Get projects done faster with SDS2’s comprehensive detailing and modeling software, covering all your projects needs in structural and miscellaneous steel, stairs and rails, steel connections, and more.

SDS2 2024 now available. Welcome to the latest release of SDS2, the steel detailing solution that helps you work less and get more.

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provide free, easy access to your sds2 model. Project success depends on effective communication. SDS2 Viewer is a free tool that provides project stakeholders access to the steel detailing and fabrication data created by SDS2 to help communicate issues and progress, contributing to more successful project experiences for your customers.

“SDS2 is a fantastic program for a small department such as ours. We have a small staff (2-3 detailers at any given time) and this has allowed us to utilize our limited resources to the greatest extent possible.” Corey Juden, Anderson Steel Supply, Inc.

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Modeling opens from the perspective of the view you selected (step 2, possibility 1), or from the perspective of the new plan view you created (step 2, possibility 3), or from the perspective of your default view (step 2, possibility 3). Modeling is where you construct , review and modify a 3D structural model.