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ADVANCE STEEL

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Location: Grenoble, France

Architecture office: Chaix & Morel Associs, Paris

Dimensions: 144m x 191m

Specifications: 20 000 sitting capacity,

13,000 square meters of offices,

65,000 square meters of extracted ground

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

THE CHALLENGE THE SOLUTION

Structural modeling achieved in a 3-month period

Fast and easy DSTV files creation

"Advance Steel was very useful thanks to

the collision detection tool that enabled us

to check nothing came between the

various roof structure elements

Mr Berger,

ETI Project Manager

Create joints between curved welded and

tapered beams.

Get workshop drawings and NC-DSTV files

from these elements.

Precise and fast 3D modeling of the utter

structure.

Easy creation of DSTV files.

USERS BENEFITS

GRENOBLE STADIUMGRENOBLE STADIUMGRENOBLE STADIUMGRENOBLE STADIUM

ETI Design Office

Grenoble, France

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ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Contracting authority: Markt Garmisch

Partenkirchen

Dimensions: total height of 149 meters

Specifications: 655 tons total weight

35 meters height

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Increased productivity by the modeling of curved beams and creation of workshop drawings

Libraries provided a wide range of profiles

"Advance Steel has increased our

productivity and therefore our efficiency.

The software was excellent when

designing the jump platform, especially

regarding all the constructive challenges.

Mr. Huber,

Factory Manager of Bitschnau GmbH

The structure is made of curved and folded

beams

Production of workshop drawings

90% of fundamental beams are welded

beams

Increase in productivity

Profile libraries

Intelligent connections function

USERS BENEFITS

SKI JUMPSKI JUMPSKI JUMPSKI JUMP

Bitschnau GmbH

Nenzing, Austria

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Baku, Azerbaijan

Contracting authority: Government of Azerbaijan

Weight: 500 tons of steel

Specifications: steel construction with 3D rolled

pipes

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


3D modeling saved a lot of time

Advance Steel prepares double offsets

"The fact that Advance Steel processes all

information from the 3D model

automatically leads to the easy creation of

the documents and enables the conformity

of all drawings and documents.

Mr. Dohr,

Construction Engineer

The construction mainly consists of 3D

rolled pipes

Each single pipe has elliptical-shaped radii

on two levels

Entire information processing from the

3D model

Easy creation of documents

Conformity of all drawings and

documents

USERS BENEFITS

MMMMUGAM EVI MUSIC HOUSEUGAM EVI MUSIC HOUSEUGAM EVI MUSIC HOUSEUGAM EVI MUSIC HOUSE

NCA Container und Anlagenbau GmbH

St Paul, Austria

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Klagenfurt, Austria

Contracting authority: Capital Klagenfurt

Dimensions: total area of 32,000 m2, roof

area of 32,000 m2,, 8,000 m2 playing field,

height of 32.5 m

Specifications: 32,000 seats capacity

(12,000 seats after deconstruction in 2009)

Approximately 4.000 tons of steel

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Reduction of errors by automatic drawing creation and collisions control

3D-modeling saved a lot of time

"With the automatic production of the

drawings and collision control which is

carried out regularly, we were able to

significantly reduce errors. These features

also saved us a lot of time.

Mr. Schrammel,

Department Manager for Steel

Tight deadlines to get the stadium ready

for UEFA Euro 2008

Realisation of the structural requirements

Realisation of the rebuild planning

Differently arranged purlins

3D modeling

Simple and rapid creation of the model

Reduced error rate

USERS BENEFITS

WRTHERSEE STADIUMWRTHERSEE STADIUMWRTHERSEE STADIUMWRTHERSEE STADIUM

NCA Container- und Anlagenbau GmbH

St. Paul, Austria

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Leichlingen, Germany

Contracting authority: city of Leichlingen

Dimensions: total length of 42.6 meters,

width of 4.475 meters

Specifications: a span of 42 meters

between the support axes.

A width of 3 meters between the railings

of the bridge.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Efficient and precise 3d modeling

Easy-to-learn and easy-to-handle solution

Special sheet metal functions

"Advance Steel allowed us to process the

entire 3D model data, accelerate the

creation of all documents and insured an

all-around drawing consistency

Mr. Heuer,


Bridge made of conical parts and cables

Need to have the parts unreeled as a

sheet metal construction

3D CAD system

Automatic functions to get conical parts

All workshop drawings

USERS BENEFITS

BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIBICYCLE AND PEDESTRIBICYCLE AND PEDESTRIBICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGEAN BRIDGEAN BRIDGEAN BRIDGE

Planungsbro Heuer

Hattingen, Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Meien, Germany

Contracting authority: Road Construction

Office Meien-Dresden

Dimensions: 366 meters long with a main span

of 192 meters

Specifications: 1232 tons of steel

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Low error rate at workshop and at site

Drawings that update after modifications

"The use of Advance Steel was a complete

success for our work since the creation of

models, BOMs and DStV-NC-data can be

set in a modular way.

Mr. Streit,


Creation of welding preparation and

folded plates

Exact creation of the geometry of single

components

Bridge made of complex 3D girders

Creation of the bridge model in modular

form

Clash detection tool

Specific commands for automatic creation

of 3D plates

USERS BENEFITS

NIEDERWARTHA BRIDGENIEDERWARTHA BRIDGENIEDERWARTHA BRIDGENIEDERWARTHA BRIDGE

Plauen Stahl Technologie GmbH

Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Linz, Austria

Architecture Office: Treusch Architecture ZT

GmbH

Contracting authority: Immobilien Linz GmbH &

Co.KG

Dimensions: 5.000 m2 sheathing of the building,

1.100 m2 grating

Specifications: 200 tons of steel, 1.100 glass

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


3D modeling

Intelligent connections and NC-files

Ease of use and short learning curve

"Advance Steel processes the entire 3D

model data, accelerates all document

creation and ensures all-around drawing

consistency.

Mr. Moser,

Project Manager

Very specific geometry of the center

The steel glass faade had to match the 3D

geometry of the building

The specific geometry required the

creation of the faade to be done with a

3D CAD system like Advance Steel

Processing of the entire 3D model data

USERS BENEFITS

AAAARS ELECTRONICA CENTERS ELECTRONICA CENTERS ELECTRONICA CENTERS ELECTRONICA CENTERRRR

Grmer Stahl GmbH

Obersterreich, Austria

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Localisation : Massy, France

Matrise douvrage : GE

Dimensions : 10m x 5m

Spcifications : Surface, 50 m, Weight : 1500 kg

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Reduce project time

20% productivity gains

"Advance Steel enabled us to save a lot of

time during the design phase and frames

manufacturing. This is a very reactive

software solution in case of modifications

of the project.

Mr. Fenix,

Draftsman

Reduce time for workshop drawings and

manufacturing files

Compatibility and use of AutoCAD

USERS BENEFITS

TRESORER IITRESORER IITRESORER IITRESORER II

SAI Design Office

Massy, France

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Venezuela

Engineering Office: VIRO engineering

Dimensions: 6.6 km of piping

Specifications: 240 tons of steel

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Only one 3D model for detailed steel and shop drawings

High quality workshop drawings

Excellent bi-directional link between Advance Steel and PDMS

"Advance Steel is a great solution thanks

to its stairs & railings macros and also for

the automatic detailing of the complete

steel structure

Mr Kampen,

Manager Engineering of VIRO engineering

Equipment and primary steel to be created

in PDMS.

