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Calculators, SDS2 report templates, and AI drafting aids for detailers, fabricators, and erectors. Every result prints its formula and assumptions — nothing is a black box.

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1,660AISC shapes
9RFI templates
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Ready-made Report Writer templates SDS2 doesn't ship. Drop in, run, done.

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Nine field-and-office calculators. Formulas printed under every result.

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Describe the problem in plain words — get a clean RFI or a parsed weld symbol.

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Bolt and weld capacity per AISC 360-22, ASD and LRFD, coefficients shown.

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The SDS2 Report Library

Reports SDS2 should ship — free, verified, ready to run.

SDS2 gives you 21 bolt reports and zero saw lists. We build the missing ones, check every field path against the verified SDS2 catalog, and give them away. Don't see yours? Describe it in plain English and the AI generator writes the Report Writer file for you.

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