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Embedded in AutoCAD®, Advance Steel is a modeling package that accelerates the creation of general arrangement drawings, fabrication drawings, list of materials and NC files: complete library of structural elements, parametric and customizable connections, wizards for miscellaneous steel (stairs, railing, etc.), materials library, sections, bolts, etc.
From the model, Advance Steel creates all fabrication drawings and offers a large selection of tools for automated detail creation, dimensions, annotations, symbols and drag and drop printing layouts.
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All the tools are provided for fast and efficient modeling. Creating a precise model is
important since Advance Steel will 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 design functions such as:
• Common Industry Frames, Bracings, etc.
• Common Profiles
• Common Roofs
• Steelwork (stairs, railings, ladders, etc., including joints)
• Complex folded plates (e.g., conical or twisted)
• Welded, tapered and curved beams
• Plates management tools
In the second step, Advance Steel has libraries of customizable automatic joints (more than 300 joints).
Advance Steel 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 of bolts, holes and shear studs
• Welded connections
The new Connection Vault has the following features:
• All connections in one place
• See connection previews with various possibilities
• Choose a connection and use it directly from the connection vault!
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 consistency of element marks (fabrication, delivery and assembly).
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 labeled 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 labeled 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
The Final Touch :
• Automated creation of a view when adding a cut line or other detail
• Ability to change scale, clipping and presentation of the details within the drawing
• Additional dimension lines (e.g. Arc, Angle….) can be created and modified
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, customizable sorting, etc.
Advance Steel Document Manager is a user-friendly centralized time saving tool to check drawings, sort out details and print bills of materials.