Advance Steel
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or almost years, has h as provided to over , worldwide users high perormance D and engineering sotware or structural building construction with a continued commitment to exceed the industry’s creative design and quality requirements. is a global organization that directly develops, distributes, supports and customizes a suite o integra integrated ted sotware or structural building engineering and design. his unique single vendor solution dramatically increases design to drawing productivity and reduces abrication and construction errors. his complete suite o products is a result o over man-years o cutting edge engineering and sotware &D rom eld experienced ocers and sta. currently operates through wholly owned companies (rance, ermany, pain, zech epublic, omania, ussia, nited Kingdom, anada and ) and a growing network o over partners, with the benets o a local service and the strength o a global organization.
Our users ngineering and Design ces olutions or design, optimization o structures, structural analysis, creation o reports and drawings…
Detailers, rectors, abricators utomatic construction and abrication drawing creation
rchitects rom architectural structural concept to nal drawing creation…
chools and niversities ducational version or students, teachers and universities…
Roo o Zlote Tarasy atrium (Golden Terraces) in Poland Waagner-Biro GmbH, Austria, winner o the European Award or steel construction 2007
dvance teel® is specically designed or steel detailers and dratsmen who require an unsurpassed proessional, easy-to-use structural steel modeling platorm ready to take on their simplest to toughest projects. erectly integrated into utoD®, dvance teel ® is an intuitive D modeling system (single or multi-user mode). t includes automatic joints and macros or stairs and railings, automatic drawing creation ( to workshop standard), automatic material lists and output to all major industry ormats (DW, , /, D, , etc.). dvance teel® is part o the structural solution, automating the entire structural design process, rom engineering design to detailing and abrication.
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Advance Steel® is the indispensable or automating steel detailing and From the Advance Steel 3D model … Automatic connections
100% AutoCAD DW les
uge library o parametric connections
asy to learn and use
asy-to-use and store in library
ayers management
Joint Design (, , ) Quick-connections unctionality
Complete international catalogs eams, bolts, materials D, , , J, …. rating and cladding proles
Advanced shapes olded and twisted plates urved members ntegration o mechanical parts
Stairs and Railings automatisms traight and spiral stairs ailings, cage ladder macros
With the Document Manager, have ull control on all documents derived rom the 3D model!
Multi-user or single-user mode roductivity gains
review, sort and print easily
ecure solution
ntegrated revision control
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3D structural modeling platorm abrication
NC-DSTV and DXF fles -DV les automatic creation -DX les utomatic update o any model changes
Automatic Drawings Creation Workshop drawings eneral arrangement drawings utomatic update o any model changes
Synchronize your CAD model with your avorite Analysis program ! art o raitec structural solution mport/export D, / les compliant
Automatic BOM Creation eam list, saw cut list, … xportable to D, X … utomatic update o any model changes
… to workshop drawings, general arrangement drawings, lists and NC les! 3
Increase productivity, cost-efectiveness 9 good reasons to use Advance Steel
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Complete projects quicker
asy modeling utomatically place joints in the structure (Quick onnection ® technology) utomatic drawing / / les creation asily modiy and update your drawings and les rganize your workfow to enable sta to work together on the same project using our odel hare® technology
#2. Design
projects more efciently
sing our nalysis sotware through the raitec link, to better optimize proles
ncludes Joint Design engines (uropean / orth merican / standards) to optimize joints
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Integrate your company standards
ser denable preerences tore any values or settings in the library ntegrate your standard parts or use in other projects se your existing utoD® details and blocks Drawing outputs are customizable to t your standards
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Avoid mistakes at site
ll structural building inormation in one model orrect lengths, weights and quantities utomatic collision and tool spacing detection lear D views on drawings or erectors
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#5. Automatic drawing
creation
utomatic numbering o the structure ingle click automatic creation o all abrication drawings et your drawings on a sheet ready to plot
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Drawings ully interactive with the model
rom a single model to multiple drawings odel and drawing consistency whenever you make changes Document anager to control and keep all documents updated
ntegrated revision control
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Start the abrication immediately
-DV les automatically created rom the model pecic presentations (unwrap, unold, etc.) automatically obtained data or cold rolled proles aterial list to order beams and plates, saw cut list with pictures, etc.
