Tekla

Infobox_Company
company_name = Tekla Oyj
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1966
location_city = Espoo
location_country = Finland
key_people = cite web|url=http://www.tekla.com/user_nf/default.asp?r=0&site=1|title=Ari Kohonen| President and CEO |

num_employees = 300
industry = Computer software IT Services
products = Building & Construction Infra & Energy
revenue = 50 Million Euros (2006)
homepage = cite web|url=http://www.tekla.com/user_nf/default.asp?r=0&site=1|title=http://www.tekla.com|

Tekla Oyj is a software engineering corporation specializing in 2- and 3-dimensional design and drafting. The company was founded in 1966. The headquarters is in Espoo, Finland, but there are offices all over the world. The company has been listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange since May 2000.

Products

Building and Construction

:TEKLA Structures

Genre: 3D building information modeling (BIM)

License
Proprietary
Website http://www.tekla.com

Tekla Structures is 3D building information modeling (BIM) software used in building and construction industries to create, open and combine data-rich and highly constructable 3D structural models especially for large and complex structures, to navigate around them in real-time, and to review the model using tools included in the software, e.g. 4D scheduling visualization. Tekla Structures encompasses specialized solutionsfor structural design/engineering, steel detailing and fabrication, precast concrete detailing and manufacturing and construction management. Tekla Structures was created by Finland-based developer Tekla Corporation. Tekla is a Microsoft Registered Partner.

Tekla models can be simultaneously shared between team members in different geographic locations. The structure of a building can be modeled using any building material, such as concrete, steel, precast concrete, and timber. Tekla Structures enables choosing a localized environment to model in, including the region-specific settings and information that define, for example, which profiles, material names, and templates can be used in which area. Tekla works in a multi-vendor environment together with other construction disciplines to provide a virtual single model where all building information can be seen as if in one integrated model.

Configurations:
- Full Detailing
- Steel Detailing
- Precast Concrete Detailing
- Reinforced Concrete Detailing
- Engineering
- Viewer
- Drafter
- Construction Management

File Format Support:
Tekla Structures achieves software compatibility and interoperability on three levels: by supporting standards, by de-facto standards, and by tight open API-type integration (Tekla Open API). Formats supported include for example:
* AutoCAD - .dwg .dxf .dgn
* MicroStation - .dgn .prp
* ASCII - .asc .txt
* IFC 2x3 certified - .ifc
* IGES - .igs .iges
* Cadmatic - .3dd
* STEP - .stp .step
* ArchiCAD - via xml or IFC

Version History:
The product was originally called Xsteel. Tekla Structures was launched in 2004 to cover the full structural workflow and all building materials to widen the scope of an extensive BIM tool.
* Xsteel 9
* Tekla Structures 10->14 Tekla releases one main and one intermediate software version release per year as well as provides progress and service releases to decrease the lead time to critical improvements that enhance customer organizations' production.

External links
* Tekla homepage - http://www.tekla.com

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Infra & Energy

;Energy companies: TEKLA Xpower;Municipalities: TEKLA Xcity:TEKLA Xstreet;Water Utilities: TEKLA Xpipe

The company also previously had a defense sector, but it was sold to Patria in April 2007.

Name

The name "Tekla" is a given name, used in the Nordic countries and in Poland. It is a form of the Greek word "Theokleia", which in turn is derived from "Theo" (God), and "kleia" (reputation). This can be interpreted as "praiser of God", or alternatively "famous through God". The name is in the Finnish and Swedish almanacs in memory of a woman, who was converted into Christianity by Paul the Apostle. The oldest recorded of its use is from 1725 in Sweden. However, in this case it is an abbreviation of the Finnish words "Tekninen Laskenta", which means technical computation.

External links

* [http://www.tekla.com/ The website of Tekla International]