CONNECTS DIRECTLY WITH YOUR DETAILING SOFTWARE
FABSTATION × ASSENT STEEL
See the model on the assembly. Catch the error before the weld.
FabStation overlays the 3D model on the physical assembly — every part, weld and dimension shown where it belongs, to millimetre accuracy. Errors surface at fit-up, not after weld is done. And because every AR check leaves a digital record, production visibility comes built in.
This is a working plan to make production status, material location and model access visible at shop-floor speed, without adding another system nobody uses.
Baselines findings from the discovery sessions
~1,500
Assembly updates per day, welded and non-welded
900
Shop to office queries a month, mostly dimensions
80
QC findings a week — about 4,160 a year
18–19
Production bays running in parallel
WATCH AR INSPECTION ON A FULL-SCALE ASSEMBLY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
AR-guided visual inspection closes the missing information gap
Assent’s QC logs around 80 findings a week for missing parts, wrong orientation, misplaced stiffeners, and most are found after welding, when rework costs double. The drawing was right. The model was right. The check against them came too late.
AR inspection moves that check to the assembly itself: the model projected 1:1 onto the assembly through a headset or tablet, accurate to ~1.5 mm, hands-free at the workface. Each verification captures photo evidence and a status update as a by-product — so production tracking improves without manual paperwork
CORE HYPOTHESIS
If inspection happens against the model, the record creates itself.
WHAT LEADERSHIP CAN UNLOCK
Model-on-steel dimensional inspection
The full fabrication model overlaid on the assembly for dimensional checks without tapes, drawings or a trip to detailing.
Error detection at fit-up
A missing part or misplaced stiffener is visible the moment the overlay goes up. Fix it at fit-up instead of fixing after the weld.
Digital movement and inspection records
Photo evidence and assembly history that hold up when a client or a hold list asks for them.
Inspection evidence that creates itself
Every AR check captures photo evidence and an assembly history that hold up when a client or a hold list asks.
CURRENT STATE AT ASSENT STEEL
Inspection is manual.
The paper trail goes nowhere.
Inspection is done using drawings, tape measures and handwritten reports at every stage. Each check creates paperwork, and the paperwork rarely reaches the hands that need it in time to act.
01
FABRICATION
02
QC / HOLD
03
BLASTING
04
PAINTING
05
GALVANIZING
06
YARD
07
DISPATCH
Checks along these stages are visual, from 2D drawings, and recorded manually
GAP 1
Errors found after the weld
Around 80 QC findings a week for missing parts, wrong orientation, misplaced stiffeners. Most were visible at fit-up but every one costs double once welded.
GAP 02
Disconnect between detailing and fabrication
The 3D model holds every answer, but it lives in the detailing office. On the floor it becomes printed sheets, tape measures and 900 queries a month.
GAP 03
Manual record keeping
Inspection reports live on paper and in Excel. The office reads where the steel was, not where it is — and holds are hard to recover once material moves on.
WHY THE CURRENT TOOLS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT
None of your current tools can see the build
This is not a discipline problem. Each of your tools fails for a reason, and each reason points at what the replacement has to do differently.
01EXCEL + PAPER
Records the check, not the assembly.
—Evidence typed up after the fact
—Status is outdated by the time it is read
—Updates go missing between shifts
022D DRAWINGS + TAPE
Every fitter only checks what they think matters.
—Checks only what the fitter thinks to measure
—A missing part is not on the sheet in hand
—Interpretation varies fitter to fitter
03BARCODES
Says where the assembly is, never whether it is right.
—Stickers hidden inside bundles
—Tedious to find QR codes under stacked assemblies
—GQR tags are destroyed during galvanizing
DESIGN PRINCIPLE
Inspect assemblies using 3D AR overlays. Reduce error and rework.
FABSTATION FILLS THE GAP
Verified in AR.
Every assembly built right the first time.
AR verification, model information, and production status in the same place the fabricator is already standing.
FabStation capabilities mapped to the gaps above.
AR verification at fit-up
CLOSES GAP 01
Errors found after the weld
The model overlaid 1:1 on the assembly at ~1.5 mm accuracy. A missing part or misplaced stiffener is visible the moment the overlay goes up — fixed before the weld, not after paint.
Overlay on
→Deviation flagged
→Fixed before weld
Model access at the workface
CLOSES GAP 02
The model never reaches the steel
Dimensions and clarifications read straight off the model at the assembly — the 900 monthly queries answered at the bay, with status updates created as a by-product.
Digital forms
CLOSES GAP 03
Manual records
RFAs, QC records and signatures captured with photo evidence, so a hold, a release and a revision all leave a trail you can recover.
RFA raised — photo attached
Hold applied — bay 7, signed
Released to blasting — timestamped
Complete 3D view of assembly + measuring dimensions
Find errors directly on the assembly using AR inspection
YOUR SINGLE CONNECTED WORKSPACE
PORTAL
Stage status, hold list and audit trail across every bay.
SHOP FLOOR APP
Model, drawings and tracker updates at the assembly.
DEVICE MIX
AR inspection on two devices.
One workflow.
Every device runs the same model overlay. AR headset delivers millimetre-grade, hands-free verification; the tablet carries the same AR checks to every fitter across 18–19 bays.
iPad Pro
HoloLens 2
Magic Leap
AR ON IPAD PRO
~12 mm
Visual accuracy — every fitter, every bay
Overlay checks at every fit-up
Missing parts and placement errors flagged
Orientation verified against the model
Inspection evidence captured in the check
Fast adoption across shop-floor roles
AR ON HEADSET
~1.5 mm
AR accuracy — millimetre-grade verification
Dimensional inspection to ~1.5 mm
Foreman and QC sign-off in AR
Complex assemblies verified part by part
Hands-free — both hands on the steel
Weld-critical and hold-point checks
Working product accuracy figures. Validate by use case, environment and calibration.
