Tekla Insights

What is Tekla?

Tekla Structures is Building Information Modeling (BIM) software developed by Trimble for the construction industry. It's used for structural steel and concrete detailing, design, fabrication, and project management. Tekla allows users to create highly detailed 3D models of structures, which can then be used for generating shop drawings, fabrication data, and for coordinating with other trades on a construction project.

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What other technologies are related to Tekla?

Tekla Competitor Technologies

SDS2

SDS2 is a direct competitor to Tekla Structures, offering similar steel detailing and fabrication management capabilities.

mentioned alongside Tekla in 56% (249) of relevant job posts

Advance Steel

Advance Steel is a competing software for steel detailing and fabrication, similar to Tekla Structures.

mentioned alongside Tekla in 23% (391) of relevant job posts

Revit

While Revit is primarily for architectural design, it also handles structural modeling and detailing, making it a competitor in some areas to Tekla Structures.

mentioned alongside Tekla in 2% (4.9k) of relevant job posts

SDS/2

Duplicate entry of SDS2. SDS2 is a direct competitor to Tekla Structures, offering similar steel detailing and fabrication management capabilities.

mentioned alongside Tekla in 44% (155) of relevant job posts

Allplan

Allplan is a BIM software that, while strong in architectural design, also has structural capabilities, making it a competitor in structural modeling.

mentioned alongside Tekla in 14% (321) of relevant job posts

Bocad

Bocad was a steel detailing software that competed with Tekla Structures. It is now part of AVEVA.

mentioned alongside Tekla in 47% (81) of relevant job posts

SCIA

SCIA Engineer is a structural analysis and design software with BIM capabilities, that also competes with Tekla Structures for structural modeling.

mentioned alongside Tekla in 17% (184) of relevant job posts

Advanced Steel

Duplicate entry. Advance Steel is a competing software for steel detailing and fabrication, similar to Tekla Structures.

mentioned alongside Tekla in 13% (94) of relevant job posts