It costs $22k USD to purchase + a $3,500 annual fee, or otherwise its $6,500 annually.X64 | Languages:English | File Size: 7.45 GBĪdvance Steel detailing software is built on the AutoCAD platform. SDS/2 offers a 35 hour video tutorial with a 30 day trial for $500 which gets deducted if you buy it. SDS/2 - A family member uses it in the US and raves about it (also Blue Beam?). Tekla - I've heard its great, but don't know much about it. I've been watching youtube videos to get me through but I could use some online training. Our engineer uses AutoCAD and Revit, which is what got me interested in Advance Steel.Ĭost Right now we're paying about $15k CAD annually to get drawings made, so it has to be less than that, and hopefully a lot less.Īdvance Steel - I have a 30 day trial and have been able to design a set of stairs, though it needs work. Popularity and Longevity I'd like something that will serve me well for years to come, and also be compatible with what others are using.
I'd like something with good tutorials and something that can make shop drawings fairly easily. I'm young and computer literate, but my experience with CAD is limited to fooling around with Sketchup to design some furniture and now a 30 day trial of Advance Steel that I'm fumbling through but have managed to make this. In the meantime we're paying that engineer to also draw the stairs but would prefer the convenience, cost and time savings of doing them in-house.Įase of Use I'll be the one making up the drawings. One of the retired owners of the business used to do these drawings on paper to be stamped by an engineer but he's recently passed away. In most cases we get shop drawings supplied, but usually when we build stairs we need to come up with the drawings ourselves. I recently began working for a small business in Ontario, Canada that fabricates and installs structural steel. Hi folks, I'm out of my depth here but am hoping you can offer some advice choosing software.
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