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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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NEW - Advance Steel 2013 - Custom connections
NEW - Advance Steel 2013 - Custom connections
Discover how Advance Steel 2013 lets you define your own custom connections (from simple to complex ones) and how you can easily reuse them by inserting them in any of your projects.
Custom connections get even more intelligent if you are using the new bricks which make the modifications much more automatic than ever!

NEW - Advance Steel 2013 - Custom connectionsDownload WMV video file (13 MB)

NEW - Advance Steel 2013 - Intelligent user dimensions on workshop drawings
NEW - Advance Steel 2013 - Intelligent user dimensions on workshop drawings
With its new "Preferred for manual dimensions" osnap point, the user can choose with precision what to dimension (such as holes, features on the beam, chamfers on the plate, etc.) on workshop drawings (applicable both on single part and assembly drawings) and have automatic updates (with automatic revision clouds if specified) according to the modifications in the 3D model.

NEW - Advance Steel 2013 - Intelligent user dimensions on workshop drawingsDownload WMV video file (11 MB)

NEW - Advance Steel 2013 - New purlin hip joints
NEW - Advance Steel 2013 - New purlin hip joints
Advance Steel 2013 provides new automatic connections for connecting purlins to hip and valley rafters.
In the properties dialog box, the user can modify any value such as the center plate or the wing plates and the result is immediately visible in the 3D model.
Thanks to Advance Steel 2013, it is now fast and easy to create such complex connections!

NEW - Advance Steel 2013 - New purlin hip jointsDownload WMV video file (8 MB)

10 minute glance at Advance Steel
10 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.

10 minute glance at Advance SteelDownload WMV video file (173 MB)

Synchronization of an Advance Steel model with Advance Design
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.

Synchronization of an Advance Steel model with Advance DesignDownload WMV video file (60 MB)

Create your building in minutes with Advance Steel
Create your building in minutes with Advance Steel
Advance Steel is a complete 3D BIM steel detailing software providing automatic and user-friendly tools for creating the 3D model of your building in the best time.
From the creation of the portal frames to the generation of all cladding profiles, Advance Steel comes with numerous easy-to-use tools for purlins, side rails, automatic connections, stairs, railings and much more!

Create your building in minutes with Advance SteelDownload WMV video file (183 MB)

Discover how you can easily create a gutter formed from a folded plate with Advance Steel!
Discover how you can easily create a gutter formed from a folded plate with Advance Steel!
This movie shows how you can easily create rectangular & polygonal plates for the all the different sides of a gutter and then use an automatic tool to get a gutter formed from a folded plate. As a result, this gutter can be automatically displayed unfolded in the modeling as a preview but also within NC files and workshop drawings for fabrication.

Discover how you can easily create a gutter formed from a folded plate with Advance Steel!Download WMV video file (10,7 MB)

Discover how easy mechanical parts (and other 3rd party models) are fully integrated within your 3D AS model
Discover how easy mechanical parts (and other 3rd party models) are fully integrated within your 3D AS model
This movie shows how easy it is to insert a mechanical part and 3rd party models (as special parts with various user properties, such as weight, etc.) in the 3D model, and why Advance Steel is powerful enough to create high-quality workshop drawings and general arrangement drawings showing these mechanical parts. This movie is based on a real project done by our customer Ets J-C Fassler (France).

Discover how easy mechanical parts (and other 3rd party models) are fully integrated within your 3D AS modelDownload WMV video file (83 MB)

ARTEC discovers Advance Steel 2012!
ARTEC discovers Advance Steel 2012!
Patrice REMACLE, managing director of the engineering office ARTEC (France), explains how he uses Advance Steel daily to study the design of steel construction projects from the initial conception stage using the 3D model to the automatic creation of all related documents.
Mr. REMACLE also explains why he wanted to be associated with the validation of the new 2012 release of Advance Steel by being a beta tester. This gave him access to a pre-released version of Advance Steel 2012 in December 2011 allowing him to get familiar with the new features, and to provide suggestions and comments directly with the product management of the software.

ARTEC discovers Advance Steel 2012!Download WMV video file (27 MB)

Transfer a 3D BIM model from REVIT Structure 2012 to GRAITEC Advance Steel
Transfer a 3D BIM model from REVIT Structure 2012 to GRAITEC Advance Steel
This movie shows the successful link between Autodesk REVIT Structure 2012 and Advance Steel, using the GRAITEC free plug-in (available at http://www.graitec.com/en/revit.asp)

Transfer a 3D BIM model from REVIT Structure 2012 to GRAITEC Advance SteelDownload WMV video file (40 MB)

Advance Steel 2012 - CAD platform freedom
Advance Steel 2012 - CAD platform freedom
Advance Steel 2012 includes its own CAD graphics engine and provides the option to use Advance Steel with or without AutoCAD. This movie shows how easy it is to work on either platforms(model courtesy of Stahlbau Ziemann GmbH, Germany).

