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TIMBER INDUSTRY

Streamlining timber construction with BIM

The timber industry demands shorter delivery times, collaboration with other parties and adaptability to changes. Consistent, up-to-date information is key to meeting these challenges while staying profitable. BIM supports this with a single detailed and data rich model used across all phases of design and construction, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and teamwork.

VIDEO: Tekla Structures Quick Tip about CLT wall modeling for fabrication using Construsoft’s Timber bundle.

Tekla Structures for the timber industry

Tekla Structures enables producing a high quality, constructible model of timber structures for among others utility, residential and new construction and renovations.

After adding all details and connections, Tekla Structures generates the necessary drawings, reports and production data.

Afterwards, the construction can be placed with overview drawings or virtual models. Also, the coordinates of selected construction elements can be transferred directly to total stations.

Why Tekla Structures is great for timber

Estimation and bidding

Quickly generate quantity take-offs, based on the 3D model. No more manual counting, Tekla does the job accurately and reduces risks when bidding.

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Design and detailling

Model all types of wood structures, including wall plate connections, installation openings, grooves, ridges, dormers and gutters.

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Fabrication

Generate all production data directly from the model. When using computer controlled machines, the Tekla data can be used, eliminating manual mistakes.

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Production planning and control

Tekla Structures enables you to directly control sawing and machine tools. The 3D model also serves as a basis for status information, planning deliveries, optimizing material usage and generating transport lists.

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Ebook:

Timber Talks — From Trend to Reality in Timber Construction

Learn about the trends, challenges, and workflows shaping modern timber building.

Use this practical guide to align your team, prepare client and partner conversations, and identify key questions before pursuing timber projects.

Download the Ebook
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Tekla Structures

From conceptual model to construction.

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Trimble Connect

Connect teams and data for smarter, more efficient project collaboration.

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Tekla Tedds

Take control of structural calculations with Tekla Tedds: a powerful structural analysis software designed to automate your repetitive calculations.

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QUICK TIP: Timber in Tekla Structures - CLT walls
QUICK TIP: Timber in Tekla Structures - CLT walls

The Construsoft Timber package extends Tekla Structures with tools for timber modeling, detailing and fabrication.

In this quick tip, we follow a CLT wall from modeling and elementation through lamella visualization and production drawings, all the way to a machine-ready BTL file.

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Summer interns adapts Tekla for Timber
Summer interns adapts Tekla for Timber

In collaboration with the industry, the summer interns wanted to develop the Tekla user interface and workflow with automation that offers a more intuitive and seamless use of wood/timber materials and typical timber components!

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Summer interns takes on timber in Tekla!
Summer interns takes on timber in Tekla!

Summer means vacation for many of us. But we can’t leave the office empty, so we’ve hired Hannah and Anders to keep it busy! They will focus an important topic: Improving the BIM workflow for TIMBER structures!

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A visit to the UN17 Village project with Artelia
A visit to the UN17 Village project with Artelia

BuildingPoint Scandinavia visited Artelia (“MOE A/S” at the time) and the design team in UN17 Village project which won the Regional Tekla BIM Awards 2022. See the short video where Peter Mortensen, Corporate Technical Director BIM talks about the project.

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WINNER of the Regional BIM Awards 2022
WINNER of the Regional BIM Awards 2022

The combination of Tekla, parametric design and Open BIM was the winning formula for the design of the residential project UN 17 Village and it also brought Artelia (at the time: MOE A/S) in Denmark to the top in the Tekla BIM Awards regional competition in 2022!

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Tekla BIM Awards Local Winners!
Tekla BIM Awards Local Winners!

Every two years, the Tekla BIM Awards competition is arranged to promote successful projects carried out in Tekla. The regional winners have been announced!

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