#8. Improve collaboration with partners dvance teel le ormat is DW xport your model to a D DW or D D le xchange your data using /, , D le ormats
#9. Deploy the solution easily asy to learn and use due to utoD® look and eel asy to recruit dratsmen with a knowledge o utoD ®
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Multi-user collaboration Multi-user collaboration with the Advance Steel Model Share technology
Model Share technology With the new odel hare technology, users can work in a multiuser mode to speed up projects. everal users can connect to the same DW master model, and work simultaneously. his technology allows or the handling o big projects which need to be achieved in the shortest time.
Specifc tools or multi-user mode specic “ulti-user” toolbar with all available multi-user tools can be displayed rom the dvance teel toolbar. Mitsubishi Garage, exhibit hall & ofce / S ARL Bouchet (France)
Users can work remotely Creating a central fle
everal users can work on the same project when they are away rom the oce or otherwise unable to access the central le.
ne user must create a DW central le which can contain some common elements like the grid.
When back at the oce, users just have to save back their changes to the central le.
he other users connect to this central le, add objects or check out various elements, work locally and then save changes back to the central model or the other users to see their work. nly one user can edit the central le at a time.
Sharing work
Checking out elements
sers can check in their changes to the central le, so that all users connected to the aster model can see the progress in the modeling. ach user gets a warning message in real time at the bottom-right corner o the screen.
ny user connected to the central aster model can check out elements to work with at any time. his ‘heck out’ action can be done either by selected elements (by picking them or by a window selection), or by using the integrated earch tool (based on user criteria). nce the elements are checked out by one o the users, or security reasons nobody else can modiy these elements (delete or stretch them, add cuts or holes, etc.).
Partial checking out several users need to check out the same element (e.g. to use an automatic joint between this element and another one), they can partially check out elements; this allows just a partial loading o the element properties (in order to visualize them, but not to modiy its section or security purpose), and then a connection can be created by selecting this element.
Multi-user mode also or detailing ulti-user is also available or detailing work and drawing adjustments.
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3D Modeling Structures created in 3D with speed and accuracy
Model your structure in 3D
Curved and welded beams
dvance teel provides you complete international catalogs or beams, bolts, shear studs and gratings.
dvance teel has easy to use tools to model curved beams and apply automatic joints to them. n addition, dvance teel provides the user with sophisticated creation tools or welded beams where you can dene each component, add osets, set rotation angles, etc.
You can create a beam like you would create an utoD line, or even convert lines, arcs, polylines, splines to beams, curved beams, polybeams, olded plates or even polygonal plates.
Beam modifcations by grips ll dvance teel elements have grip points so editing your model is ast and easy. or example, a vertical column can become a sloped element just by selecting and moving its upper grip point.
Apply any cut to your elements dvance teel provides easy tools to graphically shorten, cope, drill or weld all your beams and plates. eatures like shrink, weld preparations and galvanizing holes are also possible on dvance teel objects. ll these commands have an eect on drawings i they are already created and dvance teel will automatically update them.
Automatic connections Openings and cuts
complete library o parametric connections is available to automatically connect beams to each other. Depending on the user’s preerences, the macro creates endplate, bolts, welds and shortens or extends the attached beam to the main one. ll values can be stored in a library or an automatic intelligent reuse by dvance teel.
You can create any variety o openings (e.g. windows, doors, etc.), and each cladding prole is automatically shortened, cut or adjusted as required. oving openings will immediately re-cut the cladding proles in the correct place.
Integration o mechanical parts ny part rom a third-party modeling sotware can be imported in your D dvance teel model. You can then run clash detection on these parts with other dvance teel elements, and they are visible on drawings and s.
Powerul clash detection he clash detection tool can be run at any time on the whole structure or on part o it. dvance teel will inorm the user o collisions between beams, plates, bolts, etc. ach detected collision can be visualized graphically to easily make any adjustments. dvance teel also reports i bolt and hole distances do not meet deault standards. olerances or construction tool accessibility can also be checked. 7
AutoCAD® Platorm Advantages Use the benets o the AutoCAD ® platorm to speed up your modeling using layers, navigation and rendering tools
AutoCAD®-based application
Layers management
dvance teel is an utoD ® based application and is compliant with the latest utoD® releases.
Your D model can be split in utoD ® layers in order to let you use the power and the fexibility o layers. You can add, delete and rename layers, change their properties, set property overrides or layout viewports, and/or add layer descriptions and apply changes in real time.
Advance Steel Online help here is an nline help or dvance teel with a clear description o each command.
