Free tools

Free tools

Browser tools for everyday structural steel work: read an IFC model, take off quantities and plan the cutting of stock bars. Free, with no sign-up.

Free tools

Your files never leave your computer. Both tools run entirely in your browser; nothing is uploaded to any server.

IFC · 3D · takeoff

IFC Steel Viewer & Takeoff

Drop an IFC file to see the structure in 3D and get a member list.

  • Profiles, lengths, steel tonnage and bolt counts
  • Click a row to find those members in 3D
  • Export as CSV
Open the viewer
Cutting · nesting · splices

Steel Cutting Optimizer

Turn a parts list into a cutting plan for stock bars with minimum waste.

  • Type or paste the list, or import an IFC
  • Your limits for splices: number per part and shortest piece
  • Plans with and without splices, side by side, CSV and print
Open the optimizer

They work together. After a takeoff in the viewer, press Cutting plan → to send the member list straight to the optimizer. The list is passed through your own browser, not over the internet.