Visual scripting allows engineers to unlock the full power of parametric design - building customized workflows, automating repetitive design tasks, and handling complex shapes.
Modeling through visual scripting
Visual scripting offers a way to create geometry based on input data or parameters, by visually setting up logical and geometrical relationships in a graph. This way of working can be highly efficient and consistent. Any BIM information can be added or updated together with the geometry and managed from a central place.
Modeling of both simple and complex geometries can be significantly faster than traditional modeling and its engineering accuracy is assured since the engineer can create and manage the design as a whole, rather than manually insert and manipulate individual parts. Because all the parts can be automatically generated and updated based on the parameter values, the engineer can effortlessly iterate through different design alternatives.
Value engineering is a simpler process since the engineer can easily test or discover solutions that they may otherwise not have had time to consider, allowing them to provide a better service to the client and the design team.
The visual script can be connected to input data from various sources, including CAD tools and Excel, which then drive the resulting geometry and the attributes.
Visual scripting for Tekla software
Tekla offers visual scripting capabilities for both Tekla Structural Designer
