Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
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.
Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
Make folded plates in Advance Steel: fold two plates with or without position adjustment, make conical and twisted plates, and check the unfolding.
Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
Add gusset plates in Advance Steel from the Connection Vault: the gusset joints in General Bracings, what each shape, size and bolt setting does.
Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
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.
Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
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.
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What levels are in Advance Steel, how to create levels above and below, how base level and altitude work, and how to avoid drawing on the wrong plane.
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What workplanes are in Advance Steel, the three ways to create one in the Project Explorer, how to attach members, and what to do when they misbehave.
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The Advance Steel workflow in order: template, project settings, grids, model, connections, model check, numbering, drawings, BOMs and CNC files.
Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
Every way to make grid lines in Advance Steel: building grid, single axis, four axes, groups by distance and curved grids, plus editing and fixes.
Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
Add WT braces and an angle brace in Advance Steel at heights that match no level: set up levels from a temporary line, then place, mirror and move.
Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
Bolt a custom clip angle connection in Advance Steel: set the UCS on the angle face, draw guide lines, place a rectangular bolt pattern and check it.
Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
Build a custom clip angle connection in Advance Steel when no joint fits: place L8x6 clip angles, position them with the UCS, then mirror and copy.
Advance Steel Tips & Tricks
Shorten a beam in Advance Steel with Split Beams, cut it back with an exact gap to another beam, and see other ways to shorten beams.