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  • Tips&Tricks
    Add a new view to an existing drawing Eliminate point cloud areas for designing Copy a block efficiently with the lock function Build your own scaffold subsystem by ScaffBlock Increase efficiency of modelling with ScaffBlock Quick corners by the Bay, Item and Lapping bay tools Quick and efficient step in scaffold Create F and Box ties efficiently Share a 3D model and make it available by QR codes Set and distribute tools presets Save time using model templates Reuse existing components with high speed and accuracy Quick way of adding multiple components into a bay
  • Getting Started
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  • Working with 3D models
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    Create 3D environment Working with Construction Objects & Points Measuring Objects Checking the Model
  • Scaffold Modelling tools
    Scaffold Tools Overview Scaffold Item Tool Scaffold Bay tool Lapping Bay tool Buttress Bay tool Bay Connector tool Lattice Beam tool Corner Arrangements tool Wall Trace tool Bird Cage tool Circular Tank tool Stairs Temporary Roof Containment Mesh Encapsulation Wall Ties Tube Connector for ScaffPlan 1.6 (Previous Version) Tube and Clip Custom Item tool Phase Manager Utilities Help Ribbon ScaffBlock Advanced Options
  • Drawings
    Drawing Mode Drawing properties & views Reference models in drawings Dimensioning Annotations, symbols & data links Document Manager Print and export drawings
  • Exporting
    Export model for collaboration
  • Reporting & Engineering
    Reporting Engineering
  • Release notes
    ScaffPlan 1.7 Release notes ScaffPlan 1.6 Release notes ScaffPlan 1.5 Release notes ScaffPlan 1.4 Release notes ScaffPlan 1.3 Release notes ScaffPlan 1.2 Release notes
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Scaffold Tools Overview

  • Scaffolding Ribbon Overview
  • Project Information
  • Switching scaffolding system
  • How to use Dialog Boxes
  • List of commonly used commands

Scaffold Item Tool

  • Scaffold Item Tool - Purpose & Benefits
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Getting familiar with the tool
  • Scaffold Item tool - Pre-insertion conditions and multiple components insertion
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Insertion and modification of a component basics
  • Scaffold Item tool - Component positioning on the insertion (couplers)
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Component rotation around axis and end points (couplers)
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Direct modification of a component
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar overview
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Change component type and profile
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Show snapping points
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Copy commands
  • Scaffold Item tool - Contextual toolbar: Move and copy using coordinate system manipulator
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Lock component direction for copy and move commands
  • Scaffold Item tool - Contextual toolbar: Select similar components
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Position a swivel coupler and adjust the swivel head
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Swap and Mirror commands
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Create commands
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Create Planks
  • Scaffold Item tool - Contextual toolbar: Component rotation commands
  • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Add profile to a bay
  • Scaffold Item tool - Contextual toolbar: Lock a direction of component modification

Scaffold Bay tool

  • Bay - Purpose & Benefits
  • Bay - Pre-insertion conditions and creation of multiple bays
  • Bay - A bay Insertion & Naming Conventions
  • Bay - Sloping ground conditions
  • Bay - Line and point handlers
  • Bay - Overview of inbuilt features
  • Bay - Configurations
  • Bay - Platforms at lifts & custom lift heights
  • Bay - Standard sizes
  • Bays - Sole Boards
  • Bay - Ledgers & Transoms
  • Bay - Guardrails
  • Bay - Bracing Options
  • Bay - Top Ring Creation & Control
  • Bay - Hatch Stairs and Ladder access
  • Bay - Console Brackets
  • Bay - End Types
  • Bays - Neighbor Bay Adjustments
  • Bay - Encapsulation
  • Bay - Containment Mesh
  • Bays - Hierarchy of Objects in the Bay
  • Bays - Add, Remove & Show Profiles Added into the Bay
  • Bay - Add or remove bay standards
  • Bay - Copy a bay by a specified number of copies
  • Bay - Flip, Swap and Mirror bay handles
  • Bay - Merge bays
  • Bays - Bridging Bays with Planks
  • Bay - Top end controls
  • Bay - Bottom end controls
  • Bay - Vertical Ladder Access
  • Bay - Console brackets at bay ends

