Steel detailing · Advance Steel · BIM
Step-by-step Advance Steel, Revit and Inventor guides, CNC plasma workflows and practical tips taken from real structural and miscellaneous steel projects.
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Measure Up! is a free estimating game: verify unfinished work at Lakeshore View Tower and submit the bid in 5 minutes. How to play, V.I.F. (verify in field), tips, FAQ.
General Info
Road ’74 is a free retro racing game in your browser: 90 seconds of Lake Shore Drive traffic. Controls, scoring, Golden Tape Measure award, tips and FAQ.
Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
Set the global datum level in Advance Steel with the Level Symbol tool so drawings show real elevations, like 407'-0" instead of 0'-0".
Plasma Steel Cutting
Three lessons from my first paid CNC plasma table job: check your settings before you hit Play, square the sheet, and leave enough space between plates.
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The main types of loads on buildings (dead, live, snow, wind, seismic), where ASCE 7 and the IBC set them, risk categories, and tributary area.
Plasma Steel Cutting
How to use a CNC plasma table: load a stock shape, CAD drawing or DXF in Optimum CNC, nest it, zero the torch, simulate and cut on an STV table.
Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
Set Advance Steel to export one-sided plate DXF files, run the DSTV NC/DXF export, find the files and load them into your CNC plasma table software.
General Info
Toolbox talk topics for steel contractors grouped by hazard, how to run a weekly safety meeting that works, and a book with 52 ready-made meetings.
Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
Advance Steel is Autodesk's steel detailing software. What it does, who uses it, how it works with Revit, what it costs, and how to learn it.