DWG fle ormat extension he dvance teel le ormat is DW, which is the native utoD® le ormat. he DW ormat is probably the most widely used ormat or D drawings.
Graphical user interace With dvance teel, you create a beam like you create a line. he mouse cursor automatically recognizes all the snap points enabled by the user (endpoint, midpoint, intersection, etc.). you need to move or copy an element, you just have to select it and use the utoD® commands, and i you need to extend your model, you can just use the utoD ® stretch command.
Rendering
ost dialog boxes include pictures or ease o understanding.
You can apply specic materials (e.g. chrome) to the dierent elements o your model and get excellent visuals within minutes in rendering sotware like ds ax ®.
Customizable interace he graphical user interace provides foating and customizable toolbars. he utoD® ustomize ser nterace ditor enables you to create your own toolbars and/or menus where you can store commands that you requently use. you make a mistake, you can see it immediately and graphically: the undo and redo commands allow you to correct these mistakes and to try dierent possibilities.
DWF viewer D version o the utodesk DW publishing ormat ( D DW) can be directly created rom a D dvance teel model. D DW les can be viewed in the ree utodesk DW Viewer. dvance teel object properties can be viewed in this application.
Navigation tools he utoD® platorm provides avigation tools such as the teeringWheels application which gives you access to D and D navigation tools rom a single interace, or the Viewube to help you adjust the viewpoint o a model. 8
Automatic joints Steelwork connections through the use o automatic and parametric tools Automatic Joints
Easy modifcations
complete ready-to-use library o automatic and parametric connections is available as standard. he library includes all typical joints rom simple to more complex connections.
hanging a value or a setting in the joint properties dialog box is applied instantly and is immediately visible on the screen. hanging one o the supporting beams (e.g. section size) updates the joint accordingly. erge and split beam tools keep the joint intelligence so, there is no need to break a joint in order to modiy its parts.
Specifc joints or cold rolled profles specic toolbar oers automatic joints or cold rolled proles. onnections like single and double purlin joints or single and purlin hip joints are available. dvance teel also contains a set o automatic joints and macros or K manuacturers like etsec, ipan, yrshire, egral and tructural ections.
Comprehensive library o automatic joints dvance teel oers hundreds o dierent automatic joints, classied in a specic toolbar, so that end-users can easily nd and use the appropriate joint to connect their beams.
User-riendly joints dialog boxes ll joints dialog boxes include clear and concise graphical illustrations; these pictures are dynamic and change depending on the context and the parameter selection.
Integrated Joint Design dvance teel checks most common joints in real-time i the joint passes (or ails) according to the orces applied to the node connection based on local and international standards. detailed report is also generated automatically, which can be saved or printed.
Works on straight and curved beams large variety o joints work on curved beams, welded and tapered beams (in addition to working on straight beams). ompound beams like double angles (e.g. in a truss) are also automatic.
Quick connections he Quick connection commands speed up modeling by creating the right joint at the right place with the right settings (including Joint Design according to codes).
Store values in a library to re-use later ll joint values can be stored in a library or re-use in the same project and on any uture projects. dvance teel makes it possible to automatically select the best values based on the proles previously saved by the user.
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Sheet and plate metal work Sheet metal and plate work tools
Flexibility in plate creation complete toolbar or plate creation is available. sers can create rectangular or circular plates either by picking points or by selecting an utoD entity. n addition, olded and twisted plates can be modeled very easily.
Easily modiy plates by grips reating plates has never been so easy! With one central point, two points, three points or even rom an utoD polyline! ll plates have grips which allow or easy modication o their shape.
Basic olded plate Weld preparations
sers just have to pick points and/or an utoD entity like a polyline, and the length in order to get a basic olded plate like a gutter or a connection between sloped beams. he radius or each corner can be set or adjusted within the dialog box.
Weld preparations are requently required or heavy plate abrication. With dvance teel, any chamer (square or circular) o any size can be added to the plate edge or weld preparation in the workshop.
Sheet metal hapes like square-to-circular can be created either rom utoD entities (e.g., a rectangle and a circle), or between dvance teel beams (e.g., a square tube and a pipe).
Extended olded plates utomatic tools are available to create any shape o olded plate. sers just have to pick plates and give olding values to get the required result.
dvance teel is extremely versatile so users can create a wide variety o irregular shapes (concentric, sloped, etc.), condent in the knowledge that accurate drawings wil l be created automatically.
ny operation like a cut, a hole or a polygonal cut can be applied on any o the aces including on the olding line o the olded plate.
