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3D detailing solutions for structural steel.

SDS2 is the first and only all-in-one steel detailing software designed to automate and streamline your operations from the office, shop and field.

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SDS2 2022

SDS2 is the ultimate solution in steel detailing, providing the world's only all-in-one structural and connection design software. Our 2022 release is packed with even more intelligence and automation to help you meet the rising demands of integrated BIM workflows and data-driven production. With advanced connection design and reporting, enhanced modeling, and an elevated user experience, SDS2 is your foundation for better fabrication from design to delivery.

3D Steel Detailing Software

SDS2 helps automate your most
time-consuming tasks.

Take back your time with SDS2’s proprietary design engine. It’s powered by real world intelligence and provides fully validated connections as you model, drastically accelerating your detailing process. 

SDS2 supports live multiuser modeling

Work together, wherever you are with cloud based models.

Get projects done faster and avoid data lags with live multiuser modeling. You can access your SDS2 project from the shop, field, or home office and work at the same time as other users without fear of data conflicts or lag times. 

  • Collaborate in-model across the project pipeline.
  • Scale up your project team as needed.
  • Streamline your workflows.

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Our users reported an 86%+ increase in operational efficiency when using SDS2. Schedule a personal demo to see the impact SDS2 can have on your business.

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    Deloitte Summit in Vancouver, Canada

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    CANOPY WALK
    DETAILED IN SDS2

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    Dow Gardens in Midland, Michigan
  • OLYMPIC SPORTS FACILITIES
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    Olympic Ski Jump Complex
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Stock image of bobsled track. SDS2 customers KMA Steel detailed two olympic-sized projects at Lake Placid, NY.
Building an Olympic Legacy in Steel
Over the past several years, the SDS2 customers have worked on two state-of-the-art winter sports facilities in Lake Placid, New York, home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics. The upgrades were part of a $74 million investment
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SDS2 Load Planning - Loading steel on truck, close-up
Efficiency Through Change: Wyoming Fabricator Optimizes Material Handling with SDS2 Load Planning
A new 3D load planning product from SDS2 brought Pepper Tank time savings they didn’t know they were looking for. With SDS2 Load Planning, they were able to reduce their loading time an estimated 25-50 percent, even after hiring a new forklift operator.
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Dow Gardens Canopy Walk Project by Adco Detailing, SDS2 2020 Solid Steel Winner in Commercial, Small Tonnage
Adco Detailing Tackles Nation's Longest Canopy Walk with SDS2
This "roller coaster" of a project won the 2020 SDS2 Solid Steel Competition grand prize in the commercial, small tonnage category.
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Deloitte Summit building in downtown Vancouver. A Supermetal Structures and SDS2 project.
SDS2 Keeps Supermétal Teams in Sync from Design Through Construction
A large Canadian fabricator handled everything from design to construction on an ambitious architectural building in downtown Vancouver, using SDS2 at every stage.
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Drake Williams, SDS2 Case Study, Estimodeling software
Saving 30-40% on Bid Time with SDS2 Estimodeling
Around three years ago, Drake-Williams began putting their SDS2 detailing solution to use in an estimodeling workflow, and they're continuing to explore even more ways to utilize their SDS2 software in estimating.
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SDS2 Solid Steel Competition - Project by Mold-Tek Technologies, Steel Detailing
Parkview Health Core Tower Expansion
A tight schedule and curved geometry on the Parkview Health Core Tower Expansion in Fort Wayne, IN, made for a challenging project for Mold-Tek Technologies detailers.
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PVS Structures Project with SDS2, Structural Steel Fabrication
Integrated Innovations
PVS Structures maintains their status as one of the top industrial fabricators in the US—through digitalization and automation, integrating state-of-the-art precision equipment like the Zeman robotic welder with SDS2's automated design.
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SDS2 Solid Steel Competition - Project by KL&A INC, Steel Detailing
Immersive Art in Denver
Meow Wolf is a combination of a jungle gym, haunted house, children’s museum, and immersive art exhibit. The structure consists of five stories of steel-framed museum space intermixed with catwalks, platforms, spiral and rolled stairs,
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TSF Structures, Detailing Templates, SDS2 Steel Detailing
Fabricator Cuts Detailing Time by Over 60%
SDS/2's detailing templates customization service creates customized files specific to individual standards. These templates are used to help intelligently automate the generation of detail drawings.
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SDS2 Steel Detailing Software, Steel Connection Design, Connection Optimization
Reducing Project Costs with Connection Optimization
Advances in connection design software technology results in streamlined steel fabrication, savings between $40 and $75 per ton
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The Detailing Solutions For Your Steel Projects

SDS2 Detailing

SDS2 Detailing

Your complete 3D steel detailing solution with automated steel connection design 

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SDS2 Estimodeling

SDS2 Estimodeling

Model-based estimating software with built in connection design and optimization 

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SDS2 Load Planning

SDS2 Load Planning

3D virtual load planner to optimize loading and transport

 

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SDS2 Model Review

SDS2 Model Review

Model-based tool for streamlined reviews, approvals, and data sharing 

 

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SDS2 Site Planning

SDS2 Site Planning

3D software to manage lift plans and crane placement for erection 

 

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"Every release of SDS2 gets better. With tools that are being added, it increases speed each time. We are a small business, but on big jobs it helps a lot." 
Donald Kelly
Interstate Steel Corporation
With SDS2 we are able to better integrate directly with the detailers, which has streamlined the workflow and helped improve the overall speed of delivery.
Anonymous Survey Participant
The snapping feature was a great tool to add. It will be very easy to move the material without clashing to another one.
Averell Marte
AIC Steel
Load Planning is now fully incorporated in Crystal Steel. Besides being used in the shop for faster truck loading, we are also using it for Estimodeling and Production planning purposes. The improvements made are all useful. Thank you for finding ways to make truck loading easier.  
Nick Marinduque
Crystal Steel
SDS2 Load Planning has been very helpful in planning and sequencing loads. The biggest help has been the bundling of angles iron parts. I am hoping to get our forklift operator trained on it so he can start building the loads virtually.
Kody Fox
Pepper Tank
SDS2 Estimodeling

Stop guessing, start planning.

You can accelerate your bid time and increase accuracy when you leverage SDS2’s model data and automated connection optimization to generate your material lists and estimates. 

  • Import design models.
  • Tailor estimates to shop standards.
  • Quickly compare alternate designs.
  • Pre-identify RFIs.
SDS2 supports live multiuser modeling
SDS2 Load Planning

Discover your next competitive advantage.

Top fabricators around the world are discovering the powerful advantage of 3D load planning, a disruptive technology that allows you to transform IFC files from your preferred modeling software into a balanced and optimized 3D loading plan.

  • Provide clear load maps for your team to follow.
  • Eliminate trial-and-error loading processes.
  • Sequence fabrication according to your loading plan.
  • Impress customers with the quality of your loadout.

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