SDS/2 is more than the software you need today or tomorrow. It’s a key building block for the future of your business.
For more than two decades, Design Data has diligently worked to make SDS/2 the best product on the market. By constantly updating SDS/2 with an array of new and creative solutions, Design Data remains at the forefront of innovation in the steel industry. New SDS/2 features, connections and enhancements are being developed every day.
Among many innovations, Design Data was the first software company to provide:
- Automatic connection design
- Detailing with a framing plan approach
- Multi-site capabilities with one model
- Multi-user capabilities with one model
- True 3D model for producing details
- Automated shop equipment support
- Capability to import engineering data into detailing system
- Job status tracking
- 3D model review
- Customizable drawing presentation
To keep up with the rapid and continual changes in technology, Design Data relies on every resource available, from industry literature to suggestions from the SDS/2 Users Group and our quarter century of experience in leading the industry. No other software company is more responsive to customer input.