Automatic workshop drawings dvance teel automatically creates workshop drawings o all plates, including the unolded representation o olded plates with the right dimensions and olding radius on various views, taking into consideration the bend allowance.
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Cladding Systems Advance Steel provides dedicated tools or cladding in your 3D model, on all your drawings and BOMs Catalog providers atalogs rom worldwide suppliers are directly available in the cladding proles libraries: V, , …
Partnership with ARCELOR-MITTAL he complete V (cladding and roo proles provider company, which is part o the group) catalog is available i n dvance teel.
Customized cladding sections
Cladding macro
You can import a D dwg le rom your local provider and include it in your dvance teel library – all in a ew seconds! dvance teel provides tools to create any customized section rom a basic D prole.
dvance teel provides a macro, which automatically creates cladding proles on a selected area. sers can decide to create vertical or horizontal cladding proles, and can dene the quantity o required connectors. he overlapping value can also be dened within the macro.
Openings and cuts You can create any variety o openings (e.g. windows, doors, etc.), and each cladding prole is automatically shortened, cut or adjusted as required. oving openings will immediately re-cut the cladding proles in the correct place.
Cladding drawings verview drawings showing cladding proles on elevation and top view can be automatically created rom the D model. ny inormation (e.g., length, quantity, color) can be added to the cladding elements.
Cladding list dvance teel creates a specic cladding list with all cladding proles sorted by length. his list can be exported to a D or an X le. dvance teel will automatically update the list i any cladding quantities are changed within the model.
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Stairs and Railings macros Advance Steel has a ull set o dedicated tools to model stairs, railings, cage ladder, etc Stairs and railings toolbar Complete range o macros
specic toolbar is available to create straight stairs, spiral stairs, cage ladder, railings and also to set the typical connection types or stairs and railings.
dvance teel contains a complete range o automatic macros or straight stairs, spiral stairs, railings and cage ladders. Dialog boxes are user-riendly and include clear and concise pictures.
Create your own stairs
Fully confgurable
n case the automatic macro does not cover your specic requirements, dvance teel provides all the tools you will need to create your own stairs. here is a set o commands to create all the components rom your structure including twisted spirals.
tringer type, stair pan, railing, elbows at the end, mid rails / vertical pickets and the various types o connections to the stringer among other properties can all be user-dened and quickly saved to your library or re-use in uture projects.
Automatic drawings
Visualization
dvance teel automatically creates your workshop and drawings with labels and dimensions rom the D model. You can design your own drawing presentation styles or use those already congured within the sotware.
ssign specic materials to your stringers and treads, add a background picture and run a rendering on your project to produce a realistic visualization within seconds – a great tool when showing your clients the model, or marketing and winning new projects.
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Miscellaneous steel work Advance Steel provides tools to create any type o miscellaneous steel work Custom Stairs and Railings he fexibility o dvance teel allows users to create any type o miscellaneous steel structure, including dierent types o stairs, ladders, handrails and balustrades.
Railings flled with glass panels pecic materials can be assigned to panels, treads, railings and stringers to get a realistic representation o glass, timber, stainless steel or other specialized material in the model. he rendered model can also be saved and shared easily as a dw le.
Create your own architectural stairs dvance teel provides tools to create your own speciic components including twisted spirals to meet project requirements.
Customer examples he examples below give you an idea o the power and fexibility that dvance teel gives you to create any type o stairs, railings and pedestrian bridges. ll workshop and overview drawings have been created automatically, so that abrication and erection on site is right the rst time.
Fire escape – Lardinois (France)
Specifc steel structure sers can create complex structures made o curved beams or with a roo with hips and valleys.
Cathedral dome in Vilnius (Lithuania)
Bus station in Lyon (France) Pedestrian bridge - Oberhausen (Germany)
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Stairs and railings Tate engineering (UK)
Workshop drawings Advance Steel has a ull set o dedicated tools to automatically create workshop drawings rom the 3D model
Automatic creation rom the 3D model he workshop drawings are created or each steel element o the D model, including single part drawings and assembly drawings.
BOM within workshop drawings
specic process automates the drawing creation and denes the correct scale with the best ormat. t shows the necessary main views and a clipping area i nothing special needs to be represented, or example, along a beam.
bill o materials can be automatically created during the workshop drawing creation phase. or single part drawings, this refects on which assemblies the single part will be shop bolted or welded, while or assembly drawings, the lists all the secondary parts o the described assembly.
bill o materials can also be added in the drawing creation.
