Best Software for Precast/Prestressed Beams

[Anonymous]

Hello all,

I'm drafting for a precast/prestressed bridge beam fabricator. Currently, all of our shop drawings are created using AutoCAD LT. Since we typically only fabricate about 4 different beams that are just different sizes and lengths, I figured we could benefit from the parametrics of other Autodesk softwares. What would you recommend? Inventor? Civil 3d? Revit? Should we just stick to AutoCAD LT? Keep in mind: We only fabricate the beams. We do not design the beams or the bridge.

All opinions and suggestions are welcome, but it would be great if I could get feed back from people in the same industry.

Thanks in advance

[Anonymous]

Hello all,

I'm drafting for a precast/prestressed bridge beam fabricator. Currently, all of our shop drawings are created using AutoCAD LT. Since we typically only fabricate about 4 different beams that are just different sizes and lengths, I figured we could benefit from the parametrics of other Autodesk softwares. What would you recommend? Inventor? Civil 3d? Revit? Should we just stick to AutoCAD LT? Keep in mind: We only fabricate the beams. We do not design the beams or the bridge.

All opinions and suggestions are welcome, but it would be great if I could get feed back from people in the same industry.

Thanks in advance

[Anonymous]

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I would suggest Revit. but if you don't want to spend money on another software package/licence I'd say stay with AutoCAD. hope this helps.