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Advance Design


Advance Design : Professional Finite Element Analysis Software with Concrete / Steel structures presizing and automatic reports generationAdvance Design was specifically developed for industry professionals that require a superior solution for the structural analysis and design of Reinforced Concrete and Steel structures.
Advance Design features include easy modeling, a powerful FEM analysis engine, top-level design wizards, automated post-processing of results and automated reports. Achieve a new level of computer-assisted engineering with Advance Design!

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Fast and easy modeling

Advance Design: Fast and easy modeling


  • Display mode of elements as "linear contour", "hidden faces" or "realistic rendering"
  • Elements snap points enable different actions: stretch, trim or extend, copy, move, etc.
  • Use of multiple viewports enable simultaneous work in several viewpoints and visualization modes
  • Ability to input elements in a 2D workplane or in a user defined coordinate system (Cartesian or polar)
  • Level concept: input a column using a single click, a wall using two

 

Competitive meshing and finite elements calculation

Advance Design: Competitive meshing and finite elements calculation

  • Wide range of linear element types: pre-stressed cables, ties, gaps, etc.
  • Advanced meshing engine: "grid" or Delaunay mesh algorithm, finite elements with 3, 4, 6 or 9 nodes, progressive meshing, refinement tools, global mesh parameters
  • Static, dynamic, non-linear analyses, large displacements, generalized buckling, etc.
  • Extended solver capabilities due to enhanced memory management

 

Results processing

Advance Design: Results exploitation

  • Automated post-processing and updating of all result types (finite elements, reinforced concrete, steelwork) within a fully integrated environment
  • Several post-processing methods: graphical results, result curves, stresses diagrams, calculation reports
  • Recording of graphical animation, either of the input model or the analysis model
  • Fully customizable design reports: styles, tables and graphical images, cover sheet, user input text, linked documents, etc.

Reinforced Concrete Dimensioning

Advance Design: Reinforced Concrete Dimensioning

  • The "design template" concept allows for the grouping of elements by their design properties: concrete quality, cracking hypotheses, concrete cover, etc.
  • Calculation of theoretical reinforcement sections of linear and planar elements
  • Determination of 3D interaction curves on an arbitrary section
  • Obtainment of the theoretical reinforcement ratios
  • Global design reports include the "concrete" results

 

Steel Dimensioning

Advance Design: Steel Dimensioning

  • The "design template" concept allows for the grouping of elements by their design properties: buckling hypotheses, lateral-buckling restraints, deflections verification, etc.
  • Shapes optimization starting from a predefined shapes library and using an automated calculation cycle: FE calculations and successive optimizations
  • Shape sheets
  • Global design reports include the "steel" results

Advance Design: Result Memory technology. How does it work?


Result Memory technology. How does it work?

When a graphical view is stored in memory, Advance Design not only saves the current image, but also the context that generated this image: view angle, zoom, filter of displayed elements, colors and display characteristics, nature of results (iso-values of displacements, values of theoretical reinforcement, magnified stresses), load cases, units, etc.
The views saved, using this technology, may be inserted in a design report, whose global content (current hypotheses, results, graphical views) may also be stored in memory. During each calculation iteration, Advance Design automatically recreates all the graphical views and rewrites the design report using the specified criteria.



Innovative interface

Advance Design: Innovative interface

  • Advanced options for workspace customization
  • Dock and undock the different environment components using docking guides
  • Display, hide and auto-hide options for the interface components
  • Enhanced icon caption readability

Advantages

Discover the Advance Design work process from the modeling step to the post-processing of results in the following set of videos.
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Advance Design: Introduction

 

Advance Design: Introduction (1:25)

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

 

Advance Design: Modeling and meshing (3:18)

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

Advance Design: Post-processing of results

 

Advance Design: Post-processing of results (3:58)

This video illustrates post-processing functions and the updated results.

Overview

This interactive demo describes the main user interface objects. Moving the mouse over a red context-sensitive box will display a description of the corresponding feature.

Animation

Create a movie (AVI format) of the results by placing cameras around the model.

Rapid results display

All available results are readily accessible from the toolbar. Rotate the model in 3D and the real-time results remain displayed on the screen.

Mesher / Solver

Refined progressive meshing, density specified for each side…Advance Design speeds up the meshing step of your projects. The solver’s new memory management allows the handling of very complex designs.

Advanced design reports

The desired design report, containing concise result tables and images, can be obtained with little effort and can be edited in Word or Excel. All of the report’s parameters are stored in memory and the report is recreated after each design calculation.

Level concept

Specify, as needed, the level parameters and work with a 2D drawing: a column with 1 click, a slab with 2!

Post-processing Methods

Store genuine post-processing methods. In addition to the design calculations, the stored post-processing methods will be re-applied and the design documents will be automatically updated.

Dynamic properties window

When selecting several elements, the common properties of these elements will be displayed and can be modified simultaneously.

Context menu

Each object has a context menu accessed using a single click and offering different functions: copy, move, change local axes, and generate a load or support.

Customizable user interface

Customize the user interface by modifying the content and the position of menus, icons, toolbars, etc.

Dynamic model manipulation

Using this simple toolbar, move, zoom, and rotate around the model.

Realistic rendering

Design elements can be rendered using linear contour or realistic display modes regardless of design complexity!


> Customer projects created with Advance Design.


> Advance Design Demos.


 

Graitec Transfer Center - CAD and Analysis software interoperability



All Graitec programs can now easily communicate with the new GTC format, that allows the exchange of models between applications and also the models synchronization, with no data loss and no need to re-input data!

 




Discover how Advance Steel is compatible with Autodesk Revit Structure.

Discover how Advance Steel is compatible with Autodesk Revit Structure.



 

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