GRAITEC : Software Presentations Movies

For construction engineers and detailers seeking to improve their productivity and optimize their designs, GRAITEC offers a complete integrated CAD / Design solution for all reinforced concrete and steel construction projects. GRAITEC's solutions are unique in the Engineering and Construction industry.
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Advance Steel

Synchronization of an Advance Steel model with Advance Design		An Advance Steel model can be synchronized with the GRAITEC Advance Design analysis software. This gives users the ability to make as many changes as they want. They can then synchronize their model with the result of the analysis without losing any adjustments (e.g., add, modification, delete) that they made. This is done with the unique Graitec Transfer Center (GTC), which prompts the user to accept (or reject) the new modifications made to their open model.

Multi single part drawings for plates		Advance Steel has automatic tools to create multi drawings for single parts, in this example for plates.

Pressure vessels		See how easy Advance Steel creates pressure vessels.

Create a cone		This demo illustrates how easy it is to create cones including workshop drawings in Advance Steel and creating cones including workshop drawings.

Create project lists		Advance Steel automatically creates all necessary project lists: Beam list, bolt list, material lists, etc. The default list layouts are easily modified to company requirements.

Railing modeling		Advance Steel has the most comprehensive automated visual macros for the creation of railings.

Free DWF Viewer		Export the Advance Steel model to 3DDWF for viewing and exchange.

Stair modeling		Advance Steel has the most comprehensive automated visual macros for the creation of stairs.

Drawing creation		A short demo on the drawing creation process in Advance Steel.

Use the AutoCAD Render benefits		A new material in AutoCAD® can be assigned to Advance Steel objects to get a realistic render image.

Create a 'Knee Joint'		Advance Steel provides an automatic Knee Joint that connects a beam to a column with end plate and haunch. This demo highlights different connection possibilities for this particular joint.

Joint designed according to EC3 rules		Advance Steel can automatically design common joints according to EC3 (Eurocodes) rules. The joint is immediately checked to the given loads and a design report is created.

Create a complex folded plate within a few seconds		Advance Steel provides automatic tools for complex folded plate creation and modifications like holes, openings, etc. Workshop drawings are automatically created with the unfolded shape, dimensions and labels.

Modify the stairs tread type		The powerful stair macro in Advance Steel provides many tread types that are easily changed within the macro.

Joints designed with Advance engine		Advance Steel can now automatically design common joints. Also, the new Quick Connect feature creates all common joints in a project and designs them according to North American and European norms.

Joint designed with OMNITECH Descon		Through the partnership between OMNITECH and GRAITEC, Advance Steel can now automatically design common joints. To create a joint in Advance Steel, the user specifies the efforts (kip) and Advance Steel will use the Descon engine to design the joint. The right numbers for bolts, plate thickness, etc. are automatically set in Advance Steel and a design report is available!

A 9 minute glance at Advance Steel		This short presentation is an overview of the Advance Steel interface, tools and general workflow. In a few minutes you will have a general idea on how user friendly and comprehensive the package truly is. For more information or a live in-depth web demo please call toll free at 877-464-3366.

Advance Concrete

Creating a grid		This movie is a tutorial on creating a building grid. In a few minutes you will learn how to use Advance Concrete features for modifying the grid representation and numbering.

Setting the building properties		In this tutorial you will select the working units. Also, you will learn how to set the building properties (e.g., name, default level height, etc.).

Creating columns		This movie is a tutorial on column creation. You will create columns with various sections, from the Advance Concrete section library. Also, you will use AutoCAD tools to accelerate the modeling or to view the model in a realistic style.

Creating walls		This movie is a tutorial on wall creation. You will create straight walls in the underground level of a building. The outer walls are made of concrete while the inner walls are made of bricks. You will learn how to modify the wall properties (e.g., material, thickness, etc.) and adjust the position.

Creating beams		In this tutorial you will create straight beams with rectangular sections in the underground level of the building. You will learn how to modify a section from the section library.

Creating slabs		In this tutorial you will create slabs by automatic detection in the underground level of a building.

Creating ramps		This movie is a tutorial on ramp creation. Two roof surfaces are created starting from an AutoCAD polyline and then they are used to create the ramps.

