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Table of contents
DAY 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 WHAT’S NEW ADVANCE STEEL 2016 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------10
Exercise 1 - Scalability & performance------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Exercise 2 - Weld symbols (New properties) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Exercise 3 - Numbering formats --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Exercise 4 - Weld symbols (New definition) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20 Exercise 5 - New countryfication -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 Exercise 6 - BOM on General Arrangement drawings ----------------------------------------------------------- 31 Exercise 7 - Labels in dimension lines -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Exercise 8 - Approval status and workflow ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35
MANAGEMENT TOOLS DATABASE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 How to Add New Stringers to the Macro --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 How to Add Sections to the Railing Marco ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 How to Add New Cladding to the Macro ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 How to create new welds ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 How to add new materials & cie. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 How to setup the databases on a server ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 How to create new grating --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 How to add a new plate thickness ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 52 How to map plates (PL) to be read as Flats (FL) or Gauge (GA) ----------------------------------------------- 53 How to create new scale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 55 Modifying Token and Label Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56 The Management Tools ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58
DAY 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------62 DRAWING STYLES CUSTOMIZATION INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------- 62 How to manage the existing drawing style ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 62 The drawing style tool palette ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63 Difference between “Model Role” and “Model Object” -------------------------------------------------------- 63 Model Object Creation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64 Labeling Strategy----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------65 Content of a label --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 65 The Tokens ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66 4
Label arrangement ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66 Iteration steps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 67 Drawing presentation modification ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 69 Presentation Rules--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------69 Process vs Drawing Style ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 70 Assigning a Drawing Style ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70 Detail Style map ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 71
CUSTOM CONNECTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------72 Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 72 Creating Basic Custom Connections ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 72 Creating Dynamic Custom Connections ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 78 Custom Connections Library ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 84
STAIRS AND RAILING-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 85 Modeling -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 86 Customizations and Settings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 92 Drawings and BOMs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 96 Extras (not covered in training) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 103
PLATEWORKS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 108 Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 108 Creating Bent and Curved Plates ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 108 Creating Developed Views -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 114 Creating and Adjusting the DXF Output --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 120
DAY 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 124 ADVANCED DRAWING STYLES CUSTOMIZATION ----------------------------------------------------------------- 124 Drawing Styles ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 124 The Views ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 126 The view direction and model box --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 129 The Z Viewport ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 129 The XY viewport --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 130 The Automatic environment viewport ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 130 Object presentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 130 Geometric Restriction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 131 The depth position ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 132 5
Presentation Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 133 Dimensioning ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 133 The view dimension window ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 134 Combination of dimension chains ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 135 The Running dimension settings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 136 The dimension chain --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 136 The dimension request ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 137 Dimension label --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 138 Dimension point creation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 139 Assigning a Drawing Style --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 141 Detail Style map --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 142 Creation of a Process--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 142
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DAY 1
WHAT’S NEW ADVANCE STEEL 2016 In this course, we’ll step through the newest Advance Steel 2016 functionality in an interactive hands-on training environment. A playlist of YouTube Video’s for What’s New In A dvance Steel 2016 can be found at the following link: http://autode.sk/AS2016 You will do the following exercises: •
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Exercise 1: Isolate selected elements in a work area to improve performance working with complex models. Exercise 2: Define weld properties connecting elements together in the 3D model Exercise 3: Choose the numbering method that works best for you with a set of new parameters now available Exercise 4: Get assembly drawings with information about welds coming directly from the 3D model and see how you can get customized weld symbols. Exercise 5: Create accurate and automatically dimensioned & labeled general arrangement drawings by using ready-to-use templates. Exercise 6: Insert a bill-of-material on general arrangement drawings to get more information on the documentation. Exercise 7: Get dimension lines containing additional information with a text label entered by the user or filled automatically by using available attributes. Exercise 8: Control the status of yo ur project by highlighting objects based on their approval status.
Exercise 1 - Scalability & performance 1. Go to File and then Open the Advance Steel 2016_Model_FINAL.dwg file. 2. Go to the View ribbon, then the Work Area tab and click the Create Work Area button.
3. Pick two diagonal points in the 3D model to define the Work Area, and select Low as Level Of Detail .
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4. You can use the Select Work area icon to find where is located the Work area box and to get it selected.
5. Select the Work area box and resize it with one of its grip points.
6. Go to the Home ribbon, then the Settings tab and click the Management Tools button.
7. Go to Defaults category.
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8. Check Use filter and enter length in the cell.
9. Go to General category, and find where the Min length for beams to be displayed in low LOD default is located, then enter 400 as value instead of 0.
10. Press Load Settings in Advance button and c lose the Management Tools.
11. Go to the Home ribbon, then the Settings tab and click the Update defaults button.
12. Look at the new result (e.g. with the clip angles not visible anymore) with Low representation. 13. Change the Level of detail to Medium or Medium with Plates or High.
14. Use Toggle Work Area State icon to enable or disable the Work Area display. 12
15. Use Toggle Work Area External Objects Visibility icon to hide or display objects located outside the Work Area.
16. Select the Work area box and delete it to get all the 3D model being displayed without any Work Area restriction.
NOTES:_______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 2 - Weld symbols (New properties) 1. Go to the Home ribbon, then the Extended Modeling tab and click the Connection vault button.
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2. Navigate through the different connection categories, and go to Platform beams category.
3. Select the Shear plate joint, and insert it between a column and a floor beam. 4. Navigate within the Shear plate properties dialog box, and show the different options like “Plate shape” and “Vertical bolts” quantity & distance options.
5. Go back to the Connection vault and go to Column - Beam category.
6. Select the Moment connection joint, and insert it between the previous column & floor beam. 14
7. Navigate within the joint properties dialog box, and show that you can ask for the creation of Stiffeners – bottom and that you can now specify a Flange gap and a Web gap between the stiffeners and the column. 8. Show that you can specify the different welds for stiffeners thickness in Welds tab.
9. Double-click on the weld symbol created by the Shear plate joint (if it is easier, you can temporary change the Visual style from Realistic to 2D Wireframe) and modify some of the weld parameters.
NOTES:_______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
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Exercise 3 - Numbering formats 1. Use the View cube to display a Back view of the model. 2. Make a window selection around columns located on the left o f the building.
3. With a right-click, choose Advance Properties. In the properties dialog box, go to Naming tab, select the Lot/Phase box and enter Ph A as Lot/Phase.
4. Make a window selection around columns located in the ce nter of the building.
5. With a right-click, choose Advance Properties. In the properties dialog box, go to Naming tab, select the Lot/Phase box and enter Ph B as Lot/Phase.
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6. Make a window selection around columns located on the right of the building.
7. With a right-click, choose Advance Properties. In the properties dialog box, go to Naming tab, select the Lot/Phase box and enter Ph C as Lot/Phase.
8. Go to the Output ribbon, then the Part marks tab and click the Numbering button. 9. Change the Method to SP: 1000,1001, … MP: 1,2,3 …. for the Single part category.
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10. Add %LotPhase in the numbering Format by accessing additional tokens with the arrow located on the right.
11. Repeat steps 9 and 10 for the Assembly category. 12. Press Apply then OK to run the numbering. 13. Double-click on the Part mark column to get part marks starting with Ph on the top of the list.
14. Go to the Home ribbon, then the Extended Modeling tab and click the Advance Steel Tool Palette button. 15. Go to the Selection category and click Model browser icon.
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16. Make a right-click on one column header, then select Insert column, then Naming and choose Lot/Phase.
17. Double-click on the Lot/Phase column to display elements having a Lot/Phase defined.
18. Select the lines containing elements in specific Phases and pre ss Isolate button.
19. In the 3D model, you can see where are located the columns which are in Lot/phase A, B or C. 20. Press Show all button to redisplay all.
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21. Close the Model browser dialog with the cross button in the upper right corner. NOTES:_______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 4 - Weld symbols (New definition) 1. Select in the 3D model the floor beam which has been modified in Exerc ise 2. 2. Go to the Outputs ribbon, then the Documents tab and click the Drawing Processes button.
3. In the Drawing Processes tool palette, go to 5 – Assemblies – Selected category, and select the drawing process named Selected Mp Each ANSIC , then press OK to generate the drawings. 4. Go to the Output ribbon, then the Document Manager tab and click the Document Manager button. 5. Select the obtained assembly drawing and click the Open drawing button. 6. Eventually move the main view and the cut view if necessary. 7. You should get a result similar to this one:
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8. Make a zoom on the cut view to see the weld symbol
9. Go to the Labels & Dimensions ribbon, then the Labels tab and click the Insert weld symbol button.
10. Select the welded Shear plate on the Cut view and insert a weld symbol. 11. Fill some values for Weld main, Weld double and Additional data in the Weld dialog box.
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12. You should get a result similar to this one
Remark: the WeldTemplate.dwg used for creating the weld symbol on drawings is located in C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2016\Shared\Support\Symbols
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Exercise 5 - New countryfication 1. Go to the Home ribbon, then the Extended Modeling tab and click the Advance Steel Tool Palette button. 2. Go to the UCS category and click Move UCS icon. 3. Pick one of the foundation upper corners.
4. Press 2 times on Rotate UCS around Z icon to get the X axis along the biggest side of t he building.
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5. Go to the Outputs ribbon, then the Documents tab and click the Drawing styles button.
6. Go to 3 – GA Plans, Elevations / Sections category, and select the drawing style named 3 – Anchor Plan – grid & holes dimensioned .