Primary steel imported in to Advance

Steel

Create all secondary and tertiary steel

(stairs and railings)

Clash check results between the

equipment and steel structure

Bi-directional SDNF file format exchange

Use Advance Steels automatic stairs and

railings macros

Automatic workshop drawings

USERS BENEFITS

REVAMP OF CAT CRACKEREVAMP OF CAT CRACKEREVAMP OF CAT CRACKEREVAMP OF CAT CRACKERRRR

VIRO engineering

Hengelo, The Netherlands

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Moscow, Russia

Architecture Office: Pshenichnikov & Partners

Dimensions: 92m wide x 125m long x 16m high

Specifications: 1200 tons of steel, 50 tons

tension members until DN 130, 2000m steel

cable until DN 75 and approximatively 20 tons of

screws until M48

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


3D modeling

Ability to create the roof construction ready for fabrication

Do the 3D model within the German GUI and automatically get all the drawings containing

Russian annotations

"In Advance Steel the model is created

with real dimensions thus making it

possible to easily deal with complex

situations that can occur during the

assembly phase

Mr. Linge,

Manager of the Engineering Department

Needed a Multilanguage solution

Create steel elements to the compulsory

maximum unit weight.

Observation of geometric boundary

conditions for the assembly

The need to create compensatory

tolerances that could appear during the

assembly

Use Advance Steel, a 3D steel modeling

and detailing software

Drawings with 3D views and 3D details for

easy understanding at site

Workshop drawings automatically created

by Advance Steel

USERS BENEFITS

CANOPY FOR SHEREMETYCANOPY FOR SHEREMETYCANOPY FOR SHEREMETYCANOPY FOR SHEREMETYEVO INTERNATIONAL AIEVO INTERNATIONAL AIEVO INTERNATIONAL AIEVO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTRPORTRPORTRPORT

Heinrich Lamparter Stahlbau & Co. KG GmbH

Kassel, Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Prunerov II, Czech Republic

Architecture office: Viktovice Power Engineering

Contracting authority: CEZ

Dimensions: 250 x 80 x 80m

Specifications: 25.000 tons of steel structure

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Reduction of errors

Possibility to share full objects data across platform

Ease of design changes

"The project required to combine our own

measurement evaluation software with

Advance Steel. Without Advance Steel we

would not have been able to handle the

whole project.

Mr. Novotny,

Managing Director

Need to measure, check and create the

model from more than 30.000 elements

(beams, columns, bracing)

Size of the task

Successful import of parts

Measured by optical methods using

geodetic total station

In modeling, the total model was broken

into logical parts linked together as

AutoCAD external references xref

USERS BENEFITS

VERIFIED 3D MODEL OFVERIFIED 3D MODEL OFVERIFIED 3D MODEL OFVERIFIED 3D MODEL OF STEEL STRUCTURE OF STEEL STRUCTURE OF STEEL STRUCTURE OF STEEL STRUCTURE OF

PRUNEROV II POWER PLPRUNEROV II POWER PLPRUNEROV II POWER PLPRUNEROV II POWER PLANTANTANTANT

Noving Ltd

Vitkovice, Czech Republic

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Canada

Contracting authority: Shell Canada

Dimensions: 1,200 mm wide x 3,800 mm

high compensator connection, pieces of

channel with a rectangle cross section of

4,200 mm (width) x 5,100 mm (height)

Specifications: rectangular pieces of channels

with a diameter of 3,400 mm

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Efficient and precise 3d modeling

Easy-to-learn and easy-to-handle solution

Special sheet metal functions

"Advance Steel allowed us to process the

entire 3D model data, accelerate the

creation of all documents and ensured an

all-around drawing consistency

Mr. Heuer,


Need to have the parts unreeled as a

sheet metal construction

3D CAD system

Automatic functions to get conical parts

All workshop drawings

USERS BENEFITS

AIR INTAKEAIR INTAKEAIR INTAKEAIR INTAKE

Planungsbro Heuer

Hattingen, Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Frankfurt, Germany

Specifications: Total weight of 10 tons

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Productivity increased by 75%

Fast modelling with joints

Collisions check

Fast drawing derivation

"Advance Steel increased our productivity by

75% thanks to the possibilities of fast

modifications and adjustments along with the

fast drawing derivation and the collisions

check that allowed us to finish the construction

in a short time.

Mr. Arikan,

Managing Director

Frame placed in a building that pokes out

of the roof.

Need to plan a waterproof sealing for the

roof covering

Frame above the roof to be encased

Need to create bay rails

Possibilities of fast modifications and

adjustments

Fast drawing derivation

Collisions check

USERS BENEFITS

FRAMEWORK FOR A FILTFRAMEWORK FOR A FILTFRAMEWORK FOR A FILTFRAMEWORK FOR A FILTER SYSTEMER SYSTEMER SYSTEMER SYSTEM AHP Arikan Ibrahim Konstruktionsbro

fr Stahlbau

Untermeitlingen, Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK

Architecture Office: Tim Foster Architects

Main Contractor: R.G Carter Ltd

Structural Engineer: Price & Myers

Dimensions: Extension of the circular balcony by

3 metres

Specifications: Modernization program of the

Theatre Royal of Norwich, built in the 1390s

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Advance Steel is easy to use

The speed at which complicated models can be detailed

It is simple to add custom objects into the system

"Advance Steel was a key element in

enabling us to achieve the required

delivery, due to its ease of use and

modeling qualities that we require."

Mr. Nick Thompson,

Director

Complicated extension of the circular

balcony

Avoid double work by recreating the

existing environment

Detailed in small sections to allow better

handling

Start working directly on the AutoCAD

DWG file provided by the architect

USERS BENEFITS

THEATRE ROYAL THEATRE ROYAL THEATRE ROYAL THEATRE ROYAL MODERNIZATIONMODERNIZATIONMODERNIZATIONMODERNIZATION

TSI Structures Ltd

Norwich, Norfolk, UK

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Stubaier galcier, Austria

Contracting authority: Wintersport Tirol AG

Dimensions: 3200 m above sea level, anchors of

14 m in the glacier

Specifications: 39 tons of weather-proof steel,

80 m2 gratings

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


3-D Modeling

Very exact unfolded sheet metal

Very fast and easy drawing creation

The fast and easy drawing creation

enabled us to save a lot of time.

Mr. Pfister,

Project Manager

The entire construction consists of curved

and rolled steel beams

Laying of sheet metal along

3-dimensional twisted polylines and

splines

Assembly of most of the pre-fabricated

units at the top of the mountain


Unfolded sheet metal function

Creating files from unfolded plates for the

CNC machines

USERS BENEFITS

TOP OF TYROL VIEWITOP OF TYROL VIEWITOP OF TYROL VIEWITOP OF TYROL VIEWING PLATFORMNG PLATFORMNG PLATFORMNG PLATFORM

Bitschnau GmbH

Nenzing, Austria

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Abu Dhabi, United Emirate

Contracting authority: Tourism Development and

Investment Company

Specifications: a cantilever carriage has a weight

of 68 tons and consists of 3000 single units

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


3D Modeling

Comprehensive possibilities during the creation of workshop drawings

Collision control

"Advance Steel enabled us to complete

the work by the deadline. I especially want

to put emphasis on the 3D function, the

comprehensive functionality when

creating workshop drawings, and the

automatic collision control that checks the

3D model continuously.

