Whats New in Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

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New & enhanced features in Advance Steel 2017

Bridging connection for cold rolled elements

Beam offset information in labels
Structural member representation
Custom clipping symbols
Snap points on anchors
Grid balloon placement control
New templates for lists on drawings
User-defined formulas in BOMs
Enhancements to the BOM editor

Enhanced drawing styles for the US market

View native drawings in AutoCAD
IFC export enhancements
Advance Steel 2017 Extension for Revit
Autodesk Steel Connections for Revit

2016 Autodesk

New & enhanced modeling tools

2015 Autodesk

Bridging connection for cold rolled elements

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

Easy-to-use parametric macro

Insert cold rolled elements & connections
5 vendors (Australia & NZ) by default
Additional vendors can be added

Ready-to-use templates
Generic bridging list
List per cold rolled elements vendors
Improved modelling efficiency
2016 Autodesk

Fabrication data information

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

Custom approval status

Available in the Management Tools

Create your own status
Flexible color coding
Available for object properties, connection
properties, document manager

Match properties for fabrication data

Easier access to customized fabrication data
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Documentation improvements

2015 Autodesk

Beam offset information in label

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

Displays the offset value within the

beam label
Controlled by new Alignment token
Only offset values are displayed

Bracing label shows Sloped

Get the beam offset value displayed in labels

2016 Autodesk

Structural member representation

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

Improved system line

representation with symbols display
Symbol & label placement reflect
the left side of the part on its
assembly drawing

Improved display of structural member symbols

2016 Autodesk

Custom clipping symbols

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

New clipping symbol type for detail views

Frequent user request
Affects all members partially in view

Controlled by a specific default

Available in the Management Tools

Greater control on clipping symbols for detail views

2016 Autodesk

Snap points on anchors

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

Ability to insert manual dimensions

Specific snap points on anchors
Anchor bolt, washer and nut can be
dimensioned
Dimensions are smart if Preferred for
dimension snap point is selected

Share more detailed information on drawings for anchors

2016 Autodesk

Grid balloon placement control

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

Grid line extension

Break the line
Snap point available

Option to get balloon placement

on the top of the view

Improve the appearance of your drawings

2016 Autodesk

Templates for lists on drawings

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

New template for single part

shop drawings
Indicates the type of connection:

Shop bolted
Shop welded
Shop bolted, welded
Nothing

Get connection location information on single part drawings

2016 Autodesk

User-defined formulas in Bills-Of-Materials (BOMs)

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

Now available for external BOMs

Templates customizable in BOM editor
New Formula token available
Basic & complex operations

Multiple formulas in the same BOM

Include formulas in your bill-of-material templates
2016 Autodesk

Enhancements to the BOM editor

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

Filter tool to more easily find tokens

Definition of ascending order for
each individual token

Take advantage of new flexibility in templates

2016 Autodesk

Local content

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

United States (English US)

Specific drawing styles for:
Engineering drawings
New category in the tool palette

Miscellaneous steel
Stairs
Railings
Cage ladders

Folded beams & folded plates

Improve productivity with better drawings obtained out of the box

2016 Autodesk

Interoperability

2015 Autodesk

View native Advance Steel drawings in AutoCAD

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

Object Enabler available

Open an Advance Steel drawing in:

AutoCAD 2017 & AutoCAD LT 2017

BIM 360
A360
AutoCAD 360

All Advance Steel objects are visible

All object snaps work on objects
Object Property Manager shows properties

Review, revise and comment drawings in AutoCAD & Autodesk viewers

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Export improvements for IFC

Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

Various enhancements such as:

Changes to the file structure
IFC file content can now include:
Custom sections
Curved elements

Take advantage of the IFC export capabilities of Advance Steel

2016 Autodesk

 Various enhancements:

Grid exported & synchronized

Export model based on view settings
Mapping for more steel sections
Synchronization dialog:
uses projects units defined in Revit
highlights the selected objects

Synchronize steel connections

Synchronize LOD 350 model information with Revit 2017
2016 Autodesk

Advance Steel 2017 Extension is a separate extension

downloadable from the Autodesk App Store.

Advance Steel 2017 Extension for Revit 2017

 Connections for Structural Framing

Access to parametric steel connections
Enables connections to be modeled with a
higher level of detail
Built-in steel connection design engine
AISC codes
EC3 codes

Compliant with Revit 2017

Connect design and fabrication & share LOD350 model information
2016 Autodesk

Autodesk Steel Connections for Revit is a separate extension

available for current subscribers from their Autodesk Account.

Autodesk Steel Connections for Revit

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