7. Keep the parameters are they are set by default in the dialog box and press OK . 8. Specify a Drawing number (e.g. GA1) and select a Prototype (e.g. ASDETPROTO-ANSI-E-Anchor plan.dwg), then press OK .
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9. Make a window selection which includes all the foundations and column base plates.
10. Go to the Output ribbon, then the Document Manager tab and click the Document Manager button. 11. Select the GA1.dwg and click the Open drawing button.
12. You should get a result similar to this one:
13. Save this GA1.dwg and go back to the 3D model. 14. Go to the Tools category and click Create camera(s) at node icon.
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15. Select one of the base plate joint boxes and pick one of the cameras on the side.
16. Choose Anchor plan as Type and enter Type A as the Description.
17. Go to Detail box tab, change x-delta and y-delta to 4’ , choose 2 – Anchor Detail – Front as Style and 1 /2 ‘’= 1’0’’ as Scale.
18. Go to the Tools category and click Create camera(s) at node icon.
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19. Select another base plate joint box and pick the camera on t he top.
20. Choose Anchor plan as Type and enter Top view type A as the Description.
21. Go to Detail box tab, change x-delta and y-delta to 4’ , choose 2 – Anchor Detail – Top as Style and 1 /2 ‘’= 1’0’’ as Scale
22. Go to the Selection filters category and click Cameras icon.
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23. Go to the Outputs ribbon, then the Documents tab and click the Drawing Processes button.
24. In the Drawing Processes tool palette, go to 1 – Cameras category, and select the drawing process named Selected Cameras Each ANSI-A, then press OK to generate the drawings.
25. Go to the Output ribbon, then the Document Manager tab and click the Document Manager button. Open one of the obtained drawings with the Open drawing button.
26. You should get a result similar to this one:
27. Save and close the drawing and go back to the 3D model. 28. In the Drawing Styles tool palette, go to 3 – GA/Plans, Elevations/Sections category, and select the drawing style named 3 – Plan view – Key plan. 27
29. Press OK to generate the drawings and give it Key plan.dwg as a name.
30. Go to the Output ribbon, then the Document Manager tab and click the Document Manager button. Open one of the obtained drawings with the Open drawing button.
31. You should get a result similar to this one:
32. Save this Key plan.dwg and go back to the 3D model.
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33. In the Advance Steel Tool Palette button, go to the UCS category and click Move UCS icon. 34. Pick one of the foundation upper corners. 35. Press Rotate UCS around Z icon and then press Rotate UCS around X in order to get the XY plane vertical. 36. In the Drawing styles tool palette, go to 3 – GA Plans, Elevations / Sections category, and select the drawing style named 3 – Elevation View - Line.
37. Keep the parameters are they are set by default in the dialog box and press OK . 38. Specify a Drawing number (e.g. GA2) and select a Prototype (e.g. ASDETPROTO-ANSI-E.dwg), then press OK . 39. Make a window selection which includes all the elevation.
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40. Go to the Output ribbon, then the Document Manager tab and click the Document Manager button.
41. Select the GA2.dwg and click the Open drawing button.
42. You should get a result similar to this one:
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Exercise 6 - BOM on General Arrangement drawings 1. Open the Document Manager , select the GA2.dwg general arrangement drawing and open it. 2. Go to the Labels & Dimensions ribbon, then the Management tab, click the Insert a details list button.
3. Pick one element from the elevation view and press Enter. 4. Specify two diagonal points within the drawing. 5. In the dialog box go to Template tab, then inside the Advance Templates branch and select Drawing – Material list.dwg template.
6. Close the dialog box with the cr oss button in the upper right corner. 7. Go to the Labels & Dimensions ribbon, then the Management tab, click the Update list button.
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8. You should get a result similar to this one
9. Save and close the GA2.dwg, open the Document Manager , select the GA1.dwg general arrangement drawing and open it. 10. Go to the Labels & Dimensions ribbon, then the Management tab, click the Insert a details list button.
11. Pick one element from the anchor plan view and press Enter. 12. Specify two diagonal points within the drawing. 13. In the dialog box go to Template tab, then inside the Advance Templates branch and select Drawing – Column – Base plate list.dwg template.
14. Close the dialog box with the cr oss button in the upper right corner. 15. Go to the Labels & Dimensions ribbon, then the Management tab, click the Update list button.
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16. You should get a result similar to this one:
NOTES:_______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 7 - Labels in dimension lines 43. Pick one of the floor beams which have some secondary beams connected with a Shear plate connection. 44. Go to the Output ribbon, then the Documents tab and click the Drawing Processes button.
45. In the Drawing Processes tool palette, go to 5 – Assemblies - Selected category, and select the drawing style named Selected Mp Each ANSI-C , then press OK to generate the assembly drawing.
46. Select the beam in the model and with a rightclick select Show assembly detail .
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47. You should get a result similar to this one:
48. Double-click on the dimension line containing a label, then go to Dimension label tab and try one of the proposed options for Label placement .
49. Customize the label content by inserting Qty = in front of %MainPartQuantity and by adding Material after %Length).
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50. You should get a result similar to this one:
51. Save and close the assembly drawing. NOTES:_______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 8 - Approval status and workflow 1. Go to the Tools ribbon, then the Tools tab, click the Layer button. 2. Select all the layers and turn them OFF excepted the Beams layer.
3. Use the View cube to display a Front view of the model. 4. Make a window selection around beams located on the upper level of the building.
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5. Make a right-click and choose Advance Properties. 6. Go to Fabrication data tab and set Approval status to Revised .
7. Make a window selection around beams located on the intermediate level of the building.
8. Make a right-click and choose Advance multi edit then Beam properties. 9. Go to Fabrication data tab and set Approval status to Comment .
10. Make a window selection around beams located on the lower level of the building.
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11. Make a right-click and choose Advance Properties. 12. Go to Fabrication data tab and set Approval status to Approved .
13. Use the View cube to display an isometric view of the 3D model. 14. Go to the Home ribbon, then the Extended Modeling tab and click the Advance Steel Tool Palette button. 15. Go to the Selection category and click Search filter icon.
16. Go to General tab, check Assign color option and choose ByApprovalStatus in the combobox.
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17. Go to Objects tab and check Steel beam.
18. You can optionally press Save button and give a name to the query so that you can run it later e.g. from the Project explorer.
19. Press OK button. 20. You should get a result similar to this one:
21. Go to the Tools ribbon, then the Tools tab, click the Layer button. 22. Select all the layers and turn them ON.
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23. Double-click on one the Shear plate connection cuboid to get the properties dialog box being displayed.
24. Press Check button.
25. Change the Approval status to Approved .
26. Go to the Ouput ribbon, then the Document Manager tab, click the Document manager button. 27. Select the GA1.dwg and the GA2.dwg drawings and set the Approval status to Approved.
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28. Select e.g. the GA2.dwg and press Open drawing button.
29. You should get a result similar to this one:
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MANAGEMENT TOOLS DATABASE Please make sure to have some paper for ex tra notes because a lot of what we will do is not necessarly in the fallowing document. This fallowing document is an general overview of what will be covered.
How to Add New Stringers to the Macro In Advance Steel, you can assign user sections for the structural element of the stairs - "the stringer". This option allows you to use any section shape for this type of element, completing the current sections library. Create a user section using the "Generate selected section" option and use the "Update defaults" command from the "Manage" ribbon to update the database with the new section.
For example a "C asymmetric" user section is created having the section name " CAsymHook250x150" and the class section name " CAsymmetric-Hook".
With GRAITEC Advance Manager 2013, open the database "AstorProfiles": Settings\Table Editor\Open ODBC\AstorProfiles.
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In the AstorProfiles database search for the "ProfileMasterTable" table using the filter. In this table you can find the new user section. From the "TypeNameText" column copy the internal name assigned to the user section "Usr CAsymmetric-Hook".
In the same database AstorProfiles search for the definition table of the profile, whose name is similar with the internal name of the section, " USR_CAsymmetric-Hook"(example). From the column " Section
name" copy the section name "CAsymHook250x150"
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In the AstorRules database search for the table "RULE_StairStringerUserSections" using the filter.
To add a new line in the "RULE_StairStringerUserSections" table follow these steps:
Fill a unique number in the " Key" column. "DefaultProfile" column must be filled like: " Usr CAsymmetricHook#@§@#CAsymHook250x150". Where "Usr CAsymmetric-Hook " is the internal name of the section from the "ProfileMasterTable" table from the AstorProfiles database; " #@§@#" is a unique separator which is used to add any new section; " CAsymHook250x150" is the section name from the definition table of the profile "USR_ CAsymmetric-Hook" from the AstorProfiles database. The "Note" column is completed optionally; for example it can contain information about the section type. This information does not appear in the " Stair" joint.
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Create a joint Stair in Advance Steel and from its properties choose the previously defined user section.
How to Add Sections to the Railing Marco In Advance Steel, custom profiles can be added to the railing macro. This allows for the railing macro to be able to adapt to and industry including the architectural, more aesthetically pleasing world. For this example, we’ll map a user section to the “Top Rail” portion of t he railing macro Start by creating a new section profile.
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Once the sections is created, it can be viewed in the “profile master table” AstorProfiles database.
