explains how you can get the length of a part using the Tekla Open API. Step 1: Add reference to the Tekla.Structures.Model and Tekla.Structures library located in the path “C:Program FilesTekla Structures20.0ntbinplugins” and manually open the tekla model. This has been covered in

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Tekla Open API, Hide/Show Objects in Model

This article explains how you can use the Tekla Open API to hide and show objects in the model. Note that the API doesn’t provide any direct methods for hiding/showing objects in the model. This article will provide a workaround for achieving this.   Step

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Tekla Open API: Get/Set User Defined Attributes

This article explains how you can get/set user defined attributes using the tekla open api.   Step 1, Add Libraries: Add reference to the Tekla.Structures.Model library located in the path “C:Program FilesTekla Structures20.0ntbinplugins” and manually open the tekla model. This has been covered in the article

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Tekla Open API: Views

This article explains how you can create/modify/delete views in the model using the Tekla Open API in VB.Net. For more information about View Filters please see the article below: Tekla Open API: Change View Filters Step 1: Add reference to the Tekla.Structures.Model and the Tekla.Structures library located

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Tekla Open API: Move Part

This article explains how you can move existing parts in a Tekla Structure model using the Tekla Open API in VB.Net. – Step 1: Add reference to the Tekla.Structures.Model and Tekla.Structures library located in the path “C:Program FilesTekla Structures20.0ntbinplugins” and manually open the tekla model. This