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Advance Steel

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Advance Steel

Pricing optionsFree trial

Parametric steel connections

Model more quickly, efficiently, and accurately with a customizable library of ready-to-use steel connections.

Stairs and cage ladders

Discover and model non-structural building elements quickly and accurately.

Sheet metal and folded plate work

Create 3D folded elements of any sheet metal shape faster.

Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel

ENHANCED

Use Dynamo’s visual programming language to create parametrically driven geometries for complex structures.

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Code-checking and design validation

Check for compliance and validate steel-connections against AISC standards.

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Propagation of steel connections

Reduce tedious work and ensure accurate placement of steel connections with automated connection propagation.

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General arrangement drawings

ENHANCED

Set drawing styles and camera defaults, and use general arrangement drawings to document and clarify design intent for onsite construction.

Steel shop drawings

ENHANCED

Automatically generate detailed and annotated fabrication-ready drawing sets.

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Numerical Control (NC) data

Generate detailed fabrication datasets to direct and drive CNC workshop machines.

Hide or show detailed parts

Isolate parts and assemblies already detailed for fabrication.

Bills of Materials

Automatically generate BOMs from modeled element data for use in spreadsheets and reporting.

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Drawing update with revision

Use revision clouds to reduce time spent tracking modifications to shop drawings.

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Bidirectional link with Revit

Sync model updates between Advance Steel and Revit to seamlessly track design changes and control for data loss as projects evolve.

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Robot Structural Analysis interoperability

Transfer structural analysis data (including calculations) between Robot Structural Analysis and Advance Steel, and synchronize design, analysis, and detailing workflows.

Autodesk Docs interoperability

Use the compare tool in Autodesk Docs (formerly BIM 360 Docs) to track progress and assess change impacts.

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AutoCAD Plant 3D interoperability

Use AutoCAD Plant 3D and Advance Steel together in the AEC Collection to connect and sync fabrication to plant design.

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MIS software interoperability

ENHANCED

Export data via KISS, XML, or IFC with MIS software.

Custom settings import

Save time by importing your custom settings when moving to new versions of Advance Steel.

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Open and flexible API

Enhance and extend the use of Advance Steel with APIs for managing data, connecting to other software, and custom tools for software developers.

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IFC capabilities

Import or export a 3D model to an IFC 2x3 file.

View native drawings in AutoCAD

Improve data accessibility by viewing Advance Steel drawings with object enabler.

Navisworks interoperability

Bring Advance Steel data into Navisworks for better quantification, simulation, review, and model coordination.

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Shared views

Use shared views for design collaboration, and show progress to stakeholders within or outside your organization.

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Attach a point cloud

Bring laser-scanned point cloud data into Advance Steel to design with snap-to functionality within the site context and existing conditions.

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System requirements for Autodesk Advance Steel 2026

Operating system

64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11 and Windows 10. See Autodesk's Product Support Lifecycle for support information.

Processor

Basic: 2.5–2.9 GHz (base) ARM Processors are not supported.
Recommended: 3+ GHz (base), 4+ GHz (turbo)

Memory

Basic: 8 GB
Recommended: 32 GB

Display resolution

Basic: Conventional Displays:1920 x 1080 with True Color
Recommended: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 (with "Recommended" display card)

Display card

Basic: 2 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant.

Recommended: 8 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant. DirectX 12 with Feature Level 12_0 is required for Shaded (Fast), Shaded with edges (Fast), Conceptual (Fast) and Hidden (Fast) visual styles. Please be sure to use the latest drivers from the video card manufacturer's website.

Note: The software uses your computer's display card for a variety of essential graphics operations including but not limited to view manipulation, line smoothing, and text/linetype generation . It's recommended that you have a display card with dedicated VRAM to support these operations at optimal speeds.

Disk space

Basic:
10 GB (suggested SSD)
1 GB additional free disk space is recommended for disk cache

Recommended:
16 GB
1 GB additional free disk space is recommended for disk cache

Note: The system temporary folder requires up to 12 GB of additional free space during download installation.

Pointing device

MS-Mouse compliant

Media

Install Now (WI)
Download / Browser (DLM)

.NET Framework

.NET 8

Network

See Autodesk Network License Manager for Window

Additional requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds, and 3D Modeling

Memory
32 GB

Disk space
6 GB free hard disk available not including installation requirements

Display card
3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter; 12GB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; DirectX-capable workstation class graphics card.

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Money-back guarantee

30-day return policy on annual and multi-year subscriptions and a 15-day return policy for monthly subscriptions.

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Autodesk support

24x7 online support options and resources.

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