covert TEKLA model to other formats

[ImagineerGr]

Hi there,

BASIC IDEA:
-----------
I want to export a TEKLA model (small steel structure with connections etc...) and import it to a FEA program such as ANSYS. I can easily design complex steel structures and connections with TEKLA, so the basic idea is to export the geometry from TEKLA and import it to a FEA program.


I want to export the Tekla model to a format that will be imported from ANSYS (for example .sat , .STEP etc).

I tried to export the TEKLA model to a 3D dwg model but the 3D model is not quite solid, it is structured from closed lines and polylines but this thing is not quite a solid so I can import it to ANSYS.

I tried several programs for this transformation such as TransMagic R7, Cadfix 7.1 without any result.

Any ideas to make this transformation work?

Thanks in advance.