The Advanced Scribing for Tekla is one of the most interesting plug-ins for the structural steel industry in combination with CNC controlled machines. Advanced Scribing / layout marking for Tekla has proven itself at many steel construction companies. The application is able to generate scribing lines / layout marking on steel profiles and plates. It allows CNC-machines to produce more efficient due to its unique and flexible features. This solution is also compatible with Tekla Project Viewer.
Advanced Scribing for Tekla has a lot of useful functionalities like scribing full or partial contours and even pop-marks to indicate the position of the parts that have to be welded. Steel fabrication companies describe it as a NC marking lines optimizer, steel marking or metal marking solution. Additional information such as the item number and even the relevant mark number can be scribed. Optionally, it is possible to indicate what type of scribing has to be used for different profiles. This way it is possible to scribe all steel I-profiles with a full contour and all steel U-profiles with a pop-mark. In this way you can optimize marking lines or scribing lines.

Minimal production time by using scribing

A punching and shearing system or a drilling and sawing system is able to easily place a pop-mark on a steel profile with the drilling tip or punch. Also plate processing systems with a cutting and drilling unit can easily place these pop-marks. The production output will increase and the machine downtime is reduced to a minimum because changing tools is not necessary. All scribing is done fully automatically (DSTV-files), so failure costs are also reduced to a minimum because information is transported 1-on-1.
Scribing information from Advanced Scribing for Tekla can be send to all scribing machines, for example Kaltenbach, Ficep, Voortman, Daito, Behringer and Peddinghaus.
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Alignment on holes in plates
Additional lines can be added located at the position of holes. If for example a plate with holes is welded to the main part, lines will be set on the main part perpendicular to the holes on the secondary part. If scribing on secondary parts is active, a line will be placed on the secondary part for improved alignment.
The amount of scribed lines can be minimized by drawing them under the welded surface, this is a setting in the Advanced Scribing for Tekla.