Advance Steel | Get Prices & Buy Official Advance Steel 2023

Name: Advance Steel
Brand: Autodesk
Price: 2450.0 USD
Availability: InStock

What is Advance Steel?

Advance Steel software drives collaboration between engineers and detailers, improving coordination, clarifying design intent, and reducing rework. With Advance Steel, you can:

Achieve a seamless design and detailing workflow for projects in BIM

Move rapidly from design to fabrication

Streamline steel fabrication and installation

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Advance Steel overview (video: 1:50 min.)

What you can do with Advance Steel

Automate repetitive tasks with an intelligent toolset

Generate complex structures in fewer steps with the Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel. Use the library of parametric steel connections and dedicated tools to accelerate design and other tasks.

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Create accurate drawings and data for fabrication

Automatically generate and update steel fabrication deliverables. Create model-driven shop deliverables and NC files to streamline fabrication and installation.

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Advance Steel and Revit synchronization (video: 1:55 min.)

Connect workflows with integrated tools in the AEC Collection

Share, refine, and sync design data with Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Robot Structural Analysis, and Autodesk Docs. Connect steel detailing and design data to BIM and CAD workflows for efficient project delivery.

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“We’ve been able to deliver large structural steel projects with minimal RFIs.”

—Michael Vogel, Principal, GRAEF

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“[Advance Steel] has all the features we consider mandatory for structural steel detailing.”

—Jim Kennett, Senior Drafts Person, Steel Precision Group

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“In moving from our prior detailing tool to Advance Steel, we reduced the time spent on labor by 20%.”

—Qichen Jiang, Director of the BIM Center, Steel Structure Engineering Company (SSEC)

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“We’ve been able to deliver large structural steel projects with minimal RFIs.”

—Michael Vogel, Principal, GRAEF

Read story
“[Advance Steel] has all the features we consider mandatory for structural steel detailing.”

—Jim Kennett, Senior Drafts Person, Steel Precision Group

Read story
“In moving from our prior detailing tool to Advance Steel, we reduced the time spent on labor by 20%.”

—Qichen Jiang, Director of the BIM Center, Steel Structure Engineering Company (SSEC)

Watch video (1:04 min.)
“We’ve been able to deliver large structural steel projects with minimal RFIs.”

—Michael Vogel, Principal, GRAEF

Read story

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

What is Advance Steel used for?

Autodesk Advance Steel is a 3D modeling software for steel detailing, fabrication, and construction. Use Advance Steel to connect design and fabrication when working in BIM to improve communication between steel engineers, designers, and detailers.

The software helps advance projects effectively from design to fabrication, with clearer design intent and less rework. Use Advance Steel with the AEC Collection to run structural analyses, automate design processes, create and solve for complex geometry, and detect and mitigate clashes in preconstruction.

Who uses Advance Steel?

Structural engineers, steel detailers, and fabricators use Advance Steel to design, detail, fabricate, and install steel structural systems. AEC professionals choose Advance Steel to automatically generate fabrication shop drawings and bills of material with ready-to-use templates, and to produce numerical control files to direct and automate CNC machines for fabrication.

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