Lapping Bay tool

  • Lapping Bay - Purpose, Benefits & Naming Conventions
  • Lapping Bay - Overview of Inbuilt Features
  • Lapping Bay - Connecting Bays & Modifying Lapping
  • Lapping Bay - Add extra bays shortening the gap
  • Lapping Bay - Convert a Lapping bay to the Bay connector tool

Buttress Bay tool

  • Buttress Bay - Insertion and Available Options

Bay Connector tool

  • Bay Connector tool - Purpose, Benefits & Naming Conventions
  • Bay Connector tool - Insertion & Modification

Lattice Beam tool

  • Lattice Beam - Purpose, Benefits & Naming Conventions
  • Lattice Beam - Insertion & Modification
  • Lattice Beam - Add extra pair of double couplers

Corner Arrangements tool

  • Corner Arrangements - Purpose, Benefits & General Concept
  • Corner Arrangements - Overview of Inbuilt Features
  • Corner Arrangements - Outer Corner Arrangements
  • Corner Arrangements - Inner Corner Arrangements

Wall Trace tool

  • Wall Trace - Purpose, Benefits, General Concept & Hierarchy
  • Wall Trace - Insertion of the Tool
  • Wall Trace - Geometry Manipulation (Slopes)
  • Wall Trace - Overview of Inbuilt Features
  • Wall Trace - Corner Arrangements
  • Wall Trace - Lapping Bay Configurations
  • Wall Trace - Primary Bay Configurations
  • Wall Trace - Standard size
  • Wall Trace - Sole board types
  • Wall Trace - Ledgers & Transoms
  • Wall Trace - Guardrails
  • Wall Trace - Bracing Options
  • Wall Trace - Top Ring Creation
  • Wall Trace - Console Brackets
  • Wall Trace - Encapsulation
  • Wall Trace - Containment Mesh
  • Wall Trace - Wall Ties

Bird Cage tool

  • Bird Cage - Purpose, Benefits, General Concept & Hierarchy
  • Bird Cage - Insertion & Direct Modification
  • Bird Cage - Overview of Inbuilt Features
  • Bird Cage - General Parameters
  • Bird Cage - Typical Bay Configuration
  • Bird Cage - Standard size
  • Bird Cage - Sole board types
  • Bird Cage - Top ring

Circular Tank tool

  • Circular Tank - Purpose, Benefits, General Concept & Hierarchy of the Tool
  • Circular Tank - Insertion & Direct Modification Features
  • Circular Tank - Overview of Inbuilt Features
  • Circular Tank - General Parameters
  • Circular Tank - Primary Bay Configurations
  • Circular Tank - Standard size
  • Circular Tank - Sole board types
  • Circular Tank - Ledgers & Transoms
  • Circular Tank - Guardrails
  • Circular Tank - Bracing Options
  • Circular Tank - Top Ring Creation
  • Circular Tank - Console Brackets
  • Circular Tank - Encapsulation
  • Circular Tank - Containment Mesh
  • Circular Tank - Lapping Bay Configurations
  • Circular Tank - Wall Ties

Stairs

  • Stairs - Purpose, Benefits & General Concept of the Tool
  • Stairs - Insertion & Direct Modification Features
  • Stairs - Overview of Inbuilt Features
  • Stairs - Options & Controls

Temporary Roof

  • Temporary Roof - Purpose of the tool and naming conventions
  • Temporary Roof - Overview of inbuilt features
  • Temporary Roof - Insertion of a roof
  • Temporary Roof - Width and length control
  • Temporary Roof - Rotation of the roof
  • Temporary Roof - Bracing configurations
  • Temporary Roof - Roof cover

Containment Mesh

  • Containment Mesh tool
  • Containment Mesh - Insertion Principals

Encapsulation

  • Encapsulation tool - Purpose, Features & Naming Conventions
  • Encapsulation tool - Insertion Principals
  • Encapsulation - Insertion by points

Wall Ties

  • Wall Ties tool - Purpose & Features
  • Wall Ties - Insertion Principals

Tube Connector for ScaffPlan 1.6 (Previous Version)

  • Tube Connector - Purpose and naming conventions
  • Tube Connector - Overview of inbuilt features
  • Tube Connector - Insertion of the tool
  • Tube Connector - Tube joiners at ends
  • Tube Connector - Tube length control
  • Tube Connector - Add couplers
  • Tube Connector - Copy and move commands
  • Tube Connector - Move neighbour and adjust commands
  • Tube Connector - Direct modification features
  • Tube Connector - Miscellaneous features
  • Tube Connector - Creation of legs and base plates

