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A Python server that drives an open Tekla model: selection, components, UDAs, clash checks, reports and drawing lists. By teknovizier.

62 starsUpdated 13 days agoGitHub data from 5 Nov 2026

At a glance

Type: MCP server
Works with: Tekla Structures
How it connects: Drives a running copy of the tool
Access: Read-only or read-write (configurable)
Tool versions: Tested with Tekla Structures 2022 and 2026; other versions not supported by the author
Operating systems: Windows
Needs a Tekla Structures licence: Yes
Transport: Local (stdio)
AI clients documented: Claude Desktop, DeepChat, Goose
Licence: GPL-3.0
Language: Python

What it can do

Selects parts by class, profile, material, phase, saved filter or GUID, then reads or edits their properties and user-defined attributes.
Inserts, modifies and removes Tekla components on the selection, mapping plain names such as "concrete cover thickness" to component attributes, with a lifting-anchor handler that places anchors from the element's weight and centre of gravity.
Runs clash checks, report templates and macros, and places beams, columns, panels and slabs.
Lists, updates, issues, prints and exports drawings, and checks open drawings for unmarked objects and unattached dimensions.
Exposes catalogs, phases, grids, filters and your own project context notes as MCP resources.

Limitations

Tekla Structures must be running with a model open, and the server must point at its bin folder.
Five JSON configuration files have to be copied from samples and adapted to your Tekla classes and component catalog before first use.
A Python package named clr can clash with the .NET bridge; the quickstart says to rename or delete it.

Install

uv pip install -r requirements.txt

Source: github.com/teknovizier/tekla_mcp_server/blob/main/docs/quickstart.md

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tekla-mcp": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["C:\\path\\to\\tekla_mcp_server\\src\\tekla_mcp_server\\mcp_server.py"],
      "env": {
        "TEKLA_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "INFO",
        "TEKLA_MCP_LOG_FILE_PATH": "C:\\path\\to\\mcp_server.log",
        "TEKLA_MCP_CONFIG_DIR": "C:\\path\\to\\tekla_mcp_server\\config"
      }
    }
  }
}

Source: github.com/teknovizier/tekla_mcp_server/blob/main/docs/quickstart.md

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