TEDDS
Automates structural calculations while producing fully documented, checkable output
What it is
About TEDDS
TEDDS (from Tekla/Trimble) automates common structural engineering calculations — beams, columns, foundations, connections — against design codes such as Eurocodes or British Standards, and produces transparent, editable calculation reports that can be checked and submitted as part of a design package. It saves engineers from repetitive manual hand-calculations while keeping the working fully auditable, unlike a black-box tool.
What you can do with it
Capabilities
Automate structural calculations for beams, columns, and foundations
Check designs against Eurocodes or British Standards
Generate clear, auditable calculation reports for design packages
Customise or write new calculation templates
Integrate outputs into wider structural design documentation
How to learn it
Learning Resources
Tekla/Trimble's official TEDDS documentation and training
Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) resources on structural software
University structural engineering courses that include TEDDS training
Practise by running a simple beam design calculation and checking it by hand
Pro Tip
Always sanity-check a TEDDS output against a quick hand calculation on your first few uses — it builds the judgement needed to spot when an input assumption (not the software) has gone wrong.
Skills that use this tool
Roles that use this tool