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INTRODUCTION
Presentation
This guide explains in details the typical demonstration, which must be done to highlight key
features and user benefits that Advance Steel daily brings to thousands of users.
The workflow of the demonstration is to complete a steel structure displaying step by step
some parts of a real project.
The demonstration highlights:
How easy it is to use Advance Steel in the AutoCAD environment
The easy and realistic 3D modeling thanks to a shade display
How fast it is to get all documents/files ready for fabrication
Why Advance Steel avoids mistakes in workshop and on site
The enormous amount of powerful parametric connections
How wide are the possibilities offered by stair and railing macros
How easy it is to create any 2D and 3D General Arrangement drawings of the
structure
All modifications are possible afterwards and each affected element is updated
accordingly
Why Advance Steel keeps all your documents always up-to-date and takes care of all
modifications done by the user within drawings
Why Advance Steel improves collaboration with partners
Getting started
Before beginning the exercise, you need to install (recommended: English Europe Advance
Steel version) and register Advance Steel 2011.
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DEMONSTRATION SCRIPT
Creating beams
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Click File menu > Open > Choose the right DWG file
On the AS Modeling ribbon > Beams, select the Rolled I section icon
Create a beam between the middle of the 2 displayed lines
As Section choose IPE DIN 18800-1 and IPE200
On the Positioning tab, select the upper-middle button ; then right-click in the blue
area of the dialog and select Positioning and close the dialog
6. On the AS Modeling ribbon > Beams, click Beam, from line icon, select the 2 lines,
press Enter then choose Yes and close the dialog
You should get that:
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In Clip angle joints branch, select Clip angle icon, then press Use button
Select the main beam and press Enter, select the perpendicular beam and press Enter
In tab Vertical Bolts set the 1. Set out option to Middle
In tab Cleat weld, change the Welded at option to main then secondary then
both and back to none to show the flexibility according to the user wishes.
5. In tab Slotted holes, change the Slotted parts main to cleat and then back to
none to show that slotted holes can specified for easy erection at site.
6. Go to Library tab, then press Save values. Press Edit, give a Comment to the
new created line, then press OK and close the dialog
Benefit: next time you create such a joint (in this model or in any other model),
Advance Steel will automatically use the saved values from the library if same
sections need to be connected with this joint
You should get that:
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Create plates
1. Click UCS at object icon (from the Standard AS toolbar) and pick one of the upper
edges of the beam where we previously created a shortening, a cope and a hole
2. Select the vertical axis of the temporary UCS and press Enter
3. On the AS Modeling ribbon > Plates, select Rectangular plate, 2 points icon and pick
one point (with Nearest snap) on one side of the beam upper flange and pick a
second point on the other side
4. Select the created plate and copy it to the top (with Ortho mode activated) with a
value of 100
5. Click Rectangular plate, 3 points and pick 3 points to create the vertical plate
You should get that:
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Create countersunk bolts between the folded plate and the beam
1. Click UCS at object, select one of the lower plate edges and select one of the
vertical axis
2. On the AS Modeling ribbon > Switch, click the toggle from Hole to Bolt (click two
times on the icon)
3. Click Rectangular, center point icon, select the beam and the folded plate and press
Enter, then pick (with Center snap) the center of the lower plate
4. Go to Size tab, change the Number X to 1 and the Number Y to 2
5. Go to Definition tab, choose CSK as Type and 12.00mm as Diameter
Benefit: Advance Steel bolts automatically create the corresponding holes, that means in
our case the countersunk bolts created the countersunk holes on the bolted parts
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Save and close the folded plate workshop drawing (if it is still open)
Make a window selection over the model to select all
On the AS Documents ribbon > NC&DXF, click NC icon to create the NC-DSTV files
Click Document Manager icon
Press the tree in front of DStV file then in front of DStV-NC and then Current
(all NC-DStV files are there)
6. Select one of them and click Preview to show its content
Benefit: From the 3D model, Advance Steel creates data for automatic fabrication by
numerical control machines
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7. Go to Export and show (no need to do it) that you can export a BOM to PDF or to
an XLS file, then press Cancel
8. Close the BOM with the top-right cross and press Yes, then Save to give it a name
(and see it (and later update it) in the Document Manager)
In this first part of the presentation, you can see how easy it is to create
beams, plates and folded plates, to connect them together thanks to the
automatic joints and to get workshop drawings and BOMs with a few clicks.
