Tools, components & more
SDS2 Toolbox
SDS2 Toolbox offers a variety of tools that help streamline workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and improve productivity. Designed to integrate seamlessly with SDS2 software, SDS2 Toolbox provides users with a comprehensive set of tools and features for designing and detailing steel structures.
Toolbox Installers (All)
Get all of the toolbox items in one installer. Download an installer with all of the toolbox items for a specific version. …
Allplan Profile Catalog
An online catalog of sizes from different manufacturers allows SDS2 and other Allplan products to offer the most up-to-date catalog of available material sizes.
SAF Import/Export
Share models via SAF to avoid time-consuming and tedious input and coordinate models between engineers and detailers, regardless of where the model was created.
Model Alignment Tools
With the Model Alignment Tools, SDS2 finds and corrects model alignment issues for columns at grid lines, beam-beam or beam-column work points, and vertical brace work points.
FabStation Export
Automates the export of necessary project files for the FabStation platform.
MeasureMate
MeasureMate is a toolset designed to simplify and accelerate the creation of construction lines in SDS2, with an ergonomic interface for easy access and minimal input. It allows for pre-visualization of results and can remain open on-screen for quick, single-click command access.
Sherwin-Williams FIRETEX Design Estimator (FDE) V2 SDS2 Plugin
The Sherwin-Williams plugin integrates FIRETEX® data with SDS2, enabling precise fire protection calculations and seamless synchronization. It offers key features like synchronized attributes, color filters, and enhanced documentation to reduce errors.
PypeServer Connect
PypeServer Connect is an SDS2 plugin that simplifies pipe profiling by validating and transmitting designs directly to leading pipe profiling machines and tools.
Updated Shapes Properties
Access the most up-to-date Shapes Properties files from AISC and CISC.
Preliminary Load Planning
Easily prepare load lists and determine the number of trailers needed to ship steel to a job site based on trailer weight limits directly from your SDS2 model.
Erector Order
Easily assign an erection order to selected items in your model to provide precise sequencing data directly in SDS2.
Bend-Tech
Bend-Tech is one of the industry’s leaders in tube and pipe cutting, helping fabricators improve manufacturing quality and production times. This…
HGG Pipe Cutting
Stop duplicating your efforts and manual programming for miscellaneous steel fabrication. Developed in close collaboration with HGG, this collection…
Autodesk Revit
The Autodesk Revit tool facilitates a transfer of information through the direct API interface between Autodesk Revit and SDS2. With this tool,…
RISA Import
The RISA Import allows users to import .r3d files from RISA-3D structures, with the option to include member end reactions. This makes it easier to…
Tekla PowerFab
Tekla PowerFab is a dedicated plugin, that allows you to easily export and import data between SDS2 and Tekla PowerFab. The latest update includes…
Ear Plate
The ear plate component adds plate materials to the ends of beam members that are level with the top flange.
No Paint Surfaces
Adds No Paint material as a component between two touching surfaces, to have denoted areas tagged as No Paint on Member Details when using Detailing…
Leveling Plate
The leveling plate component allows you to add a plate for anchor bolt plans to the bottom of a user base plate. It duplicates the shape and holes…
Beam Bearing Plate
The Beam Bearing Plate component adds a bearing plate connection to a supported beam that is framed over the top of the supporting beam. The component…
Shuriken (Atlas Tube)
The Shuriken (Atlas Tube) component lets you make field bolted HSS splices using standard A325 and A490 bolts. Shuriken gets tacked in place with a…
MiTek - SidePlate Connections
The MiTek SidePlate Component for SDS2, combined with a project-specific XML file from SidePlate.com, allows detailers to import all SidePlate…
BV Toolbox Collection
This installer includes the following:
- For SDS2 2023 and newer:
- Macro Examples…
DuraFuse Frames
DuraFuse Frames provide rigid beam-to-column moment connections that resist wind and earthquake forces with less steel weight and simplified…
EMI Piecemaker Export
Cut back on your machine programming time for pipe cutting and bending with the EMI Piecemaker Export tool. Transfer your data directly from SDS2 to…
Cost Estimator
Generate a cost estimate from your model in a matter of seconds. Using either default or customized cost variables, this tool will calculate the cost…
STRUMIS BIMReview
This integration allows you to export a .BSWX file with your model, NC data*, and drawings directly to STRUMIS, which in turn handles the import. With…
CoreBrace
SDS2’s partnership with CoreBrace enables seamless and accurate integration of CoreBrace members and components into SDS2 models. Easily model…
Dimension Clearance
The dimension clearance tool allows you to visually display dimensions between materials in the 3D model quickly and easily, saving you time and…
Dimension Member
Quickly determine the end-to-end dimensions of a member with the dimension member tool. Select a single member or multiple members, and SDS2 will…
Galvanizing Check
The galvanizing check tool in SDS2 will run checks for safety and fabrication concerns on galvanized materials in your model. These include: …
E-Z Beam Release
SDS2’s integration with the E-Z Beam Release tool allows users to add slots to the top flange of a wide flange or welded plate flange according to E-Z…
Bid Wizard
Easily export model data from SDS2 to Steel Erection Bid Wizard for automated data population. With this integration, users can export an early design…
Zeman Beam Assembler
The Zeman export tool supports seamless integration between SDS2 and the Zeman robotic welder for automated fabrication solutions. …
Deck Support
The Deck Support component makes it easy to add deck support material to the top flange of a beam. Break points can be added automatically around…
Column Deck Support - Beam
The Column Deck Support - Beam component allows you to add decking support material to a column with reference to the top or bottom flange of a…
Welded Studs
The Welded Studs component in SDS2 allows you to add shear or threaded studs to any face of a beam or column in a variety of patterns. Set up your…