Concrete Detailing - Tekla User Assistance

Embedded anchors (8): Placement tab

Use the Placement tab to control the placing of the embeds, crane cable angles and safety factor properties and to select the lifting anchors in the

Embedded anchors (8).

You can define the input point sequence, lift system and embed dimensions both in reference line and cross section direction.

Input points sequence

Select the distribution method of the embeds.

Use the a and b boxes on the right to enter the values.

Option Description

Embed is placed on a selected position point.

Embed is placed on a center of gravity

(COG) point in the part length direction.

Multiple embeds.

Define dimensions a and b.

Reference = COG

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Option Description

Define dimensions a and b.

Reference = COG

If embeds are likely to be placed outside the part, then value d is used.

Define dimensions a and b as percentages of the part length.

Reference = COG

Define dimension a as a percentage of the part length.

Reference = COG

Define dimension a.

The right embed is calculated from

COG.

Define dimension a as a percentage of the total part length.

Reference = COG

Embed is placed in the middle of the part.

Define dimensions a and b.

Reference = middle of the part

Define dimensions a and b as percentages of the part length.

Reference = middle of the part

Define dimensions a and b.

The distances are from the embeds to the part ends.

Define dimensions a and b as percentages of the part length.

The distances are from the embeds to the part ends.

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Lifting system

Option Description

Three embeds in a triangular plate.

Define the vertical distance a from

COG.

Three embeds in a triangular plate.

Define the vertical distance a from

COG as a percentage of the width b.

Select the crane cable lifting system.

Dimensions

Boxes for defining embed dimensions a and b, crane cable angle alpha and crane cable height h.

Additional embeds

Define additional embeds. Use the boxes on the left and right to define distances. You can enter multiple distances. Use a space to separate the values.

Use the middle box to define the number of additional embeds.

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Mirroring

• Define the COG (center of gravity) for the selected parts, an assembly, or an assembly without steel parts.

• Select whether embeds are mirrored.

Mirroring is useful for asymmetric custom part embeds. You can mirror both in reference line direction and cross section direction.

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• Select whether both anchors are created, or only left or right anchor.

Lift.dat configuration file

You can use a configuration file to calculate the lifting capacities of lifting anchors.

Set Browse configuration file to Yes, and define the full path to the configuration file. The default file is lift.dat, located in the profil folder.

The lift.dat configuration file contains a list of all custom lifting anchors belonging to the default Tekla Structures installation. The anchors are sorted based on fabricator and type, component name and lifting capacity. You can add more custom components to the list in the configuration file. The file can be opened in any text editor, for example Notepad.

• Type

Groups where lifting anchors can be selected.

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• Type client

Description of types.

• Name CuCoPa

Name of custom component part as listed in the Applications &

components catalog.

• Lift force (kg)

Lifting capacity in kilograms.

• Dir

Direction. Component direction during creation of custom component part.

• Attribute file

Link to the configuration file.

The anchor type can be selected from the list. The first list option corresponds to the first type (1) in the lift.dat configuration file.

The last list option is All types and use preference list. This option searches from all groups. A preference can be defined in the Preference type list. Start with the highest preference group and separate the groups with a space.

Several fabricators have lifting anchors with the same lifting capacity, but with different anchor lengths. Use the order in the configuration file to define which anchor is selected. First found anchor with correct capacity = 1, second found anchor = 2, and so on.

NOTE If you have selected to use a custom part, ensure that the corresponding custom parts are available in the model. Names of the custom parts should not contain spaces, because they are not read from the lift.dat configuration file.

Safety factor

Define the safety factor. The weight to be lifted up is multiplied with this factor in the anchor calculation.

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