

It has One-Click buttons for a Bill of Materials with a report editor to customise or use existing templates. When you get Advance Steel you get also get the full version of AutoCAD too which already has great 2D/3D design tools and superior detailing and annotation capabilities, with features that many CAD package lack let alone structural detailing packages, however, Advance Steel builds on that with specific detailin tools for structural steel detailing. In addition to structural steel, the program also has tools and library for stairs, railing, cage ladders, joists, sheet metal and folded plate work too. You can use the auto-connection tool, input your own connection or build one up. Getting started is as simple as clicking on the grid, choose your origin and dimension it out. When you get Advance Steel you get also get the full version of AutoCAD too which already has great direct editing 2D/3D design tools and superior detailing and annotation capabilities, with features that many CAD package lack let alone structural detailing packages.Īdvance Steel builds on that with parametric connections (members, plates, joints, joists, etc.), a massive customisable library with almost any standard, NC file support for Beam Line Machines and etching/scribing, clash detection, project/document management, bill of materials and interoperability with Revit (import, Export, Synchronise), Navisworks (The export to Autodesk Navisworks contains all Advance Steel objects and their tokens), Robot Structures, import/export IFC, CIS/2, SDNF, PSS, STD and export KISS and PML along with all the other major formats that AutoCAD supports.



Anyone who had experience with AutoCAD Structural detailing knew of it’s limitations, so to have this product released is a step in the right direction. Parametric Connections, NC File Support, Revit & Robot Structures Interoperability plus more.īuilt on the familar AutoCAD, Autodesk Advanced Steel brings a lot of features and functionality missing in Autodesk’s portfolio of design products.