The next step is to open the AstorRules database to add the new section type to the “Joints GUI Allowed Sections” table. The section could apply to any category, but for this example add it to the “Top Handrail”. NOTE: If the “Sub Type Name” is placed under the “Allowed Section” column, this will allow all section types with the same name to be mapped to the macro.
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Once the defaults are updated, the section can then be used in the railing macro.
How to Add New Cladding to the Macro Start by creating a new cladding profile with the “User Section” tools from the Ribbon.
Once the section is complete, it will create its own table in the AstorProfiles database.
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Next add a new line in the table "RULE_Cladding_ProfileClasses".
And to add the rules in the table "RULE_Cladding_ProfilesInfo".
How to create new welds Advance Steel can create new weld symbols, finishing surfaces, etc. We will create a staggered fillet weld example. Advance Steel uses symbol drawings that can be modified or created by the user.
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There are two ways to create a new weld symbol:
1. Modify an existing symbol. The modification is quick and easy but it will overwrite the existing symbol.
2. Create a new weld symbol. This option offers many advantages but the process must be strictly followed. There are 5 tables in the AstorBase for weld options:
Symbols: to create / modify the link between a weld and the symbol drawing. Welddesign: to create / modify an entry for a design (e.g., G for grind) Weldshape: to create / modify an e ntry for a finishing (e.g., flush-convex) Weldtype: to create/modify a weld symbol (e.g., fillet-butt-bevel) Combiwelding: to combine two existing welds for automatic near side and far side weld (e.g., bevel ns / fillet fs)
Example 1: Modify a weld symbol For this example, we are going to change the position of the finishing symbol to create a larger gap between the weld symbol and the finish symbol.
Start the Management Tool by selecting MANAGEMENT TOOL on the start menu of Advance Steel. Start the 'Table Editor' application. Click the OPEN DATABASE ODBC icon and select AstorBase. Open the 'Symbols' table. Search in the description for the element to change: (concave - convex - flat). In the "drawing name 1" column, find the curr ent symbol drawing. Open the folder with all Advance Steel symbols: Program data / Autodesk / Advance Steel / Shared / Support / Symbols. Searc h for the 3 drawings. The letter "o" or "u" before the .dwg means u=fs and o=ns (because a symbol is necessary for both sides of the weld). Open one of the symbols to modify (Important: The symbol drawings can only be modified in plain AutoCAD®, make sure that Advance Steel is not loaded).
The symbols (AutoCAD® lines and attributes) are related to the zero point of the World Coordinate System. You have to move the symbol position to increase the gap between the two symbols. Save and close the drawing. 48
You should repeat this process for all drawings you want to modify. This applies to all other weld symbols. Note that the "MASS" and "LOWERMASS" attributes are automatically filled with the weld thickness from Advance Steel.
Example 2: Create a new weld symbol For this example, we are going to create a staggered fillet weld.
Start the Management Tool by selecting MANAGEMENT TOOL on the start menu of Advance Steel. Start the 'Table Editor' application. Click the OPEN DATABASE ODBC icon and select AstorBase. Open the 'WeldType' table. Fill the description for the new weld on the last free line: (Key = next available number) (Name = the desired name, for example, Staggered Fillet) (system = 0). Remember the key number. Open the "Symbols" table. Go to the last line and define a new key. In the "Name" field, you must enter the reference weld. "Weld_Upper" is the name for upper welds and "weld_lower" is the name for lower weld symbols. Next, you must enter the key from the "WeldType" table and then "_4_1:10" (e.g., weld_Lower21_4_1:10).
In the "Description" field, enter the de scription (e.g., "staggered"). The "Scale1", "Translation" and "Rotation1" fields can be set to "0". In the "DwgName1" field, enter the name of your AutoCAD® symbols drawing from the folder: Program files / Autodesk / Advance Steel / Shared / Support / Symbols. Repeat the same process for the upper weld. 12. Create the corresponding symbol drawings with plain AutoCAD®. You can also copy and modify (the copy) existing symbol drawings.
Using this process you can create any weld symbol, surface shape, weld preparation or combination of weld symbols.
How to add new materials & cie. In Advance Steel, through the management tools, we can create: Material, Coatings, Model Roles, Bolt Coatings, General Notes and Texts (for weld tail). You can access them through the Object Property Editor
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All the modifications and or added features, can be found in the AstorBase.mdb at this path: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2016\Steel\Data\AstorBase.mdb
How to setup the databases on a server First of all, you must locate the DatabaseConfiguration.xml at this path: C:\ProgramData\Graitec\Advance Steel\2013\Configuration\DatabaseConfiguration.xml
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The location for the others databases in Advance Steel: Database- Location in Windows Vista and Windows 7 / 8
AstorAddin- C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\AdvanceSteel \2016\User2\Data AstorBase- C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\AdvanceSteel\2016\Steel\Data AstorDetails- C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\AdvanceSteel\2016\Steel\Data AstorRules- C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\AdvanceSteel\2016\Steel\Data AstorSettings- C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\AdvanceSteel\2016\Steel\Data
For AstorProfiles database, in order to access it from a network address the user needs to change a registry entry. AstroProfiles can be found at the following location:
AstorProfiles2016- C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Data
To change the registry entry you need to:
Open Registry Editor tool from Windows ( press START > Run > type regedit )
To the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Autodesk / D atabase Connections.
Here change the folder target for the AstorProfile2016 entry with the network address.
This registry configuration needs to be done independently for each computer, but the DatabaseConfiguration.xml file can be replaced for each computer.
How to create new grating All the Gratings are saved in the same databases. The best is to use an existing one and renamed it. You have two important tables there: GratingStandardMaster, GratingVariableMaster.
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Those are actually managing which gratings are displayed in the Advance Steel menu.
How to add a new plate thickness To create a new plate thickness, you must locate the AstorBase.mdb or acce ss it with the Management Tools through the “Table Editor”. Once in the AstorBase database, locate the plate thickness table.
For this example, add in Gauge 5 material to the database.
Key – 5.314
Run Name – Gauge 5
Owner Text – My Company
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Update the defaults in Advance Steel
The new thickness is now created
The plate can then the added to your preferred sizes for quicker access in you model space.
How to map plates (PL) to be read as Flats (FL) or Gauge (GA) Plates can be mapped to reads as flats or as gauge material when needed in your shop drawings and BOM. First, open the Management tools and adjust t he settings in your defaults to allow plates to be mapped.
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Next, check off the priority for the mapping under the plate’s category. This will allow the mapping rules that we will set to apply.
Next, locate the AstorBase database in the Table editor to find the MapInterntoExtern Table. The output for text, with any plate thickness and width, can be adjusted by modifying the text under the external1 column.
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How to create new scale To create new scale, you must locate the AstorBase.mdb. In it, you will find a table call Scale you can choose to make appear a scale in metric only or in both, imperial and metric.
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Modifying Token and Label Information In the Astor Base, we can also adjust other settings. Or find informqation to force labels to display a certain content. I mean to force a label to display in a cert ain unit insead of an other one. In Advance Steel the units are defined for each model, drawing and list. This means that a drawing contains a certain setting for the units and precision. There are certain cases where it is necessary to have a different precision or unit setting for a single item. This is possible in Advance Steel by defining, for just a label, a different unit and precision setting.
To do this, you need to add a [1,2,3] to the token, for example, for a %Length token it has to look like %[1,2,3]Length
While the 1, 2, 3 must be replaced by the required keys from the unit tables in AstorBase.
The first number is the unit key from the tables in AstorBase.mdb starting with UnitOf... (e.g., for a distance it is from UnitsOfDistance). The second number is the unit type from the UnitsType table in AstorBase.mdb. The third number is the unit precision from t he UnitsPrecision table in AstorBase.mdb In the above example we used [3,3,1], which means: Key 3 from AstorBase.mdb UnitsOfDistance table: Millimeter
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Key 3 from AstorBase.mdb UnitsType table: Decimal
Key 1 from AstorBase.mdb UnitsPrecision table: no decimals
Result: Even with the model units set to display 2 decimals (2643.68) we can have a shown length rounded to full millimeters (2644).
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The Management Tools
We can use this Tool to make all the modification through all your Databases. Will go deeply into it, we will create new bolts,studs and anchors. To create a new bolt class, nut and washer, click on the bolts catergory to access the table. Existing bolt groups can be modified and new bolt groups can be copied and renamed to quickly add a new c lasses.
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DRAWING STYLES CUSTOMIZATION INTRODUCTION How to manage the existing drawing style The drawing styles are available from the Output tab Document Manager panel by selecting the drawing style manager icon:
They are organized in two main catego ries:
Advance: They are the default out of the box, and cannot be altering by users.
User: They are customizable by the user. Each category is divided into sub-categories base on which type of drawings you want to create.
The drawing style will be available in the drawing style tool palette by selecting a category on the right window of the drawing style manager. S elect the Drawing style you want to appear on the Tool palette.
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The drawing style tool palette After you selected which drawing style you would like to use and see available, simply close Advance Steel and re-open it. The new drawing style will be available by selecting the icon of the flag to the left of the gear icon.
Difference between “Model Role” and “Model Object” A “Model Role” is a specific designation for each object from the model, without taking in consideration their properties. Adding a model role to an object does not differentiate between a Main Part and a Single Part, until you make it yourself obviously. Example: you can have two beams having the same “Model Role” but one is considerate as a Main part the other one as a single part. A “ Model Object” Is based on three things, the behavior of the object (is it a Main Part or an attached part), the type of object (Beam, Polybeam, Plate, bolt…) and the Model Role.
