http://www.graitec.com/en/index.asp GRAITEC: structural and civil engineering software 60 http://www.graitec.com/images/logo.jpg http://www.graitec.com/en/index.asp In Advance Design 2018, the only elements that can transfer loads on a specific direction are wind-walls and steel decks. To define a one-way slab, you can use a workaround involving the wind-wall, but the method depends on the type of element modeled in Advance Design 2018. Therefore, the following method is used for modeling a one-way reinforced concrete slab fixed supported on the loading direction and hinged on the other direction: 1. Define the shell plate element, which is fixed on the loading edge and pinned to its two releases 2. Disable the supporting element option so the concrete… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1315 Advance Design Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1315 Advance Design 2018 comes with a number of predefined combinations, which are formulas containing load cases and calculation coefficients. However, there are some situations in which you might need to make adjustments or even create a new load combination altogether. Such a feature is available in Advance Design 2018. To create user defined load combinations, you must first open the Combinations folder, which allows the selection of predefined loads combinations files to open. As seen in the image below, the Loads CBN option in the Combinations window will open predefined loads combinations. Each file with the .cbn extension corresponds to… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1314 Advance Design Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1314 Setting up Separate Profiles for Advance Steel and AutoCAD If you use both Advance Steel and vanilla AutoCAD (or any other AutoCAD-based vertical), you may have run into an issue where AutoCAD looks towards the Advance Steel template location after being in Advance Steel. Even when you re-path to the AutoCAD template location, it always seems to point back to the Advance Steel template location the next time you run AutoCAD. In order to be able to properly work in the two programs, you can create separate profiles for Advance Steel and AutoCAD and set their desktop icons to… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1307 Autodesk Advance Steel Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1307 How to reference connections created by camera to a key plan view Using Advance Steel Cameras at node tool, it is easy to create drawings of connections in your structure and reference them to a plan view. First define the camera symbol presentation. How do you want the camera symbol to be displayed on drawings? This can be done from the (ASMT) Advance Steel Management Tools by selecting the Defaults category. Use the filter option and type “Camera in the field.” Select the detailing camera representation type from Drawing-Presentation sub category>General. Place the UCS at the level where your… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1306 Autodesk Advance Steel Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1306 Advance Steel - How to display trailing zeros and dash lines on detail drawings This video will show you how to have the trailing zeros and the dash line displayed when putting in manual dimensions on drawings in Advance Steel. You need to open the respective prototype and from the Primary Units tab, uncheck the Zero suppression, trailing feet and 0 inches. While the prototype is still opened, you will go to the project settings and make sure the project settings “Length units” is set accordingly. Lastly, modifications need to be done from the Advance Steel Management Tools Drawing… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1305 Autodesk Advance Steel Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1305 How to control your Stair Grating defaults in Advance Steel Autodesk Advance Steel contains features which support the design of a range of complex stair structures. However, getting to grips with all of these features can prove tricky for new users. This is where our expert video guide to Stair Grating Defaults comes in handy; it takes you through the process of setting up your defaults for stairs within Advance Steel, so you can take your first step towards creating top of the range designs. Amongst other things, this video will show you how to convert your defaults measurements… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1304 Autodesk Advance Steel Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1304 Analyze your Advance Steel models with A360 Viewer A360 is the best way to manage and share your Autodesk software. It is a cloud system that enables your company to store projects centrally, so that the whole team can access and update them. You can get involved by creating your free account now. One of A360’s brilliant features is A360 Viewer, which is the perfect place to keep your Advance Steel models. However, the sheer breadth of features can make it somewhat daunting to the inexperienced user. However, this video will take you through the basics, and show you how… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1303 Autodesk Advance Steel Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1303 Amend Advance Steel Precision in BOM on Drawing Templates Precision / accuracy of BOM lists: All material sizes are shown to 2 decimal points. This is much more accurate than needed, and so just takes up unnecessary space on the list. For the BOM on drawings, it comes from the template that is used to create the BOM lists. These are an AutoCAD DWG file made up on group and field elements, the precision of this comes from the Autodesk Advance Steel Project Settings button, and the weight element under that setting. So you can either create your own copy… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1302 Autodesk Advance Steel Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1302 Advance Steel 2017 on AutoCAD 2017 - Windows 10 missing Arial Narrow font If you open a prototype on a Windows 10 machine and notice that the text is messed up, check the font type under the text style. It may be the font is missing from the Window system. Look under Fonts in the Control Panel and expand the Arial font. If you don’t see “Arial Narrow”, then it needs to be added to the system. The same thing can be found under the Windows font in the C: drive. C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial If you have the font on a Windows… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1301 Autodesk Advance Steel Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1301 Advance Steel 2017 on AutoCAD 2017 - Windows 10 missing Arial Narrow font If you open a prototype on a Windows 10 machine and notice that the text is messed up, check the font type under the text style. It may be the font is missing from the Window system. Look under Fonts in the Control Panel and expand the Arial font. If you don’t see “Arial Narrow”, then it needs to be added to the system. The same thing can be found under the Windows font in the C: drive. C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial If you have the font on a Windows… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1300 Autodesk Advance Steel Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1300 Issue I am having an issue with one shop drawing and getting it to clip properly. I have done a bunch of drawings just prior to this one and they have all worked out correctly. My top view is clipping differently than the main view. I have unchecked "Automatic clipping". Both views have the same values and parameters yet my top view is clipping and showing the overall length shorter than the main view. Solution The drawing style for the beam was a custom one and did not include a top view. It appears when you try to manually create… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1299 Autodesk Advance Steel Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1299 HOW TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT TEXT IN THE PROTOTYPE 1. Open the Prototype and type “T” to bring up the text editor 2. Select the AS font style and change it to your desired font style.. 