OK, I'll go ahead and blow my own horn since other software has been mentioned.

If you are looking for software for detailing structural and miscellaneous that
will run in AutoCAD LT 2007 then I ask you to look into AutoSD Steel Detailing
at www.autosd.com. You will need the Toolkit Max program by drcauto.com. AutoSD
is compatible with AutoCAD 14 - 2009 and continues to improve the program on a
daily basis. It has a very flexible stair and rail program and many tools that
will help in the other areas that you mentioned.

Take a look.

Ray Hoyt
AutoSD, Inc.
(601) 679-5800
ray@...
www.autosd.com



----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Nettles
To: Steel Detail
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 12:29 PM
Subject: Steel-Detail: IF....


- you are retiring after 26 years working for a steel fabricator.
- you need to supplement your income, as many of us boomers will have to do in
later years.
- most of the stuff you have worked on has nothing to do with beams, columns,
or connection design.
- you have worked on cranes, girders, bridges, trusses, spans, rails, stairs,
towers, platforms,
gangways, floats, marine assemblies, machinery, movable bridge repair, and
other stuff.
- you have AutocadLT 2007 at your home office, Adobe 8.0, and MS Office.

What software would you acquire to produce more efficient, fast, and accurate
detail drawings for a variety of customers?

Any comments are welcome. Hopefully I will be able to work part time and still
enjoy what is left of my days doing the important things, travel, gardening,
fishing, etc.

Happy New Year to All, and may infrastructure work GO GO GO!

Bill Nettles





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