I expect the forces to appear in Tekla's member UDA End Conditions as shown in the the FAQ article 3.3 Data Transfer from Dlubal to Tekla, but they do not - these properties remain empty.
Members are transferring just fine. If I import the analytical part, the end conditions for analytical member in Tekla are getting transferred too:
I've tried different RFEM models, different RFEM 6 versions (6.10, 6.12, 6.13), different Tekla Structures versions (2023, 2024 and 2025) and latest available service packs for each - nothing works. This does not depend on the RFEM model - I've created a clean one with a few members and tried import data from it. Members import fine, forces do not.
When importing the model, I have an opened view in RFEM with internal forces shown.
Did anybody have any luck importing member forces from RFEM 6 to Tekla? I'd appreciate any help I can get on the topic.
this seems not to work independently of the RFEM Version. I forwarded the issue to our development team.
For now, only the Member No. and Nodes No. is imported into Tekla. So you could use this information as a workaround to check the support forces.
Hide the model inside the display navigator. So only the support forces are visible.
Right-click in the working space and export 3D Scene to DXF
Upload the DXF to Trimble Connect.
This works if you are using the same global coordinate system in RFEM and Tekla. Depending on the model, it might be easier to display support forces in X, Y, and Z in separate files so you can turn on and off necessary information.
Thank you for looking into this! Please, let me know when it gets resolved. If you had created a ticket for this, please, send me a link.
The suggested workarounds will not work in this case.
I'm consulting for a large engineering company. They are developing a plugin that automatically selects and places a joint in Tekla based on the member sizes and internal forces. My task is to select a design suite that can design concrete/steel/timber, is fast, intuitive and allows for a fast exchange information with Tekla, including, but not limited to those design forces.
Their engineers are familiar with RFEM, so it seems like a good choice. We should be able to get these forces with some additional scripting using RFEM API if we end up to follow this road. Or some kind of excel export/import with a bit of scripting on top. If you have any other suggestions - let me know.
A large number of other design suites provide this functionality from the box and, therefore before presenting my findings, I had to be sure RFEM does not and it's not me doing something wrong.