3. Close the test editor and save the Prototype. 4. When back in the ANSI-D Advance Steel layout, type ATTSYNC in the command line. 5. Type S then hit the enter key. 6. You will be prompted to “select a block” which is the HYPERSTEELPAGEHEADER. 7. Select the HYPERSTEELPAGEHEADER, when prompted type Yes at the command line. 8. You will see on the command… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1293 Autodesk Advance Steel Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1293 Automatic nesting in Advance Workshop uses many parameters to ensure a good bar nesting result. However, incorrect use of these parameters can result in a bad optimization with errors. In Bar nesting, access Processing > Optimization parameters… to display the parameters. Initial cut (A) is the dimension of the first cut, when the bar enters the sawing machine. It includes the blade thickness. Edge dist (C) is the distance used in order not to cut the clamp. It includes the blade thickness. Cut thick (B) is the blade thickness. Engine optimization Accuracy is a setting used for defining the… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1291 Advance Workshop Thu, 03 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1291 Object: Saving the Advance Workshop database with MySql Administrator Software 1. Launch MySQL Administrator 2. Use the “Backup” feature to save the Advance Workshop Data Base (named Era3database01). 3. After performing these actions, delete the history: Access “Catalogs” to clean it. Select the database (same as the one selected before, during backup – in our case, era3database01) Right click to display the contextual menu, and select the “Drop Schema” option (the “clean” term doesn’t exist in MYSQL). Note: An important warning will appear: Press the OK button if you really want to delete this history (provided you have done… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1290 Advance Workshop Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1290 Open the Advance Workshop Management Tools. Go to “Reports Customization”, select a report and double click to open it. Select “Table1”, and then click “Property dialog…” in the lower right corner. The objective is to sort all data, respectively, by “Profile”, by “Material”, and by “Length”. In the “Table - Sorting” dialog box, access the “Sorting” tab. Use the “+” (Add) button to add a new field. In “Expression”, click the down arrow button to open the drop-down list and select Fields!SHAPE.Value for the first field (Profile). Repeat this step two more times for the “Material” and “Length” fields.… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1288 Advance Workshop Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1288 Ball Post Railing comes with several different sizes and types of balls for connecting posts and railings. The current available sizes have been created in accordance with Lionweld Kennedy, Webforge and Nepean manufacturer’s catalogues. The current ball names were created based on the following criteria: Ball outside diameter Railing section Post type, where it is the case. For example BallS 63x36: S – used for solid posts – this identifier is not always shown, depending on the catalogue. 63 – outside ball diameter = 63 mm 36 - outside railing diameter + 2-4mm oversize = 33.7mm o/d +2.3mm =… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1265 Advance BIM Designers Fri, 14 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1265 User sections are non-standard profile cross sections. They are drawn using AutoCAD elements. After creating a user section it may be used the same way as any other section in the system. Once created the User profiles are saved in: C > ProgramData >Autodesk > Advance in the AstorProfiles2017.mdb. You can delete a USR_ profile or USR_Userdefinedtreads from the Access Database > AstorProfiles2017.mdb. 1. Open the AstorProfiles2017.mdb. 2. Type Usr in the search field. 3. Simply select the heading and from the list. 4. Right click and select Delete from the contextual menu. You can also remove them from the… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1245 Autodesk Advance Steel Fri, 27 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1245 To have the model role default to Beam instead of None follow these steps: 1. After creating a beam (the beam dialog box should appear.) 2. Select the Naming tab. 3. Right click on the heading of the dialog box, scroll down and choose Model role. 4. Now change the Model Role from None to beam. Now make a test: 5. Create a new beam. 6. The beam dialog box is displayed. 7. Select the Naming tab. 8. The Model Role is now set to beam as a default now. Note: Please note that the procedure specified is project specific.… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1244 Autodesk Advance Steel Wed, 04 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1244 1. Open your Advance Steel Management tools(ASMT) 2. Select the Table editor then the ODBC icon. 3. Put a check in the Use filter box and type map. Select the AstorBase category. 5. Select the sub heading MapInternToExtern. Select the (F5) key to bring the find and replace dialog box. Select the Replace tab and put in the values as seen in the screen shot. If Replace all does not change everything at once, use the Find Next button and when the PLT row is highlighted select Replace. Remember to Load settings in Advance and Update Defaults back in Model… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1243 Autodesk Advance Steel Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1243 After you create the user sections, new records are automatically generated in the Advance Steel databases. The following example is based on "Monopanel Ondea". Open the "AstorProfile.mdb" database, which you can find following the path: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance\Data. Here, you will find the sections that you have generated in Autodesk Advance Steel. Open the "ProfileMasterTable" tables and add a line for the new profile you have created. Next, define the new user sections in the "Cladding" database. To do this, you must open the "Astorrule.mdb" database found in C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2016\Steel\Data. Open the table named "RULE Cladding_ProfileClasses". Add a new line… info.usa@graitec.com (Graitec USA) http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1242 Autodesk Advance Steel Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://www.graitec.com/en/FAQ_view.asp?FAQID=1242