Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
Hand Railings in Advance Steel: Complete Guide
Add railings in Advance Steel with the Hand-Railing tool: posts, rails, pickets, kick rail, ends and post connections, plus the IBC rules to check.
Autodesk Advance Steel Tutorial for Beginners – page 4
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Advance Steel Tutorial Part 10: Slanted (Sloped) Beams
Model a slanted beam or brace in Advance Steel: set the UCS, draw guide lines, create levels at the end heights, place the member and drag its grip.
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Advance Steel Tutorial Part 11: Clipping (Coping) a Beam End
Clip or notch the end of a member in Advance Steel with Cope Skewed: isolate the parts, set the UCS, draw a clearance guide line and match the cut to it.
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Stairs in Advance Steel: Complete Guide to the Straight Stair Tool
Model straight steel stairs in Advance Steel: create the stair, set stringers, treads and landings, add base plates, trim stringers and check IBC rules.
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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.