2.13.4 The “Measure - Bolt spacing” tool in Tekla Structures
This tool makes the distance distribution of bolts to the object indicated.
The algorithm for using the “Measure - Bolt spacing” tool
Make sure all operations are canceled or press the Esc key.
Enable the “Measure - bolt spacing” tool.
Select the bolt group required.
Select the referent object (part).
To disable the “Measure - bolt spacing” tool, press the Esc
key.
Tekla Structures v21.1
Tekla Structures v2021
Restore the view to hide the measurement marks.
To better understand the referent part principle, let's substitute
the lower plate object with a beam, thus create a beam of an arbitrary
length.
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Tekla Structures v2021
Update the parts of the bolted joint by proceeding as follows: select
a bolt and at the right-click menu enable the “Bolt parts”
tab. As the first part indicate the beam, and as the second one - the plate.
Delete the interbedded plate. The selecting parts sequence depends on the
purpose.
Further, refer to the “Measure - bolt spacing” tool. Thus
we can check if the bolts are not located too close to the beam edge and
at what distance the bolt holes are located from the beam edge.