SDS/2 does more than design and detail simple square buildings. Many of today’s structures are more easily conceived than they are to fabricate. SDS/2 users often take on projects that are highly challenging structures, like the Frank Gehry-designed structures Stata Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and The Lou Ruvo Brain Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada. SDS/2 plays a vital role in taking these imaginative structures and turning them into a reality.
Buildings are only one type of structure that are hard to manufacture without the 3D advantages that SDS/2 software solutions offer. Our users have broken SDS/2 Detailing out of its structural mold and built everything from NASA rocket launch pads and sector gates for dams to roller coasters and waterslides. SDS/2 software solutions are only limited by the users’ imagination.
These projects are also very difficult to approve on paper. SDS/2 Approval gives owners, architects and engineers the perspective needed to ensure a proper fit in the shop and in the field. Just as challenging is the construction of these complex jobs. SDS/2 Erector provides field crews the tools needed to plan and coordinate the project as the steel is assembled. With all the advantages the SDS/2’s 3D model provides, it’s nearly impossible to design, detail, fabricate and construct complex projects without it. SDS/2 software solutions make intricate structures a reality.