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A “Model Object” can be really specific or it can be vague and general. Example: A plate that as no specified model role and is not specified if it is a MP or a SP will be considered as too general. Another example: We will use a plate, but this time we will assign a “Model Role” called gusset, we will presume that it is a MP this will be considered as Specific. A model Object can also include more than one type of “Object Type”. Example: A Beam and a Plate, both having the model role “Frame” can be group through the same “Model Object”.
Model Object Creation You can create a model object by copying an existing one, using the o ption at the top or by right clicking on it, from the category that you want. Then from the right click option, by selecting properties, you can re-assign or change the category name of any model object. Using the option Copy; is by far the easiest way to create a new model object. The deep copy option is a little bit challenging; it is copying the entire sub variable (definition) of the model object that you deep copy.
From the right window, you can add many different type of objects that you want to include in your model object; different type of object with the same model role or either the same object with a different model role.
N.B. You can also create many model Role that you want.
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Labeling Strategy The labeling strategy is organized base on the type of object. It can also be assigned to any type of object. The objects are organized in such a way that they are grouped by their associated
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Content of a label The first half of the window is where you can assign the name, the group, the orientation and the alignment of your labels. * The second half is where you can define the content of the label. Again, you can create as many as you want. You can define the content based on which type of object. The font, the text size, the color can also be adjusted. The content can be managed through the second row of combo-box where you can assign what we call: tokens. **
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The Tokens The tokens are used to define the content of the labels. You can create multiple different combinations of tokens, not all the objects can actually use all the tokens. Some are restricted to specific objects. Example: You need to define a hole, to place “Coating” token would make no sense… The units use in each token can be set individually. You can refer to an FAQ available at www.graitec.com “How can I define the units and precision for a single label?”
Label arrangement The arrangement method: We will focus on the new arrangement method. By clicking on the little hammer icon, you can access pre-define areas or you can create your own.
There, the right portion is split in two category, the Arrangement options*, and Arrangement of iteration steps **.
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1. Arrange in object center : This is simple to understand, it will place the ladder in the middle of the object no matter what. 2. Allowable position: this works in combination with the second portion **. If you have only one step obviously you will not see big changes, but if you have multiple steps, the label will always try to optimize the position. If this option is check, the software will stop looking for the optimal position of your label and will place it in order of creation at the first available spot. 3. Total geometry: If it is checked, it means the leader cannot be placed over an object.
Iteration steps This is the delicate part of labelling strategy. Here, you can define an area where the leader will attempt to be place. Imagine some boxes surrounding the shape that you want to markup:
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From the scheme, the boxes represent 100% of the area, in most of existing Iteration steps; the percentage is set to 120% allowing the overlapping in the corners. You can setup the minimal distance from the shape and a maximum distance this will actually define the area where the labels are allowed to be created. If you use a smaller percentage, it is based on the reading direction. The positioning of the labels also work with an option available in the “conte nt of a label”
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Drawing presentation modification From any views, you can access the object presentation.
Each line gets a number. This number is a priority order; the same object can fall under two, three and even more categories. That is why it is important to be specific in certain circumstances and general in others. Each line refers to a “model object”, and is compose of four other properties: a geometric
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Process vs Drawing Style A drawing style is how a piece or an assembly will be represented on a detail. A Process is an atomation of your details. Which mean you let the software decide on how each element will be represented base on the designation: beam, column, plate, etc. A process can include many different drawings styles.
Assigning a Drawing Style The process manager is where you will manage your processes, for example on which paper size you will create your details, which scale will be use, how many details per sheet, and how your details will look. The drawing process manager is divided in two categories, Advance (process out of the box) and User (process that can be modified by you). Each process is defined by the “Process Steps” and the “Detail Style Maps” We will mainly focus on the Detail Style map.
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Drawing Style assignation (Suite) Looking at the bottom Right portion of your screen, you will notice which style map is in use in this process.
After you determine which style m ap you are using, you can start the modification. N.B. ALWAYS MAKE A COPY AT EACH STEP YOU ATTEMPT A MODIFICATION.
Detail Style map A detail style map is composed of 3 essential columns; a script, a model object and a drawing style. The fourth we do not generally use.
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CUSTOM CONNECTION Introduction Advance Steel contains a variety of preset parametric joints to connect Advance Steel elements. The joints consist of several elements such as plates, stiffeners, beams, bolts, and welds. An Advance Steel joint is created with all its parts, connection objects, and features using a single operation. However, if there are elements missing in an existing connection, Advance Steel Has the capability of creating “Custom Connections”. This allows the user to modify and add features to existing connection from the vault while still being able to save it to a library, use the connection copy tools and keep intelligence (macro interface). The demonstration highlights:
Creating a custom connection at a beam’s reference end Creating a custom connection between two elements Creating a custom connection between three elements Creating a custom connection from the tools in the Advance Steel Tool Palette Combining two connections Library management Use join in a joint group function and management
Please make sure to have some paper for ex tra notes because a lot of what we will do is not necessarly in the following document
Creating Basic Custom Connections Custom connections can be created by recycling connections from the vault and adding features while still keeping its intelligence (the Advance Joint Properties). The main tools that will be used are located in the Advance Steel Tool Palette
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Example 1: GLB Bucket (CC66) In this first example, we’ll be referencing a column to GLB connection with a “beam at reference end” application. Start by creating a bent plate to respect the dimensions for a 1’ x 8-3/4” GLB.
Once the CC66 (bent plate connection) is created the next step would be to create the scenario for the application.
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Insert an AISC HSS square 5x5x3/16” Move the bent plate (CC66) connection to the top on the column (the inside of the plate should be flush with the top of the c olumn) Add a weld between the two elements (3/16” continuous fillet weld) Add a shortening to the top of the column to compensate for the thickness of the plate The scenario is now complete
Once the scenario is complete, we can then begin the process of creating the custom connection. For this example we will use “1 be am with end”
In the Custom Connection section of the Tool P alette, click template” Chose the definition method “1beam with end”
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to use “Create connection
Select the driver for the situation (in this case the column) The user template dialog box will then appear Specify the name of the connection Select the driven/output objects Rename the driver to be called Column the custom connection is now created
The last step is the save the file at this location: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2016\Shared\ConnectionTemplates
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Example 2: Moment and Shear Plate Connection Combination In this example, the custom connection feature in Advance Steel will be used to combine two connections from the vault while keeping the intelligence and adding extra features. Start by placing the members in model space at a preferred UCS and while offsetting them beam to its top flange.
Column- AISC W (W14x82) Beam- AISC W (W21x62)
Once in the correct position, apply the connections from the connection vault
Insert a moment connection from the connection vault Insert a shear plate from the connection vault (four bolt scenario) Apply stiffener to the column The connections are now in place
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Once all the added cut features are in place, the custom connection can then be created.
In the Custom Connection section of the Tool P alette, click template” Chose the definition method “2 beams”
to use “Create connection
Select the driver for the situation (in this case the column then beam) The user template dialog box will then appear Specify the name of the connection (moment + shear plate connection) Select the driven/output objects (both connections and added feature s) Rename the driver to be called Column and Beam 77
the custom connection is now created
The last step is to save the file at this location: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2016\Shared\ConnectionTemplates
Creating Dynamic Custom Connections Custom connection can also be created by using various tools from the “Custom connections tool palette. The tools allow the user to insert standalone elements (plates, bolts, beams, holes etc…) with their intelligent “Advance Joint Properties” dialog box. This will also allow for connection to apply to many different scenarios. The main tools that will be used are located in the Advance Steel Tool Palette
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Example 1: double sided moment and shear plate connection In this example, using the tools from the custom connections section of the tools palette, create a double sided moment connection with shear plates. Start by placing the column and beams at a preferred UCS in you model
Column – AISC W 14 x 82 Beam 1 – AISC W 18 x 65 Beam 2 – AISC W 21 x 62
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Once the member are inserted, start by applying the shear plate c onnections from the vault
Apply a four bolt scenario to AISC W 18 x 65 Apply a five bolt Scenario to the AISC W 21 x 62
Next, stiffeners can be added by using the “Column Stiffeners” function from the custom connections tool palette.
Click to use “Column Stiffeners” Select the column and press enter Select Beam 1 and press enter 80
Select beam 2 and press enter
The Stiffeners can then be modified through the advance joint properties window.
Next, angles can be placed on both top and bottom flange by using “Beam on object referenced to object”
Click to use “Beam on object referenced to object” Select the column and press enter Select the beam and press enter Repeat or copy the connection to the other beam
The member sizes and positioning could then be adjusted through the advance joint properties dialog box
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Next, bolts can then be added on the gauge lines of the secondary members (the beams) by using “Bolts on Beam Gauge Line”
Click to use bolts on beam gauge line Select the beam and press enter Type Y on the command bar to se lect an additional object, in this case the angle Repeat the command or copy the connection to all four scenarios
The bolts placement and quantity can then be adjusted t hrough the advance joint properties dialog box
Once the connections are in place, they can be grouped together by creating a three member custom connection
In the Custom Connection section of the Tool Palette, click template” Chose the definition method “3 beams”
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Select the driver for the situation (in this case the column, beam 1 and then beam 2) The user template dialog box will then appear Specify the name of the connection (double sided moment + shear plate) Select the driven/output objects (all connections and features) Rename the driver to be called Column, Beam1 and Beam2 the custom connection is now created
The last step is to save the file at this location: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2016\Shared\ConnectionTemplates
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Custom Connections Library To recall a connection, use the “Insert connection template” tool from the C ustom connection tool palette. The library dialog box has a visual preview of each stored connection for quick recognition.
