Steel Fabricators

FOR STEEL FABRICATORS WHO DEMAND BETTER.

SDS2 by ALLPLAN provides the market’s only all-in-one steel detailing and connection design BIM solution, delivering complete designs that work from shop to field and elevating the accuracy and efficiency of your steel construction projects. Expect more from your steel detailing software.

SDS2 BY ALLPLAN – BIM SOLUTIONS FOR STEEL FABRICATION

From stunning architectural structures to immense industrial facilities, structural steel design requires upmost accuracy, technical expertise, and precise, interoperable tools.

With SDS2 by ALLPLAN, you can automatically design intelligent connections as you model, tailor designs to the strengths of your fabrication shop and integrate with other BIM and fabrication management systems for greater efficiency and accuracy on every project.

of users report completing projects at least 25% faster with SDS2 by ALLPLAN.

Source: SDS2 ROI Survey conducted in 2021 among SDS2 customers. Participant experience with other steel detailing software solutions varied.

of users say SDS2 by ALLPLAN helps increase fabrication efficiency.

Source: SDS2 ROI Survey conducted in 2021 among SDS2 customers. Participant experience with other steel detailing software solutions varied.

of users saw productivity gains within one year of adoption

Source: SDS2 ROI Survey conducted in 2021 among SDS2 customers. Participant experience with other steel detailing software solutions varied.

DO YOU CONSTANTLY STRUGGLE WITH THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES?

Increasing pressure to deliver projects faster and cheaper.

Profits are eaten up by inaccurate estimates, time delays, and spiraling project costs.

Generic connections leave you with extra labor, costs, and time-consuming RFIs.

9 REASONS TO CHOOSE SDS2 by ALLPLAN

Customized design automation is optimized to the strengths and preferences of the steel fabricator for maximum efficiency and profitability.

Fully validated connections are designed as you model, accelerating one of the most tedious detailing tasks.

Our design intelligence ensures fabrication- and erection-ready connections for superior buildability.

Cut down on project time and cost and maximize profitability with connections automatically designed to fabrication preferences.

Integrated cloud technology supports for real-time multi-user modeling for clash-free collaboration.

Easily exchange data for your design, estimating, fabrication management, and automated production workflows.

Automatically generate drawings and reports from the 3D model for accurate, high-quality documentation.

Easily communicate design intent with interactive reports and simple model review workflows.

Save time modeling miscellaneous steel with automated tools for modeling stairs, handrails, complex geometry, and more.

WHAT OUR
ALLPLAN CLIENTS SAY:

“SDS2 is an all-encompassing program. We use it for everything we do—estimating, detailing, BIM, fabrication, connection design, feeding our automated shop equipment.”

PVS Structures

“The erectors love our product because of the timely, accurate results we are able to deliver. SDS2, unlike some of the competitors, can really think for you.”

Selvaggio Steel, Inc.

“The smartest move I made for my business was going with SDS2. It allowed me to compete for larger projects, and having the ability to produce CNC data and be part of BIM projects was extremely helpful.”

Darko Detailing Services, LLC

Success Stories
CUSTOMER PROJECTS DESIGNED AND BUILT WITH SDS2 by ALLPLAN

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Steel Detailing & Fabrication

DELOITTE SUMMIT TOWER

Vancouver, Canada

At 24 stories and 301 feet tall, the Deloitte Summit office tower at 410 West Georgia Street may not be the tallest building on the Vancouver skyline, but it is certainly among the most unique.

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Steel Detailing & Fabrication

DOW GARDENS CANOPY WALK

Midlands, Michigan, US

At 1,400 feet long, the elevated and handicap accessible walkway through the Whiting Forest of Dow Gardens is the longest canopy walk in the US.

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Steel Detailing & Fabrication

WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS FACILITIES

Lake Placid, New York, US

State-of-the-art facilities, including an indoor push-start track and an Olympic ski-jumping complex, are revitalizing the home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics.

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