Advance Steel 2012 - CAD platform freedomDownload WMV video file (26 MB)

Stairs and railings automatic creation
Stairs and railings automatic creation

Advance Steel has the most comprehensive automated visual macros for the creation of stairs and railings.
See how easy it is to create and modify stairs and railings including the drawing output.


Stairs and railings automatic creationDownload WMV video file (113 MB)

Spiral stairs macro
Spiral stairs macro
Advance Steel 2012 provides new options in the powerful macro which helps users to easily create spiral stairs (with twisted stringers and railings, central column, treads etc.)

Spiral stairs macroDownload WMV video file (28 MB)

Advance Steel 2012 - New turnbuckle joints
Advance Steel 2012 - New turnbuckle joints
New turnbuckle joints with a complete product range of tension rod and compression strut systems - including DIN turnbuckles and AISC turnbuckles - are available with Advance Steel 2012.

Advance Steel 2012 - New turnbuckle jointsDownload WMV video file (5 MB)

Advance Steel 2012 - New joints for purlins
Advance Steel 2012 - New joints for purlins
Advance Steel 2012 provides a set of complete new joints for hot rolled and cold rolled purlins.
These joints can be applied on supporting beams and plates (e.g. cap plate on the top of a column) and offers many options like the creation of stays.

Advance Steel 2012 - New joints for purlinsDownload WMV video file (7 MB)

Advance Steel 2012 - Navigation through a 3D model
Advance Steel 2012 - Navigation through a 3D model
See how user-friendly and powerful Advance Steel 2012 is to navigate through a complex pedestrian bridge (model courtesy of PKD, Czech Republic).

Advance Steel 2012 - Navigation through a 3D modelDownload WMV video file (33 MB)

Advance Steel 2012 - Joint naming & grouping
Advance Steel 2012 - Joint naming & grouping
This movie shows the new option in Advance Steel 2012 to create joint groups that automatically update according changes to the master joint.

Advance Steel 2012 - Joint naming & groupingDownload WMV video file (8 MB)

3D curved tubular truss modeling and unwrap drawing presentation
3D curved tubular truss modeling and unwrap drawing presentation
Convert lines and arcs to Advance Steel tubes in one click to speed up the modeling, use automatic joints between curved beams, easily cut and weld all the circular tubes together, and then use a specific drawing style to get the unwrap tube presentation ready for an accurate fabrication.

3D curved tubular truss modeling and unwrap drawing presentation   Download WMV video file (15 MB)

Modeling of steel bracing connections
Modeling of steel bracing connections
See how fast and easy it is to create bracing connections with Advance Steel

Modeling of steel bracing connectionsDownload WMV video file (11 MB)

Create sheet metal and get it unfolded
Create sheet metal and get it unfolded
Watch how easy it is to create your sheet metal part in 3D with Advance Steel, and get it automatically unfolded and dimensioned on a workshop drawing.

Create sheet metal and get it unfoldedDownload WMV video file (17,3 MB)

Get your cladding in place around your building
Get your cladding in place around your building
Advance Steel provides automatic tools to define the outside shape of your cladding area, the opening inside this area, and then with a single click you get the cladding profiles in place and precisely cut following your settings. A BOM can be then automatically created to get right quantities and lengths.

Get your cladding in place around your buildingDownload WMV video file (13 MB)

Advance Steel Demo Tour
Advance Steel Demo Tour
Advance Steel Demo Tour

Advance Steel Demo TourDownload WMV video file (58 MB)

Twisted box girder creation
Twisted box girder creation
Just create two construction circles, copy a few lines with a polar array copy command, and create some splines from lines to lines.
Then, with the easy-to-use Advance Steel functionality for twisted plate automatic creation, create the four sides of your box girder with a single click!

Twisted box girder creationDownload WMV video file (13,4 MB)

Multi-user mode to speed up projects
Multi-user mode to speed up projects

Advance Steel integrates the “Model Share” technology, a major extension to split big projects for several users.
See how easy it is to share a model between several users and how to create drawings.

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

Multi single part drawings for platesDownload WMV video file (10 MB)

Pressure vessels
Pressure vessels
See how easy Advance Steel creates pressure vessels.

Pressure vesselsDownload WMV video file (7,78 MB)

Create project lists
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.

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

Free DWF ViewerDownload WMV video file (2,29 MB)

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

Drawing creationDownload WMV video file (7,28 MB)

Create a 'Knee Joint'
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
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.

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

Use the AutoCAD Render benefitsDownload WMV video file (16,5 MB)

Create a complex folded plate within a few seconds
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.

Create a complex folded plate within a few secondsDownload WMV video file (5,44 MB)

Joints designed with Advance engine
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.

Joints designed with Advance engineDownload WMV video file (35,92 MB)