2026Demo day 10 Nov 2026
Trimble 0-60 Challenge finalist
ParaMatic Developments was picked as one of 15 finalists from 128 applicants, then one of 10 to present at demo day in Las Vegas on 10 November 2026.
Trimble Dimensions About ParaMatic
Engineers who write their own tools.
Marhinus du Plessis founded ParaMatic in February 2018 to automate the way engineering is done. Today our drawing office in Paulshof, Johannesburg uses Tekla tools that our own developers write.
2018founded by Marhinus du Plessis
2020SAISC Steel Awards winner
4countries with customers for our Tekla add-ons
2018founded by Marhinus du Plessis
2020SAISC Steel Awards winner
4countries with customers for our Tekla add-ons
Our story
Started in 2018 to automate engineering.
Marhinus du Plessis founded ParaMatic in February 2018. He saw first-hand how slow the old ways of engineering were, and he knew there was a better way.
So he set out to build software that automates engineering from concept to production. The software does the repeat work, so engineers can spend their time on the creative work.
The name says it too: ParaMatic joins "parametric" and "automatic".
Today we are a team of detailers, engineers and developers in one office in Paulshof, Johannesburg. Most of our work is for mines and the plants around them.
Our missionTo transform the way our clients engineer, with innovative platforms and automation.
- Our vision
- To be a world leader in getting accurate, useful engineering data to the construction industry.
- Our values
- Passion, innovation, efficiency, accuracy and quality.
Two arms
Two arms, one office.
ParaMatic is a group of two companies. ParaMatic Projects does the engineering. ParaMatic Developments, our research and development arm, writes the Tekla tools. Our drawing office uses those tools every day.
Leadership
Led by an engineer who writes code.
Marhinus du Plessis is our founder and CEO. He has worked as a boilermaker, an OEM designer and a site supervisor, and for more than 13 years as a structural and mechanical designer on industrial projects.
He started our piping add-on himself, on the Tekla API. Today he leads both our engineering projects and our Tekla developments.
"There's no limitation to what you can do through the API."
Marhinus du Plessis, in Trimble's blog, April 2024
Watch
Meet ParaMatic on video.
Our management on what makes ParaMatic special to work at, a fly-through of both arms, and Marhinus on stage at Trimble Dimensions+ in 2022.
Introduction to ParaMatic
3:07 · ParaMatic
ParaMatic Developments and Projects, a fly through
1:33 · ParaMatic
Tekla as an MEP platform, Trimble Dimensions+ 2022
23:37 · ParaMatic
Recognition and partners
Recognition you can check.
From Trimble, Tekla and South Africa's steel industry. Each item links to its source.
5.0
Rated 5.0 on the Tekla Warehouse
Every rating of ParaMatic Piping is five stars: 13 ratings and 979 downloads.
Tekla Warehouse2024
Featured by Trimble
Trimble wrote about how we use Tekla Structures as a platform for piping and MEP design, with customers in South Africa, Australia, Turkey and the US.
Trimble blog2023
Tekla Structures platform partner
A cooperation agreement with Trimble as a Tekla Structures product-platform partner, signed at Trimble's offices in Espoo, Finland, in May 2023.
Tekla developerListed
Tekla Development Experts
The only South African company in Trimble's directory of Tekla API development experts.
Tekla directory2020Winner
SAISC Steel Awards winner
Innovation and Sustainability, for the De Hoop Whale Trail staircase. 40 laser scans became one point cloud, and not one tape measurement was taken on site.
SAISC videoAlso working with
Computers & Engineering
A Tekla distributor in Lollar, Germany, with sales and support in Turkey. It sells ParaMatic Piping as a Tekla add-on.
Their ParaMatic pageRoytec Global
We shared Roytec's stand at Electra Mining Africa 2026: their process equipment, our scanning, models and augmented reality.
LinkedInMilestones
From one founder to a Trimble 0-60 finalist.
Newest first. Most link to a public source.
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Demo day in Las Vegas
We present our 0-60 work at Trimble Dimensions.
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Top 10 for demo day
After a 12-week integration phase, we are one of the 10 finalists going to demo day.
Trimble 0-60 on LinkedIn -
Electra Mining Africa
On Roytec's stand, visitors walk through a Tekla plant model at full scale, in augmented reality.
LinkedIn -
Trimble 0-60 Challenge finalist
ParaMatic Developments is picked as one of 15 finalists from 128 applicants worldwide.
Trimble 0-60
Earlier milestones, 2018 to 2024
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Featured by Trimble
Trimble writes about how we use Tekla Structures as a platform for piping and MEP design.
Trimble blog -
Tekla Structures platform partner
ParaMatic Developments signs a cooperation agreement with Trimble at its office in Espoo, Finland.
Tekla developer news -
On stage at Trimble Dimensions+
Marhinus presents "Tekla as an MEP Platform" in Las Vegas.
Talk video -
SAISC Steel Awards winner
The De Hoop Whale Trail staircase wins the Innovation and Sustainability category.
SAISC video -
Piping add-on in the Tekla BIM Awards
Our Piping add-on for Tekla Structures, two years in the making, is entered in the Developers category.
Tekla BIM Awards -
ParaMatic is founded
Marhinus du Plessis starts ParaMatic to automate the way engineering is done.
Our office
Come and see us in Paulshof.
Our drawing office and our software team work side by side in Kildrummy Office Park.
- Ground Floor, Building 10, Kildrummy Office Park, Cnr Witkoppen and Umhlanga Ave, Paulshof, 2191
- Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 17:00, South African time (GMT+2)
- +27 87 701 4935
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