Tube and Clip

  • Tube and Clip for ScaffPlan 1.7 (New Version)
  • Tube and Clip for ScaffPlan 1.6 (Previous Version)

Custom Item tool

  • Custom Item tool -Editing ribbon overview
  • Custom Item tool - Profile positioning in 3D space and its insertion points
  • Custom Item tool - Overview of the user interface
  • Custom Item tool - Add a new component (shape) from a 3D reference object
  • Custom Item tool - Add a new component by using a template
  • Custom Item tool - Add a new component by changing parameters
  • Custom Item tool - Add miscellaneous components (shapes)
  • Custom Item tool - Export/Import company-specific components (shapes)
  • Custom Item tool - Delete company-specific components (shapes) from the catalog
  • Custom Item tool - Distribution of company-specific components (shapes) in the system
  • Custom Item tool - Advanced: Model and define components (shapes) using native Tekla objects
  • Custom Item tool - Add extra snapping points

Phase Manager

  • Phase manager: Splitting a job by phases

Utilities

  • Utilities - Introduction
  • Utilities - Visibility Control
  • Utilities - Ground Levels (slopes)
  • Utilities - Conversion of Parts to the Item Tool
  • Utilities - Convert Lapping Bay to Tube & Clip / Vice Versa
  • Utilities - Bay & Lapping Bay Adjustments
  • Utilities - Draw Profiles/Bay Info and Remove Temporary Graphics
  • Utilities - Adjust grid elevations tool
  • Utilities - Move Face to Face tool
  • Utilities - Profile list
  • Utilities - Diagnose ScaffPlan Objects

Help Ribbon

  • Help Ribbon - Model Info, Folders and Knowledge base

ScaffBlock

  • ScaffBlock overview
  • Create a ScaffBlock
  • How to create a dynamic ScaffBlock
  • How to insert a ScaffBlock
  • Change a block by Type, Subtype and Name
  • How to copy a ScaffBlock
  • How to move a ScaffBlock
  • How to rotate a ScaffBlock
  • How to delete a block
  • How to export a block
  • How to import a block
  • How to import miscellaneous blocks
  • Other ScaffBlock functions

Advanced Options

  • Advanced options
    • Scaffold Tools Overview

        • Scaffolding Ribbon Overview
        • Project Information
        • Switching scaffolding system
        • How to use Dialog Boxes
        • List of commonly used commands
    • Scaffold Item Tool

        • Scaffold Item Tool - Purpose & Benefits
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Getting familiar with the tool
        • Scaffold Item tool - Pre-insertion conditions and multiple components insertion
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Insertion and modification of a component basics
        • Scaffold Item tool - Component positioning on the insertion (couplers)
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Component rotation around axis and end points (couplers)
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Direct modification of a component
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar overview
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Change component type and profile
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Show snapping points
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Copy commands
        • Scaffold Item tool - Contextual toolbar: Move and copy using coordinate system manipulator
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Lock component direction for copy and move commands
        • Scaffold Item tool - Contextual toolbar: Select similar components
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Position a swivel coupler and adjust the swivel head
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Swap and Mirror commands
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Create commands
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Create Planks
        • Scaffold Item tool - Contextual toolbar: Component rotation commands
        • Scaffold Item Tool - Contextual toolbar: Add profile to a bay
        • Scaffold Item tool - Contextual toolbar: Lock a direction of component modification
    • Scaffold Bay tool

        • Bay - Purpose & Benefits
        • Bay - Pre-insertion conditions and creation of multiple bays
        • Bay - A bay Insertion & Naming Conventions
        • Bay - Sloping ground conditions
        • Bay - Line and point handlers
        • Bay - Overview of inbuilt features
        • Bay - Configurations
        • Bay - Platforms at lifts & custom lift heights
        • Bay - Standard sizes
        • Bays - Sole Boards
        • Bay - Ledgers & Transoms
        • Bay - Guardrails
        • Bay - Bracing Options
        • Bay - Top Ring Creation & Control
        • Bay - Hatch Stairs and Ladder access
        • Bay - Console Brackets
        • Bay - End Types
        • Bays - Neighbor Bay Adjustments
        • Bay - Encapsulation
        • Bay - Containment Mesh
        • Bays - Hierarchy of Objects in the Bay
        • Bays - Add, Remove & Show Profiles Added into the Bay
        • Bay - Add or remove bay standards
        • Bay - Copy a bay by a specified number of copies
        • Bay - Flip, Swap and Mirror bay handles
        • Bay - Merge bays
        • Bays - Bridging Bays with Planks
        • Bay - Top end controls
        • Bay - Bottom end controls
        • Bay - Vertical Ladder Access
        • Bay - Console brackets at bay ends
    • Lapping Bay tool

