Welcome to the Free Grasshopper Tekla Tutorials—a series of hands-on workshops designed to elevate your skills in Tekla Structures. Each workshop provides access to downloadable materials, including scripts and presentations, allowing you to apply what you learn directly to your projects. Led by seasoned Tekla experts, these sessions cover a wide range of topics—from reinforcement detailing and steel connections to prefabrication workflows, drawing automation, and custom component creation. Select a workshop and begin transforming your designs now!
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1. 5 Easy Steps to Start with Grasshopper Tekla Live Link
Begin your journey into parametric design by mastering the Grasshopper-Tekla Live Link. This workshop provides a step-by-step guide to setting up and utilizing the live link, enabling you to integrate Grasshopper into your Tekla workflows effectively.
2. Automate Your Reinforcement in Tekla Using Grasshopper
Discover how to streamline the creation of reinforcement in Tekla Structures. This workshop teaches you to use Grasshopper for automating complex reinforcement tasks, saving time and reducing manual errors.
3. Create Your Own Tekla Custom Components Using Grasshopper
Learn to develop custom components in Tekla without any coding. This session demonstrates how Grasshopper can be used to create flexible components for various structural elements, enhancing your modeling capabilities.
4. Automate Drawings in Tekla Structures
Automate the generation of drawings in Tekla Structures using Grasshopper. This workshop covers practical applications and provides scripts to help you reduce the time spent on manual drawing tasks.
5. 7 Game-Changing Grasshopper Applications for Tekla in Building Projects
Explore seven innovative ways to apply Grasshopper in building projects. From quality assurance to automating user-defined attributes, this workshop showcases real-world examples to enhance your engineering efficiency.
6. 7 Revolutionary Grasshopper Scripts for Bridge Design in Tekla
Delve into bridge design automation with seven powerful Grasshopper scripts. This session demonstrates how to handle complex geometries, reinforcement, and drawing automation in bridge projects.
7. Automating Prefabrication with Tekla & Grasshopper – Practical Use Cases
Learn to automate the creation of prefab elements in Tekla. This workshop presents practical case studies and workflows to enhance your prefabrication processes using Grasshopper.
8. Automating Rebar Drawings in Tekla with Grasshopper
Speed up rebar drawing creation in Tekla Structures. This session, featuring expert insights, teaches you to connect Tekla with Grasshopper to automate tedious rebar detailing tasks.
9. SOON: Automating Tekla Drawings for Bridge Design - Total Parametric Workflow
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to design and document a bridge in Tekla Structures using a fully parametric workflow.
Sebastian Lindholm and Gabriel Neves from Trimble, together with Grzegorz Olszewski — the mind behind the Grasshopper-Tekla Drawing Link — will walk you through the entire process, from concept to detailed documentation, all powered by parametric design.
10. SOON: The Brand New Way To Automate Designing Steel Connections - Tekla Structures + Grasshopper + Idea Statica
Automate steel connection design in Tekla Structures. Nathan Luke will showcase a new workflow using Grasshopper and IDEA StatiCa to speed up your design process — complete with ready-to-use Grasshopper files.
11. SOON: What’s New in Tekla Grasshopper Link 2025
Discover what’s new in Tekla Grasshopper Live Link 2025. Trimble developers — Simon Iversen and Sebastian Lindholm — will showcase the latest features, including rebar sets, welds, and chamfers, and share sample Grasshopper scripts for you to test yourself.
12. SOON: 4 Steps To Automate Tekla With Grasshopper - The Ultimate Beginner’s Masterclass
Take your first steps in automating Tekla with Grasshopper! This practical course will help you create your first script without stress, automate tedious tasks, and start your programming journey — in a simple and accessible way.
13. SOON: Automating Drawings in Tekla Structures - Like Cheating, But Totally Legal
Stop clicking through Tekla like it’s AutoCAD! Grzegorz Olszewski, creator of the Grasshopper Drawing Link, will show you how to automate drawing creation, save time, and focus on the engineering you truly enjoy. You’ll also get ready-to-use Grasshopper files to take home.
