Learn Tekla PowerFab

Find your path for learning the basics and boosting your skills.

Each learning path is specifically designed to meet the needs of different user groups, for example, new users, steel detailers, concrete contractors, bridge designers, structural engineers, etc. You can go through the learning paths in your own pace.


Learning content

Below we present available courses. Click each card to find out more.

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Tekla PowerFab
  This course covers the fundamentals of Tekla PowerFab, a suite of Trimble products - Tekla PowerFab Office, Tekla PowerFab Go, Trimble Connect and Tekla Structures Graphite - connected together to provide a platform, teaching steel fabricators how to: ● manage their projects and workflows in desktop and mobile applications;  ● access the centralized database and share information across the entire project team; 
 
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Tekla EPM logo
  This learning path is intended for new Tekla PowerFab users. You will learn the concepts of the software, estimating and how to create labor overviews, rates and tax groups, reports and proposals. You will also be familiar with integration options, shapes, grades, sizes and basic settings like currencies, company standards and document index.  

Video tutorials

Below you can find available video tutorials. You can filter the content according to the functionality in the software.

You can now set a default Paint System to be used on new Estimates. For Cleaning Systems, you can now add new Cleaning types rather than choosing from the existing static list.…
You can now add Purchasing Notes to Requisitions and Purchase Orders on a line by line basis. This allows for expanded detail to be added to RFQs and Purchase Orders, which can be…
It is important to provide shop workers with relevant information when they need it. Thus, you can now view relevant part drawings on cut lists also in Tekla PowerFab Go.…
Learn how to create your Trimble Identity, request to join your organization, accept an invitation, and access your Tekla software subscription licenses.    
Many of our plate nesting integrations now use an Extension to send work orders to their nesting solution.  In this video we'll walk thru the initial steps in setting up an…
How to setup address book.
Introduction to admin settings and creating user's/permissions.
This video shows you how to attach MTR (heat) documents.
Steel fabricators do not just ship fabricated steel work, they also ship raw inventory materials. This could be steel items such as angles and flat bar, consumable items such as…
The drawing log portion of Project Management has now been expanded to allow you to host all types of drawings in a more flexible way. You can now add logs for parts, general…
You now have greater flexibility to track parts and assemblies through stations and routes on the shop floor with Tekla PowerFab 2020. Once the tracked parts have been processed…
You can now enter and edit estimating data based on a cost code. By establishing cost codes at the estimating stage of your project, you have better summary reporting of your…
You can view and assess the impact of changes caused by importing new or revised drawings or bills of materials into Tekla PowerFab. Before the actual import, you can view a…
When importing revised PowerFab eXchange files from Tekla Structures, you can now view the changes in Trimble Connect. The comparison model created can interact with the…
Change orders now are aligned with cost structure and can be imported directly from an estimate. The project managers have greater control and clarity of the costs, broken down to…
How to setup company information.

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