Multiple connections can be stored within the same DWG file to allow the user to have a category structure. This can be based on connection types, number of members involved or number of connections involved.
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STAIRS AND RAILING
General notes 1. Please make sure to have some paper for extra notes because a lot of what we will do is not necessarily in the following document. 2. The following document is an general overview of what will be covered. 3. You should have a good understanding of Advance Steel, from modeling to drawing creation, to get the most out of this tutorial.
Tutorial Outline Modeling
How to create switchback stairs of stairs How to make treaded stairs with a circular and rectangular return How to create User treads How to make flared stairs How to create concrete connections Creating custom handrail brackets
Customizations and Settings
How to work with the Stairs Library Adding new Coatings to the pulldown menu How to create Custom Connections How to add a profile to the Railing m acro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P46dpnZpAU8&list=PLY-ggSrSwbZp0hLHLtfKRD24HkbthdnT&index=7 Show how you can insert a Railing on concrete Stairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DO80KyHqyw&index=6&list=PLY-ggSrSwbZp0hLHLtfKRD24HkbthdnT
Drawings and BOMs
How to add additional Drawing Style templates from other co untries The best way to detail different stairs and their components Camera Views o How is Hatching used and how to modify it. How is grating added to a Drawing S tyle Outputting different materials such as wood and glass
Extras (not covered in training)
How to make grating stairs
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Modeling 1.
How to create switchback stairs of stairs
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How to make treaded stairs with a circular and rectangular return
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How to create User treads
How are custom treads added to the stair macro Custom treads can be added to the stair macro. The tread types 22, 23 and 24 are used custom treads. The only difference between these tread types is the connection type to the stringer. 1. New treads are added using the User Sections creation tool.
2. To be recognized by the macro, the section class must be "User defined treads" while the section name can be any name.
3. Once the profile is added, it can be used by selecting the tread type 22, 23 or 24.
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4. On the Tread dimensions 1 tab, the Tread profile size list contains the created user section (if it doesn't, you may need to restart Advance Steel).
Note: New tread sections can be added only with the User Section tool. Already existing profiles cannot be used for the stair structural element.
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After creating the basic stair you will remove the intelligence by deleting the grey Advance Joint Properties box. Stretch one or both stringers to the width desired. Now you will use the Cut at Object button on the tool palette to extend each tread to the stringer manually.
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CUT AT OBJECT
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How to create concrete connections
In current construction design, joints are often used between concrete and steel elements. Starting with 2012 version, Advance Steel provides new predefined joints between these types of elements, covering and completing the whole “Connection Vault”. The "Embed Beam Seat " joint can be used between any types of concrete elements (wall, slab, column, foundation and beam) and some of the steel sections (I, T, C, L, Hollow rectangular/square, welded, compound or tapered sections).
This joint can be used successfully to anchor steel stairs in concrete slabs, to anchor cantilevers, to stiffen walls with steel beams or to support steel beams on concrete columns.
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The “Embed Plate-ClipAngle” joint can be used only between specific types of concrete elements (wall, slab, beam) and some of the steel sections (I, T, C, L, welded, compound or tapered sections). This joint can be used with success for all type of steel stairs which are anchored in concrete, intermediate landings and different industrial constructions.
To create either of the two joints between a steel element and a concrete element, open the "Connection Vault". From the "Miscellaneous joints " category select the "Embed Beam Seat "/ "Embed Plate-ClipAngle" joint.
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First select the steel section and after that you are asked if you want to select an additional element (beam/wall/slab/column/foundation). Answer the question with " Y" (Yes) so that you can select the concrete element. After the selection is done, the joint is created and the properties window appears. In this window you can configure the joint as you need.
Embed Beam Seat
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Creating custom handrail brackets
You can create special part at any scale. When Advance checks for identical parts, different scales for the same special part are not considered. This means that a special part can get the same position number at different scales. It is recommended to draw and create special parts at full size (1:1).
Note: Special parts can be welded and bolte d to other Advance objects. Bolt grip lengths cannot be calculated for special parts unless the default is set to do so. To access the command
Tools tool palette:
Command line: _astm4commspecialpartblock To create a special part 1. Create a separate DWG, draw the part using AutoCAD solids. 2. Save the file and close it. 3. Verify that the AutoCAD variable Insunits is set to the correct value for the units used in the models. For mm, set the value to 4.
4. Tools tool palette: Click . 5. Define the special part insertion point. 1.
The special part is created according to the current UCS. The properties dialog box appears.
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Customizations and Settings 7.
How to work with the Stairs Library
Create consistent naming allows you to rec all the proper stairs needed. Different size pans can be organized by slope of stairs. You can use the library to quickly store settings from one stair and transfer them to another.
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In this Tutorial we will look at cr eating a Custom “T” Connection. Below is a link on how to create Custom Connections. Youtube is a very good resource for discovering how to create and manipulate things in Advance Steel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwAEEGBevCQ Like default joints, a custom joint is created with all its parts, connection objects and features using a single operation. At the same time, the existing connected elements are processed (shortened, coped etc.) and connection the logic between the parts is established.
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All custom joints are available in the Custom Joints Explorer . To open the Custom Joints Explorer , use
the Insert custom connection tool (
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After selecting the desired joint template, select the members to connect in the correct order and press Enter. Note: The connected elements should meet the geometric restrictions specified during joint definition.
Modify custom joints properties You can change the definition of the custom j oint from the template .dwg file:
Change the set of connecting elements: you can select another set of connecting e lements Change the position of the connected elements Change the properties of the elements involved in the connection Once the custom joint is inserted in the model, you can control its behavior and allow objects modification or not using the corresponding option in the joint properties dialog box.
Once the joint modification is enabled, most parts of the joint can be edited:
Move any of the connecting elements Modify the properties of the joint elements Access the properties of any Building Bricks or full joints inside the User Joint Template Once a user connection placed, it can be copied and grouped to e fficiently place the joint in multiple locations.
The Connection Template Explorer Displays a list of all defined custom joints available in \ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2016\Shared\ConnectionTemplates. With the Connection Template Explorer you can:
Browse for defined custom joints Preview a selected joint. Viewing tools are available for better display. Select a custom joint and then create it in the model
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The Connection Template Explorer includes sorting options that allow easier finding a joint.
Command access:
Custom connections tool palette:
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How to add a profile to the Railing macro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P46dpnZpAU8&list=PLY-ggSrSwbZp0hLHLtfKRD24HkbthdnT&index=7
1. We will add Square Bar to the profiles since, by default, it does not show up in the initial installation.
2. Open the database found in the following path: AstorProfiles.mdb C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance\Data. (note: you will need Microsoft Access to modify Advance Steel databases) 3. Open the ProfileMasterTable database, locate the AISC_SquareBar profile and note the SubTypeName…”Q” for this example.
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4. Now, open the database found in the following path: AstorRules.mdb C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2016\Steel\Data. 5. In the search bar type JointsGUI and open the JointsGUIAllowedSections database. 6. Since we are adding a Grabrail, we will search for a RailingNew-Grabrail we can see there is no “Q” for the AllowedSection column. Right-click and copy a similar line and add it to the bottom. Then change the AllowedSection to “Q”. (Note: make sure to give it a unique Key number)
7. Close and save the databases.
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8. Back in Advance Steel, goto the Tools Tab and click on the Update Defaults button:
9. Now you should be able to see t he Square Bars in your Handrail pulldown menu.
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Show how you can insert a Railing on concrete Stairs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DO80KyHqyw&index=6&list=PLY-ggSrSwbZp0hLHLtfKRD24HkbthdnT
Drawings and BOMs
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When you install, for example, the English Europe Advance Steel version, you get the corresponding Drawing Styles. To install Drawing Styles from other countries, you need to modify your installation and then load the drawing styles. To modify the installation 1. Go to Start > Control panel > Programs and Features. 2. Select Autodesk Advance Steel 2016 and click Uninstall/Change. 3. Click Add or Remove Features. 4. Select the countries of the Drawing styles you want to install.
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5. Click Update to start the installation. 6. Click Finish and close the control panel dialog box. To load drawing styles in Advance Steel 1. Start Advance Steel. 2. On the ribbon, click
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Tools Tools (Country settings) 3. Select the country of the Drawing styles you wish to access and c lick OK. o
When you open the Drawing Style Manager you can see in the Advance branch Drawing Styles for the selected countries.
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You can select them from here, and click Use to start the drawing creation.
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The best way to detail different stairs and their components
Stair Drawing Styles
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How is the hatch used by automatic / manual cut view in drawings configured To configure the hatch used by a manual or automatic cut view, we need to access the database corresponding to the used drawing style catego ry and change the hatch used by the configured style presentation. 1. Start the Management Tools. 2. Select the Table editor. 3. Based on the category of the drawing style (Advance or User), open the following database clicking (Open database): AstorDetails.mdb: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2015\Steel\Data\ (for drawing o styles used from the Advance category) AstorAddIn.mdb: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2015\User2\Data\ (for drawing o styles used from the User category).
