early christian saint . tekla corporation type private industry computer software founded 1966 1966 headquarters espoo finland area served worldwide products see software listing revenue 57.8 million euros 2010 owner trimble navigation number of employees approximately 700 website www.tekla.com tekla corporation is a software engineering corporation specializing in model based software products for building construction and infrastructure management . the company was founded in 1966 . 1 its head office is in espoo finland and the company was listed on the helsinki stock exchange from may 2000 until february 2012 . in may 2011 california based business technology specialist trimble navigation announced a public tender offer to acquire tekla for 450 million . 2 the acquisition was completed in february 2012 . 3 contents 1 name 2 software 2.1 tekla structures 2.2 tekla bimsight 3 see also 4 references 5 external links name edit the name tekla is a given name used in the nordic countries in poland and in georgia . however in this case it is an abbreviation of the finnish words teknillinen laskenta which means technical computation . 1 software edit tekla structures edit main article tekla structures tekla structures is 3d building information modeling bim software used in the building and construction industries for steel and concrete detailing precast and cast in situ . the software enables users to create and manage 3d structural models in concrete or steel and guides them through the process from concept to fabrication . 4 the process of shop drawing creation is automated . along with the creation of cnc files files for controlling reinforcement bending machines controlling precast concrete manufacturing importing in plm systems etc. tekla structures is available in different configurations and localised environments to suit different segment and culture specific needs ; version 20 was released in 2014 . 5 tekla bimsight edit tekla bimsight is a software application for building information model based construction project collaboration . it can import models from other bim applications using the industry foundation classes ifc format also dwg and dgn . with tekla bimsight users can perform spatial co ordination clash or conflict checking to avoid design and constructability issues and communicate with others in their construction project by sharing models and notes . 6 see also edit comparison of cad editors for cae advance steel advance concrete references edit a b tekla milestones . tekla milestones . tekla . retrieved 6 august 2012 . trimble navigation makes 450 million offer for tekla corp . business excellence . retrieved 6 august 2012 . trimble finland has acquired title to all shares in tekla corporation . stock exchange release february 10 2012 . reuters . retrieved 6 august 2012 . tekla international tekla structures . construction software review . 2020software . com . retrieved 6 august 2012 . tekla structures 20 . 17 july 2014 . wilkes stuart . tekla bimsight 1.2 . aec magazine . retrieved 6 august 2012 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to tekla . tekla user assistance tekla bimsight xsteeler bim forums tekla campus access to download tekla structures learning edition a free student license . tekla project training v t e building information modeling bim companies autodesk archibus buildingsmart data design system tekla vectorworks nemetschek graitec trimble software current autodesk revit archicad codebook dds cad digital project openstudio rfem tekla structures tekla bimsight trimble sketchup vico office navisworks microstation vectorworks architect allplan graitec advance idea architectural fine mep visualarq historic rucaps sonata reflex related topics 3d bim 4d bim 5d bim 6d bim bs 1192 computer aided design cobie geometric modeling kernel industry foundation classes retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tekla & oldid 733641491 categories companies based in espoocompanies established in 1966software companies of finlandcomputer aided design softwarebuilding information modelingcomputer aided engineering softwareproduct lifecycle managementfinnish brandshidden categories commons category without a link on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch fran aisitaliano suomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 9 august 2016 at 05 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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