Structural-Import interface for AutoCAD Plant 3D (SDNF) from Unitec

Within many companies Plant Design and Structural Design are often different disciplines and sometimes even separate departments. To re-use your structural design is, in many cases, diffi cult to achieve and what happens is that the structural design is re-created instead of re-used.

The SDNF2PLANT interface is developed to overcome this issue; it is aimed to create input data fi les for AutoCAD Plant 3D. The input data files that the interface creates are based on the neutral SDNF format (Steel Detailing Neutral Format), this way the data can be exchanged effectively between the Structural Design and AutoCAD Plant 3D software.

The interface supports the standard formats SDNF 2.0 and 3.0.
The SDNF files that are converted into AutoCAD Plant 3D still hold the information that was used to build the Structual model. Therefore the SDNF2PLANT interface can re-build the Structural model including necessary information like profi le type and size, which instantly enables you to make changes to the Structural model in AutoCAD Plant 3D when necessary.