For the newbie this post shows how to set up a Tekla Project.

Let us assume that you are creating a WPF desktop Application.

1. Go to Visual Studio.
2. Create a new WPF project.

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1. Next you need to add references to Tekla DLLs. They are contained at this location on my PC. C:\Program Files\Tekla Structures\19.1\nt\bin\plugins\ .They may be in a different version on yours.

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1. The fourth and final step is to add directives and to then get coding.

Some common directives and aliases that I use:

I hope this post helps you!