Mr. Jger,

Project Engineer

Use of 12 cantilever carriages at the same

time

One cantilever carriage has to hold a

bridge segment which has a weight of 200

tons

Link between 2D workshop drawings and

the 3D model

Automatic control of the model and

drawings

Compatibility between Advance Steel and

AutoCAD

USERS BENEFITS

CANTILEVER CARRIAGECANTILEVER CARRIAGECANTILEVER CARRIAGECANTILEVER CARRIAGE

Ed. Zblin AG

Stuttgart, Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: offshore Congo, Africa

Dimensions: total height of 63m, dimension of

the deck 30m x 31m x 6m

Specifications: located 55 m below the water

surface and 8 m above the water surface; a total

weight of 2750 tons; 1650 tons of steel were

created with Advance steel

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Creation of lists

Fast drawing creation

Many possibilities for selection and sorting

"The fast and easy drawing creation

enabled us to save a lot of time.

Mrs. Ebert,


Self-transporting and self-installing

platform

Sub-construction as a steel tube

framework with 4 integrated cylindrical

footing elements

Automatic creation, control and updating

of the drawings


USERS BENEFITS

M.O.A.B. OFFSHORE PLM.O.A.B. OFFSHORE PLM.O.A.B. OFFSHORE PLM.O.A.B. OFFSHORE PLATFORM ATFORM ATFORM ATFORM

Overdick GmbH & Co. KG

Hamburg, Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Project: New building at the Faculty of

chemistry

Structure weight: 783 tons

Building dimensions: 59.30 m 26.20 m

16.00 m

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Study of this challenging structure was possible using 3D modeling

Clear drawings for accurate fabrication

"Advance Steel has increased our

productivity and even made it possible to

model the complex geometry of this

structure in the first place. We especially

appreciate its automatic detailing

capabilities and easy manual adjustments

to shop drawings.

Mr. Marko PAVLINJEK,

ELEA iC - Structural engineer

Elliptical roof shape

All columns are inclined

Obtaining precise drawings for fabrication

Curved beams 3D modeling

Automatic connections used between

straight and inclined beams

Automatic workshop drawings

USERS BENEFITS

UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJUNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJUNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJUNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANAANAANAANA

ELEA IC

Ljubljana, Slovenia

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: worldwide concert tour

Structure type: stage for the U2 360 Tour

Art design: Willie Williams (U2 production

manager) and Mark Fisher

STAGECO R&D project designer: Koen Peeters

Structure weight: 240 tons per touring system

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Advance Steel 3D drawings were much more illustrative than 2D drawings

Information for an accurate fabrication

"The use of Advance Steel and its easy-to-

use 3D modeling has significantly

contributed to the success of fabricating

and delivering the steel structure on time

and without errors at site."

Mr. Koen Peeters,

STAGECO R&D project designer

Study this complex structure "spaceship-

on-four-legs" in 3D

Get clear drawings for easy erection

Fabricate the steel structure without any

risk of errors

Use Advance Steel, a 3D steel modeling

and detailing software

Drawings with 3D views and 3D details for

easy understanding at site

Workshop drawings automatically created

by Advance Steel

USERS BENEFITS

U2 360 TOUR STAGEU2 360 TOUR STAGEU2 360 TOUR STAGEU2 360 TOUR STAGE

STAGECO

Tildonk, Belgium

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ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Dax, France

Customer: Mr. & Mrs. Da Silva

Dimensions: Height to climb: 3m

Specifications: Interior steel stairs (inside a

private new house) with the railing treads and top

handrail made from wood

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Easy design by working in 3D and render mode

Representation of the stairs in its final environment Better understanding of the parts to be fabricated by the workshop

"This is one of my first projects using Advance

Steel, which allowed me to design the stairs

that were not simple; the visualization in 3D

and in render mode was a great help, and the

3D and 2D details on drawings were useful for

fabrication and erection at site.

Mr. Bordas,

Detailer within the company

Designed for an exact fit to the existing

concrete structure

Stairs with double turn consisting of

several different slopes

Create clear and precise drawings for an

accurate fabrication without errors

Modeling of surrounding objects (walls,

slab opening) in 3D

Exact details of the different treads with

their rise and height.

Workshop drawings with side and 3D

views for an easier understanding

General arrangement drawings with 2D

and 3D details

USERS BENEFITS

INTERIOR STAIRSINTERIOR STAIRSINTERIOR STAIRSINTERIOR STAIRS

ABC Serrurerie

St Geours de Maremne, France

150


Main contractor: NEM, Netherlands

Location: Eemshaven, Netherlands

Dimensions: Boiler=36m x 13m x 40m

Stack = diameter of 7m x 35m height

Specifications: Part of a Power Plant which has a

production capacity of 1200 Mega watts.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Advance Steel is fully integrated in AutoCAD

All elements including mechanical parts are part of the unique model

Precise workshop drawings with correct dimensions and BOMs

"The use of Advance Steel is very easy and

you can, with few clicks, create all types of

elements such as folded plates, curved

plates or curved beams."

Mr. Ludo Plessers

CSM Project Engineer

Get all components within the model and

drawings in connection with the placement of

additional items such as welding neck flanges,

blind flanges, pipe couplings, etc.

Export model to a DWG file for use in AutoCAD

Provide drawings that can be opened in

AutoCAD to the customer

Create their own profiles and purchase

articles like flanges

It is easy to select an assembly part to

define frames for transporting the panels

to the site

Possible to explode the Advance Steel 3D

model to ACIS solids

Drawings created in DWG file format

USERS BENEFITS

MAGNUM BOILERMAGNUM BOILERMAGNUM BOILERMAGNUM BOILER

CSM

Hamont-Achel, Belgium

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Location: Warsaw

Architecture office: architecture for Warsaw city

center

Design architect: The Jerde Partnership

Skylight contractor: Waagner Biro

General contractor: Skanska

Dimensions: 116m X 100m (Atrium roof plan size)

Specifications: Shopping center having the

biggest glass dome in Europe

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Based on AutoCAD

Time savings

Efficiency gains

"Advance Steel increased our productivity

due to the automatic output of the NC-files

and the automatic creation of bills of

materials."

Mr. Schmidt,

Design Coordinator

The atrium roof is a double curvature

geometry meaning all glass panels are

different

Complex three-dimensionally columns

which look like trees

Detailed 3D modeling for get precise

panels workshop drawings

Modeling in 3D was necessary to design

this complex shape

USERS BENEFITS

GOLDEN TERRACESGOLDEN TERRACESGOLDEN TERRACESGOLDEN TERRACES

Waagner-Biro

Warsaw

150

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Location: Waure, Belgium

Architecture Office: ASSAR

Contracting Authority: GSK

Dimensions: 13m high x 5,4m wide

Specifications: Multi-level fire escape

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Easier and quicker implementation

Significant time savings with automatic joints and workshop drawings

"Advance Steel is a very good solution for

industrial detailing. In addition, the software

has a short learning curve for professionals

who already use AutoCAD.

Mr Barillet,

Draftsman

The complexity of the project made it

impossible to implement it manually or using

AutoCAD

Move the already mounted fire escape to

the building site for quick mounting on site

Library already including stairs (steps,

balustrades)

More accurate views with 3D modeling

USERS BENEFITS

FIRE ESCAPEFIRE ESCAPEFIRE ESCAPEFIRE ESCAPE

SPRL Lardinois

Gosselies, Belgique

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Douains, France

Architecture Office: A.A.C.D

Contracting authority: Communaut

dagglomration des Portes de lEure

Dimensions: single sloped halls, 18m span and

lean-to buildings

Specifications: hall of 1000 m2, offices of 180 m

2,

53 tons in total

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


30% faster in design studies

Direct link with production tools

Easy understanding of workshop drawings

"The biggest advantage was the file

transfer to the manufacturing site.