Gusset plates at scale 1:1 eady-to-use presentations are available to get all gusset plates at scale : on a large ormat like (or -).
Multiple drawings dvance teel provides automatic tools to create multiple drawings, enabling several single part or assembly drawings within one large drawing ormat.
Unwrapped tube and unolded curved beam dvance teel automatically creates the unwrapped representation or tubes and the unolded representation or curved beams. Dierent settings allow you to choose the requested unwrap method.
User modifcations
Specifc drawing presentations
sers can modiy anything within the drawings: element color, system line or reerence line display, add labels or dimensions, etc. dvance teel is powerul enough to keep all user modications during an update o the drawing (i something has been changed in the model).
sers can automatically get specic workshop presentations like unolded plates or olded plates, unwrap tube or circular pipes, particular drawings or stairs and railings and specic drawings or curved beams, etc.
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General Arrangement drawings Advance Steel has a ull set o dedicated tools to create general arrangement drawings rom the 3D model Anchor plan rom the D model, dvance teel creates nchor plan views where main and secondary columns are displayed with their corresponding base plate and grid axis are automatically dimensioned.
Overview drawings he overview drawings are created rom the D model. sers can get anchor views, elevation views but also D or D nodes or views o the entire structure.
Level symbols and slope triangles
abels or dimensions can be added automatically or added subsequently by users.
evel symbols and sloped triangles can be added to overview drawings, and their representation properties (units and precision or level symbols, reerence side and angle value or slope triangles) can be easily adjusted.
Drawing style confguration pecic drawing styles can be set to obtain the required result on overview drawings: labels, automatic dimensioning o all beam axis, specic color or visible lines, etc.
Document Manager he Document anager is the central tool used to display all documents (including overview drawings) created rom the D model and automatically updates with revisions i changes are made to the model.
Explode your drawings to AutoCAD entities n case you need to provide your dvance teel drawings to someone who wants to open them in utoD ®, an automatic tool is available to turn the selected drawings into customized layers with specic name and color.
User modifcations sers can modiy anything within the drawings: element color, display o system line or reerence line, add l abels or dimensions, change the scale o several views, etc. dvance teel is powerul enough to keep all user modications during an update o overview drawings (i something has been changed in the model).
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Automatic update o all documents Ater a modication to the 3D model, Advance Steel automatically updates all related documents Intelligent links between model and documents ll derived documents are created rom the D model and can be issued or printed separately. he documents are directly derived as DW les (or the drawings) and dvance teel keeps an intelligent link between them and the model. When you change the model, all your documents are updated automatically to match the modied steel structure.
Revision control dvance teel controls all revisions through a user-riendly dialog box that allows the user to record revision number, name and description, which will appear both in the drawing le name and on the drawing. You can ask or a backup o the drawing beore its updated, in order to keep a log o all changes/updates made.
The Document Manager he Document anager is key and controls all derived drawings, but also all the s and -DV, which are automatically created rom the D model. his is the ideal tool to classiy, preview and print your project documents. n addition, the Document anager gives users real-time inormation i documents need to be updated ater a modication in the model. nly drawings, s or -DV les, which require an update will be fagged and thus updated.
Keep what was previously edited
single click operation on the “pdate” button and all the necessary documents are updated within a ew seconds.
During an update, all user modications (deleted or moved dimension, beam color modied, new dimensions added interactively, changed view scale, etc.) are kept and not overwritten by the automatic update process, thus allowing or a signicant increase in productivity and accuracy.
List o updated drawings list o updated drawings can be obtained automatically. his list contains all drawings issued rom the model including updated drawings with the revision date.
Automatic update or BOMs and NC-DSTV fles
n addition, lists can easily be exported to industry standard le ormats such as D, X, etc.
n addition to the automatic update o workshop and general arrangement drawings, dvance teel automatically detects the status o s and -DV les in order to keep them updated according to the changes in the D model.
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Drawing output “user conguration” Advance Steel provides tools to customize your drawing presentation to meet your company standards Drawing styles When creating a drawing rom the D model, dvance teel uses a specic drawing style. his denes how the view on the drawing must look: elements to be displayed, what dimensions, labels, scale, automatic calculation o necessary views, and so on.
