Images courtesy of James Hillegas of BIMTECH Offsite Prefabrication Solutions A lot of softwares can produce 3D models. Revit® from Autodesk can be used to model cold-formed steel (CFS) framing. Vertex is another software product used to detail framing, especially by...
For over two decades SteelSmart® System has been the light steel framing industry’s leading analysis and design software for cold-formed steel. With each passing year codes and standards evolve, unique design challenges are presented, and new products are developed....
The newest version of SteelSmart® System (SSS) is now available! We are constantly improving SSS to reflect changes in construction methods, new cold formed steel products, and customer feedback. Below are the highlights of the newest version, 7.8. We hope you find...
Cold Formed Steel (CFS), also known as Light Steel Framing (LSF), has been a viable building material for a relatively short amount of time, when compared with traditional materials such as wood. In that short amount of time, the products themselves and the design...
Today we are releasing the newest version of our Cold Formed Steel (CFS) software. For the better part of the last 20 years, we've had a team working every day to develop SteelSmart System (SSS) and make it better. We get feedback from the market on a weekly basis,...
Building Information Modeling (BIM), rapidly revolutionizing the construction industry. Overall, engineering and design technology has advanced considerably in the last 30 years within the construction industry. Part of that advancement has led to more and more of the...
SSS recently tuned 23, and even though it may be getting up there in years, we are just as committed as we were in the beginning to ensuring it is kept up to date and stays the most advanced light steel framing design tool on the market. We are constantly improving...
We’re happy to announce the release of SteelSmart® System (SSS) Version 7.5! SSS 7.5 includes new code changes for 2015 IBC, AISI S100-12, & ASCE 7-10, updates to several modules, and the addtion of several new products from The Steel Network. For a list of new...