Advance Steel offers a high manufacturing

quality which is due to significant error

minimization and easy mounting

at site.

Mr Vielle,

Manager of Launet Design Office

Show the architect a realistic 3D insight of

the project

Need to easily start workshop

manufacturing

Create a building with curved/arched

exterior faades

Quick structure 3D modeling

High manufacturing file quality

Send NC-DSTV files to the workshop

Automatic joints for curved bars

USERS BENEFITS

BUSINESS CENTERBUSINESS CENTERBUSINESS CENTERBUSINESS CENTER

LAUNET Design Office

Beauvais, France

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Wolhusen, Switzerland

Dimensions: Adventure center: total area of

2100 m2; length of 85 m x width of 30 m x height

of 14 m. Production center: total area of 5200 m2

Specifications: The buildings are located 661 m

above sea level. Inside, a production plant for the

production of tropical fruits and fishes and an

adventure center which consists of 105 tons of

steel, 107 tons of glass and 15 tons of aluminum

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Easy and efficient creation of the 3D model

Many automatic functions support the construction

Very good cost/performance ratio

Advance Steel enabled me to get fast and

useful results. Especially when planning the

details, I was able to save a lot of time by

using the standardized and comprehensive

possibilities of connections.

Mr. Sager,

Construction engineer

A very filigree 3-dimensional construction

that is located on slight, partly fixed

columns and which is created as three

glass waves

Because of the hillside situation, the

individual footing has different height

indications.

The three glass waves had to be

constructed to each other in a staggered

way to fit into the landscape.

Detailed planning of the joints by using the

comprehensive possibilities of connections

Special profiles and end plates are easy to

create and very helpful when creating

complex constructions

USERS BENEFITS

TROPICAL CENTERTROPICAL CENTERTROPICAL CENTERTROPICAL CENTER

Sager design CAD

Horn TG, Switzerland

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Poland

Engineering office: Biuro Inynierskie Micha

Nowicki

Dimensions: Survey project of transmission

tower Height 76m

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Easy way to create any connection between steel elements

Easy creation of spatial geometry of truss

"Advance Steel does not only give the opportunity

to create complete workshop documentation, it also

provides a lot of very useful information for the

design and construction process. Professional

technical support is a big advantage especially in

the phase of the software implementation and

regular work afterward.

Mr Nowicki,

Designer

Tight deadlines for the creation of the

survey project of a transmission tower

Prepare model of existing structure

Propose new geometry solutions and

prepare complete documentation

Additional verification of the

constructions mass set up during the

calculation of the resistance

Possibility of preparing proper

documentation all necessary technical

drawings as well as axiomatic views of

complex elements of the construction

readable for site engineers.

USERS BENEFITS

TRANSMISSION TOWERTRANSMISSION TOWERTRANSMISSION TOWERTRANSMISSION TOWER

KD Consulting & Biuro Inynierskie

Micha Nowicki

Poland

150

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Location: Niort, France

Specifications: Building renovation of the Council

of a French department with the implementation of

stairs and railings

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Easy understanding with the 3D view

Correction of the majority of the conception, fabrication and assembly problems

Flexibility of the available modeling tools

"Advance Steel enabled me to create

documents with greater confidence; this is

why I will never go back to working in 2D!"

Mr Fays,

Projector in Steel

Use of solid, delicate/brittle and expensive

materials which do not allow for incorrect

material ordering

Implementation of stairs and railings with

glass panels

Minimization of errors due to the modeling

of the entire project

Get a BOM with correct quantities

USERS BENEFITS

PLATFORMS & STAIRCASPLATFORMS & STAIRCASPLATFORMS & STAIRCASPLATFORMS & STAIRCASESESESES

BGN (Bar Grolleau Nivault)

Niort, France

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Ham, Belgium

Contracting authority: Sleurs

Dimensions: Transport belt width 1m length 25m

Platforms around Conveyor belt + Stairs + Ladder

+ Railing = approximately 3500kg

Specifications: This installation consists of feeding

a reactor tank.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


3D modeling to better visualize

Huge library of intelligent connections

Automatic NC files creation

"Advance Steel made it possible to easily

and quickly create the conveying system

thanks to the advanced 3D modeling

function.

Mr. Verstraten,

Design and Welding Engineer

Biggest challenge: put together different

parts that were drawn outside Advance

Steel (building around the installation

drawn in X-Steel, but a few points had to

come together).

Special parts like drive, gear, bearing,

transport belt parts, electrical switches

had to be connected to Advance Steel

objects

Creation of the conveying system done in

3D with Advance Steel

An entire 3D model, which accelerated all

document creation and insured all-around

drawing consistency.

USERS BENEFITS

CONVEYING SYSTEMCONVEYING SYSTEMCONVEYING SYSTEMCONVEYING SYSTEM

Breetec International NV

Steenweg, Belgium

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Netherlands

Architecture office: Designed by Frits van

Dongen of the Netherlands

Dimensions: 290 tons, 35m in diameter, 12m in

height

Specifications: Part of the Spazio Shopping

Centre in Zoetermeer and known as The UFO

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Modeling of the complex geometry

Curved beams

Specific user defined beams

"This project let us see the huge

possibilities offered by Advance Steel:

modeling of the complex geometry, curved

beams, specific user defined joints, etc.

One can see clearly the complexity of the

design entirely done in Advance."

Eddy Vrolix,

Draftsman

Complex geometry for this structure made

of several curved beams

Specific custom joints to connect elements

together

3D structure modeling with handling of

curved elements

Available tools to create custom joints

Automatic creation of fabrication drawings

USERS BENEFITS

THE UFO ZOETERMEER PTHE UFO ZOETERMEER PTHE UFO ZOETERMEER PTHE UFO ZOETERMEER PROJECTROJECTROJECTROJECT

CSM

Netherlands

150

ADVANCE STEEL

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Location: Brno, Czech Republic

Architecture office: Arch Design, s.r.o.

Contracting authority: BVV Brno, a.s.

Dimensions: 220,3m x 89,5m

Specifications: The new hall P in the Brno exhibition

centre

Description: The exhibition part of pavilion P is designed

as a two-aisle, one-storey hall with the possibility to parcel

into separate parts.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Error reduction controlling the model in 3D

BOMs derived from the model

Manufacturing directly from the 3D model

"With Advance Steel, the 3D modeling of steel

frameworks of "Pavilion P enabled the realization of the

model complexity and the detail control in the workshop

documentation. To expedite the tube structure fabrication,

the information from the 3D model was directly used for

the fabrication of particular elements. Using Advance Steel

improved the demanding deadlines both for the project

and for the steel structure delivery period."

Vladimr Dank, Michal Rudolf, OKF s.r.o,

Technical designers

Manufacturing The biggest problem with

this building was the intersections of tube

diagonals with the upper/lower strip of

truss beams/girder and welding

preparations.

Tube diagonals were manufactured

directly from the 3D model exploded to

ACIS solids

USERS BENEFITS

NEW EXHIBITION CENTRNEW EXHIBITION CENTRNEW EXHIBITION CENTRNEW EXHIBITION CENTRE HALLE HALLE HALLE HALL

OKF, s.r.o.

