Advance Steel 2019

3D modeling software for steel detailing

Steel modeling

• Parametric steel connections - Extensive parametric connections library.
• Built-in steel connection design engine - Check connection design in real time.
• Stairs, railings, and cage ladders - Help speed the modeling of miscellaneous steel work.
• Sheet metal and folded plate work - Quickly create folded elements of any shape.
• Fabrication data information - Access and transfer fabrication data and properties.
• Dynamo extension for Advance Steel - Create parametric complex structures with a visual programming tool.
• Select and view parts of a model - Isolate and display selected elements.
• Intelligent structural objects - Model more quickly with an object library and wizards.

Detailing & documentation

• Create a callout directly on drawing - From a selected area in an existing drawing, create a call-out and assign it a specific scale.
• General arrangement drawings - Produce clearer drawings for erection at site.
• Steel shop drawings - Generate more accurate drawings for fabrication.
• NC data - Generate data for CNC workshop machines.
• Create more accurate BOM (Bills of Materials) - Automatically generate BOMs based on design data.
• Document Manager - Control your documentation.

Interoperability

• Bidirectional link with Revit - Faster time to fabrication with model synchronization.
• AutoCAD Plant 3D interoperability - Integrate real-time workflow.
• Robot Structural Analysis interoperability - Optimize your structure with bidirectional links.
• MIS software interoperability - Export data via KISS or XML.
• BIM 360 interoperability - Collaborate more efficiently across the design team.
• Custom settings import - Import your custom settings when moving to new versions.
• Open and flexible API - Extend and enhance the use of Advance Steel.
• IFC capabilities - Import or export a 3D model to an IFC 2x3 file.
• View native drawings in AutoCAD - Object enabler lets you view Advance Steel drawings.
• Navisworks compatibility - Integrate data for whole-project review.
• Work-sharing - Collaborate several simultaneous users.
• Model-based approval workflow - Color-code objects based on approval status.