Development Partners

Providing the most sophisticated and complete software solutions for the steel industry requires a great deal of insight. To achieve that level of understanding, Design Data has established close working relationships with various organizations in the steel industry.

This alliance with leading and progressive companies that have long-standing traditions of excellence is beneficial in many ways. In particular, the open dialogue and an ongoing exchange of ideas with these partners has proved to be a key component as Design Data develops advanced technology to meet the challenging demands of our customers around the world.

 AGA

American Galvanizers Association (AGA)
The AGA educates in the specification and use of hot-dip galvanizing, publishes technical literature, provides technical support, offers specification and design assistance, and presents seminars.

 
 AISC

American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
AISC’s mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural-steel-related technical and market-building activities, including: specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization, and market development.

 
 Autodesk

Autodesk
Autodesk® Revit® Structure software integrates a multimaterial physical model with an independently editable analytical model for efficient analysis, design, and documentation.

 
 Bluebeam

Bluebeam
Bluebeam PDF Revu is a powerful PDF creation, markup and editing solution that allows you to create more efficient, digital workflows. Create high quality PDFs from CAD drawings, redline 2D shop drawings in PDF with industry standard markups, create custom stamps with dynamic date and time, and share project documents by collaborating in real time with Bluebeam Studio™.

 
 PythonX

Burlington Automation – PythonX Structural Fabrication System
The revolutionary technology of Burlington Automation's PythonX Structural Fabrication System brings automated 3D fabrication to processing beams, channels, HSS, angle, plate and bar. Copes, bolt holes, slots, cut to length, bevelling, notching, layout marks and piece marks can all be done on one machine in one pass.

 
 PythonX

Chief Buildings
Chief Buildings is a leader in product, communication and service for the construction industry. With manufacturing facilities in Grand Island, Nebraska and Rensselaer, Indiana, Chief designs and manufactures metal building systems for commercial and industrial applications to specific customer requirements.

 
 Controlled Automation

Controlled Automation
Controlled Automation specializes in manufacturing automated structural steel drilling, punching, and shape cutting machinery. Controlled Automation has developed software for controlling steel fabrication machinery for over 20 years.

 
 CSI

CSI
CSI is recognized worldwide as an innovative leader in the development of software tools for the analysis and design of civil structures. CSI products are licensed to thousands of structural engineering firms throughout the USA and in more than 100 other countries.

 
 Descon

Descon
Descon has been a leader in connection design software since 1984. Descon's flagship software, DesconWin and Descon Brace, offer ASD and LRFD connections — such as shear and moment connections, and pre-qualified seismic moment connections — in both metric and imperial.

 
 FabSuite

FabSuite
FabSuite is a collection of Steel Fabrication Management Software programs that can help expedite and improve speed and efficiency with regards to every day challenges steel fabricators face.

 
 FabTrol

FabTrol
FabTrol MRP is the first full-featured MRP-based software developed specifically for the steel fabrication industry. In a single integrated modular solution, it offers estimating as well as drawing, material, production, and shipping management.

 
 Ficep

Ficep
Ficep is exclusively engaged in the engineering and manufacturing of machine tools for the steel fabrication industry. Ficep's product line includes structural steel drilling lines, CNC plate, angle, flat, and channel fabrication systems, a coping system, and modular material handling systems.

 
 Intergraph

Intergraph
Intergraph Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) is the world's leading provider of enterprise engineering software for the design, construction and operation of plants, ships and offshore facilities.

 
 NIST

NIST
The CIMSteel Integration Standards (CIS/2) is the product model and electronic data exchange file format for structural steel project information. CIS/2 is intended to create a seamless and integrated flow of information among all parties of the steel supply chain involved in the construction of steel framed structures.

 
 P2 Programs

P2 Programs
P2 Programs' Steel Tracking System gives the ability to uniquely identify each piece of steel with a bar code serial number. This data is then transmitted to customers for shipping and receiving purposes, which provides an electronic verification of information that has traditionally been saturated with errors due to the overwhelming amount of manual paperwork.

 
 Peddinghaus

Peddinghaus
Peddinghaus Corporation is the acknowledged global leader providing innovative machine tool technology for structural steel and plate fabrication. Peddinghaus has served the steel construction, heavy plate fabrication, and related metal working industries for 105 years.

 
 PEP

P.E.P. Technology
P.E.P. Technology is a totally unique ERP / MRP / CAD / CAM software product written for Job Shops, Manufacturers, Service Centers and Fab Shops with Laser, Punch, Plasma, Gas, Waterjet, Plasma Punch Combination cutting machine and Press brakes. The emphasis of the P.E.P. software is automation, while stressing material utilization, cutting speed, accuracy, simplicity, flexibility and customer support.

 
 Radley Corporation

Radley Corporation
Radley Corporation's WorkForce Productivity Suite for the steel industry is a mobile computing and data collection system that provides a complete work force optimization solution by streamlining data entry and daily operations, and automating data flow. Modules include Time & Attendance, Labor Tracking, and Product Traceability.

 
 RISA

RISA
RISA-3D Structural Engineering Software is a tool for the analysis and optimization of all types of structures and all common structural materials, including steel, concrete and wood.

 
 Romac

Romac
Romac Computer Services has been supplying software solutions to the steel industry since 1982. Available applications include Estimating, Production Control, Inventory Control, Purchasing, Nesting and Drawing Log management.

 
 Shop Data Systems

Shop Data Systems
Shop Data Systems' Parts II Plus combines a powerful built-in drawing tool and flexible automatic and interactive tooling, with advanced shape nesting to give you all of the tools you need to process accurate parts and minimize material usage and part processing time.

 
 Shop Data Systems

SidePlate
SidePlate® is the only all fillet-welded moment connection that strengthens the beam-to-column interaction. This strengthening allows the lateral members to be considerably lighter; proving to be economical on virtually any project regardless of whether wind, seismic or blast/progressive collapse governs.

 
 StruCIM

StruCIM
StruCIM® with CSR® – is powerful 3D simulation software that allows fabricators to quickly simulate and evaluate alternative methods for automating the fabrication of structural steel.

 
 StruM.I.S

StruM.I.S
StruM.I.S is an all encompassing steel fabrication management information system that harnesses the information flow and work processes through the steelwork contract between departments, suppliers and clients; from estimate tendering, through procurement and production and into construction.

 
 StruCIM

Tracer Software
Tracer Drawing Log Software is a tool that helps in the management of drawing and project information, saving time and providing real-time answers.

 
 Vernon Tool

Vernon Tool
Vernon Tool's Master Tube Cutting machine is ideal for ornamental ironworks, pedestrian handrails, machinery and vehicle safety guards, structural space frames, and more.

 
 Voortman

Voortman
Voortman designs and manufactures CNC-controlled equipment and systems for the structural steel fabricator. The machines are manufactured tailor-made and can be equipped with many options to suit the individual needs of each customer.