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Material Lists and BOMs in Advance Steel: Make, Save and Export
Make a bill of materials in Advance Steel: assembly, shipping, beam and saw lists from the BOM Templates palette, saved as RDF and exported to Excel/PDF.
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Numbering in Advance Steel: Single Parts, Main Parts and Assemblies
Number an Advance Steel model before drawings: where the Numbering tool is, how parts are grouped, what each post number method does, and common mistakes.
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Joists in Advance Steel: The Joist Tool Explained
Place a joist in Advance Steel with three points, then set type (Pratt, Warren), panels, chord extensions, sections and seat plates. Every tab explained.
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Horizontal and Vertical Bracing in Advance Steel
Add vertical and horizontal bracing in Advance Steel: set the UCS, pick two corners, then choose crossed or single, sections, model role and offsets.
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How to Add a Knee Brace in Advance Steel
Make a knee brace in Advance Steel with no knee brace tool: place a section, slope it, trim it with Cut at Object, then copy it to other frames.
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How to Extend a Beam in Advance Steel
Three ways to extend a beam or column in Advance Steel: Trim/Extend, Cut at Object (with gap and weld), and grip stretch. Plus trimming and fixes.
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How to Split and Merge Beams in Advance Steel
Split a beam in Advance Steel with or without a gap, merge two beams into one, and fix the common problems with split and merged members.
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Gratings in Advance Steel: Every Grating Tool and How to Cut Openings
Place standard, variable, bar and polygonal gratings in Advance Steel, make a grating from a polyline, and cut openings with the six contour tools.
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Folded Plates in Advance Steel: Bent, Conical and Twisted Plates
Make folded plates in Advance Steel: fold two plates with or without position adjustment, make conical and twisted plates, and check the unfolding.
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Gusset Plates in Advance Steel: Every Joint and Setting Explained
Add gusset plates in Advance Steel from the Connection Vault: the gusset joints in General Bracings, what each shape, size and bolt setting does.
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How to Make a Miter Cut in Advance Steel
Make a miter cut between two members in Advance Steel with the Miter tool: pick the members, choose the cut type, set the gap and weld, fix problems.
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Welds and Weld Symbols in Advance Steel
Add welds in the Advance Steel model with Weld Point or Line of Weld, edit welded connections, and put weld symbols on drawings from the Labels panel.