Advance Steel

Advance Steel User's Guide 3

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ADVANCE STEEL USER’S GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME. 9 Introduction .10 Advance .10 Specialized areas.11 Advance and CAD platform .11 Technology.12 Communication options .12 Individual preferences.12 Chapter 1 Installation . 13 General .14 System requirements .14 Distribution .14 License.14 Installation .14 Converting databases (Merging).18 Support.19 Support by telephone.19 Chapter 2 The 3D Model. 21 Elements of the 3D model.22 Beam & Plate.22 Processing .22 Bolt patterns & welds .23 Joints.24 Structural elements.25 Auxiliary objects.25 Special parts .26 3D Modeling workflow.27 Chapter 3 Advance interface . 29 Starting Advance Steel .30 Starting a new project .30 Saving a project .31 Advance Steel user interface .31 Quick access toolbar .31 The ribbon.32 Tool palettes .32 The drawing area.32 Command line.32 Status bar .32 Using Advance Steel.33 Using Advance Steel ribbon .33 Using the tool palettes .34 Starting an Advance Steel command .35 Other important tools for using Advance Steel .35 Creating Advance Steel objects.35 Object properties .36 Layer .36 Chapter 4 Creating a 3D Model. 37 Creating a building grid .38 Creating a beam .40 Straight beams.41 Compound sections .42 Curved beams .43 5

ADVANCE STEEL USER’S GUIDE Poly beams .44 Folded profile .44 Construction systems (Cold rolled profiles) .45 Welded beams .46 Creating plates .47 Rectangular plate.48 Polygon plate .49 Splitting / merging - plates .50 Shrinking/enlarging polygon plate.50 Folded plate .50 Coordinate systems .52 Object Coordinate Systems .52 Coordinate systems at curved beams .54 UCS at a bisecting line .54 Defining a coordinate system .54 Beam processing .55 Processing objects.56 Rule-based beam processing .56 Process section and section contour .57 Plate processing.59 Corner processing.60 Weld preparations.61 Plate processing – independent from the UCS .63 Plate processing – dependent on the UCS .64 Polygon plate processing.65 Changing Advance objects .65 Changing objects using grips.66 Manipulating tools .66 CAD properties .67 Advance command properties .67 Representation Type – Snaps – Grips.68 Bolt and Hole Patterns / Shear Studs .70 Creating a bolt pattern .71 Creating a hole pattern .71 Creating shear studs.72 Shifting a bolt/hole pattern .72 Splitting a bolt/hole pattern .73 Recalculating a grip length .73 Welds .73 Connections .74 Changing connections .74 Checking connections.75 Working methods I .76 Selecting objects.76 Object filter.77 Marking / Unmarking objects .78 Searching / Marking objects .78 Changing representation type.79 Views on the model.80 Structural elements .80 Portal frames.81 Flat frames .81 Single-span Bracings .81 Purlins .82 Joists.82 Stairs.82 Joints and connection objects.84 Using joints .85 Connection objects .106 Special parts, special sections.107 Special parts .107 User sections .108 6

ADVANCE STEEL USER’S GUIDE Working methods II .112 Model Browser.112 Model views .113 Advance – copy / rotate / mirror .114 Chapter 5 Numbering . 117 Numbering tool.118 Starting the numbering.119 Numbering options.120 Checking the results .120 Numbering with standard parts.120 Deleting part marks.121 Assigning / Changing a prefix .121 Prefix configuration .121 Creating a main part .122 Creating an assembly part .122 Chapter 6 Checking the model . 123 Checking the model for errors.124 Collisions in the model .125 Displaying checking results .125 Displaying checking results again .126 Advance Audit checking .126 Advance audit checking (database) .126 Steel construction checking .127 Defining the center of gravity .127 Updating defaults.127 Numbering validation .127 Displaying objects with identical part marks .128 Selecting objects with different part marks .128 Marking the main part of assembly.128 Marking loose parts .129 Marking parts without marks.129 Checking for duplicate part marks .129 Identifying objects with identical part marks .129 Differences between two objects.129 Chapter 7 Lists / Bills of materials . 131 Creating lists .132 Creating a model extract.132 Creating a structured BOM .134 Document Management – Structured BOM.136 Chapter 8 Creation of general arrangement and shop drawings . 137 Drawings .138 Model - Drawing principles .138 Drawing styles .138 Drawing management.139 Processes .139 Quick documents .139 Drawing creation and CAD objects.140 Creating drawings.140 Prototype files .141 General arrangement drawings .141 Drawing management.143 Document management.144 Document Manager - drawing details.144 Registering/canceling drawing from model.147 Drawing style management .147 Drawing layout .148 Creating/changing project information.148 7

ADVANCE STEEL USER’S GUIDE Node details .149 Elevations.150 Single part drawings.150 Tie beam .151 Columns .151 Assembly drawings .152 Special structural parts.152 Special structural parts .153 Alternative drawing styles .153 Processes .154 Drawing processes .154 Cameras .156 Alternative drawing processes.158 Labeling and dimensioning .158 Drawing cleanup .159 Appendix .161 HSBasis .162 HSDetailing .166 HSConnection.166 HSExtended.167 HSCollision .167 HSDetailingBasis .167 HSDetailing .168 HSIFDSTVBOM .168 HSIFDSTVNC .168 HSIFPM (HSExtended).169 HSSTAAD .169 Index .171 8

WELCOME In this chapter: GRAITEC has developed a global CAD / Analysis & Design platform that allows you to verify and optimize your structures. It accelerates the creation of reinforced concrete and steel structures with tools dedicated to modeling and accelerating document creation for the construction process: general arrangement drawings, detailing, manufacturing drawings, lists, BOMs, etc. GRAITEC Advance suite is the first complete BIM solution on the market which includes Design and Multi-material CAD in the same package: – Advance Steel: BIM software for structural engineering, detailing and fabrication – Advance Concrete: BIM software for structural concrete engineering, detailing and fabrication – Advance Design: BIM software for FEM structural analysis including international design codes This user guide, dedicated to Advance Steel (Standalone version), is structured into 8 chapters describing a steel construction project from start to finish. All software tools described in this guide and all remarks related to the product pertain only to the Advance Steel suite and for reading simplification only the generic name Advance is used. Introduction Specialized areas Advance and CAD platform Technology Communication options Individual preferences

ADVANCE STEEL USER’S GUIDE Introduction This user guide for Advance is an introduction to working with Advance, describing the basic Advance methodology with detailed description of the most important tools. The user guide can be used as a learning tool but is also useful as a basic reference for individual topics using the index. Since not all Advance tools are described in detail in this guide, refer to the Help for more information on all commands and parameters. The general Advance work methodology is explained in this Introduction, including typical industry applications for Advance, exchanging information and specific user software configuration. The Creating a 3D model chapter explains the use of the most common Advance construction elements (i.e., beams, plates, connection elements, structural elements such as stairs) and joints. Using simple examples, a general overview of the basic tools and methods used to create a model is presented. The Numbering chapter describes the options provided by Advance to automatically assign model elements with clear single part and assembly marks. The various methods for Checking the model in Advance will insure a correctly built 3D model and accurate bills of materials. This chapter describes the tools for checking collisions in the model and correctness examinations. The automated document creation such as bills of materials from the 3D model is presented in the Lists / Bills of materials chapter. The Cre

- Advance Steel: BIM software for structural engineering, de-tailing and fabrication - Advance Concrete: BIM software for structural concrete engi-neering, detailing and fabrication - Advance Design: BIM software for FEM structural analysis including international design codes This user guide, dedicated to Advance Steel (Standalone ver-