Tekla API - Model Importer Plugin Example
This video shows how to create a parametric Tekla Model Plugin (component) that imports model data from an external text file. The advantage of using a Tekla Plugin vs. External Application is that Tekla will remember and compare objects that need to be changed between the original insertion and modification of a plugin vs. one time transfers which happen with an external application that just hooks to the currently open session of Tekla.
Chapters
00:00 - Existing Building Components in Tekla
00:49 - External Data Source Component
01:58 - Insert Plugin with 2 Picked Points
02:33 - Data Source File
03:00 - Make Changes to Data File and Modify Plugin in Tekla
03:59 - Maintaining GUIDs (ID keep in Tekla)
06:07 - GUIDs Same After Modify
08:09 - Plugins are Class Library DLLs
09:17 - Tekla Attributes on Form User Interface
12:08 - Pass UI to StructuresData Class
13:39 - Modification Dependencies
16:53 - Get Values from Structures Data to Plugin Fields
19:32 - Define Input Points or Parts for Plugin
21:47 - Run Method to Execute API Code
25:06 - Read Data from Text File
26:35 - Loop and Create Tekla Beam Objects from Data
28:04 - SetLabel() Method to Guide ID Keep
31:15 - Residual UDA Values When Same ID Switches Objects
33:39 - Build DLL and Deploy to Tekla Structures