Enhanced workflow integration, production scheduling and ABM workflows streamline operations.
Trimble has announced Tekla PowerFab steel fabrication management system version 2025. With improved workflow integration, updated production scheduling, and advanced bill of materials (ABM) enhancements, Tekla PowerFab supports more efficient operations and better connectivity in steel detailing and fabrication.
Integration improvements between Tekla PowerFab 2025 and Tekla Structures 2025 remove the need for manual file exports and imports, reducing errors and improving project visibility. In the new version, the Tekla Structures Connector allows fabricators to share their profile catalog with detailers, ensuring that only compatible materials and finishes are used in detailing. Real-time validation through automated submittals at all project stages helps reduce errors and improve collaboration, supporting Tekla’s role in steel detailing and fabrication management.
Interactive production planning
The new web-based interactive scheduling tool in Tekla PowerFab 2025 offers a week-based capacity planning tool by hours or weight, accommodating various planning levels. The production planner supports planning across multiple workshops and facilities with interfaces for both basic and detailed planning. It allows for future job scheduling, which is an essential feature for sales and project management teams, and adjusts capacity based on shifts and subcontractor utilization.
ABM improvements
The latest version of Tekla PowerFab includes ABM improvements to accommodate frequent changes faced by steel fabricators. With the Tekla Structures Connector, Tekla PowerFab 2025 enhances control and visibility over ABM numbering and change management, simplifying the process for detailers and fabricators.
Simplified work package management
The 2025 updates to Tekla PowerFab enhance the work package management features introduced in the 2024i release for better production control. This added the ability to create and manage work packages that comprise all relevant information, making issuing work to fabrication a seamless process. As an important step towards workflow integration, Tekla PowerFab offers priority-based digital work package management and the ability to use work packages in the mobile interface, Tekla PowerFab Go, to remotely navigate to the next work package from the PowerFab Go interface.
Better insight for efficient purchasing
Turning data into insights, Tekla PowerFab provides a variety of productivity dashboards. The latest addition offers an up-to-date visualization of the purchasing data within Tekla PowerFab. This provides insight into historical trends and current purchasing statuses, benefiting procurement, project management and the financial department.
AI-powered Trimble Assistant for Tekla
A new AI-powered Trimble Assistant for Tekla is available as a web app in Tekla User Assistance. It provides accurate and concise answers to users’ questions on Tekla products — Tekla Structures, Tekla Structural Designer, Tekla Tedds or Tekla PowerFab — by using the Tekla User Assistance knowledge base.
For more information, visit trimble.com.