        • Lapping Bay - Purpose, Benefits & Naming Conventions
        • Lapping Bay - Overview of Inbuilt Features
        • Lapping Bay - Connecting Bays & Modifying Lapping
        • Lapping Bay - Add extra bays shortening the gap
        • Lapping Bay - Convert a Lapping bay to the Bay connector tool
    • Buttress Bay tool

        • Buttress Bay - Insertion and Available Options
    • Bay Connector tool

        • Bay Connector tool - Purpose, Benefits & Naming Conventions
        • Bay Connector tool - Insertion & Modification
    • Lattice Beam tool

        • Lattice Beam - Purpose, Benefits & Naming Conventions
        • Lattice Beam - Insertion & Modification
        • Lattice Beam - Add extra pair of double couplers
    • Corner Arrangements tool

        • Corner Arrangements - Purpose, Benefits & General Concept
        • Corner Arrangements - Overview of Inbuilt Features
        • Corner Arrangements - Outer Corner Arrangements
        • Corner Arrangements - Inner Corner Arrangements
    • Wall Trace tool

        • Wall Trace - Purpose, Benefits, General Concept & Hierarchy
        • Wall Trace - Insertion of the Tool
        • Wall Trace - Geometry Manipulation (Slopes)
        • Wall Trace - Overview of Inbuilt Features
        • Wall Trace - Corner Arrangements
        • Wall Trace - Lapping Bay Configurations
        • Wall Trace - Primary Bay Configurations
        • Wall Trace - Standard size
        • Wall Trace - Sole board types
        • Wall Trace - Ledgers & Transoms
        • Wall Trace - Guardrails
        • Wall Trace - Bracing Options
        • Wall Trace - Top Ring Creation
        • Wall Trace - Console Brackets
        • Wall Trace - Encapsulation
        • Wall Trace - Containment Mesh
        • Wall Trace - Wall Ties
    • Bird Cage tool

        • Bird Cage - Purpose, Benefits, General Concept & Hierarchy
        • Bird Cage - Insertion & Direct Modification
        • Bird Cage - Overview of Inbuilt Features
        • Bird Cage - General Parameters
        • Bird Cage - Typical Bay Configuration
        • Bird Cage - Standard size
        • Bird Cage - Sole board types
        • Bird Cage - Top ring
    • Circular Tank tool

        • Circular Tank - Purpose, Benefits, General Concept & Hierarchy of the Tool
        • Circular Tank - Insertion & Direct Modification Features
        • Circular Tank - Overview of Inbuilt Features
        • Circular Tank - General Parameters
        • Circular Tank - Primary Bay Configurations
        • Circular Tank - Standard size
        • Circular Tank - Sole board types
        • Circular Tank - Ledgers & Transoms
        • Circular Tank - Guardrails
        • Circular Tank - Bracing Options
        • Circular Tank - Top Ring Creation
        • Circular Tank - Console Brackets
        • Circular Tank - Encapsulation
        • Circular Tank - Containment Mesh
        • Circular Tank - Lapping Bay Configurations
        • Circular Tank - Wall Ties
    • Stairs

        • Stairs - Purpose, Benefits & General Concept of the Tool
        • Stairs - Insertion & Direct Modification Features
        • Stairs - Overview of Inbuilt Features
        • Stairs - Options & Controls
    • Temporary Roof

        • Temporary Roof - Purpose of the tool and naming conventions
        • Temporary Roof - Overview of inbuilt features
        • Temporary Roof - Insertion of a roof
        • Temporary Roof - Width and length control
        • Temporary Roof - Rotation of the roof
        • Temporary Roof - Bracing configurations
        • Temporary Roof - Roof cover
    • Containment Mesh

        • Containment Mesh tool
        • Containment Mesh - Insertion Principals
    • Encapsulation

