Advance Steel 2010
On September 15th 2009, GRAITEC launched Advance Steel 2010, a 3D structural modeling platform for automating steel detailing and fabrication.
Perfectly integrated into AutoCAD®, Advance Steel is an intuitive 3D modeling system (single or multi-user mode). It includes automatic joints and macros for stairs and railings, automatic drawing creation (GA to workshop standard), automatic material lists and output to all major industry formats (DWG, IFC, CIS/2, SDNF, PSS, etc.).
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What's new in Advance Steel 2010
In addition to being compatible with AutoCAD® 2010, Advance Steel 2010 dramatically increases general detailing and fabrication productivity in the shortest time. It also has user experience enhancements, such as the intuitive User Interface. Some of the new features of Advance Steel 2010 are described below:
Improved user interface
- Use the Advance Steel ribbon for increased productivity
- Navigate through the element properties faster. The properties are better grouped in the left of the dialog boxes for easier access.
Performance improvements
- Workshop drawings containing a BOM are created faster.
- Models with more than double the size can be handled faster compared to the previous version.
- Displaying in shade mode is the same speed as displaying in wireframe mode.
- Much faster creation of General arrangement drawings.
- General arrangement drawings can be created from much bigger models using the "slice by slice" creation.
| Get your drawings much faster | ||
| Advance Steel 2010 vs. Advance Steel 2009 | Advance Steel 2010 vs. Advance Steel 8.1 | |
 25 Tons |
Advance Steel 2010 creates workshop drawings containing BOMs 30% faster than Advance Steel 2009 | Advance Steel 2010 creates workshop drawings containing BOMs 45% faster than Advance Steel 8.1. |
 530 Tons |
Advance Steel 2010 creates workshop drawings containing BOMs 45% faster than Advance Steel 2009 | Advance Steel 2010 creates workshop drawings containing BOMs 60% faster than Advance Steel 8.1. |
Work easily in 2D
- Quick views on objects
- User-defined depth clipping
- Quicker display of required elements
New user-friendly connection vault
Main improvements:
- All connections in one place
- Sample previews to give an idea of the possibilities
- Select a connection and use it directly
Complete new cage ladder macro
- Ladder with or without cage
- Different cage types
- Different cage exit types
New truss macro
- Different truss types: "Warren", "Pratt", "Half-Pratt"
- Can be created from tubes, angles with single or double sections
- Beam clearance can be set from the dialog box
- Chords can be straight or curved
New options for stairs and railings
- New ’loop return’ for end of railing
- Slotted holes on posts for sloped railing
- Treads from stairs in real grating
- Flat middle rail available for spiral stairs
- Chords can be straight or curved
New connections
- Haunch to column flange
- Haunch to column web
- Tube bracing joint for one, two or three diagonals
- Base plate with sloped stiffeners and cut
- Tube end to end connection
Automatic unfolding of curved beams and polybeams on workshop drawings
- A curved beam or a polybeam can be displayed unfolded on drawings.
- The elongation calculation can be configured with a default.
BOMs
- Easier to configure, very user-friendly to define
- BOM template in DWG file format
- AutoCAD®-based configuration
- Much faster workshop drawing creation
Latest FlexLM technology (Acresso)
- Instant activation of user licenses.
- Borrow a license from a network license server.
- Easily move the license from one computer to another.
- Windows compatibility: Windows Vista, Windows XP Pro, Windows 2000 Pro and Windows7
- AutoCAD® compatibility: AutoCAD® 2007, 2008, 2009 32 and 64 bits, 2010 32 and 64 bits
- Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese
- Standards interfaces: IFC, CIS/2, PSS, SDNF, KISS, DSTV, DXF. More details about the standards available in Advance Steel.
- Advance Steel is delivered on DVD
Installation
To successfully install Advance Steel certain requirements must be met:
- PC with Pentium Processor min. 2 GHz (4 GHz recommended)
- Main memory min. 2 GB
- AutoCAD® compatible graphics card (for more information, see http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard)
- Network adapter
- DVD Drive
- Windows compatible printer or plotter
- Required disk space: approx. 900 MB
Download the documentation for Advance Steel 2010
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What is new 2010 SP5 (Polish)
31-Jan-2011
Pages: 5
0,3 MB
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What is new 2010 SP5 (Czech)
31-Jan-2011
Pages: 5
0,3 MB
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What is new 2010 SP5
26-Jan-2011
Pages: 5
0,1 MB
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Installation Guide
25-Oct-2010
Pages: 38
3,2 MB
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Drawing Style Manager's Guide (Czech)
6-Aug-2010
Pages: 90
2,3 MB
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What is new 2010 SP4 (Polish)
23-Jun-2010
Pages: 4
0,3 MB
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What is new 2010 SP4
23-Jun-2010
Pages: 4
0,2 MB
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What is new 2010 SP4 (Czech)
31-May-2010
Pages: 4
0,3 MB
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Installation Guide (Czech)
20-May-2010
Pages: 38
2,6 MB
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User's guide (Czech)
24-Mar-2010
Pages: 192
4,3 MB
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What is new 2010 SP3 (Polish)
25-Feb-2010
Pages: 4
0,3 MB
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What is new 2010 SP3 (Czech)
25-Feb-2010
Pages: 3
0,3 MB
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What is new 2010 SP3
25-Feb-2010
Pages: 4
0,3 MB
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What is new 2010 SP2
14-Dec-2009
Pages: 4
0,2 MB
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What is new 2010 SP2 (Polish)
14-Dec-2009
Pages: 4
0,3 MB
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What is new 2010 SP2 (Czech)
14-Dec-2009
Pages: 4
0,3 MB
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Starting Guide (Japanese)
2-Oct-2009
Pages: 40
1 MB
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Drawing Style Manager's Guide
2-Oct-2009
Pages: 90
8 MB
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Starting Guide (Czech)
2-Oct-2009
Pages: 40
1,1 MB
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Starting Guide (Imperial)
2-Oct-2009
Pages: 40
0,9 MB
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User's Guide (Metric)
2-Oct-2009
Pages: 184
7,6 MB
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Starting Guide (Polish)
2-Oct-2009
Pages: 40
0,9 MB
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What is new 2010 (Czech)
2-Oct-2009
Pages: 44
1,7 MB
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What is new 2010 (Polish)
2-Oct-2009
Pages: 44
1,8 MB
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What is new 2010
2-Oct-2009
Pages: 44
1,7 MB
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User's Guide (Imperial)
2-Oct-2009
Pages: 184
6,9 MB
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Starting Guide (Metric)
2-Oct-2009
Pages: 40
0,9 MB
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Installation Guide (Polish)
28-Sep-2009
Pages: 26
3,6 MB
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GRAITEC License Server Readme
25-Sep-2009
Pages: 1
0,9 MB
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Advance Steel Tutorial
14-Sep-2009
Pages: 168
9 MB
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