4. Open the DetHatchSettings table. The various types of hatches that can be configured into an object presentation are available. The default hatch, used by both automatic and manual cut views, is De fault Front. The following parameters can be configured: PatternName. o Any pattern available in AutoCAD can be used in addition to the ones added by the Advance Steel installation. o
Scale The scale of the pattern. The default value is 1.
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Angle The angle of the pattern. The default value is 0. The pattern is rotated counter clockwise for positive values. Color. In addition to the available normal color codes, two special codes can be used:
255 - None -1 - Read code from defaults. If we use this setting, then the color will be read from a specific default value. For example, for the D efault Front hatch, it will read the color from the "Drawing-Presentation / Color of planes of intersection" default.
5. After configuring the hatch, close the Management Tools and use the "Update defaults" function in Advance Steel to include the modification. Note: In order for the modification to take effect on detail drawings, we need to recreate them. A drawing update will not change any of the modified settings done to the database table.
As an example, change the scale and color of the Default Front hatch w ith the following values: Scale - 5 Angle - 90 Color - 2 (Yellow)
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How is grating added to a Drawing Style
Note: The answer is referring to version 2016. This information may differ on other versions. To detail a grating in the overview drawings, it needs to be added to the drawing style. 1. Open the Drawing Style Manager: Output Document Manager (Drawing Style Manager). 2. Select a drawing style in which you want to add the grating representation, for example, Intersection V - FR500 - Gr Mp PosSmGuid. Then, go to the Object presentation.
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3. Add a new object presentation: 4. Configure the new presentation with: Model object: Grating Geometrical restrictions: All Depth position: Any Presentation: Visible (to represent only the grating contour) or Visible HatchVisible (to represent the hatch as well). Labeling: Off, or any other label if the grating mark needs to be displayed.
5. Click Apply to save the drawing style .
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How to make grating stairs
Advance Steel has an object type, GRATING. By default Advance Steel has a grating library to which you can add new gratings or modify the existing gratings. The new grating object has a new database, which you need to modify. This new database is called AstorGratings.mdb and is located in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Graitec\AdvanceSteel\2013\Steel\Data. The grating has 2 options. The first option is a standard grating, which is a grating type with defined dimensions, and the second option is a variable grating with variable dimensions.
Example - Creating a new grating 1. Start the Management Tools by selecting MANAGEMENT TOOLS on the start menu of Advance. 2. Start the 'Table Editor' application. 3. Click the OPEN DATABASE ODBC icon and select AstorGratings (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Graitec\AdvanceSteel\2013\Steel\Data). 4. As you can see there are 2 types of tables, Standard and Variable. Depending on what type of grating you need to create the title of the table should have one of these words.
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5. To create a new table we suggest starting from a similar existing one. For example we will create a new table starting from the "McNichols_Standard_GBB_19P2". Select the table, right click and choose "Copy table with data".
6. A dialog box appears. Enter the name of the new table, "Ohio_Standard_19_SG-2", and click OK. The table is created.
7. Next, modify the data in this table to match your standards. Look for the table and open it (double click it). The information for the copied grating is in the table. You can erase all the rows except the first one, to have it as an example.
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The first column, " Name", is the internal name of the grating and should be entered without spaces and should contain the description of the grating. Example: Ohio_19SG2_1x1/8_39x16bar Where: Ohio is the supplier name 19SG2 is the type of the grating 1x1/8 is the bar size 39 the span 16bar is the number of bars for this particular grating. This information should be taken from each supplier's catalogs. The second column, "RunName", contains the name you will see in Advance Steel and in the drawings. This name can have spaces. The third column is the "Length" . This is the span of the grating (you can find it in the catalog). This dimension should be in mm. In our case we have 39 inches (990.6 mm). The fourth column is "Width". If you create a bar grating this value is dependent on the number of bars you require. This is why, in the name of the grating, the last information is referring to the number of bars. In the catalogs you can find this width according to the number of bars. In our example for 19SG2 with 16 bars the width is 18 inches (457.2 mm). The fifth column is "Thickness". This is the thickness of the grating, which in our case is 1 inch ( 25.4 mm). The sixth column is "Hatch". This is the column where you can choose what type of hatch is shown in the model and in the drawings. These names are the names from AutoCAD or you can create your own hatches. The seventh column is "ConnectorName". This is where you can enter the name of the connectors for each type of grating or you can leave it as "Standard connector". The eighth column is "ConnectorQuantity". In this column you need to enter a number for how many connectors you need for each gr ating.
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The ninth column is "Material". This column should be completed with the grating's material. This material should exist in AstorBase. The tenth column is "Coating". This column should be completed with the grating's coating (G alvanized). This material should exist in AstorBase. The eleventh column is "Weight". In this column you need to put the grating's weight (you can find it in the catalog). In the catalog the information is in Lbs/sf, in the table you need to use kg/sm (kg/square meter). In our case the weight is 1.71 Lbs/sf (8.34822 kg/sm). The twelfth column is "System" and you can enter 0. The last column is "OwnerText" which should be your author, different than "DCS" (e.g., "My Company"). So the row we c reate should look like this:
After you create all the combinations you need, you can erase the first line, which is not part of this grating, and you can close the table. To be able to work with the new grating we need to complete another table called "GratingStandardMaster". There are two t ables called "Master". The first one, "GratingStandardMaster", is for all the gratings that are standard (where we need to add o ur grating) and "GratingVariableMaster" for all the variable gratings. Open "GratingStandardMaster".
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In the last row you need to add the new grating. The first column is "ClassName". It is the internal name of the grating and should be entered without spaces and should contain the description of the gr ating (e.g. "Ohio_Standard_19_SG_2"). The second column, "ClassRunName", contains the name you will see in Advance in Advance Steel when you create the grating. Because we are already in "GratingStandardMaster" the word standard can be erased from ClassRunName (e.g. Ohio 19-SG-2). The third column is the "TableName". This name should be the same with the table name we created earlier (Ohio_Standard_19_SG_2). If it is not the same with the name of the table the new grating will not work. The forth column is "System" and you can enter 0. The last column is "OwnerText" should be your author, different than "DCS" (e.g., "My Company"). Now you can close the MANAGEMENT TOOLS and you can open Advance.
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PLATEWORKS Introduction Advance Steel has many different tools and functions to facilitate and improve time efficiency when creating both simple and complex plate work. These tools and functions can apply to many different industries such as chemical plant, mining, foundry, structural, structural, bridges etc… In this one hour session, we will cover the intricacies to creating plates with modeling, numbering, detailing and outputting DXF files. The demonstration highlights:
How to create curved plates (ex. Shoots, hoppers, transition plates and bridge girders) Adding, removing and manipulating bend symbols UCS manipulation and placement Adding additional features (corner cuts, both elliptical and straight cut holes, holes against seems/folds etc...) When it is necessary to convert plates into polylines How to create a developed view v iew of a MP plate and SP plate Setting or a adjusting a main member m ember of a plate assembly Adjusting settings for DXF output How to map plates to appear as Flat bar and Gauge material in BOM’s
Please make sure to have some paper for extra notes because a lot of what we will do is not necessarly in the fallowing document
Creating Bent and Curved Plates In Advance Steel, you can create complex bent and curved plates using the “Create Conical Folded Plate” and “Create twisted Folded Plate” tools. These tools are located in the object ribbon under the plates category. These functions allow you to create plates between two basic AutoCAD polyline polyline entities by dividing based on total circumference (quadrant points), bends per corner or by total length of segment.
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Example 1: Creating a hopper with the conical folded plate tool
Start Advance Steel ASTemplate.dwt template file. Draw two circles (square or ellipses can be used as well) in a suitable user coordinate system while first keeping them parallel to each other. If a slope is required, various cutting tools can be used from the Advance Steel Tool Palette to make the ends non-parallel.
On the Object tab, Plates panel, click to use the conical folded plate tool Type C on the command line and press Enter to select the first contour Select the first circle (or ellipse) and press Enter Type C on the command line and press Enter to select the second contour Select the second circle (or ellipse) and press Enter In the “Conical folded plate” dialog box, set the number of facets, the plate thickness and the justification
The conical folded plate is now created
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NOTE: In order to have one of the sides (or both) non-parallel, Advance Steel has various cutting tools that can be used in reference to our UCS or other objects. These tools can be found in the “Advance Steel Tool Palette” under the features category. The next step to creating the chute would be to add the transition plate and circular (square or e lliptical) plate that would attach to the platforms. First step would be to start with the transition plate. In order to create the transition plate the same tool can be used “Create Conical Folded Plate”.
On the Object tab, Plates panel, click to use the conical folded plate tool Type C on the command line and press Enter to select the first contour Select the first circle (or ellipse) and press Enter Type C on the command line and press Enter to select the second contour Select the second circle (or ellipse) and press Enter In the “Conical folded plate” dialog box, set the number of facets, the plate thickness and the justification
The transition plate is now created
The next step would be to create the additional plates to be attached to the platform. There are many different ways that these additional plates can be c reated. However, for this example, we w ill use the plate to polyline function.
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Draw the circular (square or elliptical shapes) in a suitable user coordinate system.
On the Object tab, Plates panel, click to use the plate at polyline tool Select the circle (square or ellipse) and press Enter In the Advance Properties windows of the plate, set the plate thickness and j ustification.
