Design Data Joins the Fold of the Nemetschek Group

Design Data is a Lincoln, Nebr.–based software development company for the steel industry’s fabrication, detailing and engineering sectors. As a CAD manager in that self-same city, I am very familiar with Design Data’s flagship product SDS/2.

SDS/2 is a steel detailing software that automates tasks such as connection design and identifying materials, bolts, holes and welds as users input steel members such as columns and beams. It takes into consideration such things as framing conditions, erectability and clash prevention into this connection design and is definitely well-known in the industry.

As a writer for the CAD and BIM industry, I am also familiar with the Nemetschek Group, a software provider for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. I’ve written in length about the Nemetschek Group’s brand Vectorworks, which is a design software for the architecture, landscape and entertainment industries. It was acquired by the Nemetschek Group in 2000. In addition to Vectorworks, the group has acquired several other brands including Allplan, Bluebeam, GRAPHISOFT, Scia, Solibri and more.

Nemetschek Buys Up Design Data

Naturally, I was excited to hear the news in July 2016 that the Nemetschek Group would also be acquiring Design Data. This would be advantageous for the group because the structural steel solution allows it to have a more complete…