Process dvance teel lets you assign the drawing style that you wish to use or specic objects; or instance you can dene that all columns in your D model use a specic drawing style to display columns vertically (like they would on site) on workshop drawings. lso processes are used to dene the dierent scales and dierent ormats to be automatically used to get the best workshop drawing.
everal drawing styles are delivered by deault with dvance teel, and you can also create your own drawing style with your preerred settings.
Customization o drawing styles sing the powerul Drawing tyles anager users can quickly and easily create their own new drawing styles or simply adjust an existing style to t their requirements. he dialog box contains a variety o settings and graphical illustrations to acilitate user customization.
“Best scale in best ormat” or companies that produce one workshop drawing or each part, dvance teel has predened icons that automatically choose the best scale in the best ormat.
Automatic dimensioning confguration dvance teel uses a variety o rules that can be tweaked to get the desired automatic dimensioning, both on workshop and overview drawings.
Deault settings nd-users can dene general settings which will be used or all drawings to control parameters such as color, line type, label representation, etc. hese settings can also be saved and reused as needed.
Object representation and labeling drawing style allows users to dene exactly how they want to see objects on their drawings (visible lines, hidden lines, median line, system line , etc.) and automatic labels.
Specifc toolbar to use your customization specic “ndividual drawing styles” toolbar is available by deault in dvance teel to help users link their customized drawing styles and process to icons or everyday use. 17
BOMs Advance Steel automatically creates all required BOMs or workshop and site purposes directly rom the 3D model Easy creation he creation o s is an automatic unction included in dvance teel. rom the D model, users can create any immediately, simply by clicking the icon o the appropriate on the toolbar to get the result displayed on screen. s can be produced at any time whilst creating the model and can be generated by phase or or the whole model.
Saw cut list with pictures dvance teel automatically creates a saw cut list with detailed pictures making it easy or users to understand exact requirements.
Wide variety o BOM templates
his is very useul or ordering beams with saw cuts.
dvance teel has several deault types such as beam list, bolt list, cladding list, part list, material summary list, grating list and can even schedule utoD ® objects in a “special part” list (utoD® objects).
BOM exports to common ormats he s can be viewed, printed and also exported in various le ormats such as D, X and many others.
Automatic update o BOMs BOM template customization
ll these les are listed in the Document anager (which also lists drawings and les), so that end-users can preview and print them.
dvance teel oers a user-riendly editor to customize the templates. daptations like the use o company logos and/ or the order o the columns can be easily changed by the user. lso creating lters such as “only beams which have holes” can be applied to get exact results.
n case o any modication in the D model, dvance teel automatically fags the s, which need an update, so that users can control which will be updated automatically.
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NC-DSTV les Advance Steel automatically creates all NC-DSTV and NC-DXF les or workshop CN machines rom the 3D model guaranteeing accuracy and quality DSTV Standard is an active member o the DV standard association and dvance teel creates -les which are a % compatible with the DV standard.
NC-DSTV and NC-DXF fle confguration ll les created by dvance teel are easily congurable. he le name can be customized within a user-riendly dialog box, and the content o the -DV le can be controlled with various settings available, in order to achieve the required result.
Automatic creation o NC-DSTV fles nce your model has been numbered, dvance teel then creates -DV les rom your D model so that you can immediately start the abrication without having to print any paper. he DV le ormat has become the international standard or communicating with beam lines, drill lines, coping machines as well as angle lines, but also plate burn cuts and plate olding machines.
Punch marks in NC fles With dvance teel the user can control the creation o punch marks directly in the D model, even rom the joint properties dialog box. hese punch marks are automatically included in the -DV les to enable machines to create marks on beams and plates in the workshop.
Automatic creation o NC-DXF fles You can create -DX les or any part o the model. his can be extremely benecial i you have machines which can only read DX les. hese -DX les can be ully congured by end-users, and the utoD ® version o the saved DX le can also be congured.
KISS compliancy dvance teel users can use K (“Keep t imple, teel”) les to transer data rom the model or the bill o material between dvance teel and abrication management sotware applications like . dvance teel has been certied by or its ability to exchange data using the K le ormat.
Compliance with workshop machines dvance teel produces code that is % compatible with most worldwide machinery manuacturers.