NOTE : The ribs can be create by using the circular plate function as well Once the ribs are in place, any additional holes or modifications can be created with the “Feature” tools from the “Tool Palette”
Example 2: Creating a bridge girder with the twisted folded plate tool
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Draw two arcs or splines in a suitable user coordinate system to create the outline of the webs. The arcs or splines can be offset from one to another in the X axis but must start by being parallel. The vertical slopes will derive from the top and bottom plates by using them as references to cut against. NOTE: this example is simply to showcase the twisted folded plate tool in combination with cutting tools in the Features tab and will not be accurate in sense of design.
On the Object tab, Plates panel, click to use the twisted folded plate tool Select the first spline or arc Select the second spline or arc and press Enter In the “Twisted Folded Plate” dialog box, set the number of division points, the plate thickness and the justification
The first web is now created Once the first twisted folded plate is c reated, mirror the plate at a suitable distance while keeping the UCS in the same reference plane
` The next step would be to modify the position of our UCS in order to draw the next series of arcs or splines. These plates should be positioned to intersect the webs in order to be used as cut references once they’re created.
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Select the first spline or arc Select the second spline or arc and press Enter In the “Twisted Folded Plate” dialog box, set the number of division points, the plate thickness and the justification
The first flange is now created Once the first flange is created, copy the plate to be in line with the bottom of the webs.
The next step is to create the cuts against both the webs and the flanges. The most simple and effective way to create cuts to contour the members is by using “Polygon contour, UCS”. This command is found in the “Features” section of the “Advance Steel Tool Palette”. NOTE: The arcs or splines, that were used to create the twisted folded plates, can be recycled to create the polyline shapes to cut our webs and flanges.
On the Advance Steel Tool Palette, in the “Features” tab, click to use the polygon contour UCS tool Select the folded plate to be modified Type E on the command bar to apply the function to the entire folded plate Type P to select the polyline recycled from c reating our webs and flanges Select the polyline The cut is now created Repeat the process until both webs and flanges are cut to their contours 113
Creating Developed Views Upon building a bent or curved plate (a 3D model), dimensioned and labeled 2D developed view shop drawings can be automatically created. In the Advance Steel Drawing Styles tool palette, under the SP category, is the drawing template “Folded Beam/Plate Development”. Before creating the developed views, verify that in the model:
No collisions occur The unfolding of the bent plate has been verified The main member of the plate assembly has been set All parts have part marks allocated to t hem
To verify your plate work of any clashes, run the clash detection tool. This tool is location on the “Extended Modeling” tab in the “Checking” panel.
On the Extended Modeling tab, Checking Panel, click the check Clash check tool If there are clashes in the model a list will display Click on one of the clashes in the list to mark the clash in your model
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Click on Search Marked Object to locate the clash in your model
Once the model is cleared of all clashes, the next step would be to check the unfolding of your plate in model space. This allows you to verify if the plate would be too large to receive to a bender. If so, you can then remove one of the bend symbols or modify the plate assembly with cutting tools form the Advance Steel Tool Palette.
On the Object tab, Plates Panel, click to use the Check Unfolding tool Select the plate assembly and press Enter Press Enter to view the unfold of the plate The developed view is now displayed
If necessary the main member of the plate assembly can be changed by using the “Set Folded Plate Main Object” tool.
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On the Object tab, Plates Panel, click Select the new main plate The main fold has now been set
to use “Set Folded Plate Main Object”
NOTE: In order to verify if it has been properly set, repeat the “Check Unfolding” command to see the new developed view.
Last step, prior to creating the developed view, is to allocating piece marks to the plate assemblies. For this example, apply the “with drawing number” method. To both single part and assembly parts. The numbering tools will be located on the “Output Tab” in t he “Part Marks Panel”.
Start the numbering process using the numbering tool on the Part marks panel of the Output tab. A dialog box appears. The numbering for single parts and assembly parts can be performed in one step or separately. Unless both single part and assembly numbering are done together (recommended), then single part numbering must be done first.
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Example 1: Single parts numbering
Check the Process single parts option. By default, single parts marks begin with 1000 and increase by increments of 1. Select one of the available methods. (with drawing number) Start the numbering process by clicking in the window.
Example 2: Assembly numbering • •
Check the Process assemblies option. By default, assembly marks begin with 1 and increase by increments of 1. Select one of the available numbering methods. For “with drawing number” numbering, define the prefix automatically given by the drawing numbering process. At drawing creation, the first part gets the prefix a001, then b001, etc.
Start the numbering process by clicking. The result is displayed in the text window
NOTE: Regardless of the toggle switch setting, the “Single Part” and “Assembly” numbering can be turned on/off using the checkboxes in t he numbering dialog box. This can also be used to perform the recommended simultaneous “Single Part” and “Assembly” numbering.
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Example 3: Creating a developed view Once the piece marks are applied, drawings can then be outputted from the 3D model. The tools for creating outputs and drawing will be located in The “Output tab” in the “Documents Panel”.
Create a developed view of a bent or curved plate in the following steps.
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Click to open the Drawing Styles palette. Click on the Single parts category.
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Select the “Folded Beam/ Plates Developed” drawing style Once selected, adjustments could be made in the Advance Steel drawing type dialog box Click OK once the suitable setting are set (scales, added tokens, label adjustments etc…)
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Select the bent/ curved plate in model space.
NOTE: if the bent/cured plate is a MP it will not comply with this drawing template. If necessary use the “Create Main Part” command to allocate a dummy . MP piece mark to the plate assembly. Once you’ve renumbered the plate assembly will act as a SP reference in the model and the template will comply. • •
Select the preferred Prototype (sheet) size The developed view is now created
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Creating and Adjusting the DXF Output In Advanced Steel, outputting DXF files from the 3D model is a simple process. However, there are many settings that can be modified to adjust the output in both the ribbon and the “Management Tools”. These settings can effect line color o f the DXF drawings, piece mark coordination, punch mark presentation etc… The tools to output and adjust basic settings of D XF files are located on the “Output tab” in the “NC &DXF panel”.
Example 1: Creating a DXF file To create the DXF of a bent plate, it must be first selected in the model to avoid outputting DXF’s of the entire model.
Click to use the DXF (Plates) function. (this icon is located in the NC & DXF pulldown) The DXF file is now created Click to open the document manager Select the DXF file Click Preview to then view it
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The DXF output’s color and part mark reference settings can be modified through the NC setting.
Click to open the DXF & NC settings Click on “DXF setting” to adjust the AutoCAD release version Color schemes of each layer can be modified as well
Any additional modifications to the default settings of the DXF output are in the “Management Tool”. These settings could be found under “Defaults”.
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DAY 3
ADVANCED DRAWING STYLES CUSTOMIZATION
Drawing Styles You can find more information in the drawing style manager guide 2012 at chapter 2 page 19 to 25. A drawing style is by definition how a piece will be represented on paper from a 3D model. You have 4 fly outs to control the general setting of a drawing style. -
View arrangement: is where you can assign which view will be considered as the main view of your detail. You can also will determine the orientation of your view from this fly out. We will change the option to represent an industry standard of the fabrication and the erection. The beam must be detail from its insertion point at left to always match the NC’s. We also use this option to correctly define the erection detail later on.
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Detail title: The detail title is where you can adjust the title information and position along with the type of font, scales and colors etc… similar to the word text editor.
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Cut view title: The cut view title is where you can define the content of a section cut title and the position. You can change the title to your company standards if required.
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Model object selection: This is the main setting of a drawing style, that controls how the drawing style must react: by a selection including or not extra object or Xrefs. Here you can specify if it is for Main Part or for Single part?
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The Views You can find more information in the drawing style manager guide 2012 at chapter 3 page 19 to 27. A view is part of a drawing style. A drawing style can be made of multiple views. A beam detail is most often made of a front view, a top view and end views if an element is attached at the end of it. Again, you can create many views as you want, you can even have two front views if you would like. Each of the views can be controlled individually. You have five fly outs to configure a view: -
The “View definition” regroups a view direction, the object presentation, and the view dimension. They can be customize and save under a different name all individually. It is the main fly out of a view where you w ill spend most of your time.
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The “View properties” is where you can adjust the scale settings. You can determine if you want to force a specific scale per view or let the process overwriting these settings. You can also adjust where a view will be place according to the main view of this drawing style.
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The “ Clipping Properties ” will be use to establish a clipping rule. You can set which axes of the view are authorized to be clipped. The 1. Minimum length to cut is the minimum distance between groups of object attached and seen on this view. Examples: Holes, attached plate or parts, important opening are all consider as objects. It will determine the portion of the element that should not be shown. From this automated cut, you can determine which amount of material should still be shown between the objects using the option “ 2.”. The 3. Clipping
representation is gaps that can be create between each end of the cut (clipping line). The clipping type is the representation of this cut: choose from zig-zag line or custom clipping line (most used) and finally the Clipping extension : is how long this clipping line should be represented.
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The “Compass position ” you can turn on/off the compass on view. The compass will display an arrow with the orientation of the beam or the column. You can also put a symbol instead of an arrow.
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The Assignment categories check the box to assign which categories this view will fall under if you want to create a different drawing style using the same view settings.
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The view direction and model box You can identify your view using some specific criteria; most of the views definition already exists. We will focus mostly on the second part of this window: The Z viewport, the XY viewport and the
Automatic environment viewport.
A view is determine using the “View direction and model box” that can be a cross section, or a top, bottom, left, right, front, rear view of an element, it also include views based on the UCS, then finally the weld preparation. NOTES:_______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
The Z Viewport The Z viewport has three different options: it can be relative to the xy view plane, relative to an object and according to another section. You can also determine the depth of this view, which means the xy plane is cutting through space in the model or through an object. For the object, to be visible in this section, we must assign a certain depth along the Z axis.
