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La dernière mise à jour pour Revit 2020 a été publiée et elle propose quelques nouvelles améliorations, notamment:  Remplacer le modèle analytique 3D par une vue qui affiche les espaces analytiques avec les catégories du modèle définies comme sous-couches. La possibilité de définir la couleur des lignes dans les plannings pour faciliter le suivi! Vous pouvez maintenant lier les fichiers de to...

Dans les versions antérieures à 2019, Revit avaient son propre « indexeur » pour ouvrir directement les fichiers de nuage de points des fournisseurs multiples.Cette fonction existant également dans ReCap, Autodesk a décidé de ne plus maintenir en parallèle des indexeurs semblables dans deux logiciels, alors que celui de ReCap pouvait faire un meilleur travail.  Si vous recevez des fichiers de...

Quick Connection On the joint utility panel, you will find Tools that are provided to define connections for any situation in a project. According to the settings, the joints are designed, and Advance Steel automatically creates all connections to the project model. These tools help to avoid errors in the modeling part. There are two options you can use to create connections automatically: Read Mo...

      I had a client who wanted to know how to create and insert a custom Anchor bolt list on a drawing. In Advance Steel 2019 it is simple to achieve.   First the preferred BOM can be accessed from the/ProgramData/Autodesk/ AdvanceSteel2019/ USA/Shared/Support/ BOMTemplates folder.   The Internal BOM which is used in this exercise is the “Drawing Tie bolt list"   &nb...

How to add a grout model role to the base plate connection in Advance Steel I was asked by a client if it was possible to add the model role grout to the base plate connection in Advance Steel. Well it is possible. Changes to the Advance Steel Management Tool allows you to do just that. Just a few simple changes to the Object Property Editor will do the trick Remember to Load settings in Advance f...

Graitec PowerPack 2019 for Advance Steel 2019 allows the user to create vertical bracings on any side of the building in the selected span. The bracing types available are: X bracings, diagonal bracings, V bracings and inserted bracings. Using the advanced copy options, they can all be modified simultaneously. Continue reading    

DILEMMA You have just created a Cellular beam structure with all the elements and connections, rather than  r epeat the process, Advance Steel   offers a fantastic time saving tool called Advance copy. The Advance copy tool is located on the Tools category of the Advance Steel Tool Palette. SOLUTION Select the Advance copy ion, make sure "Include additional connections" is selected and p...

GRAITEC releases Advance PowerPack 2019 for Autodesk® for Advance Steel  with many new tools, utilities and functions, plus updates to existing features. This new version introduces a wealth of localized manuf acturer profiles and more predefined default settings, whilst new tools for creating splines of complex he lical stair stringers e xpands the toolset for high-end stair manufacturers, a...

When creating drawings in Imperial the width of the plate is in Metric. To resolve this issue, follow the procedure below   1. Select “Management Tools” button in the upper right corner on the Home tab.   2. Select the Defaults category   3. Use the filter and type plate   4. Change the Plate name to [20,5006,474] from [3,3,1]. Remove the "x%Length after width if you want the l...

Advance Steel allows you to remove the 0 "value when creating baseline dimensions. In order to remove the 0 "value, you must select your preferred drawing style or process. For this example, we created an assembly detail using subcategory 5 -Assemblies> 5-Beam. created detail was a 5 - Beam - Front. In the Drawing Style Manager, expand Category 5 - Beam - Front and select the "Show Dimensions" ...