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Software for steel fabricators made simple - Tekla PowerFab

Make better decisions, eliminate errors and deliver quality on time.

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Unleash the power of truly connected steel fabrication management

Tekla PowerFab is a comprehensive software suite that provides a systematic, collaborative approach for managing your fabrication. Developed specifically for steel fabricators, it delivers a smooth, continuous, and real-time flow of information on projects from start to finish.

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Complete and connected steel fabrication management

Estimate

Use our accurate and reliable estimation program to bid on more projects and with more confidence.

Manage projects

Bring your schedules, job progress, drawing control, and change management together in one straightforward system.

Nesting

Reduce waste and only spend money on the materials you need with a built-in material optimization engine: create cut lists.

Purchasing

Make purchasing material for your jobs easier with our digital requisitions and purchase ordering system.

Inventory control

Regain control of your yard and maximize material usage with automated inventory management.

Production control

Plan, manage and track your entire fabrication with our user-friendly and comprehensive production control interface.

Shop floor

Record your fabrication progress in real-time and with full traceability through every step of your workshop.

Shipping

Ensure materials are delivered to the site on time with shipping planning and tracking tools.

Dashboards

Monitor productivity and efficiency levels in your workshop in real-time with our interactive dashboards.

Why Tekla PowerFab?

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Connect and share with ease

Model-derived data ensures error-free purchasing and fabrication, providing a single source of information to align all of your departments.

Simple and user-friendly

Consistent user interfaces make learning and implementation easy.

Make key decisions, anywhere

By utilizing the most current information, you can make highly informed and effective decisions. With safe and secure mobile tools, you can work on the move.

Effective visual collaboration

All parties can view and communicate the status of the model view in real-time.

Traceability and quality

Comprehensively track quality assurance inspections and materials within the connected inventory and production systems.

Manage your steel fabrication efficiently with Tekla PowerFab

Unleash the power of truly connected steel fabrication management

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Return on Investment

What's in it for me? ROI matters

No one ever buys anything without considering whether it will be worth trading a certain amount of cash for it.

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What's new in Tekla PowerFab 2021i

What's new in Tekla PowerFab 2021i

Join this webinar to see how the newest version of Tekla PowerFab offers new development focused on material nesting solutions, better managing shipping schedules, and more.

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Introduction to Tekla PowerFab

Introduction to Tekla PowerFab

This full fabrication management information solution (MIS) enables steel fabricators to use powerful, real-time visualization and collaboration tools to manage operations better than ever.

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How to Effectively Manage Data Flow in the Steel Fabrication Process

How to effectively manage data flow

Keeping everyone informed on updates and changes is essential on any fabrication project, and can help avoid miscommunication. Working with real-time, 3D data can be difficult and missing the mark leads to costly mistakes.

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Bennett Steel increases production tenfold

Tekla PowerFab brings transformative results to Bennett Steel: increased production by tenfold, full traceability, accelerated work for field crews and more profitable projects.

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Powerful integration with software and equipment

Tekla PowerFab offers an open interface and is designed to interact and exchange data with various software systems and technologies. You can also build your own productivity tools using the Tekla PowerFab Open API™ programming interface for seamless data transfer. Interact and exchange data with various software systems and technologies, such as:

Machinery:

Detailing:

Nesting, barcode and others:

Controlled Automation

Peddinghaus

Ficep

Steel Solutions

Voortman

 

 

 

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Advance Steel

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Radley Corporation

P2 Programs

ProNest

ShopData Systems

SigmaNEST

Soft Scan / SoftSteel

Infra-Metals

Trimble Viewpoint

Tekla PowerFab 2024

What's new in Tekla PowerFab 2024

Improve communication from office to shop and across the external project parties.

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Ricky Horton
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The best benefit that we see is that everybody has access to the data in real-time. That allows us to react and be more efficient and more cost-effective.

— Ricky Horton

VP of Finance and Administration, McCombs Steel

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