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Explore our library of live and on-demand webinars to get time-saving tips and tricks, learn about the latest features, get valuable insights from customers and industry partners, and so much more.
SDS2 2024 Release Overview: Design Codes, ABM Enhancements, and More
ON DEMAND
Join SDS2 product managers for a first look at the new features and enhancements in SDS2 2024, the latest release of our powerful steel detailing and fabrication software. Key developments to SDS2’s proprietary design engine include AISC 16th Edition and CISC 12th Edition updates, ensuring worry-free compliance for North American steel projects. We’ll also unveil a few all-new connections and calculation report enhancements.
Optimize Your Connection Design Workflows with SDS2 and IDEA StatiCa
ON DEMAND
SDS2 and IDEA StatiCa are two of the biggest players when it comes to intelligent steel connection design—and now, with IDEA StatiCa’s latest release and their new SDS2 BIM link, you can easily integrate these two powerful tools. In this joint webinar, we’ll walk you through a complete connection design workflow, showing you how to export and synchronize SDS2’s automated connections directly to IDEA StatiCa, complete with all beams, cross sections, and operations. You’ll learn how SDS2’s automated connections complement IDEA StatiCa’s unique design and analysis capabilities and discover how to optimize your steel designs to save time and money on your next project.
Elevate Your Detailing Services with Estimodeling
ON DEMAND
For steel fabricators, the benefits of adopting an estimodeling workflow far outweigh any drawbacks—improved bid accuracy, faster project delivery, enhanced collaboration, early clash detection, and better production workflows. But how can detailing firms and subcontract detailers take advantage of this growing trend? Join SDS2 and DGS Technical Services in a joint webinar as we discuss the ins and outs of estimodeling and reveal how detailers can elevate their service offerings as professional BIM estimodelers.
A Quick Guide to Detailing Pour Stops in SDS2
on demand
Pour stops are common elements used in a variety of structures, from industrial platforms to hospitals and office buildings. In this webinar, we’ll give you an overview of the various detailing and modeling techniques for pour stops in SDS2 and demonstrate some tips and tricks for mastering pour stops in your next project.
Precision Meets Efficiency with SDS2 + Bend-Tech Integration for Handrail Fabrication
On demand
Bend-Tech is one of the industry’s leaders in tube and pipe cutting, helping fabricators improve manufacturing quality and production time with its versatile combination of software and CNC machines. A new integration with SDS2 Detailing software will allow users to send SDS2 model geometry directly to Bend-Tech’s software for fast and accurate production. Join SDS2 and Bend-Tech in this joint webinar to see the integration workflow from detailing model to fabricated steel. We’ll show you how to eliminate manual programming in the shop with a simple file transfer and walk you through the final production as we show the Bend-Tech Dragon in action.
Streamline Miscellaneous Steel Fabrication with SDS2 + HGG Integration
On Demand
A brand new integration between SDS2 and HGG is here to help you eliminate duplicate and manual programming for your miscellaneous steel projects. Join representatives from both companies as they demonstrate the new functionality across SDS2 and HGG’s ProCam software.
Quick and Easy: Detailing an Industrial Pipe Rack in SDS2
on demand
Join us in this webinar as we demonstrate a pipe rack project from start to finish. We’ll walk you through how to easily input steel with a reference drawing, utilize automated connections to deliver a connected model, import IFC models of the supported pipe infrastructure, and more.
How KL&A Overcame Complexity in the Joslyn Art Museum Expansion
ON DEMAND
Join KL&A and SDS2’s Josh Hawley as they discuss the project’s many detailing and design challenges, including a rolled grand stairway, a 40-foot cantilevered entry, steel-framed skylights, and more.
Advanced Techniques for Detailing Curved Stairs
ON DEMAND
In this webinar, we'll walk through the entire workflow of detailing curved stairs in SDS2, from identifying dimensions to model input and drawing creation.
Don’t Believe the Rumors. Here’s How to Sync SDS2 and Tekla PowerFab
ON DEMAND
Join SDS2 and Jonathan Henriksen of M&N Structures as we demonstrate how to sync your SDS2 model with Tekla PowerFab.