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The 2D to BIM Story: A Better Approach to Concrete Design and Detailing
CAD has helped grow the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry far beyond manually produced paper drawings, empowering us to produce more complex, more accurate designs. Today, the AEC industry continues to face new challenges, including financial constraints that increase pressure to deliver projects more quickly and accurately. As a result, AEC firms are evolving…
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Automatic Generation of Load Combinations in Revit
Structural loads are an important consideration in the design of buildings. Building codes require that structures be designed and built to safely resist all loads that they are likely to encounter during their service life. In Revit, depending on the load duration and type, various load natures can be created (dead, live, wind, etc.). Structural…
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What’s New in Advance Steel 2021
We’re excited to announce the latest release of Autodesk’s structural steel detailing software, Advance Steel 2021. Here is an overview of some of the new and enhanced features available in this year’s release. Stretch a beam along its system line When modeling straight or curved beams in Advance Steel, there may be situations where it…
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Portal Frame Geometry in Dynamo
In this post I would like to show you how to create a fully parametrized portal frame geometry in the Dynamo environment. Recently, I added a few Dynamo nodes to the Structural Design package (version 1.1) to help you create such structural geometry. Generally portal frames are used for single-story buildings, but they can also…
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Learn What’s New in Advance Steel 2020
We’re excited to announce the latest release of Autodesk’s structural steel detailing software, Advance Steel 2020. Here is an overview of some of the new and enhanced features available in this version. 1 – Propagation of steel connections In Advance Steel 2020, you can automate steel connection creation by propagating connections already in place.…
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Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel 2019
Autodesk recently released the Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel 2019, which helps structural engineers drive the geometry and behavior of Advance Steel elements from Dynamo. The Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel adds the functionalities of Dynamo to Advance Steel, to help you quickly generate complex structures using Advance Steel beams and plates. You can assign…
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