Modelling

Snapping to reference models improvements

Scaffold System

PERI UP scaffolding systems have been introduced with all ScaffPlan tools available.

Engineering module for the PERI UP system is not supported yet.

Scaffold System

New Tool

Tube & Clip

The Tube & Clip tool automates the modelling process for tube and clip scaffold creating tube and fittings in between tubes being picked by simply 2 points clicked in the model. 

The tools handle any scenario with high speed and accuracy by controlling: 
 - type of couplers  to be used on each end even separately (double, swivel or putlog couplers supported)
- tube length
- tube extension on each end separately
- location of couplers on each end as might be flipped over a tube in any direction.
 

The powerful contextual toolbar allows to:
- add extra couplers at picked tubes along the tube line
- smart copy with Alt by number of copies
- add internal/external joiners at the ends
- flip the tool over the coupler ends
- show dimensions of the tube including tube extensions
 

Direct modification features:
- changes the coupler type on the fly
- rapidly extend the tube line with or without a joiner type to any end
copy the tube and coupler to another tube 
- locking the direction the Smart copy will be performed to

New Tools

Tube & Clip bays

It is faster now to build Tube & Clip bays with a set of blocks available under the Applications & Components:

New Tool

Tube Connector 

The Tube Connector tool significantly enhances creation of tubes with connectors.

It rapidly creates multiple or 2 connected tubes (as chosen on insertion) with joiners by predefined:
- tube connection types and its location at ends and in between tubes by external and internal joiners
- tube lengths at ends
 

The powerful contextual toolbar provides extra flexibility allowing to control on the fly following:
 - joiner types at ends 
- tube lengths at ends
- copy the tool by specified amount in a locked direction
- add couplers at picked tubes along the tube line
- block ends of the tube line to be extended
- move neighbour tubes along the connected tube line when changing tube length at ends
- merge tubes with connectors
 

Direct modification features allows to:
- rapidly change tube lengths at ends
- reposition the middle connector 
- lock direction the smart copy will be performed to

New Tool 

Temporary Roof  

The Temporary Roof tool automates modelling process of temporary roof structures. 

Layher Keder Roof XL is one of the first roof system comes into ScaffPlan. 

As a one click solution the tool allows to model the whole roof system in one go by predefined parameters such as:
- width and nominal width of the roof
- support type
- number of roof frames
- bracing configurations (light, medium and heavy duty)
- cover type and
- rotation of the roof.
 

The powerful contextual toolbar provides extra flexibility allowing control on the fly to:
- roof width and nominal width
- number of roof frames
- cover and rotation of the roof
- lock direction the nominal width will affect the roof geometry to be changed
 

Direct modification features allows rapid change of roof width and length by dragging the arrow manipulators gaining  the required roof size in seconds.

Multiple bays creation feature significantly enhances convenience and speed of modelling.

 The contextual toolbar enables the multiple bay creation on the fly. 

Preview on the insertion displays:
- number of bays to be inserted
- total length of the bay line
- length & width of bays being used
- top working platform height

Bay tool

Sloping ground conditions

The Bay tool now supports sloping ground conditions. 

The feature is available on the contextual toolbar of the Bay tool.

Preview on the insertion displays:
- number of bays to be inserted
- total length of the bay line
- length and width of bays being used
- top working platform height

Bay tool

Enhanced Bay copy command performance

Item tool

Multiple components creation

Convenience and speed of modelling have been enhanced further by introducing multiple components creation in one go.

The contextual toolbar on the component insertion enables the multiple components creation feature on the fly. 

It's especially convenient when multiple standards are required to be created in a stack with just 2 points clicked in the model - or multiple ledgers, trusses etc.

Item tool

Base plates &

U-Jacks for formwork, propping & shoring applications

Creation of base plates has been enhanced by:
a) introducing ability to create base plates on any end of a standard or tube by he end defined on the contextual toolbar
b) U-Jacks creation on start or end of a tube or standard supported
c) if the baseplate RL is longer than the jack thread then a standard or tube will be moved with the standard/tube to gain required thread length
d) if end points of a tube/standard picked the baseplate will be created with a jack and spindle only.

Item tool

Coordinate system manipulator

Enhancing usability and clarity the Coordinate manipulator on all components has been introduced. 

It allows a user clearly see the positioning of a component XYZ axis in 3D space for further manipulations such as locking the component axis for copy, move and rotate commands. 

The manipulator has direct modification features for rapid smart copy, move and rotate along or around the picked axis of the selected component.

Item tool

Rotation command enhancements

Together with the coordinate system manipulator rotation of a component might be performed on any defined angle around any picked axis such X, Y or Z. The Z axis is the default value of a rotation.

Start and end point affect the behaviour of the rotation of the component.

Catalogue

3D workers added

Library of miscellaneous shapes now contains 3D workers. 

It is possible to add workers into the catalogue and add them over scaffolding for height references when needed.

User Interface

User interface of the contextual toolbar has been optimised 

User interface of the contextual toolbar has been optimised and enhanced by replacing some commands with icons as below:

Item tool

Lock direction of component modification

It is more convenient to change a component length by dragging and dropping Start or End points if they are locked from the contextual toolbar. The direction of movement will be locked so no additional snaps will occur. 

Item tool

Extended list of components to be created from a tube

Direct creation of following components added to the Create command on tubes:
- timber planks for decking 
- timber toe boards
- external/internal joiner 

- head jacks

Item tool

Double and Swivel couplers positioning 

It is much easier to define positioning of swivel and double coupler now using Create command. 

