TECHNICAL SHEET
WHAT’S NEW IN ADVANCE STEEL 2013 Advance Steel 2013 is fully part of the easy-to-use BIM GRAITEC Advance 2013 suite, and it dramatically increases general detailing and fabrication productivity in the shortest time. Advance Steel 2013 offers more power and flexibility to users while being easy to use.
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New features in Advance Steel 2013: • AutoCAD 2013 compliancy • Advance Steel Standalone 64-bit platform • New tool palette • Custom connections • Complete set of new cold rolled joints • Enhancements in existing joints • New option to create a polygonal cut from a polyline • New option to define specific holes for anchors • New anchor definition • Intelligent manual dimension improvements • New available tokens for title blocks within drawings • Possibility to define different types of node detail lines • Tool to draw intelligent welding lines in details • Ability to open workshop drawings with the context menu
New tool palette • • •
New ergonomic design Animated buttons to show the command in a short animation Switch buttons (icon changes according to the command status) & transparency
Model courtesy from XTEC AG (South Africa)
New 64-bit CAD platform • • •
AutoCAD 2013 & Windows 8 compliancy
Advance Steel 2013 can be used with or without AutoCAD® Faster drawing creation compared to previous Advance Steel releases Using the Project explorer to create, manage and display your model views is much faster with Advance Steel 2013
Advance Steel 2013 compliant with AutoCAD® 2013
Create a cut from a polyline •
New option to create a polygonal cut by selecting a polyline
Custom connections • • • • •
All necessary tools available to create, save and reuse from simple to complex custom connections Many basic bricks available (e.g., Plate on beam flange, bolts on beam, plate perpendicular to plate) Custom connections can be previewed and used from the Connection template explorer Can be modified or copied using its blue cuboid Possibility to use the “Joint grouping” behavior between custom connections to speed up changes
Intelligent manual dimensions • • •
New available “Preferred for manual dimensions” osnap point to create intelligent manual dimensions Manual dimensions that are added to drawings will then get updated in an intelligent way Applicable both on GA and workshop drawings
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Tokens such as User attributes, Model role, Name, Quantity, Object type, File name now available This gives the possibility to users to display more information directly in the title blocks of the drawings
Complete set of new cold rolled systems • • • •
Side rail anti-sag and tie rod systems Roof anti-sag and tie rod systems Apex anti-sag and tie rod systems New connections (endplate, angle or folded cleat) for single eave beam and for double eaves beams
Possibility to define node detail lines • •
Custom clipping shapes for node details lines Node detail lines color & line type definable in the GRAITEC Advance Manager 2013
Tool to draw intelligent welding lines • •
New option to create welding lines in details with many different presentation options Weld properties can be defined in the dialog box
New anchor options • •
Holding down bolts with an inserted plate washer within the anchor assembly Option to set the hole type (e.g. countersunk holes…) and the hole tolerance (e.g., + 3mm) for anchors
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Automatic drawing creation and fabrication files for steel constructions
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Automatic formwork and reinforcement drawing creation
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Finite elements structural analysis and Steel/Concrete design with automatic reports
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Graitec SA - November 2012 - The availability of the mentioned functionalities is dependent on the commercial package.
New available tokens for title blocks