Modena SANS Structural Steel Catalog - Autodesk Plant 3D 2026 + 2027 (South African Section Library)
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The complete South African structural steel section library for Autodesk Plant 3D 2026 — 792 SANS sections sourced from the SAISC official database, ready to drop into your Plant 3D installation in minutes.
If you're doing structural work in Plant 3D on South African projects, you already know the problem: the default catalog ships with AISC (imperial) and DIN (German) sections. There is no out-of-the-box SANS library.
This catalog fixes that.
Compiled by Modena Design Centres (Cape Town) from the SAISC official databases and the Stewart & Lloyds SABS/SANS 1431 catalog, it gives you 792 South African standard sections — all under a single SANS standard in Plant 3D Member Settings, all with correct SAISC linear weights for material take-off.
What's included
- UB — Universal Beams (44 sections)
- UC — Universal Columns (19 sections)
- IPE — European I-Sections (12 sections)
- C — Channels, Taper Flange (10 sections)
- PC — Channels, Parallel Flange (10 sections)
- CLC — Cold-formed Lipped Channels (85 sections, SAISC database)
- CZ — Cold-formed Z-Sections / Purlins (20 sections, CZ 100–250mm)
- EA — Equal Angles (49 sections)
- UA — Unequal Angles (24 sections)
- CHS — Circular Hollow Sections (122 sections, 32mm–508mm OD)
- SHS — Square Hollow Sections (85 sections)
- RHS — Rectangular Hollow Sections (97 sections)
- FB — Flat Bar, SABS/SANS 1431 (134 sections)
- RB — Solid Round Bar (20 sections, 6mm–100mm)
- SB — Solid Square Bar (16 sections, 8mm–100mm)
- BT — Structural Tees cut from UB (35 sections, BS4 Part 1)
- CR — Crane Rails, A-series DIN 536 (A45, A55, A65, A75, A100, A120, A150)
Plus full metric plate thicknesses (5mm–100mm) with correct SABS/SANS 1431 area weights.
Material standard
All sections carry the SANS 1431 — Modena Design Centres material standard, which displays in the Properties panel of every placed member — giving your team and your clients a consistent, branded reference on every drawing.
Data sources
SAISC official steel profiles database (Files 1 & 2) · Stewart & Lloyds SABS/SANS 1431 published catalog · SAISC Red Book / BS4 Part 1 (structural tees) · DIN 536 (crane rail masses)
Installation
One file swap. No scripts, no plugins, no licence manager. Close Plant 3D → back up the existing Structural Catalog.acat → drop in the new file → restart. Full instructions included. Compatible with Autodesk Plant 3D 2026 & 2027.
What you receive
- Structural Catalog - SANS Updated.acat — drop-in replacement file
- README with full section counts, data sources, deployment steps, version history, and known limitations
About Modena Design Centres
Modena Design Centres is a Cape Town-based engineering technology consultancy specialising in Autodesk Plant 3D implementation, training, and content development for the South African process and industrial sector. support@modenatechnologies.com
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