Extend Design to Fabrication
AutoCAD Structural Detailing software, built on
the familiar AutoCAD
®
platform, helps structural
engineers, detailers, and fabricators to create more
precise detailing and fabrication shop drawings.
AutoCAD Structural Detailing helps improve design
accuracy by providing tools that automate the
generation of more complete and comprehensive
details, drawings, schedules, and material takeoffs.
The software provides tools that help automate
the creation of concrete reinforcement drawings
and enable efficient modeling of steel connections
and shop drawings. AutoCAD Structural Detailing
supports the BIM process for structural engineering
by extending structural design workflows to
fabrication, enabling a more efficient and accurate
process for creating fabrication details and drawings.
Better precision and greater productivity for detailing and
creation of fabrication shop drawings.
We have been using
AutoCAD Structural
Detailing software and
its previous versions
for our structural steel
drawings since 2003.
The bidirectional link
with Autodesk Robot
Structural Analysis
Professional provides
a flexible workflow
that allows us to create
fabrication and erection
drawings directly from
the analysis model or to
analyze a model initially
created in AutoCAD
Structural Detailing.
— Christophe Tremoulet
Principal
Ingetech, France
Collaboration with Autodesk Revit Structure
With direct links between AutoCAD Structural
Detailing and Autodesk
®
Revit
®
Structure
software, structural information within the
building information model (BIM) can be extended
from design directly to fabrication. Using Revit
®
Extensions for Autodesk
®
Revit
®
Structure software,
an exclusive Subscription benefit for Revit Structure,
subscribers can export concrete reinforcement data
from Autodesk Revit Structure and generate 2D
reinforcement drawings in AutoCAD Structural
Detailing based on a selected national code. A
bidirectional link with Autodesk
®
Revit
®
Structure
software enables a structural steel model to be
sent directly to AutoCAD Structural Detailing.
This connection helps make it possible to
complete all of the steel connection modeling
and detailing, which can be used to automatically
create fabrication shop drawings.
Interoperability with Structural
Analysis Software
AutoCAD Structural Detailing enables the import
of structural steel models created in Autodesk
®
Robot™ Structural Analysis software or CIS/2 files
for faster 3D assembly and further detailing. The
reinforcement detailing capabilities of AutoCAD
Structural Detailing enables users to import
reinforcement data from Autodesk Robot Structural
Analysis for automatic generation of drawings.
Links to CNC Machines for Fabrication
AutoCAD Structural Detailing provides direct
links to computer numeric controlled (CNC)
fabrication machines through DSTV format,
helping to minimize redundant data input for
the fabrication of steel parts.
Country-Specific Detailing Templates
Creating shop drawing documentation strongly
depends on regional codes and detailing methods
characteristic for each country (especially for
RC drawings). For that reason, AutoCAD
Structural Detailing offers templates that are
based on detailing practices, such as designations
and hatching patterns, from a multitude of
countries, helping to guide you according to
local detailing methods and appropriate
elements or material schedules.
Regional Databases
AutoCAD Structural Detailing includes multiple
databases from many countries around the world
to help provide access to locally required elements
(steel sections, materials, or rebar shapes).
