Custom Tekla Structures and Tekla PowerFab integrations built to automate workflows and maximize data efficiency.

LTC Software Solutions delivers Tekla Open API development services that enable structural engineering firms and steel fabricators to extend the capabilities of Tekla Structures and Tekla PowerFab / EPM. With over 20 years of Tekla experience, our team develops custom tools, automation scripts, integrations, and reporting solutions that improve workflow efficiency and operational visibility.

Whether you require advanced model automation, custom data extraction, or PowerFab reporting enhancements, we build solutions that align with your fabrication and detailing processes.

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Problems We Solve

Streamlined Power Apps Development

Microsoft Power Platform utilizing a suite of apps, services, connectors and data platforms that provides a rapid application development environment to build custom apps for a business’s needs. Our team uses this platform to build custom business apps that connect a business’s data stored either in the underlying data platform – such as Microsoft Dataverse- or in various online and on-premises data sources including SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, SQL Server, etc.

Tekla Structures Open API Customization

The Tekla Open API allows custom applications to interact directly with model and drawing objects in Tekla Structures.

Tekla Structures Open API, also known as Tekla Open API, provides an interface for different kinds of applications to interact with model and drawing objects in Tekla Structures. Tekla Structures is BIM software for structural design and detailing.

LTC has over 20 years of experience working with Tekla and extensive knowledge of how to take full advantage of the API. Our team is able to help your company create custom tools, scripts, and reports in Tekla that help your business run more efficiently and consistently.

We design and develop:

Our solutions streamline detailing processes, reduce manual errors, and enhance production consistency.

  • Custom automation scripts
  • Model visualization tools

  • Report generation tools

  • UDA (User Defined Attribute) automation

  • ABM, RFI and NOC tracking solutions

  • Integrations with other systems

  • Custom components

  • Workflow optimization utilities

Tekla PowerFab / EPM Open API Development

LTC helps steel fabricators maximize the value of Tekla PowerFab / EPM through custom integration and automation.

We support:

Our development ensures minimal operational disruption while enhancing data accessibility and reporting precision.

  • Custom Components

  • Custom reporting and Crystal Reports modification

  • Integrations with other systems

  • ODBC data exports to Microsoft Excel

  • Estimation reporting enhancements

  • Workflow and reporting optimization within Tekla PowerFab

  • Custom-built fabrication management tools

What they say

“We started working with LTC over 2 years ago, and they have helped us customize numerous reports from Tekla.

Being able to customize these reports, gives SME a huge advantage by providing the relevant information each department requires to execute our projects with precision – while saving us time and effort looking for what we need.

They have become an extension of our team, understanding our process and able to see the opportunity within Tekla to ultimately improve our experience – I have even recommended LTC to all companies across the SME industries team for future projects. if you are looking for a good structure team who takes the time to understand your needs look no further, LTC has what you need.”

Orlando Santos
SME | Director of Purchasing, Production Control & Scheduling

Industries and Organizations We Support

We work directly with production managers, estimators, project managers, and technical leadership teams seeking automation and process optimization.

We support:

  • Structural steel fabricators

  • Steel detailing firms

  • Structural engineering companies

  • Industrial manufacturing facilities

  • EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) firms

  • Workflow and reporting optimization within Tekla PowerFab

  • Commercial construction contractors

Example Projects

  • OPEX – Tool for creating reports, packages, automating UDA inputs, model visualization, and the visual tracking of ABM, RFI’s, and NOC’s.
  • Guard Rail – Automation tool to create Railings in Model based on user-defined attributes

Tekla PowerFab / EPM Open API

Tekla PowerFab / EPM Open API is comprehensive steel fabrication management software. Whether your firm is using the entire suite or just certain modules of PowerFab / EPM, LTC is able to help you maximize the value of your investment.

LTC has helped fabricators that transitioned from FabTrol and FabSuite to recreate integrations and reports in PowerFab / EPM so that their teams are able to keep functioning with minimal disruption. Additionally, LTC builds custom tools from the ground up, allowing steel fabricators to gain more efficiency and value from the vast amounts of data within PowerFab / EPM than they otherwise are able.

Example Projects

  • Report Generator Tool – Used for customizing reports/data needed in the estimation reports
  • Custom Crystal Reports: Quick modification of the existing reports within Tekla PowerFab / EPM.
  • Data Exports – Extraction of data within Tekla PowerFab / EPM to Microsoft Excel via ODBC.

When your business requires technology that scales with ambition, LTC Software Solutions delivers.

Case Study

LTC Software Solutions has worked with steel fabricators to create custom reports and automation tools within Tekla Structures, Tekla EPM, and Tekla PowerFab.

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Why Choose LTC Software Solutions?

LTC Software Solutions brings over two decades of hands-on experience working with Tekla Structures and Tekla PowerFab environments. We understand the operational demands of structural steel fabrication, detailing workflows, and production management systems.

Our Tekla development services are built to eliminate manual processes, improve model accuracy, and enhance reporting visibility across your organization. Whether you’re optimizing fabrication workflows or integrating custom API tools, we deliver practical solutions that drive measurable efficiency.

  • Deep Tekla Expertise: Over 20 years of hands-on experience with Tekla Structures and PowerFab.

  • Automation-Driven Approach: We build tools that reduce manual processes and improve production speed.

  • Seamless System Integration: Custom API development that aligns with your existing fabrication workflows.

  • Hybrid Delivery Model: Cost-efficient engineering with U.S.-based project oversight

  • LTC Global Ecosystem Advantage: As part of the LTC Global ecosystem, we bring cross-industry digital engineering experience. When broader system integration or advanced analytics are required, we collaborate with AVI8 to align Tekla environments with enterprise data strategies.

Tekla Open API allows developers to build custom tools and applications that interact directly with Tekla Structures model and drawing data.

Yes. We develop custom automation scripts, reporting tools, and integrations tailored to fabrication and detailing workflows.

Yes. We build custom integrations and reporting solutions using Tekla PowerFab / EPM Open API and ODBC connections.

Yes. We assist fabricators transitioning to Tekla PowerFab by recreating critical integrations and reporting structures.

Automation reduces manual data entry, improves reporting accuracy, accelerates model updates, and enhances production tracking.

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