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Building Inormation Modeling (BIM) Advance Steel is part of the GRAITEC structural BIM solution
GRAITEC Advance is a BIM system
Link to Advance Design
dvance is a uilding normation odeling () system automating the entire structural design process rom the engineering design to structural analysis, member optimization, detailing and abrication.
model started in dvance teel can be exported to dvance Design in order to get the structure veried and/or optimized according to uropean and orth merican codes. dvance teel and dvance Design share the same prole catalog as well as many advanced steel concepts (compound beams, etc.), the quality o the interoperability between both sotware is rst class.
dvance consists o: - dvance Design: tructural analysis and design - dvance oncrete: einorced concrete structures modeling and detailing - dvance teel: teel structures modeling and detailing
Cost savings with to BIM accelerates the design process by signicantly reducing data duplication as well as by automatically propagating modications to all actors o the design and construction process. also reduces the risk o mistakes and unplanned costs by avoiding inconsistencies between models. or instance, when an engineer optimizes the section o a set o columns, the dratsmen will be automatically notied and will have the ability to update automatically the required construction drawings.
Synchronize with Advance Design
GTC fle ormat, GRAITEC BIM solution
n case o changes (e.g. due to an optimization o the structure), dvance teel allows you to synchronize modications (modied elements, added or deleted elements) with dvance Design. t will also synchronize results in order to proceed to Joint Design directly in dvance teel.
(raitec ranser enter), is the name given to the raitec bject odel. ll raitec sotware share this bject odel and thereore are able to exchange and synchronize data in a smart way. With dvance teel you can easily export, import and synchronize les.
IFC compliancy dvance teel supports x. he (ndustry oundation lasses) is an open specication or uilding normation odeling and are used to share and exchange in a neutral ormat among various sotware applications.
Link to other analysis programs dvance teel can import and export D models to analysis sotware like D ro (with a specic interace able to read and write a .std le) or any analysis program being able to read D, / or les.
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Links to other CAD-related systems Advance Steel ofers intelligent bi-directional links to transer models to and rom other 3D modeling systems Standard fle ormats export/import dvance teel provides excellent interoperability with other sotware, in the sense that end-users are able to import and export data to and rom other sotware products, which eliminates duplication o work.
Mapping tables
dvance teel supports dierent standard le ormats such as /, D, x, , etc. which allows communications with any other D system supporting these le ormats.
n case some prole names are dierent between the sotware, dvance teel contains conversion tables so that the correct name, i used in order, may be well imported in other D D-systems.
CIS/2
Bi-directional link with PDMS
dvance teel is / compliant. t has been certied or its ability to exchange data using the / le ormat (/ is the second generation release o the steel ntegration tandards).
nd-users can benet rom a bi-di rectional link between dvance teel and D (rom VV); this is made possible through an interace application called nterteel ® (V ngineering) which transers the whole model in both directions.
dvance teel is able to import and export abrication and nalysis model types.
SDNF dvance teel supports D version . and version .. he D (teel Detailing eutral ile) le ormat allows you to transer beams (straight and curved), plates and cuts on elements.
Example o using Advance Steel with PDMS his project was done by V ngineering, one o our customers in engelo, he etherlands. he name o the project is “evamp o cat cracker”, and it is located in Venezuela and was ordered by the company . t consists o ons o steel structure.
PSS dvance teel supports the le set up by the erman teel uilding ssociation (DtV) to communicate between dierent detailing and analysis sotware solutions
IFC2x3 dvance teel supports x. ndustry oundation lasses () is an object oriented le ormat that acilitates exchange o electronic inormation and makes it possible to achieve interoperability in the building and construction industry.
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Advance Steel Ski jump stadium in Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Germany he construction o the new jump was completed by the ustrian company Bitschnau GmbH in December and it was inaugurated during the / winter season. dvance teel was used to produce a ull-size D model including the complex plate girders specically designed or this project. his accurate model was used to produce % o the data to control the machinery used in the project’s abrication.
Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow / Russia his project was handled by Heinrich Lamparter Stahlbau GmbH & Co. KG. s the project was designed in ermany and erected in ussia, the customer wanted to avoid any risk o mistakes on the construction site. With dvance teel, they quickly produced an accurate model and they were able to detect clashes and solve any dicult situations beore abricating complex assemblies. n addition, the act that dvance teel includes several languages was very important or this project ; the designers were using dvance teel in erman, but they were able to get all the drawings with annotations in ussian or correct erection at site by a ussian company.
Modernization o the Norwich Theatre Royal / Great Britain he use o dvance teel’s detailing system saved considerable time, eort and cost or TSI Structures Ltd or their recent project o modernizing the orwich heatre oyal. he modications made by Structures Ltd included the extension o the auditorium circle by meters and strengthening o the existing structure and entrance açade in order to allow the installation o a continuous steel balcony with back lit advertising boards and canopy.