Brno, Czech Republic

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Brno, Czech Republic

Architecture office: Aciercon s.r.o, Brno

Contracting authority: PSG a.s., Zlin

Dimensions: W=30 m, l=30 m, h=30 m

Specifications: Steel Frame Structures for Heavy

Technological Equipment

Description: Total weight = 530 tons. It contains main carrier

construction for the kettles.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Simple verification using the 3D rendered view

Workshop drawing generated in line

"Advance steel is suitable for such a

complicated structure and was the perfect

solution for this waste incinerator."

Ing. Oldrich Balsinek,

Managing Director

Multi-floors steel structure

Very complicated spatial relationships

between steel structures and

technological equipment

Display the complete 3D structure of

only selected floors

Easy-to-use solution using collision

detection within the final checking.

USERS BENEFITS

RESTORATION OF WASTERESTORATION OF WASTERESTORATION OF WASTERESTORATION OF WASTE INCINERATOR INCINERATOR INCINERATOR INCINERATOR

Aciercon s.r.o.

Kosice, Slovakia

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Bermuda

Dimensions: 20 m high steel framework tower

Specifications: Weather radar built to withstand

hurricane velocity winds up to 300 km per hour;

total weight of 32 tons

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Collision control on screen

Virtual snapshots of the assembly for construction personnel

3D Modeling

"Graitecs Advance Steel does a great job

in automating and updating all part lists."

Rainer Bach and Georg Stichternath,

Managers

Assembly overseas

Bearing framework

Each single unit had to be under 6 m long

for transportation

Precise and automatic derivation of Bills of

materials for the construction

Sending NC files through a fiber optic cable

from the construction to the fabrication

USERS BENEFITS

WEATHER RADAR TOWERWEATHER RADAR TOWERWEATHER RADAR TOWERWEATHER RADAR TOWER

Conferdo GmbH

Esterwegen, Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Chatenois (dept 67), France

Architecture office: Cabinet WACH

Dimensions: Straight parallel stairs with 2

intermediate platforms

Specifications: Railing and handrail attached to

the wall for the Hartmanns company

headquarters

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Time saver for the modeling of the entire staircase + railings

Changes are possible and easy

Respected deadlines for the manufacturing and delivery at site

"I was forced to change the entire 3D model

(because of a modification on the concrete)

while everything was finished, but this has

been very easy and fast thanks to Advance

Steels functionalities."

Olivier RASQUIER,

Draftsman, Ets J-C FASSLER

Creating railings and handrails attached to

a concrete wall

Architectural railings with filled panels

Tight deadlines due to the delay of

previous companies working on this

project

Manufacturing all plates using CNC

workshop machines

Representation of the concrete due to the

possibility to create a 3D solid

Use of the automatic railing macro

followed by specific adjustments to get

the desired architectural result

Time saver due to all drawings and BOMs

created automatically

NC-DSTV files automatically created for all

plates

USERS BENEFITS

OFFICE STAIRSOFFICE STAIRSOFFICE STAIRSOFFICE STAIRS

Ets J-C FASSLER

Ste Marie aux Mines, France

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Villers-les-Nancy, France

Engineering office: BECSI-EIC

Contracting authority: MADE Agencement

Dimensions: Height to climb: 3.8 m

Specifications: Turning stairs with double quarter

turns for a bank agency of Caisse dEpargne

Lorraine Champagne Ardennes in the city of

Villers-les Nancy

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Easier job due to rendered 3D view

Tool to convert construction lines and polylines to polygonal plates

General arrangement drawing with labeled 3D view easy to understand

"Without Advance Steel, it would have

been more difficult to design such a stair

where most of the parts are different

because of the stairs complexity".

Olivier RASQUIER,

Draftsman, Ets J-C FASSLER

Steel stairs with double quarter turn with

steel support for wood steps

Respect dimensions by following drawings

provided by the engineering office

Represent steel without seeing it within

BOM and workshop drawings

Modeling in 3D with rendered mode

enabled to see clearly the particular

specificities of the stairs

Direct opening of the DWG in AutoCAD

Manage behavior of Advance Steel

elements to take them into consideration

for automatically created documents

USERS BENEFITS

INTERIOR STAIRSINTERIOR STAIRSINTERIOR STAIRSINTERIOR STAIRS

Ets J-C FASSLER

Ste Marie aux Mines, France

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Esterwegen, Germany

Dimensions: 111.5 m high steel grille framework

connection

Specifications: basic size of the footing = 30m2

per corner bar; 4 individual footings; approx. 1300

bars; approx. 10500 bolted connections; king pin

angle = 18m; weight = 140000 kg; diameter of

the rotor = 77m

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Easy 3D Modeling

Quick Connection with Design

Precise workshop drawings with exact dimensions and Bills of Materials

"We have been using Advance Steel for many

years and we are very satisfied with the

software."

Rainer Bach and Georg Stichternath,

Managing Director at Conferdo GmbH & Co. KG

Bearing framework

Sloped columns

Drawings for fabrication

Intelligent connections

Automatic connections between straight

and sloped beams

Automatic creation of the workshop

drawings and the saw list

USERS BENEFITS

WIND POWER PLANTWIND POWER PLANTWIND POWER PLANTWIND POWER PLANT

Conferdo GmbH & Co. KG

Esterwegen, Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Duisburg, Germany

Dimensions: 50 tons, height of 10 meters, front

span of 30 meters

Specifications: The canopy looks like a funnel. It is

Germany's most up-to-date casino, with 19

American roulette tables, 8 blackjack tables and 24

multi-roulette clients for classic gambling as well as

400 slot machines

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Simple to use

Good price/performance investment ratio

"We are very satisfied with the ease of use

of the Access database of Advance Steel.

We were also convinced by the excellent

customer support, the easy operation of

the software and last but not least by the

good price-performance ratio."

Mr. Peter Mertens,

Structural Engineer

Project Manager

Funnel-shaped canopy

Modeling of specific profiles

Symmetrical modification in flange shape

User friendly software which allows

handling of straight and curved elements

Easy to create custom profiles and to store

them in a library for a later reuse

Working in 3D makes the conception

easier

USERS BENEFITS

DUISBURG CASINO CANODUISBURG CASINO CANODUISBURG CASINO CANODUISBURG CASINO CANOPYPYPYPY

Innovations-Verbund-Systeme GmbH

Duisburg, Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Kosice, Slovakia

Architecture office: Hutni Projekt FM

Contracting authority: U.S. Steel Kosice, s.r.o

Dimensions: Coke oven gas desulphurization: 44X22,5X36 m,

Regeneration of washing liquids: 7X21X29 m, Modified

sulphur production unit: 21X28X12 m

Specifications: Total tonnage of steel structures : 965 tons

Description: The subject of the project is designing different

steel platforms, constructions under technological devices,

pipeline bridges, and canopies for tanks, etc.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Collisions between steel parts and equipments

Visualization in 3D rendered mode

Efficient creation of stairs and railings

Using Advance Steel, we were able to

model together steel elements with

equipments and check the interference

between them.

Roman Lisnik,

Designer Engineer

Handle a huge structure and a run a clash

check verification between supporting

steel parts and equipments

The structure contains many platforms

with railings, stairs and cage ladders which

must be designed in a short time

Exchange the model with Plant Design

software

The Advance Steel clash checks works on

parts imported from different applications

Advance Steel provides efficient

automatic macros to create railings, stairs,

etc.

