The MultiSTEEL Offshore application from MultiSUITE Software offers a fresh take on offshore detailing and modeling software by incorporating a Tubular or Pipe connections module.

Developed specifically for steel detailing and fabrication of structures in the offshore and process engineering industries, ‘MultiSTEEL Offshore’ simplifies drawing and production of even the most complex of designs. It achieves this by automating time-consuming tasks (such as calculations) and by incorporating a number of useful tools (as for irregular plate profiling).

Staff from client, Siemens VAI Technologies, using MultiSTEEL Offshore on detailing process industry plants, commented recently that the software was able to speed up the drawing process proving to be “…excellent tools. Where previously we designed and detailed structures in 2D we now use…MultiSTEEL across the board…the man-hours are vastly reduced…”


The tubular and pipe connections module offers an intuitive user environment for design options. Pipes can be shown in all orientations in 3D and edited in any style, and drawing outputs can be fully customized to user requirements, such as wrap-around templates or cutting and CNC machinery output files. The software also links to other industry applications for analysis and design.

The main benefit of MultiSTEEL Tubular connections module is that it can potentially increase the safety ratings of connections and generate significant long-term savings on replacement and repair of structures, because pipe connections present fewer edges on which corrosion can act when compared to regular plate welding.

MultiSTEEL applications are available both as an add-on to any existing AutoCAD and as a ‘standalone’ line, MultiSUITE CAD, incorporating AutoCAD (OEM) Technology in one package.

For more information about MultiSTEEL Offshore and the tubular and pipe connections module, contact MultiSUITE Software at website: www.multisuite.com. 

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