Creating openings		In this tutorial you will create various openings: slab and wall openings, niches, door and window openings, etc.

Creating a foundation		This movie illustrates the creation of a foundation with elevator pit. The foundation is created using the Advance slab tool.

Creating building levels		This movie illustrates the use of the "Copy level" tools. You will learn how to create new building levels by copying existing levels and how to copy elements from one level to another.

Creating drawings		Once the model is completed, learn how to create cuts, elevations, and isometrics.

Creating dimensions		In this tutorial you will learn to create intersection dimensions, associative dimension and point-by-point dimensions.

Column reinforcement		This movie describes how to reinforce a column with a rectangular section using Advance reinforcement tools. You will learn how to use rectangular frames and linear distributions.

Beam reinforcement		This movie describes how to reinforce a beam with a rectangular section using Advance reinforcement tools. You will learn how to create a custom reinforcement template drawing and how to add the reinforcement elements: straight bars, rectangular frames, and free distributions.

Creating a layout		This movie is a tutorial on drawing layouts. You will learn to create a drawing layout (with title block) and a new layout presentation style.

Creating a ramp of any shape		Advance Concrete allows the creation of complex ramp shapes by converting any AutoCAD® surface. The ramps are perfectly integrated into the 3D model and are visible in plan views, cuts, elevations and isometric views.

Creating a helicoidal ramp		Starting from a ruled surface, Advance Concrete creates fast and easy a helicoidal ramp. This method allows for the creation of various ramp geometries.

Creating a straight ramp		Advance Concrete can create a straight ramp starting from a simple AutoCAD® polyline. Just a few clicks to get the result!

Advance Design

Working with design roles		This video tutorial helps you discover how to define design roles in Advance Design for a steel analysis. Once created, design roles are assigned to the corresponding elements. Thus, you can configure the desired design properties once, and then easily apply them, with one click of the mouse, to a selection of elements.

Steel profiles calculation		This is a short demonstration of how to configure and run the steel analysis, using the specialized commands available in Advance Design : selecting the load combinations taken into account in the steel analysis, defining the global steel design hypotheses and running the steel calculation sequence.

Displaying Steel analysis results		Discover the various functionalities dedicated to steel results post-processing available in Advance Design. Once the steel calculation is done, the dedicated results post-processing tools are activated and ready to use. Thus, you'll be able to view the results distribution on steel profiles by colors, values, on selection, by filtered elements, etc. You can also learn how to view the shape sheet for each calculated steel element, and how to create a report from it.

Steel profiles optimization		This is an example of using the steel profiles optimization feature, available with the steel design module of Advance Design.

Calculation reports and saved post-processings		This video sequence presents the different functionalities of Advance Design report generator. You will see how easy it is to configure and to create a detailed customized report. At the same time, you will learn how to store post-processings and how to include them in the calculation report.

Synchronization of an Autodesk Revit Structure model with Advance Design		An Autodesk Revit Structure model can be exported to Advance Design, the finite elements analysis software of GRAITEC, using the new GTC format. The initial model is synchronized with the analysis and optimization result, without losing any adjustments (e.g., add, modification, delete). The user can select which modifications to apply to the initial model.

Advance Design: Introduction		This video offers a preview of the Advance Design user interface, from the modeling step to the generation of a design report.

Advance Design: Modeling and meshing		This video illustrates several Advance Design modeling and meshing functions while demonstrating the creation of a model.

Advance Design: Post-processing of results		This video illustrates post-processing functions and the updated results.

Synchronization of an Advance Steel model with Advance Design		An Advance Steel model can be synchronized with the GRAITEC Advance Design analysis software. This gives users the ability to make as many changes as they want. They can then synchronize their model with the result of the analysis without losing any adjustments (e.g., add, modification, delete) that they made. This is done with the unique Graitec Transfer Center (GTC), which prompts the user to accept (or reject) the new modifications made to their open model.

Meshing capabilities available in Advance Design		This demo illustrates the various meshing capabilities of Advance Design: two available meshing engines (Delaunay or Grid), ability to combine or to use exclusively "triangle" or "quadrangles" elements with 3, 4, 6 or 9 nodes. Once the mesh has been created, you'll discover the different ways to modify and refine it in no time (using lines and polylines, defining progressive mesh, etc.).