Many file format exchange options

allowing the exchange of the 3D model

USERS BENEFITS

COKE OVEN GAS DESULPCOKE OVEN GAS DESULPCOKE OVEN GAS DESULPCOKE OVEN GAS DESULPHURIZATIONHURIZATIONHURIZATIONHURIZATION

HUTNI PROJEKT Frydek-Mistek a.s.

Kosice, Slovakia

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Ivory Coast, West Africa

Specifications: Bin Capacity: 150 Tons (live load)

Steel work mass: 108.505 Tons

Bin plate work mass: 67.074 Tons

Chute plate work mass: 28.630 Tons

Total mass: 204.209 Tons

Description: The Roll-Off Material tip consists of

a bin which is fed raw material by a D777 dump

truck, from here an Apron feeder extracts the

material.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Speed and ease of modeling

. Standard connections

Standard member sizes

Creating bill of materials

"We found that the speed and ease of

modeling in Advance Steel was unmatched by

any other package in the current market place.

The transformation from AutoCAD to Advance

steel can be done within a short period of time

thus making the change quick and

inexpensive."

Clinton Dantu

Draftsman

Complete Roll-Off Material tips were

required with no workshop pre-assembly

time provided

The bin plate work forms part of the

structure to be able to withstand the

relevant forces

Modeling the complete Roll-Off Material

tip while using clash detection eliminated

any errors

By using Advance steels plate work

modeling functions, the bin was easily

made.

USERS BENEFITS

TONGON GOLD PROJECTTONGON GOLD PROJECTTONGON GOLD PROJECTTONGON GOLD PROJECT

Dantu Drafting

Ivory Coast, West Africa

150

ADVANCE STEEL & ADVANCE DESIGN


Location: Constana, Romania

Architecture office: S.C. PAVIAL S.R.L

Dimensions:

- Warehouse: 38 x 60m and height of 6m

- Tower: 5 levels (height of approximately

24m); a main area of 9 x 8.1m (houses the main

technological activity) and another area of 9 x

3.9m (which comprises vertical movement of

personnel and concrete).

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Significantly time saving assigned to calculation

Optimized synchronization of models using 3D visualization

Reducing costs and material consumption

"Import, export and synchronization functions of

Advance Steel software have made possible the

inclusion of the two models, tower and hall, in a

single model, in which, with the help of 3D

orientation made possible the examination of

slopes and continuity of joints for the entire

building."

Panait Alexandru,

General Manager

Controlling the influence of vibration

developed by the cumulative weight of

machinery and concrete

Changes due to technological basis

modification

Beneficiary requirements were strict

about the cost and material consumption

Temporary dynamic analysis using Advance

Design tools

The line position of similar joints was kept

due to a multiple-connections configuration

available in Advance Steel

Quick and easy analysis of variables, due to

available tools such as steel expert or

measurement tools

USERS BENEFITS

WAREHOUSE FOR CONCRETE AND WAREHOUSE FOR CONCRETE AND WAREHOUSE FOR CONCRETE AND WAREHOUSE FOR CONCRETE AND

TOWER FOR MACHINERYTOWER FOR MACHINERYTOWER FOR MACHINERYTOWER FOR MACHINERY S.C. PAVIAL S.R.L

Constana, Romania

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Milano, Italy

Dimension: 2 million square meters

Specifications: The fair consists of 10 exhibition halls

which are connected through a 1.3 km long axis. The

axis is roofed by a freeform lattice roof construction,

reminiscent of the Alps. The guests get an open-air

experience without being exposed to wind and rain.

This impression was reached using only 190 tree

columns supporting the VELA.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


3D modeling of the structure

Time saving of 60 %

"First of all, Advance is an application based on

AutoCAD, the worldwide construction CAD

standard. Furthermore, Advance is a young,

extremely capable product that has proved itself

on the market. The unique evolving project

requirements on Advance were met by fast

software development on the part of Graitec and

we have come to realize the immense potential

the solution still has in terms of headroom for

future development.

Mr ING G.E Nestor,

General Manager, N-CAD Proiect

All 190 tree columns are unique

The drawing must be created according

to contractor requirements

Automatic drawing creation and modeling

of the tree columns in 3D

USERS BENEFITS

THE NEW MILANO FAIRTHE NEW MILANO FAIRTHE NEW MILANO FAIRTHE NEW MILANO FAIR

Emmerling GmbH

Amberg, Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Romania

Specifications: The roof of this warehouse has an

arc steel structure, with a 72m span

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


3D modeling greatly simplified the structure design

Reduction of errors

Time savings

"From my point of view, designing such a

structure in less than 3 weeks is a success

achieved entirely due to Advance Steel. It

would be almost impossible to handle such a

project without dedicated software like

Advance Steel."

Mr ING G.E Nestor,

General Manager, N-CAD Proiect

Arc structure built from straight beams

Sliding roof

Bolted connections on site

3D joint modeling

Automated drawing creation

USERS BENEFITS

WAREHOUSE FOR EXPLOSWAREHOUSE FOR EXPLOSWAREHOUSE FOR EXPLOSWAREHOUSE FOR EXPLOSIVE PRODUCTSIVE PRODUCTSIVE PRODUCTSIVE PRODUCTS

N-CAD Proiect

Slobozia, Romania

150

ARCHITECTURAL RAILING

BROGLI Constructions Mtalliques Bex, Suisse

Location: Villars-sur-Ollon (Switzerland)

Engineering office : Jean-Daniel Berset

Ingnieurs-Conseils SA

Owner: Fire station at Ollon

Dimensions: Railing with a total length of 32m

fixed on top of a concrete slab at a height of 5m

Specifications: Establishment of a railing all

around a terrace on the top of a fire station

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Site survey of the existing terrace slab, then input of the different level values in the 3D Advance Steel model

Numerous Advance Steel functionalities to model all steel elements and then to cut and drill them as required

Automatic numbering of the different parts and workshop drawings automatically dimensioned and labeled

"The easy modeling in 3D environment allowed me to realize this railing which is not standard and to limit at the minimum the risks of errors during fabrication, which I could not achieve with a 2D steel detailing software."

Daniel BROGLI, BROGLI CM Managing Director

AD

VA

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STE

EL Design a railing on a concrete terrace having a slope and without any

perpendicular sides Architectural railing containing sloped

tubular filling and special posts Avoid any adjustment at site due to the

fact that the railing is galvanized and then thermo lacquered

Representation of the environment in concrete on which the railing will be fixed Much better understanding with the 3D modeling

Automatic numbering of identical or different elements

USERS BENEFITS

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With its capabilities of working and

navigating through the model in 3D,

Advance Steel is the right 3D steel detailing

system to model complex connections

between plate girders and standard rolled

sections.

Advance Steel provides a complete library of

automatic macros for stairs & railings to

speed up the modeling of the different steel

walkways and handrails.

The steel structure consists of a light

tower with a height of 32m, and a circular

deck supported by 4 main columns

This steel tower must be connected to the

concrete tower, which contains the

elevator that provides access to the

different tower levels.

ADVANCE STEEL


Contracting authority: Barmherzige Brder Trier

Location: Hospital in Trier, Germany

Dimensions: 32m height tower with a 28m large

circular landing platform

Specifications: Helicopter base connected a special

elevator to the emergency room. Total weight:

approximately 310 tons for the steel construction

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Real 3D graphical presentation of the model

Automatic user friendly macros for stairs and railings

Connection of the derived documents to the model

"With its excellent functions Advance Steel

supported us in fulfilling all these

necessary and challenging demands for

this special helicopter base."