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The XY viewport The XY view port is actually the area of display. If you cut through a model, only what will be defining through this box will be represented. By using Automatic settings, you let the software determine what must be included and what is not. By defining the x and y delta, you actually fix the size of the view, a little bit like a window restricting you to see the entire horizon.
The Automatic environment viewport This option is mostly use for assemblies when you have to show an assembly that is relative to another one. But not showing those elements in the BOM. The best example is a Stair where you would want to see the Railing assembly or girder beam that display the center/center of t he supported beams.
Object presentation You can access the object presentation from any views.
Each line (row), gets a number. This number is a priority order; the same object can fall under two, three and even more categories. That is why it is important to be specific in certain circumstances and general in others. Each line refers to a “model object”, and is compose of four other properties: a geometric
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Define which model object you want to display in the view,
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Do you want a specific representation base on the orientation of this object, (referring
to
geometric
restriction) according to the view? -
Where located,
is
this
based
object on
the
center of the assembly? -
How do you want the object to be display?
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Geometric Restriction Each object can be seen from Top, from width or side view. They can also be linear or non-linear: the linear concept refers parallel and perpendicular plan of the view accordingly to the UCS axis; the nonlinear is also referring to the UCS axis but in a non-parallel or non-perpendicular plan. -Front/Length:
is
seen
from
the
longest side of a planar element, the longest view from a beam: -Front+side/Front: Will include any object seen from sides no matter if it is the longest side or not: -Linear: Will refer to the alignment parallel or perpendicular according to the view: -Linear Front: Same as linear, but must be seen from the front view of an object: -Linear Side: Will refer to linear, but must be seen from side, the shortest face: -Linear Top: Referring to linear, but the object must be seen from top:
-Non-linear Front: This will apply when the object is non parallel or perpendicular to the view, always seen from the longest side: -Non-linear Side: Not perpendicular, not parallel to the view, seen from the shortest view: -Non-linear Top: Not perpendicular, not parallel to the view, seen from the top view: -Not Linear: From any sides, not parallel, not perpendicular to the view: 131
-Side width: No matter if it is parallel or perpendicular to the view, always seen from the shortest side: -Top: No matter if it is parallel or perpendicular to the view, always seen from the top side: -Top+Front/Length: Seen from top or from front always the longest side: -Top+Side/Width: Seen from top or from side always the shortest side:
Here is an example to better understand the concept of linear and non-linear:
The depth position It is mostly for attached part purposes. It is based either on the position of your UCS through a view or from the true center of an assembly. This requires a good understanding of 3D space around the obje ct.
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This is the representation of the beam seen from front:
Presentation Rules There are many different presentation rules. You can also create your own. This will determine how the object will look: continuous lines, hidden dotted lines, hatch pattern, etc. By using default, it will represent the object as it is, you can also force some specific color depending Dimensioning on the You canelement. find more information in the drawing style manager guide 2012 at chapter 2 page 39 to 48. Here is question of universes, the 2D world! I should say the transposition of a 3D world in a 2D manner. X,Y. Where cubes are becoming squares and where a camel is becoming a concave polygon and a beam a rectangle with few more lines. An object can be define using (X,Y) coordinate, it can also be define using some sub-object like copes holes and attached element. Each of those sub element, have their own (X,Y) coordinate system. Each object or sub object can also refer to a view.
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The view dimension window
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Combination of dimension chains You can find more information in the drawing style manager guide 2012 at chapter 6 page 63 to 72. There are three columns: Dimension type , Dimension definition and Settings. The Dimension Type can be define de type of dimension that you want to use,
from
angle
dimension,
arc
dimension, levels and mainly our absolute,
ordinate
and
relative
dimension. The Dimension definition
is
the
description of the dimension chain that
will
be
created.
Use
your
imagination. Try to be coherent in the description as it need to makes sense to you. You do not have to worry about what it is use as default. As any other existing rules in the drawing style,
you
must
copy
it
before
modifying, if not, it can have severe repercussion on other drawing styles. For the existing system used in the Drawing style manager, you can refer to the drawing style manager guide. Again,
the
lines
(row),
order
establishes the concept of priority on drawings. The first line, are closer to the main element of your drawing, we will call them specific, and we will call the last lines the general. The specific dimension can be all the cuts, holes, copes that we must define, then followed by the attached material: angles, plates, then finally, the overview dimension our general dimension: contour of our assembly, major cuts or patterns locations.
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The settings are complementary to some specific style of dimension, mostly the ordinate and running dimension. They are used to group equal
distances
in
a
relative
dimension and overwrite the default presentation of the dimension chain. You can use the broken option to separate
each
running
from
an
ordinate chain.
The Running dimension settings You can decide per view dimension if you would like to have a running dimension symbol or not. This symbol can also be modified. If you are not use to running dimension, the symbol will actually represent the start point of an ordinate dimension chain.
You can define if you like to have it at top of your detailed element or at the bottom using the option
ordinate position. The option ordinate reference purpose, is to allow or not, the negative dimension chain (mostly used for column element). It can be either from left or right, from the total assembly or from the main part of the assembly only.
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The dimension request
This fly out is divided in three sections.
The dimension chain direction : This will determine which direction the dimension should appear, and to which object the dimension will be relative. It can be set according to the view, to the main part or to the object. It can also be set to the negative that will reverse the dimension chain order.
The Selection of the dimension points : Those lines work based on the priority system again. You can add as many points as you want in a dimension chain. The more points you add, the harder it is to manage the chain, but the dimension will be more uniform. Example: you would like to combine the back of angles attached to a beam with stiffeners and shear plate. You can use existing rules or create your own. 137
The Arrangement on the drawing : this section is made of six check boxes and is working directly with the Selection of the dimension point section. The first check boxes are to determine if the dimension can or not overlap the geometry and at each end of the detail the dimension should appear. You will notice one of the check box description has a * sign, this will refer to the first line of the Selection of the dimension point, allowing the dimension to be separate per object. Example: you would like to position holes on an attach angle, those hole are referring to the back of each individual angle and we would like to dimension the back of the angles r elative to the main part.
Dimension label The Dimension label is a new fly out in the drawing style manager from the 2016 version. This will allow you to overwrite the dimension chain with some variables from the model, like the section size.
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Dimension point creation By selecting a line from the selection of the dimension point , you will access the point definition. This section is divided in five sections, but first you can define a point name. You can use the abbreviation system describe in the Drawing Style Manager Guide or you can create something that will make sense to you. Always keep in mind that you will probably not be the only one to customize the databases; what you will chose the write need to be coherent
The dimension points section is based on model object. You can create many different types of restriction on top of your model object. It can be based on the geometric restriction that we saw earlier, or the depth position as well, or the parent object (when applicable).
In the point type selection sect ion, you will find a list of different type of point that can be used to create your drawing style. Not all the points will work with all the objects.
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Always keep in mind that those points also depend on the representation of an object. For example: You would like to display the center/center of a beam between two columns, and on your detail the system line is not displayed, selecting the system as reference will make no sense because the system line is not represented nor exists on the detail.
The third section is the visibility status . You can decide to create separate rules for visible object and hidden object or for both.
The two last sections are the point positioning . You can restrict a point to be use based on its position relative to an object, to an assembly or relative to the dimension direction. We pre-establish earlier the dimension direction in the arrangement on the drawing section. The best example is the contour of a beam. You do not necessary need to define all four corners to get the overall dimension; probably the two top points will be sufficient. You will notice that some points are made to work with specific element like curves or development views. Some other points are also used as reference only. If you do not include more than this reference point in your dimension chain, nothing will be display on your details.
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Assigning a Drawing Style You can find more information in the drawing style manager guide 2012 at chapter 7 page79 to 87.
The process manager is where you will manage your processes, for example on which paper size you will create your details, which scale will be use, how many details per sheet, and how your details will look. The drawing process manager is divided
in
two
categories,
Advance
(process out of the box) and User (process that can be modified by you). Each process is defined by the “Process Steps” and the “Detail Style Maps.” We will mainly focus on the Detail Style map.
Looking at the bottom Right portion of your screen, you will notice which style map is in use in this process.
After you determine which style map you are using, you can start the modification. N.B. ALWAYS MAKES A COPY AT EACH STEP YOU ATTEMPT A MODIFICATION.
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Detail Style map A detail style map is composed of 3 essential columns; a script, a model object and a drawing style . The fourth we do not generally use.
Again, as we saw previously, the row order will have an impact on how a piece will be represented. Also, the specific model object must be placed at the beginning (the smaller the number the higher the priority). Base on which model object you select, you can assign the proper drawing style.
Creation of a Process In the top section I explain how to assign a drawing style to an existing process. What happens if we would like to create one from scratch? I already explain how to use the drawing style map. What I did not mention is the object selection, the detail file name selector , and the scales system. The object selection section will define for which type of object this process will be use SP or MP per selection or for all. You can also define in which order you want the program to start the detailing.
The detail file name selector :
This section can be customized. You can create your own detail file name selectors. In other term, this section will define the name that each drawing file will have. By creating a new definition, you can assign which prototypes you would like to use. You can also change the name of the prototypes. You can also include a path in the name of where the file is located allowing you to share the prototypes file on a server.
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