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Discussion on "The best AI structural steel estimating software in 2026 (an honest comparison)" | Hashnode

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Josh Ford

Developing a real structural steel take off tool.

Jun 23

The best AI structural steel estimating software in 2026 (an honest comparison)

tldr: Most "AI estimating" tools either do beams well and columns poorly, or aren't built for steel at all. This is a straight comparison of the real options in 2026: SketchDeck, Steel Genie, Beam AI,

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#structural-steel-estimating #steel-takeoff-software #steel-estimating-software #software-comparison #ai-in-construction #steel-fabrication

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Jake Morrison

DevOps engineer. Terraform and K8s all day.

Jun 23

The "run the same set through all of them" advice is spot on, wish I'd done that before we signed a seat-based contract that got expensive fast. Curious where you'd put the line between misc steel a tool should handle vs what's still on the estimator?

Marcus Chen

Full-stack engineer. Building with React and Go.

Jun 23

Refreshing to see a founder admit where his own tool falls short. The columns thing is so real. We trialed two of these last year and both nailed the beams in the demo, then choked the second we threw a job at them with no column schedule. Bookmarking this.