StructDraft combines structural drafting, code-compliant calculations, and PDF plan overlay into one seamless desktop application — built by practicing structural engineers who were tired of juggling spreadsheets, hand calcs, and disconnected software. Design wood beams, steel beams, columns, retaining walls, footings, and more — all directly on your plans.
A desktop application that lets you draft structural elements directly on top of your PDF plan sheets — and run real-time NDS 2018, AISC 360, and ACI 318-19 code checks without ever leaving the drawing.
Import PDF construction documents and overlay beams, steel beams, columns, joists, walls, retaining walls, footings, and more — directly on the sheet. Use the Wall Highlighter to strip away architectural noise and see only structural walls.
Every member is checked against NDS 2018 ASD (wood), AISC 360 LRFD/ASD (steel), and ACI 318-19 (concrete) in real time. Bending, shear, deflection, bearing, punching shear, axial compression — all calculated automatically.
Joists feed beams, beams feed columns, columns feed footings. StructDraft tracks the full gravity load path so you don't have to chase reactions by hand.
Generate a professional structural calculation report covering every member — title block, design criteria, utilization tables, reactions — ready for plan review submittals.
A sortable, inline-editable schedule sidebar shows every beam, joist, column, wall, footing, and anchor bolt — complete with utilization badges updated in real time.
Powered by Tauri v2 (Rust) and React, StructDraft launches in under a second, uses minimal memory, and keeps your workflow moving — no cloud lag, no login walls.
Three purpose-built tools for residential and light-commercial structural engineering.
Import your PDF plans and overlay a complete structural design — beams, steel beams, joists, columns, steel columns, walls, retaining walls, headers, footings, piers, anchor bolts — with NDS 2018, AISC 360, and ACI 318-19 code checks built in. Beta AutoFrame feature automatically frames rooms from your wall layout.
Learn MoreA focused engineering calculator that lets you design beams, columns, footings, and more independently — without a PDF. Perfect for quick checks, proposals, and field engineering.
Learn MoreStreamline your plan review workflow — mark up architectural drawings, flag structural concerns, and generate review comments directly from the plans. Coming soon.
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