Tekla Live Link - Grasshopper: Construct a Glass Dome

[kts.nguyenhoangloc (Loc)]

Dear all,
I’m making a glass dome as following method:

I can make it in grasshopper and link to tekla as reference items.

However, I need them to be beam elements (can modify in Tekla) so I used this method

but the result is not what I want, all steel profiles not rotate toward to the dome center.
Here is the grid I internalized objects include the brep of the result I need.
Questions:

1. How to construct this type of shape using Tekla Link
2. Later, how to auto trim all members as welded connection.
   Many thanks for your helps in advance.
   Loc.
   4rum.gh (1.3 MB)

[magicteddy]

Hi,

Have a look at this thread.

Align rotation beam on panels

i try to create dome but now i need to rotation sec beam as HZ beam like in pic to be align on panels i try but nothing work [image] here is a script Dome With Panels.gh (25.1 KB)

It’s (still !!!) not possible to insert native welds with Tekla Live Link, but you can define a custom component in Tekla that does cuts and weldings and insert this with Grasshopper. You’ll need to associate all beams for each node, in clockwise or anticlockwise order.

[kts.nguyenhoangloc (Loc)]

Thank you Magicteddy. I also found this link. It solves my issue. Hope it could help for someone needs: Tekla Grasshopper Beam Rotation - YouTube

[Rajeev2 (Rajeev)]

You need to move the beams down to based on the degree
glass seating wont have much issue then (if the glass directly seat on the hollow section

M Glad the video help you to solve your issues