FabTrol Insights

Experience the benefits of old school paper and spreadsheet drawing logs without the tedious data entry.

Once upon a time (and to this day in some shops) steel fabricators maintained drawing logs on paper, by hand.  For most fabricators this moved to a spreadsheet but they continued to rely on a human hand to enter every new revision and status-changing action.  While tedious, this delivered huge benefits.  Anyone could find the project notebook (which typically included other information such as RFIs) and discover at a glance what the latest revision was supposed to be and when/whether drawings were sent out for approval and approved. Moving into the 90’s the spreadsheet version could be accessed on the network or at least shared via email so no one had to leave their desk or ask for the book to be delivered to their physical in-box.

FabTrol Pro automatically updates the status of drawing revisions as they are imported and based on the purpose for which they are transmitted and received.  You go about the business of importing the drawings and subsequent revisions, and sending and receiving them for various purposes.  FabTrol Pro automatically logs the impact of these actions, noting when revisions occurred and automatically updating drawing statuses as your communication indicates this is appropriate. FabTro Pro makes all of this available at a glance in an easy to use drawing log, automatically providing the old school value without concerns about whether or not someone remembered to update the log.

This functionality is also available to steel detailers in FabTrol Rev.

To learn more about how simple it is to manage drawings and communication with the engineer, architect, customer, general contractor and your sub-contractors, watch the following video: FabTrol Instant Access.