One Project.
Two Live Views.
Build and edit any weld project as an indented tree or a visual flowchart — the same data, editable from either view — and paste a BOM straight from Tekla or most CAD packages to build the whole structure in seconds. All on an on-premise appliance you own.
One Source of Truth, Two Ways to Build It
Weld project structure software models a fabrication project — its assemblies, parts and the joints between them — so every weld and work entry has a place to live and a traceable path up to the finished piece. A weld project's structure — assemblies, sub-assemblies, parts and the joints that connect them — is the backbone every capture, qualification and audit trail hangs from. Elenchon holds that structure as a single source of truth and lets you author it two ways: an indented tree for detailed, one-off work, or an editable flowchart for standardized, repeatable structures. Edit either view and the other updates instantly — no import, export, or conversion step. It is the sovereign, excellence-first standard for weld project structure — one source of truth, authored your way, on hardware you own.
Two Editable Views, One Model
Switch whenever you want — because they are two windows onto the same project, not two copies.
Different projects want different views. Elenchon gives you both, over one underlying structure, so nobody is forced into a layout that doesn't fit the job.
- Switch views at will: Every project is editable as a Tree or a Flowchart, toggled with one click. Edits in one view appear instantly in the other.
- Tree view: A clear, left-indented project tree for detailed and bespoke one-off structures such as ships or custom assemblies.
- Flowchart view: A visual, drag-to-connect editor for standardized, highly repeatable project structures.
- Repeatable batches: Define an assembly once and deploy identical copies in quantity — welds defined once apply to every copy.
BOM Import from Tekla & Most CAD
Turn an afternoon of data entry into a single paste.
Your bill of materials already exists in someone else's CAD output. Elenchon takes it as-is and builds your project structure from it, without retyping.
- Copy straight from your BOM: Paste out of Tekla or most CAD packages into an Excel-like grid, adjusting the column mapping by hand if needed — no special export format required.
- Automatic column detection: Elenchon detects and maps every field, so material, profile and quantity land where they belong.
- Structure built in seconds: The paste becomes a full project structure ready to capture against — an afternoon of data entry done in one step.
- Guided by hand, too: The paste is an accelerator, not the only door — you can always build or adjust the structure manually.
Edit In-Progress Projects Safely
Real projects change — the structure bends without breaking the record.
Fabrication rarely goes exactly to plan. Elenchon lets you evolve a live project while protecting everything already captured against it.
- Add and remove as you go: Extend an in-progress project by adding nodes, or clear out empty ones, without starting over.
- Automatic node locking: Any node that already contains captured work is locked and protected, so history can't be silently rewritten.
- Heat-number propagation: Base material carried in from the BOM lets heat numbers attach and propagate down the tree for full traceability.
Your Project Data Never Leaves the Shop
Most project-tracking tools are cloud tools: your structures, BOMs and drawings live on someone else's server, behind someone else's outages. Elenchon is the opposite — a containerized appliance installed in your facility, fully under your jurisdiction.
- Absolute data ownership: Project structures stay on your physical hardware. Cancel anytime and keep view-only access for audits.
- No forced updates, no cloud dependency: A vendor cloud outage can never lock you out of your own projects — they live on your appliance, not someone else's server.
- Secure remote access, optional: Reach the app from home or the field through Phrakton, our secure network overlay — while the appliance stays off the public internet.
Project Structure & BOM Import, Answered
How Elenchon builds weld project structure from your BOM, two ways, on your own hardware.
Can I import a BOM from Tekla or another CAD tool?
Yes. Copy your BOM straight out of Tekla or most CAD packages and paste it into an Excel-like grid. Elenchon auto-detects the columns and maps every field — and you can correct the mapping by hand at import, so even a format it does not recognise goes in cleanly. No special export format needed.
Can I edit a project after work has started?
Yes. You can add nodes or remove empty ones on an in-progress project, while any node that already contains captured work is automatically locked and protected — so the structure evolves without rewriting history.
Does it handle repeatable batches and one-offs?
Both. Define an assembly once and deploy identical copies in quantity for batch production, or build a fully bespoke tree for a one-off — welds defined once on a repeated assembly apply to every copy.
What is the difference between the tree and flowchart views?
They are two editable windows onto the same project. The tree is a left-indented outline suited to detailed one-off structures; the flowchart is a visual, drag-to-connect editor suited to standardized, repeatable ones. Edit either and the other updates instantly.
How does this fit the wider platform?
The structure is the backbone. Elenchon is full welding management software — the project structure feeds shop-floor capture, the WPS/WPQR/WPQ workflow, the weld traceability chain, and much more.
What is weld project structure software?
Weld project structure software is the tool that models a fabrication project — assemblies, parts and the joints between them — so every weld and work entry has a place to live and a traceable path upward to the finished piece. Elenchon runs it on-premise, on hardware you own.
Build Your Projects on Your Own Hardware
Every Elenchon appliance is delivered, installed and configured on-site by our own engineers, so we take a deliberately limited number of deployments each quarter. Get in touch to reserve a slot, request a scoping call, or ask the technical questions your team needs answered first.
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