Mr. Matthias Thul,


Stahlbau Ziemann GmbH

USERS BENEFITS

HELICOPTER BASE FOR HELICOPTER BASE FOR HELICOPTER BASE FOR HELICOPTER BASE FOR TRIER HOSPITALTRIER HOSPITALTRIER HOSPITALTRIER HOSPITAL

STAHLBAU ZIEMANN GmbH

Wittlich, Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Contracting authority: Pirateninsel Rgen

Location: Ruegen Island, Germany

Dimensions: 12m long x 8.90m wide x 8.5m high

Specifications: New addition to the indoor

playground Pirateninsel Rgen. Total weight of

the steel structure: 61.1 tons

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Easy 3D modeling of the steel structure

Automatic creation of NC-DSTV files

"Without the use of Advance Steel with its

3D functions, the realization of this project

would not have been possible for us."

Mr. Moenter,

Construction Engineer at Husmann

Stahlbau GmbH

The steel frames consist of 35 tons of

steel.

The construction has a bent at 4 in the

longitudinal direction and in the cross

direction.

The house stands on the chimney, which is

substituted by two massive steel columns

Direct activation of the machines by using

the NC files created by Advance Steel

Automatic tools for the creation of the

necessary details of single drawings and

drawings of structural components

USERS BENEFITS

HOUSE STANDING ON ITHOUSE STANDING ON ITHOUSE STANDING ON ITHOUSE STANDING ON ITS ROOFS ROOFS ROOFS ROOF

HUSMANN STAHLBAU GmbH

Firrell, Germany

150

Model a steel house easily and in the most

efficient way

Need for more productivity: the company

had efficiency issues due to numerous

back and forth trips to the workshop and

repeated tasks

Requires DXF and DSTV files for automatic

fabrication at workshops

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Dax

Main Contractor: Mr. CAUDRON

Dimensions: 15m x 10m x 7m height

Specifications: Steel structure of a house since

termites are the biggest problem in this area with

wooden houses

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


User friendly 3D structural steel detailing

Increased productivity with the automated functions

Easy modifications with automatic update of all documents

"I appreciate the easy modeling Advance

Steel enables, the smartness of automated

dimensioning and the easy modification of

dimensions for the customization of our

drawings. The use of Advance Steel is easy

for someone who already knows a 3D

Steel detailing tool.

Mathieu Rouss,

Draftsman

Huge library of automatic connections

Creation of directly usable drawings

Automatic generation of DXF files for

metal plates: they can be produced

simultaneously

NC-DFX and NC-DSTV files created with

one click from the precise 3D model

USERS BENEFITS

HOUSE MADE OF STEELHOUSE MADE OF STEELHOUSE MADE OF STEELHOUSE MADE OF STEEL

METAL ADOUR

Anglet, France

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Leipzig, Germany

Customer: Staatsbetrieb Schsisches Immobilien-

und Baumanagement Niederlassung Leipzig

Architect: Erick van Egeraat (EEA)

Specifications: Total weight of the steel roof

construction: 50 tons; 3 different architectonical

buildings in one building (main building, bell

tower, auditorium); total surface: 9200 m

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Fast 3D modeling

Advance steel enables easy navigation in complex models

Automatic drawing derivation from the 3D model

"Without using Advance Steel with its excellent functions for such demanding objects, I would not have been able to realize this project.

Mr. Eduardo Cerda, Manager and

construction engineer of the

Architektur- und Konstruktionsbro

Dipl.-Ing. Eduardo Cerda

The building is divided into 3 parts, each

part having its own specific roof.

Get exact quantities and weights in BOMs.

Fast and exact 3D modeling

Automatic joints for the fast modeling of

assembly connections

Fast and correct update of BOMs

USERS BENEFITS

EXTENSION OF THE UNIEXTENSION OF THE UNIEXTENSION OF THE UNIEXTENSION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIGVERSITY OF LEIPZIGVERSITY OF LEIPZIGVERSITY OF LEIPZIG Architektur- und Konstruktionsbro

Dipl.-Ing Eduardo Cerda

Leipzig, Germany

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Munich, Germany

Customer: Stadtwerke Mnchen GmbH

Architect: RPM Architekten GmbH, OX2 Architekten

Dimensions: 73 m long, 31 m wide

total area: 1540 m2

Specifications: total weight of the steel roof

construction: 420 tons

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Fast 3D Modeling

Automatic derivation of workshop drawings

Fast and easy drawing creation

"Advance Steel is an excellent

program for complex steel

constructions. We appreciate the

time saving and the rise in

productivity."

Mr. Manfred Ammann,

Manager of the Construction and

Project office at Bitschnau GmbH

Star-shaped openings on the roof at the

top of the columns

Creation of the roof as a pentagonal

surface with rounded edges created from

three dimensional modeled steel plates

Creation of 18 similar columns. Each

column consists of similar vertical single

elements.

Design of advanced shapes, folded and

twisted plates in 3D

Creation of NC-DSTV and DFX files for the

monitoring of CNC machinery

User friendly functions and complete

international catalogs for more efficiency

and time saving

USERS BENEFITS

SUBWAY AND BUS STATISUBWAY AND BUS STATISUBWAY AND BUS STATISUBWAY AND BUS STATION ROOFON ROOFON ROOFON ROOF Bitschnau Stahl & Anlagenbau GmbH

Bitschnau project gmbh

Nenzing, Austria

150

Hip and valley purlins are difficult to

handle in 2D

Have all workshop drawings done as

quick as possible

ADVANCE STEEL


Architecture office: Kuo Xiong Ming architectural

firm

Contracting authority: Tong-Yu

Location: Hsin Chu, Taiwan

Dimensions: 3073 m

Specifications: 540-ton steel structure of a

factory building

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Easy understanding for users through clear representation

All possible collisions can be found at an early stage

Time saving

"Advance Steel is very easy to use; it

was quick to learn. We could find the

design issues in the model and discuss

the changes. Advance Steel allowed us

to reduce the construction cost losses."

Chris Liu,

Main structural shop drawing engineer

Display the complete structural model in

3D for easier understanding of all

complex connections of purlins.

Advance Steel provides efficient

automatic macros for hip and valley

purlins connections.

Save more time in the drawing process

with automatic drawing creation.

USERS BENEFITS

TONGTONGTONGTONG----YU FACTORYYU FACTORYYU FACTORYYU FACTORY

I JIA Construction Co Ltd

New Taipei City, Taiwan

150

ADVANCE STEEL

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Location: Cologne, Germany

Architecture office: Schulitz GmbH

Dimensions: 10.50 m high, 80 m wide and long

Specifications: Total weight of 400 tons

Description: new stadium with three different

areas (ice stadium, swimming pool and locker

rooms/restaurants area), and an ice rink going

around the building as a 1st floor

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


3D modeling

Automatic creation of documents

Easy to use software with a very good cost/performance ratio

"Without the use of Advance Steel

with its many excellent functions,

especially the 3D ability, the

realization of this project would not

have been possible for us."

