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SDS2 2026

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Design to build a better tomorrow with SDS2 2026

In an industry that’s always pushing for more, SDS2 2026 is your ticket to success, giving you more detailing speed and design versatility than ever before. This release focuses on brand new features, powerful automation, and customized control. Get ready to seize new opportunities, do more, and achieve more at every turn.

WHAT'S NEW IN SDS2 2026

Boost your drawing speed and performance

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Enjoy better performance and productivity in SDS2’s Drawing Editor with the latest user experience updates. 

From mouse clicks and travel time to streamlined menus and popup interactions, the entire interface has been overhauled to maximize your speed and productivity

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Create custom shapes with ease

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Create or import your own profiles for cladding, plates, railings, and more. There’s no need to wait for a library update or fudge geometry. Combine custom profiles with new materials to handle any specialty detailing from start to finish. 

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Additional Improvements

Submit and review connection designs faster than ever with SDS2’s new smart grouping functionality. Now you can automatically consolidate similar connections, saving hours of manual work and helping you produce concise submittal packages, speed up approvals, and deliver faster results on every project. Watch here

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Updating revision charts just got a whole lot faster. Now you can update all identical lines at once instead of editing each individually. Save time, reduce errors, and easily search across sheets to find exactly what you need. Watch here

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SDS2 isn’t just for steel anymore. Now you can accurately detail a range of materials, including aluminum, stainless steel, fiberglass reinforced plastics, and more. Take on miscellaneous metals and more architectural components with confidence – without switching tools or creating manual workarounds. Watch here

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SDS2’s integration with Bimplus enhances collaboration by enabling direct model uploads and downloads, streamlining your workflows for clash detection, issue management, and more.

  • Direct Integration: Upload models from SDS2 to Bimplus for analysis, clash detection, and issue management, and download them back to SDS2.
  • Attach drawings, CNC data, and BOM details directly to their corresponding 3D objects for seamless access and organization.

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SDS2 offers flexible hole and fabrication options, automatic design checks, and clear feedback to ensure compliant, efficient, and easily correctable steel connections.

  • Control hole type in the beam's main material to match fabrication needs.
  • SDS2 checks for compliant slot and bolt combinations. 

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Robotic welding in modeling is faster and easier with precise weld specs, flexible and editable node layouts, simple selection workflows, and instant visibility controls for focused views. Watch here

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Track materials through the entire project with unique ABM IDs, ensuring consistent identification and clear traceability for easy project management. Watch here

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You can learn more about the SDS2 editions here.