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8. Pick the Haunch, go to the AS Tools ribbon > Joint utilities, click Create by template
icon and pick the other column then press Enter, select the other beam and press
Enter
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Create clip angle joint on the platform and check it according to EC3
1. In Clip angle joints branch, select Clip angle icon, then press Use button
2. Pick the column then the beam connected to its web
3. In Vertical bolts tab, change 1. Set out to Middle then close the dialog
4. Do it also with the other column and the other end of the floor beam
5. Create it also between 2 floor beams
6. In the properties dialog-box, go to Joint Design sub-group
7. Select (for Europe) EC3 as Design module
8. Enter 15 (kN) for N and 20 (kN) for V
9. Press Check button
10. Show that the status is now OK checked in green color
11. Press Report button to get the full report and scroll through it
12. Then close the report and the dialog-box
13. Pick one of the created angle, then click Create by template icon and pick the other
beam then press Enter, select the other beam and press Enter
14. Do it for the different platform floor beams
Benefit: The Joint Design is 100% part of Advance joints and gives the possibility to steel
detailers to check if the values they entered fit their regional standards and rules for the
efforts applied to the joint node
You should get that:
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On the Render ribbon > Visual Styles, select the Realistic display mode
Type LAYERSTATE in the AutoCAD command line
Double-click on 14. All floor levels and bracing displayed line
Use zoom, pan and orbit to show the bracing beams and the different joints to
connect them
Benefit: Advance Steel provides many automatic joints for bracings, whatever section
type the diagonals are (angles, circular tubes, square or rectangular tubes )
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On the AS Modeling ribbon > Joints, click the Connection vault icon
In Clip angle joints branch, select Clip angle - Skewed icon, press Use button
Pick the straight beam then press Enter, then pick the curved beam and press Enter
On Vertical bolts tab, change 1. Set out to Middle
Change 4. Lines (vertical bolts quantity) to 2 and Interm. Dist. to 80
Close the Clip angle skewed dialog box
In Plate joints branch, select Single side end plate icon, press Use button
Pick the straight beam, press Enter, then pick the curved beam end and press Enter
On Plate and bolts tab, go to Vertical bolts group and change 7. Intermed. Dist. to
60
10. Close the Single side endplate dialog box
Benefit: Advance Steel provides many automatic joints working on curved beams
You should get that:
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Benefit: Within very few clicks, you can create any sheet metal parts, either by using
AutoCAD entities (circle, polyline) either by joining some Advance Steel objects (e.g.
tubes) together
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Use the Orbit command to better see the platform level +23.35m
On the AS Modeling ribbon > Structural elements, click Hand-railing icon
Select the 4 beams one by one, then press Enter
Give a start point at the end of the first picked beam
Give an end point at the end of the fourth picked beam, then press Enter
You should get that:
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Create Stairs
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3. Go to Naming tab, show its Single part mark (and keep it in mind), then close the
dialog-box
4. Open the Document Manager
5. Select the [S Plate] - xxxx (A4) 001.dwg file (where xxxx is the gusset plate single part
mark) and click Open drawing button
You should get that:
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Benefit: Advance Steel provides all flexible tools to adjust drawings afterwards.
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Select the gusset plate, right-click and select Advance Joint Properties
Go to Gusset plate group, then to Bolt parameter tab
Change the Bolt parameter value to 12.00mm, then close the dialog
Select the two bracing tubes Tube76.1x3.2
On the palette Tools, click Advanced copy icon then press Enter
Pick start point then end point (or enter 3760 as X distance)
Select Include additional connections option
Click Preview, then OK
Benefit: The Advance Steel copy command is a powerful tool, which allows the user to
have a control on what he wants to copy (copy connections with the beam or not,
preview the result before accepting it )
You should get that:
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Benefit: All the standard AutoCAD tools (quick select and also hatches, user blocks ) can
be used to change the drawing layout in an easy and productive way.
