Tekla Structural Designer?
Tekla Structural Designer?
(OP)
We are an integrated AE firm who design buildings of all shapes, sizes, locations around the country. RAM Structural System is our primary workhorse for building design, with RISA 3D, RAM Elements, etc for more specialized tasks.
I am intrigued by the possibilities of Tekla Structural Designer as a competitor/replacement/compliment to RAM SS. Does anyone have experience or reviews of this software? Its ~$7500 1st year cost is high, but annual maintenance is on the same magnitude as RAM and RISA at ~$1300.
I have read their online promotional material, and have asked some questions of our sales rep, but real world experience is, to me, a better measuring stick. Of course there is no trial version available.
TIA
I am intrigued by the possibilities of Tekla Structural Designer as a competitor/replacement/compliment to RAM SS. Does anyone have experience or reviews of this software? Its ~$7500 1st year cost is high, but annual maintenance is on the same magnitude as RAM and RISA at ~$1300.
I have read their online promotional material, and have asked some questions of our sales rep, but real world experience is, to me, a better measuring stick. Of course there is no trial version available.
TIA






RE: Tekla Structural Designer?
ProStructures is a comparable alternative.
RE: Tekla Structural Designer?
I'm referring to Tekla Structural Designer http://www.tekla.com/us/products/tekla-structural-designer , which absorbed Fastrak and Orion when Trimble/Tekla acquired CSC. Not Tekla Structures. They need better nomenclature for sure.
RE: Tekla Structural Designer?
If I remember correctly I looked through their manual and couldn't get much out of it - no mention of creep/cracking/long term deflection in concrete, and the ridiculous video that they have on their homepage of a guy swiping his way through a vr model but no actual technical info made me think it's not that great.