Import labor information to Tekla PowerFab

To import labor information from a text file to Tekla PowerFab, do the following:

Users with administrator rights need to grant the relevant access rights for other users on the Company Standards tab in File > Administration. See Manage user permissions.

Go to File > Import.

The Import dialog opens.
In the navigation tree on the left, select Labor > ASCII.
Click ....
In the Open dialog, browse to find the text file that you want to import.
Select the file and click Open.
Click Import.
If you have created multiple labor databases, in the Select Shop Setup dialog, select the labor database to which you want to import the labor information.
Click OK.
In the confirmation dialog, do one of the following:
- To confirm deleting the current labor information and replacing it entirely with the imported information, click Yes.
- To only replace the information included in the imported file, click No.
  Use this option to import text files that only contain part of the labor information.
In the Import dialog, view the status of the import process.

If necessary, you can view the import details and errors in a text file by clicking the Open Import Log button.
To close the dialog, click the Close button (X) in the upper-right corner.