The 2021 Solid Steel Awards
Every year, the SDS2 Solid Steel Awards give steel detailers and fabricators an opportunity to show off their best work. Here are the 2021 winners!
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Driving Shop Optimization with Better Connection Design
The right detailing software can optimize steel fabrication. Here are a few ways you can utilize SDS2 to optimize fabricator's designs and boost shop efficiency.
Adco Detailing Tackles The United States' Longest Canopy Walk with SDS2
'Like trying to detail a roller coaster.' That's how Adco Detailing described the Dow Gardens Canopy Walk project, an SDS2 Solid Steel Awards winner.
Safer, Smarter, and Faster Loading with SDS2 Virtual Load Planning
While the standard load lists often leave room for guesswork and trial-and-error loading processes, Load Planning provides a clear and comprehensive loading plan that eliminates unnecessary handling and subsequently reduces the risk of accidents in the shop.
Forging a Better User Experience in SDS2
Q&A with SDS2's UI/UX Designer Aditya Krishnan. As a leading provider of steel detailing software, SDS2 has been honing its powerful design engine and integrated connection design intelligence for over 30 years. Now SDS2 2021, our latest software release, is bringing our user interface and user experience up to speed with our modeling capabilities.
A Secret Advantage for Forward-Thinking Fabricators
Imagine if you could deliver steel with each trailer perfectly balanced, loads sequenced and arranged to your erector’s preferences.
Introducing the 2020 SDS2 Solid Steel Award Winners
Every year, the SDS2 Solid Steel Awards give steel detailers and fabricators an opportunity to show off their best work. Here are the 2020 winners!
SDS2 Keeps Supermetal Teams in Sync from Design through Construction
The Deloitte Summit Tower required high levels of coordination from Supermetal Structures' steel detailers and fabricators. They got the job done in SDS2.
Buy Yourself More Time with Automated Connection Design
What makes SDS2 steel detailing software so intelligent? How does our automation work? And, most importantly, what does that mean for you?
Integrated Innovation: PVS Structures Powers Shop Automation with SDS2
Discover ten common field issues that SDS2 automatically checks and adjusts for as you generate your model and drawings.
10 Common Field Errors SDS2 Can Help Prevent
Discover ten common field issues that SDS2 automatically checks and adjusts for as you generate your model and drawings.
Structural Steel Detailing: A Central Link in Project Workflows
Structural steel detailing provides a critical link between design and reality in the lifecycle of a construction project.