Graitec Advance Steel

Advance Deisgn

 

Advance Steel was specifically developed for industrial professionals that require a comprehensive, completely integrated AutoCAD package. Advance Steel is affordable, user-friendly software that automates the entire structural CAD process (fabrication, erection drawings, various reports) and creates NC fabrication data in AutoCAD.

 

 

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Advance Steel Stairs and Railings

 

 

100% Dedication to Steel Construction

Perfectly embedded in AutoCAD, Advance Steel is a modelling package that accelerates the creation of general arrangenment drawings, fabrication drawings, lists of materials and NC files: using a complete library of structural elements, parametric and customisable connections, wizards for miscellaneous steel (stairs, railings, etc), materials library.

From the model Advanced Steel creates all fabrication drawings and offers a large selections of tools for automated detail creation, dimensions, annotations, symbols and drag and drop printing layouts.

 

 

 

 

Structural Modelling

All these tools provide fast and efficient modelling. Creating a precise model is important since Advance Steel wil subsequently create all project documents (drawings, lists, NC files) from this model.

In the first step, Advance Steel provides the user with a large library of structural elements and deisgn functions such as:

                • Common Industry Frames, Bracings, etc,
                • Common Profiles,
                • Common Roofs,
                • Steelwork (stairs, railings, ladders, etc, including joints),
                • Welding, taperedand curved beams,
                • Plates management tools

 

 

Advance Steel works in 2D or 3D depending on the user's preference and the type of structure being modelled.

In the second step. Advance Steel has libraries of customisable automatic joints (more than 300 joints) and offers the possibility to create specific joints using a wide range of tools:

    • Polygonal cuts on plate and beam (cope, along centerline, polygonal, on the UCS, with an angle),
    • Placement bolts, holes and shear studs,
    • Welded Connections.

    Advance Steel assigns automatic part marks. Through dialog boxes, the user can define the numbering prefix, method, starting number and increment. Advance steel will then proceed to final checking: element collisions, tool access (buildability), and consistancy of element marks (fabrication, delivery and assembly).

     

     

     

    Knowledge engineering: Advance Steel integrates a new adaptive technology that automates and significantly accelerates joint creation. When creating a joint, Advance Steel analyses its environment and recognises if a similar situation has occured in the past. The software then suggests the optimal joint in the desired catagory while taking into account its structural integrity. (Only available for certain types of joints and standards.)

     

    New Joint Design Engine

    Advance Steel can now automatically design common joints within the user interface. To create a joint the user specifies the efforts (kip) and Advance Steel quickly designs the joint. The correct type and quality of bolts, plate thickness, etc, are automatically inserted in the model and a fulldesign report is created.

     

     

     

     

    Advance Steel is the only CAD software for steel structures that easily models sheets of metal work. It only takes two clicks to create an element, for example, a conical shape from two AutoCAD entities (circle, square, etc) or between two profiles with different diameters.

    The drawings for these shapes are automatically obtained along with their unfolded representation.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Automated Drawing Creation

    Once the design is competed , Advance Steel offers a wide range of automated functions to create all the fabrication and general arrangement drawings. A large range of formats (e.g A4 to A0) and different page layout templates are available. Each detailed drawing is created as an individual DWG file. The details are automatically labelled and dimensioned. The drawing layout may be customised to specific requirements using drawing style manager.

    In addition to the creation of construction drawings, Advance Steel also provides complete structural estimation: volume of concrete, surface of formwork, etc.

     

     

     

    General Arrangement Drawings

                • Automated creation of an isometric view from the project, with many different label possibilities.
                • 2D drawings, such as elevation, anchor or roof plans are automatically labelled and dimensioned.
                • Function for automated view creation on the drawing for special situations such as a complex detail or a base point with the foundation.
                • Flexibility in the choice of the presentation rules for the details.

     

     

    Fabrication Drawings

    • Creation of individual fabrication drawings for single and assembly parts.
    • Automated drawing creation by processes
    • All parts are automatically dimensioned and labelled with the required information,
    • Dimension lines can be presented as Relative, Running or Ordinate,
    • Function for part unfolding and tube templates,
    • Required cuts from the main view will be created automatically.

     

    Final Touch

    • Automated creation of a view when adding a cut line or other detail,
    • Ability to change scale, clipping the presentation of the details within the drawing,
    • Additionally dimension lines (eg. Arc, Angle...) can be created and modified,
    • Quick additional label insertion by selecting the desired information directly from the model.

     

     

    Document Management

     

    Once the drawings are completed, bills of material (BOM), lists and NC files can be created. The user can select from different predefined or custom formats: content definition, insertion of logos , customisable sorting, etc.

    Advance Steel Document Management is a user-friendly centralised time saving tool to check drawings, sort out details and print bills of materials.

     

     

    Manufacturing Fabrication

    GRAITEC is an active member of the DSTC standard association and out software creates NC code that is 100% compatible with most North American (and worldwide) machinery manufacturers. The following manufacturers have confirmed their full compliance to the DSTV standard and are co-operating with us to further streamline the design of the fabrication process.

    Also Advance Steel users can use KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) files to transfer from the model and the bill of materials between Advance Steel and fabrication management software applications like FABTROL. Advance Steel has been certified by FABTROL for its ability to exchange data using the KISS file format.

     

    Since the 7.1 version Advance Steel is certified as Microsoft Client and MS Office compliant. The testing defined by the Microsoft Platform Test for the ISV Software Solutions was conducted by VenTest, a testingservice of Lionbridge Technologies.

     

    100% AutoCAD! Advance Steel uses Object ARX to its fullest potential. This advanced Autodesk technology provides users with professional objects such as beams, columns, bars perfectly integrated into AutoCAD on which most standard functions can be applied (copy, paste, extend, trim,stretch, etc). The native file format of Advance suites is a 100% Autodesk compliant DWG file that may be used on any AutoCAD station.

    GRAITEC is an ADN (Autodesk Application Developer) since 1997 and a UAR (Unique Application Reseller) since2001.

     

     

    • Customer Projects Created with Advance Steel
    • Advance Steel DWF Customer Samples
    • Advance Steel Demos

     

    All Graitec programs can now easily communicate with the new GTC format, that allows the exchange of models between applicationsand also the models synchronisation, with no data loss and no need to re-input data!

    Discover how Advance Steel is compatible with Autodesk Revit Structure.

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