You should get that:
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3. Right mouse click, then Advance multi edit, then Beam properties
4. Go to Axes tab, select the System line color option and close the dialog
5. On the palette Drawing finishing, click Update detail icon and pick one element
from the view
6. Go to AutoCAD OSnap point settings, press Clear all and select Endpoint and
Midpoint, then press OK
7. On the palette Drawing labels&dimensions, click Linear horizontal dimension icon
8. Select the view, then create the dimension between two beams, place the dimension
line under the view, continue dimensioning (voluntary forget to dimension one of the
beams in the middle of the view)
9. Press Enter two times when finished and close the dialog
10. Select the dimension, click Insert dimension point icon on the palette Drawing
labels&dimensions.
11. Pick the beam to be also dimensioned then press two times Enter
You should get that:
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2. Note that the beam was correctly moved in all concerned views (3D view and top
platform view)
3. Note that revision clouds have been automatically inserted where necessary
4. Note that the dimensions added by the user were kept during the update
5. Note that the content label was changed to a HEA220 (as modified in the 3D
model)
6. Note that the columns color (that the user changed) are kept in orange
7. Make a zoom on the bloc title to see that the revision table mentions the revision A,
with the date and description
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Save and close the GA Drawing (if not yet done during previous step)
Go to File > Export > 3D DWF
Then press Save and Yes to open the DWF file
Pick one beam and show that you can view its properties on the left tree
Benefit: An Advance Steel 3D model can be viewed in the free Autodesk Design Review
tool, which allows having access to all main Advance Steel properties of the object
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CONCLUSION
This demonstration shows how easy and intuitive it is to create a steel structure with
available tools provided by Advance Steel and to automatically get all documents (drawings,
material lists and NC-DSTV files) ready for fabrication and erection at site.
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SUMMARY
Creating beams
Add shortening and cope to a beam
Create a hole on the beam web
Use an automatic Joint to connect beams together
Use the same Joint to connect the other beams
Create plates
Create a hole and chamfer on the upper plate
Create a folded plate out of the different plates
Create countersunk bolts between the folded plate and the beam
Assign part marks
Get automatic workshop drawings and show them
Add a 3D view to the folded plate workshop drawing
Get NC-DSTV files within seconds
Get a BOM within seconds
Display the complete platform
Display columns and create base plates
Show the connection vault
Create a haunch joint on the platform
Create clip angle joint on the platform and check it according to EC3
Cut all other beams with miter joint
Run the clash check
Use Quick Cut to cut and cope the upper platform beams
Run the clash check again
Display bracing beams
Create a curved beam
Connect the curved beam to the other beams
Create cladding on intermediate platform (level +26.40m)
Create Sheet metal
Add plates on the side of the sheet metal
Display unfolded sheet metal
Insert a mechanical part
Create railing on platform level +23.35m
Change the railing properties
Use railing settings from the library
Modify the platform dimensions
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Create stairs
Create stair footing joint
Create railings on stairs
Change the railing properties
Create railings on the curved beam
Change the radius value of the curved beam
Create cage ladder
Create concrete isolated footing
Copy the concrete isolated footing
Create concrete beam between isolated footings
Assign part marks
Get automatic workshop drawings
Open workshop drawings
Do interactive modifications within the workshop drawing
Check the workshop drawing status
Modify the gusset plate and copy bracing beams
Run the numbering
Get the workshop drawing automatically updated
Open the updated workshop drawing
Create a general arrangement drawing
Add an elevation view to the general arrangement drawing
Add a top platform view to the general arrangement drawing
Add a 3D node view to the general arrangement drawing
Change the columns color within the general arrangement drawing
Add dimensions within the general arrangement drawing
Add label to a beam within the general arrangement drawing
Check the GA drawing status in the Document Manager
Make some modifications in the 3D model
Automatically update the BOM and the NC-DStV files
Automatically update the GA drawing
Open the updated GA drawing
Advance Steel, part of the GRAITEC Structural BIM solution
Export the AS 3D model to a 3D DWF file
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ANNEX
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