Advance Steel 2019: What's new in store for Steel Detailing?

Advance Steel 2019 software offers a pool of elements, connections and other tools to help structural engineers carry out steel detailing efficiently with much ease. Here's a list of features it has to offer for steel modeling, documentation and interoperability:

Steel modeling

    1. Parametric Steel connections: It offers ready to use Connection Vault that can save a lot of time for engineers. A connection can:

    • Browse advance steel connections
    • Create a corresponding connection by looking at the sample image of other connection
    • Grouping connections that are frequently used in a category

    2. Built-in connection design engine: Check for steel connection design in real time.

    3. Stairs, railings, and cage ladders: Advance Steel allows for miscellaneous steelwork more quickly. One can create complex structures like:

    • Straight stair
    • Saddled stair
    • Hand-railing
    • Cage ladder
    • Spiral staircase

    4. Sheet Metal and folded plate work: Quickly creates 3D folded plates of any shape by joining different plates together.

    5. Fabrication data information: In Advance Steel 2016, there was an option for customizing fabrication data settings, galvanizing settings, and approval status for connections. But with the latest updated release, one can also visualize these objects and connection box properties in Object Properties Manager Window.

    6. Dynamo Extension: Create parametric complex structures with a visual programming tool.

    7. Select and View part of a model: One can isolate and display selected elements with the following level of details:

    • Low: only beams are displayed as lines.
    • Medium: only beams are displayed with their proper section, together with shortenings and cope features.
    • Medium with plates: Plates are also visible without any cuts.
    • High: Beams and plates are visible together with all their features.

    8. Intelligent structural objects: It enables quick modeling through the object library supported.

Documentation
    1. Call out on drawing: One can use call out on drawing to create a call out from a 2D or 3D view on your drawing. This new feature helps in creating more compelling drawings quickly and easily.
    2. General Arrangement Drawings: With th is feature, one can produce clearer drawings on site.
    3. Steel Shop Drawings: Now with Advance Steel 2019, it is possible to create more accurate Structural Shop Drawings for better Steel Fabrication.
    4. NC Data: It is possible to generate data for CNC workshop machines.
    5. Accurate BOM’s: Now you can generate accurate BOM’s based on design data.
    6. Document Manager: Control and track and documentation. Changes may take place both in the model and the drawings. With document managers, you can track the changes in the drawings automatically. 

Interoperability
    1. Bidirectional link with Revit: It allows for model synchronization, thus, fabrication can be done quickly.
    2. BIM 360 Interoperability: BIM allows for collaborating with the design team more efficiently. 
    3. Custom Settings Import: Now you can import your custom settings while moving to newer versions.
    4. Work Sharing: Several users can work on the same project at a time with minimal complications.
    5. Model-based approval workflow: It gives color-coded objects based on approval status.
These are the features provided by Advance Steel 2019 for more enhance steel fabrication and detailing.

We are offering steel detailing services:
    Steel Construction Detailing Pvt. Ltd. is offering steel detailing services using AutoDesk software to give our clients a unique experience of latest technology. We are providing quality design services for sheet metal fabrication as well. Our designers and detailers are very well aware of the standards and codes to be applied in the detail drawings as per the geographic locations.
For more details on the services provided by us, please visit our website. Feel free to ask any query regarding the services offered.

Benefits of 3D Designs for Sheet Metal Fabrication

The use of 2D drawings is still prevailing in the Sheet Metal Fabrication industry even though 3D CAD models are introduced in the designing sector. It is a matter of fact that 2D drawings have remained successful since several decades to convey the design intent. And this is one of the reasons why designers are not switching to 3D models as they have developed familiarity with 2D since such a long time.

However, 3D CAD workflows for sheet metal fabrication can help fabricators to compete better in this advanced age. The models generated for sheet metal products consists a pool of information that can be utilized for entire product development lifecycle. This is achievable only due to the benefits provided by this new age technology.  Here’s a list of these benefits:

    1. Designing with greater flexibility:

3D offers to design with accuracy, quality, reduced rework and more flexibility. Engineers are able to come up with a promising model which is possible only with the use of tools that remove bottlenecks in the designs at an early stage.

With only fewer mouse clicks, the entire solid model is converted to sheet metal model with all the bends, chamfers and other features. This ensures that the modifications in models can be done in a short duration of time, thus, pushing the models to fabrication shops quickly. Securing client contracts becomes easy and quick as sending 3D models with a quote will benefit both the parties involved.

    2. Better collaboration:

One of the core benefits of adopting 3D approach is enhanced collaboration and communication. In the case of 2D approach, generating Steel Fabrication Drawing and Structural Shop Drawings can be a painful task. This is so because in this case, it demands greater accuracy to avoid change orders and delays at fabrication shops.

On the contrary, the 3D approach makes it easy for the designers and fabricators to communicate for a better revision and modification. A small change in the drawings penetrates throughout the models with fewer or no errors. The changes are automatically updated saving time and energy of the designers to concentrate on more complex areas. 

    3. Developing better marketing materials:

3D models can be used for not only for designing and fabrication but also for marketing. With the in-built tools and engines, CAD offers high definition pictures fro sheet metal products. These pictures can be used in brochures, catalogs, sales communication with the end customers. There is no requirement for special tools to and resources to fulfill the purpose.


We are using 3D CAD-based approach: 

Steel Construction Detailing Pvt. Ltd. is a leading CAD-based design service provider for all your structural, architectural, MEP and BIM requirements. We are using the latest 3D CAD software and tools to give the advantages mentioned above for generating Structural Shop Drawings, Steel Fabrication Drawing, and Sheet Metal Fabrication. We value our clients and strive to fulfill all their project needs with a high degree of efficiency. Our unmatchable quality and integrity have satisfied clients from around the world for several years.