Link a project to Trimble Connect

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Modified: 27 Jun 2025
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Link a project to Trimble Connect

You can link a Tekla PowerFab project to a related Trimble Connect project.

  1. On the Project Settings tab in the Project dialog, click Link.

    The Link Project to Trimble Connect dialog opens.

  2. Do either of the following:

    To

    Do this

    Link the job to an existing Trimble Connect project Select the desired project, and click Link Project.
    Create a new Trimble Connect project and link the job to it
    1. Click Add Project to Trimble Connect.

      The Add Users to Project dialog opens.

    2. Click the arrow buttons to move the users that participate in the project to the Included list.
    3. Click OK.

      Tekla PowerFab creates a Trimble Connect project with the same name and information as the current job.

      The Status dialog opens showing the creation process of the Trimble Connect project.

      A message appears when the project has been created successfully.

    4. Click OK to close the message.
    5. In Trimble Connect for Windows, press the Back button to exit the empty 3D view. In the Explorer side pane on the left, click the Add File button.
    6. In the Add Files dialog, browse to find the IFC model.
    7. Select the IFC model and click Open.

    The IFC model is imported to Trimble Connect for Windows.

    You can access the Trimble Connect project by clicking Open in the <Module> Job Edit dialog.

Unlink a project from Trimble Connect

  1. On the Project Settings tab in the Project dialog, click Link.

    The Link Project to Trimble Connect dialog opens.

  2. Click Unlink project.
  3. To close the dialog, click the Close button (X) in the upper-right corner.
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