Football stadium or EURO 2008 in Klagenurt / Austria hree ootball matches rom UEFA Euro 2008 (organized in witzerland and ustria) took place in the new Wörthersee stadium in Klagenurt, ustria. NCA Container- und Anlagenbau GmbH was chosen as the steelwork contractor or this new stadium which has a combined weight o tons o steel. he pressure to meet the deadlines was extremely high or this project and the customer was looking or a high level o automation. sing dvance teel, all drawings were automatically created accurately or both abrication and seamless erection.
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Case studies Commercial building / Canada he iducie doncour oce building was erected in the city o ongueuil next to ontreal. t was detailed with dvance teel by the abricator Lamerain and the total weight exceeds tons. he structure was optimized in dvance Design merica according to , and then sent to dvance teel. sing dvance teel was a big advantage as the automatic creation o reports an d -DV les or the workshop saved amerain a l ot o time.
Reconstruction o Prunerov II Power Plant / Czech Republic he model o the existing steel structure was designed or the reconstruction o the runerov power plant. he Noving s.r.o company was in charge o this project which contained steel elements. his project had several levels with all the necessary bracings and columns made o welded sections.
Xin Feng Train station / Taiwan he Xin eng rain tation located in the city o Xin Zhu in aiwan was done by Mingjidesignpty Ltd, in aiwan. he entire main structure and the dierent stairs to access the platorms were modeled in D using dvance teel and all workshop drawings were obtained automatically or local abrication.
Olympic bobsleigh track in La Plagne / France he lympic bobsleigh track was initially erected or the Winter lympic games which took place in lbertville, rance. he current project done by Somer was the construction o a roo over the track. ach element was modeled in D in dvance teel, starting rom a le containing all the characteristic level points recorded by a geometry expert at site. ach tubular portal is dierent when it is part o a turn and or all the portals assembly drawings were automatically issued with high precision, as the challenge was that each part tted exactly to the existing structure at site.
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Available Advance Steel packages Advance Steel is available in 3 diferent packages: Standard, Proessional and Premium
Common to all packages:
Advance Steel - Premium Advance Steel - Proessional Advance Steel - Standard
Standard package: imited to ons per model
Proessional package:
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3D modeling o the structure
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Complete international profles and bolt catalogs
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Tools to shorten, cope, split, merge beams and plates
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Folded plates and sheet metal creation
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Welded beams, curved beams, aluminum profles
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Huge library o automatic joints
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Automatic macros or stairs and railings
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Model checking tools (clash check, bolts distances)
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Model numbering
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Automatic creation o workshop drawings
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nlimited model size
Premium package: nlimited size o model ulti-user mode mport/export/synchronization with dvance Design
Specifc drawing presentations available (unwrap, unold, etc.)
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Automatic creation o general arrangement drawings
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Automatic creation o lists
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NC-DSTV and NC-DXF fles
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File ormat exchanges (SDNF, CIS/2, IFC, PSS, etc.)
ntegrated Joint Design The availability o the mentioned unctionalities depends on the commercial package. 24
THE GLOBAL STRUCTURAL BIM SOLUTION FOR CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS
Advance Steel is part o the GRAITEC Advance Suite dvance, the global D/Design sotware suite or construction proessionals
Advance Steel dvance teel is a major extension o utoD ® that accelerates structural steel modeling and automatically creates the general arrangement drawings, abrication drawings, material lists and les. dvance teel is specially developed or the steel industry to increase design productivity and production quality.
Advance Design dvance Design conducts static and dynamic analysis o D and D structures based on the nite element calculation method. dvance Design is your in-house steel/concrete construction expert that eatures a D limatic generator, non-linear calculation, support or large displacement phenomenon, structural optimization, etc.
Advance Concrete dvance oncrete is a major utoD® extension that accelerates modeling and drawing creation or concrete reinorcement and ormwork drawings. dvance oncrete dramatically increases productivity while maintaining or increasing drawing quality.
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Grenoble Stadium, France Architecture ofce: Atelier d’architecture Chaix & Morel et associés, Paris Design ofce (metallic roo): ETI, Grenoble © Jacques Mossot
Roo o Zlote Tarasy atrium (Golden Terraces) in Poland Waagner-Biro GmbH, Austria, winner o the European Award or steel construction 2007
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