        • Encapsulation tool - Purpose, Features & Naming Conventions
        • Encapsulation tool - Insertion Principals
        • Encapsulation - Insertion by points
    • Wall Ties

        • Wall Ties tool - Purpose & Features
        • Wall Ties - Insertion Principals
    • Tube Connector for ScaffPlan 1.6 (Previous Version)

        • Tube Connector - Purpose and naming conventions
        • Tube Connector - Overview of inbuilt features
        • Tube Connector - Insertion of the tool
        • Tube Connector - Tube joiners at ends
        • Tube Connector - Tube length control
        • Tube Connector - Add couplers
        • Tube Connector - Copy and move commands
        • Tube Connector - Move neighbour and adjust commands
        • Tube Connector - Direct modification features
        • Tube Connector - Miscellaneous features
        • Tube Connector - Creation of legs and base plates
    • Tube and Clip

      • Tube and Clip for ScaffPlan 1.7 (New Version)
          • Tube and Clip - Contextual toolbar
          • Tube and Clip - One tool - two ways of creation
          • Tube and Clip - Insertion by two points
          • Tube and Clip - Tube length control for legs
          • Tube and Clip - Insertion by two items
          • Tube and Clip - Tube length control for tube and fittings
          • Tube and Clip - Joiners
          • Tube and Clip - Couplers at ends
          • Tube and Clip - Add a coupler by an item, point or a line segment
          • Tube and Clip - Added couplers: Controls and copy/move commands
          • Tube and Clip - Copy and move commands for legs
          • Tube and Clip - Copy commands for tube and couplers
          • Tube and Clip - Move commands for tube and couplers
          • Tube and Clip - Flip command for tube and couplers
          • Tube and Clip - Create commands
          • Tube and Clip - Miscellaneous features
      • Tube and Clip for ScaffPlan 1.6 (Previous Version)
          • Tube and Clip - Purpose of the tool and naming conventions
          • Tube and Clip - Overview of inbuilt features
          • Tube and Clip - Insertion of the tool
          • Tube and Clip - Add couplers
          • Tube and Clip - Copy commands and adjust tube ends feature
          • Tube and Clip - Move commands
          • Tube and Clip - Flip tubes and couplers commands
          • Tube and Clip - Direct modification features
          • Tube and Clip - Miscellaneous features
    • Custom Item tool

        • Custom Item tool -Editing ribbon overview
        • Custom Item tool - Profile positioning in 3D space and its insertion points
        • Custom Item tool - Overview of the user interface
        • Custom Item tool - Add a new component (shape) from a 3D reference object
        • Custom Item tool - Add a new component by using a template
        • Custom Item tool - Add a new component by changing parameters
        • Custom Item tool - Add miscellaneous components (shapes)
        • Custom Item tool - Export/Import company-specific components (shapes)
        • Custom Item tool - Delete company-specific components (shapes) from the catalog
        • Custom Item tool - Distribution of company-specific components (shapes) in the system
        • Custom Item tool - Advanced: Model and define components (shapes) using native Tekla objects
        • Custom Item tool - Add extra snapping points
    • Phase Manager

        • Phase manager: Splitting a job by phases
    • Utilities

        • Utilities - Introduction
        • Utilities - Visibility Control
        • Utilities - Ground Levels (slopes)
        • Utilities - Conversion of Parts to the Item Tool
        • Utilities - Convert Lapping Bay to Tube & Clip / Vice Versa
        • Utilities - Bay & Lapping Bay Adjustments
        • Utilities - Draw Profiles/Bay Info and Remove Temporary Graphics
        • Utilities - Adjust grid elevations tool
        • Utilities - Move Face to Face tool
        • Utilities - Profile list
        • Utilities - Diagnose ScaffPlan Objects
    • Help Ribbon

        • Help Ribbon - Model Info, Folders and Knowledge base
    • ScaffBlock

        • ScaffBlock overview
        • Create a ScaffBlock
        • How to create a dynamic ScaffBlock
        • How to insert a ScaffBlock
        • Change a block by Type, Subtype and Name
        • How to copy a ScaffBlock
        • How to move a ScaffBlock
        • How to rotate a ScaffBlock
        • How to delete a block
        • How to export a block
        • How to import a block
        • How to import miscellaneous blocks
        • Other ScaffBlock functions
    • Advanced Options

        • Advanced options

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