By selecting Double or Swivel Coupler H (horizontal) or V (vertical) position type couplers will be positioned accordingly with one click on a horizontal component. 

Item tool

Components picker improvements

Bay tool

Bay leg handles added

Bay legs handles now allow users to remove/add a bay leg at any location improving the usability of the bay tool. 

Together with bay Ends controls released previously the feature provides extra flexibility for bay leg controls.

Bay tool

Lock a bay position on console brackets creation

It is possible now to lock a bay inner or outer side of a bay position on console brackets creation. 

The feature allows the bay to stay in position if Inner side of the bay picked in the Position tab and Console brackets enabled on the Inner side of the bay (the same works for outer side). If both console brackets enabled on both sides a user can choose where the bay will be moved (to Inner or outer side) by a Position chosen. 

Bay tool

Copying bays with console brackets to Inner/Outer side improvements

Copying bays with console brackets on Inner and (or) outer side now retains console brackets on the inner and (or) outer side of a bay line only. 

Bay tool

Layher: 

Creation of 0.45m console brackets added

Option to create 0.45m hop-ups has been added to the bay tool.

Bay tool

Define position of a bay width change 

It is possible to change a bay width to a predefined Inner or Outer side of the bay. Inner or Outer side of the bay might be picked to make the bay wider to Inner or Outer side of the bay.

Bay tool

Delete command improvements

Bay tool

Move neighbour bays improvements

Now the Move neighbour bay command also works with drag and dropped bay handles:

Bay tool

Added into a bay components behaviour improvements

Added into a bay components now will be automatically highlighted when Exclude or Delete added into the bay commands executed from the contextual toolbar.

Bay tool

Behaviour of added to a bay tubes and couplers

Wall Trace tool

Contextual toolbar behaviour improvements

Closed Layout type is now remembered in the contextual toolbar if the Closed layout has been previously used.

New Feature

Diagnose ScaffPlan objects introduced

Diagnose ScaffPlan objects functionality allows to detect modified objects in the model on the fly while Copying, Moving, Rotating or Modifying shapes located on the lowest hierarchy of  ScaffPlan (native Tekla items). 

On the fly while doing modifications a warning appears as below:

On the tool run it visually displays such objects in the model  to clearly detect such shapes to convert them back to the Item tool for reporting and correct modelling practices supported by ScaffPlan tools. 

Such changes always tracked & reflected in the Warning.log file under the current model folder for investigations.

New tools

Concrete beams, polybeams and spiral beams added

It is fast, efficient and easy to model any 3D concrete structures using concrete beams, polybeams & spiral beams now.

Gear List

Compatibility of saved settings

Gear list settings saved in the previous version (stating from ScaffPlan 1.5) is now fully compatible with 1.6

Gear List

Components selection improvements

Gear List

Fixes

Wall Tie

Functionality improvements

It is easier to insert and define a wall tie type (single or double) on the fly now as a preview and contextual toolbar for ties has been introduced.

Lapping bay tool

Convert a Lapping bay to a Bay connector tool

A gap covered by the Lapping bay tool with tube and couplers and planks now can be converted to a lap with just couplers and tubes (bay connector tool) if distance in between bays is less tan 225mm. 

Lapping bay tool

Adjust Lapping bay feature

Long gaps covered by the Lapping bay tool now might be adjusted. The feature adds an extra bay (if possible to fit by the gap length) shortening the lapping bay.

Lapping bay tool

Crash on high lapping bays

Bay connector 

(old Tube and Clip) tool

Name change & conversion feature

The tool name has been changed to Bay connector (old Tube and Clip) .
A gap covered by the Bay connector tool with tube and couplers  now can be converted to a lap with planks, tubes and couplers (Lapping bay tool). 

Ground Levels tool

Adjust bays to line improvements

Bay lifts dialogue

The bay lifts dialogue has been updated:

E-Learning

Model templates added for the 

E-Learning courses

Model templates for E-Learning courses contain fully built model on a side to follow for enhanced learning experiences.

Project Info

Distribution of the settings

It is possible to distribute saved settings for System configuration tab (scaffolding system, roof system and item detail) and use it for new models if saved to standard file. 

To distribute the saved setting needs to be copied from the attributes subfolder of the current model folder and pasted to the C:\ScaffPlanFirm\attributes folder to be available for any new model created.

Project Info

Roof System drop down added

Engineering

Vertical loads calculations at corners

Drawings

Model view name on a drawing

Drawings

Drawing revision

The drawing revision table now reflects last 5 revisions assigned to a drawing.

Catalogues

Updated components names

Catalogues

End Toe Board Bracket component added to Kwikstage

End Toe Board Bracket component added to Kwikstage:

Catalogues

U-Console Bracket LW 0.45m 2 wedge-heads added to Layher

U-Console Bracket LW 0.45m 2 wedge-heads has been added to the Layher catalogue:

Export

Colours for a 3D model export to IFC format

IFC Export: Use current view colors checkbox is now selected as default.

Model info

Model info button and logs introduced

Current system button has been replaced by the Model Info button on the Help ribbon tab. 

The button allows to display:
- current ScaffPlan version in use  (and version that model was created if it’s different than current)
- current scaffold system and item detail in use.

It is now possible to check the date created and the version of a ScaffPlan model. Info.log file gets crated on a model creation reflecting a date and time as well version of ScaffPlan the model has been created with. 

The file also shows the model backup timestamps - the file located in the \Logger subfolder of the current model folder.