Mr. Manfred Drge,


Triangular shape of the building

Diamond-shaped arrangement of the

roof girders

Different spans of roof girders in the

single areas

Comprehensive modeling tools

Library of intelligent connections

Automatic creation of workshop

drawings with customized layout

USERS BENEFITS

ICE AND SWIMMING STAICE AND SWIMMING STAICE AND SWIMMING STAICE AND SWIMMING STADIUMDIUMDIUMDIUM

Stahlhallen und Baustoffe Janneck GmbH

Molbergen, Germany

150

Create a shading steel structure on an

existing insulated concrete structure

Fix the upper part on a parapet with

triangular end plates

Precisely install the wooden slats

according to the architects drawing

Provide the customer with a general

arrangement drawing for the final

agreement

ADVANCE STEEL


Architecture office: URBANA LINEA

Contracting authority: NACARAT

Location: Villeneuve dAscq, France

Dimensions: 12m high

Description: Installation of a shading steel

structure on the faade of an office building

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


3D viewing for easier designing

Easy browsing in the model for better comprehension of the design details

Clear and precise general arrangement drawings for the architect

"This project was not very complicated, but

Advance Steel allowed me to design the fixing

details of the structure with the rendered and 3D

navigation."

Mehdi BRENNE,

Draftsman, METALLERIE DU CAMBRESIS

Model the existing faade using separate

layers for miscellaneous materials

(concrete, insulating material, parapet top,

etc.)

Navigation tools in the 3D model that

enable easy design

Creation of the trapezoid shape of the

slats and use of copying functions to

distribute it as expected

Automatic creation of 2D and 3D views of

the general arrangement drawing

USERS BENEFITS

SUNSUNSUNSUN----SHADING STRUCTURESHADING STRUCTURESHADING STRUCTURESHADING STRUCTURE

METALLERIE DU CAMBRESSIS

Fontaine Notre Dame, France

The structure consists of tapered box

beams made of Y-shaped welded plates

The architects main constraint was that

no bolt should remain visible

The weight of the steel elements makes it

difficult to transport them and assemble

them

Need to display precise details in 3D for

easy understanding by the architect

Modeling of all weld preparation on beams

and plates edges for easy welding at site

Automatic collision detection

Realistic 3D model and clear 2D and 3D

assembly views

DSTV files are generated from the

Advance Steel model for the monitoring of

the CNC machinery

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Valenciennes, France

Dimensions: L: 180m; W: 145m; H: 23m

Specifications: The steel structure supports

prefabricated concrete bleachers. The stadium has

a capacity of 25000 spectators.

Description: A new stadium that is dedicated to

Valenciennes Football Club games.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Precise 3D modeling

No errors at site

Create DSTV files for the fabrication of complex elements

"We did not receive a single phone

call from the site foreman to report

any error!"

Mr Stphane Dottori,

Project Manager, ETI

USERS BENEFITS

VALENCIENNES STADIUMVALENCIENNES STADIUMVALENCIENNES STADIUMVALENCIENNES STADIUM

ETI

Echirolles, France

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Ontario, Canada

Dimensions: 23.77m x 22.25m x 25.29m

Specifications: Two braced-back legs are used to

resist the lateral loads from the sheave at the top

of the structure. Total weight: ~140 tons

Description: New extension of an existing

headframe building for a mining company.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Easy 3D modeling

Large library of automatic connections

Low margin of error

"The fact that Advance Steel is based on

AutoCAD made the 3D modeling of the

project easy. This is necessary to avoid any

interference between the mechanical

equipment and the structural and

miscellaneous elements."

Marc DESAULNIERS,

Project Manager, ROULEAU-DESAULNIERS

The connections of the braced-back legs

with the two-way slope are very complex.

The new structure needs to be connected

on the existing columns and beams.

A great number of site work details (site

drills and site welded connections are

required).

Appropriate automatic connections were

used from the Advance Steel library

Easy modeling of the existing structure

along with the new structure to avoid any

interference

Use of special compound beams for easy

modeling of the back legs

USERS BENEFITS

HEADFRAMEHEADFRAMEHEADFRAMEHEADFRAME

ROULEAU-DESAULNIERS

St-Etienne-des-Gres, Canada

150

ADVANCE STEEL

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Location: Indianapolis, USA

Dimensions: 202m long x 39.2m large x 56m

high

Specifications: 4 levels; total weight: 145 tons

Description: Additions to an existing industrial

plant

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Clear overview of the project with 3D model

Easy detection of collisions

Limited margin of error on site

"The Advance Steel 3D model

helped us to find and solve the

connection problems before

submittal and fabrication; it also

helped the erector to visualize

the concept of the entire

project."

Griogo DANESHVAR,

Owner of GD Drafting

Connection of vertical bracings to

horizontal members

Find correct spacing of guardrails posts not

to interfere with beam-to-beam

connection where guardrails are attached

3D modeling of the project for better

understanding of the project concept

Avoid interferences between vertical

bracing and other members, and collisions

of guardrail vertical post connections with

beams below in walking areas

USERS BENEFITS

INDIANAPOLIS PLANTINDIANAPOLIS PLANTINDIANAPOLIS PLANTINDIANAPOLIS PLANT

GD Drafting

Los Angeles, USA

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: East Coast, USA

Dimensions: 26.55m x 31m

Specifications: Total weight: ~340 tons. More

than 1350 shop drawings prepared

Description: Additional equipment supports

access platforms for a new engineered wood

factory

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Import AutoCAD 3D solids in Advance Steel

Automatic creation of shop and engineering drawings

Single-click switch between metric and imperial units

"The fact that Advance Steel is based on

AutoCAD made the 3D modeling of the

mechanical equipment and ducting easy.

This is necessary to avoid any interference

between the mechanical equipment and

the structural and miscellaneous

elements."

Marc DESAULNIERS,

Project Manager, ROULEAU-DESAULNIERS

3D modeling of the mechanical

equipment and duct

The mechanical equipment provider

uses metric units and the shop drawings

need to be prepared in imperial units.

Preparation of the engineering drawings

from the 3D model

Easy modeling with a combination of

AutoCAD 3D solids and Advance Steel

elements

Transfer of the 3D model between metric

and imperial units is made easy with

Advance Steel.

Shop drawings and engineering drawings

are automatically generated.

USERS BENEFITS

INDUSTRIAL PLANTINDUSTRIAL PLANTINDUSTRIAL PLANTINDUSTRIAL PLANT

ROULEAU-DESAULNIERS

St-Etienne-des-Gres, Canada

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Location: Indianapolis, USA

Dimensions: 35.66m x 41.14m

Specifications: Total weight: 76 tons

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


Time saving and increased productivity

Low margin of error

Short learning curve

"Advance Steel increases our production

by getting to the jobsite on schedule. The

learning curve was very easy and Advance

Steel has helped us a great deal."

Daniel Miller,

Detailing Manager, LIBERTY STEEL

Tight deadlines for the completion of

detailing.

Get DXF files for all plates and bars to be

burnt.

Fabricate the steel structure without any

risk of errors.

Use of Advance Steel templates for

connections

Details are created automatically for shop

fabrication

Creation of 3D views for a better

understanding at site

USERS BENEFITS

SEASONS 52 RESTAURANSEASONS 52 RESTAURANSEASONS 52 RESTAURANSEASONS 52 RESTAURANTTTT

LIBERTY STEEL

Fyffe, USA

150

ADVANCE STEEL


Architecture office: E.C.S.

Engineering Services ltd

Location: Victoria Hall Wembley

Specifications: Spiral roof from

8th floor level upto 19th floor

Level

PROJECT DESCRIPTION


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