Advance Steel Ideas

t_stickeln · ‎01-08-2024

Bei Sonderteilen wäre es wünschenswert, dass eine Material-Vorauswahl ermöglicht wird - ähnlich wie z.B. für Träger, Belche, Gitterroste bereits anwendbar. Umsetzbar wäre dies z.B. indem die Sonderteile bei den Vorzugsgrößen im Management-Tool als eigene "Gruppe" ergänzt würden. Außerdem bereitet uns der Umstand, dass in den Advance Eigenschaften von Sonderteilen unter dem Reiter „Benennung“ nicht die Optionen zum Anhaken hinterlegt sind, welche Elemente bei der Positionierung verglichen werden sollen - wie z.B. bei Trägern - immer wieder Probleme. Hierzu die beiden Bilder im Anhang als direkter Vergleich.

aljaz.purg · ‎08-22-2018

Hello all together! I think that the Advance Steel desperately needs an additional option in Camera mode, where the user could select the parts that are going to be visible in the drawing view. I thought about that a lot and in my opinion there should be an option (select/deselect parts) in camera box, so the user could select parts visible in the view and if he would later wanted to add or delete parts from the view he could use the (select/deselect parts) to do so, then the drawing would need to be updated. But that is just my idea. Any other option with similar output would be extremely welcome to all AS Users. I think this would increase GA drawing creation productivity for at least 20%.

markhubrich · ‎02-21-2023

Get an AI chat bot into the software that can use our human words expressing what we want to change our detail styles to look like. Have each installation communicate with each other to share experience model. Eventually the bot would learn what we want to see our details look like and I would be much happier. The AI can also have access to my anchor database and correct all the Hilti to be up to date. I could ask it to size bar grate based on the span and load requirement. If it didn't have the data req'd. to make the decision it would go out and find it and calculate. I basically want an AI chatbot built into AS that I can literally tell what to do. Imagine the possibilities!! OK Rudy here's what I want.. Go over to Hilti.com and scrape the database for new anchor products and update my database. Autodesk, you really want to leave Tekla and SDS2 in the wake of your turbulence?, Get on the AI wagon.

iwafb · ‎09-15-2015

Hi All, I would like to see a function in AS where you can migrate any manual editing (dimensioning, labels...) from one drawing to the next for similar assemblies. Similar to Clone function in Tekla... Thanks for considering.

Anonymous · ‎01-11-2021

It is very disturbing to have constantly some GA drawings as requiring an update (with all subsequent editing work to adjust dimensions and labels) just because a small element like a bolt is updated on a not shown label! In fact if a change is made in some object that is not shown on a certain view, for example a structural view not showing claddings and a change is made on a cladding, if that object is "inside" the volume of the view, than the systems triggers the "update required", when in fact nothing really is to be done on the drawing, as the object is not visible on the view! This is hard time consuming for big models!

ETheuring · ‎03-06-2023

Hello developers, It needs an additional default for the unfolding/wrap around of folded beams with circular cross section: Combination of largest outer and inner contour It would also make sense if all defaults for the unfolding/wrap around of plates or beams would get their own category in the defaults. Currently these defaults can be found in General and Drawing general. And it would also make sense if the descriptions of the defaults also stated which defaults are used for which objects (beams, plates, etc.). But it would be much more important if you could set how the unfolding should be done directly on folded plates and beams as well as on unfoldable beams. Regards Elias

Anonymous · ‎05-15-2019

Well, like the subject says, it would be really necessary to give Bolts, Nuts and washers individual position numbers. Currently it is only possible to give the complete bolt assembly one position number. However, this is usually only done with bolts according to DIN 6914 (because you can buy these bolts only as a set). Every other type of bolt, nut or washer you have to order separately, therefore you need a individual position number for those parts... otherwise the procurement department will not be able to order anything. Currently this is done manually for each bolt assembly.... and this costs a lot of time and money. I don't know how the other companies deal with this issue but in our understanding this is a basic feature which every steel construction software should offer. This is what it could look like. I'm aware that you have to consider also 2nd washers, 2nd bolts etc.... so it probably is a little bit more complex than this, but I think the point what we need is clear.

BiktimirovK · ‎03-01-2021

According to https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/advance-steel-forum/advance-steel-ifc-export/td-p/9099635 and by own tests, AS not exports to IFC weigh. Weight is strongly needed outside AS. As I uderstood, cause is that calculated parameters not exported. So Idea is to allow calculated and all parameters (customers etc.) export to IFC. Yours sincerely, Konstantin Biktimirov

acbsdesign · ‎12-21-2021

Hi Devs, Can we please have an option to have subfolders in DM, it is hard to navigate for large-size projects. We want to be able to create as many folders as necessary and rename them. Thank you.

abeeler · ‎04-26-2022

The lack of progress in AS-generated IFC files over the past 7 years has been extremely frustrating. You will continue to lose market share unless this is addressed. Some specific notes (and I'm no IFC expert): 1) Add IfcColourRgb entities. Easy, just do it please. 2) Add the part numbers (position # whatev) as a reference in IFC 2x3 under IfcPropertySet "HasProperties". 3) IFC MVD EM.11 contains part and assembly reference numbers, does not define bent plates so they don't show up in viewers like Navisworks or Trimble Connect. However, 2x3 does define bent plates, but no reference numbers. Please make AS-generated IFC 2x3 per BuildingSMART and ISO 16739-1:2018 standards.

t_stickeln · ‎08-27-2020

Diesen Vorschlag gab es schonmal, wurde aber leider von der Abstimmung ausgeschlossen. Daher hier nochmal ein neuer Versuch auf Anregung der Hotline, da dieser Wunsch wohl schon mehrfach gefallen ist. Wenn man Bleche kantet, kann man diese leider nicht direkt, z.B. über den Befehl "Strecken", verlängern oder verkürzen. Man muss immer erst die Kantung entfernen, die gewünschten Blechänderungen vornehmen, und anschließend eine neue Kantung hinzufügen. Dies kann sehr zeit-intensiv werden und v.a. dann, wenn schon positioniert oder gar abgeleitet wurde, sogar dazu führen, dass die Assoziationen zu diesem Bauteil verloren gehen.

ivan.medvedHU363 · ‎03-05-2024

Hi, can you make some kind of labeling "layers"... I will give example... when I have GA drawings with assemblies labeled I usually add also bolt labeling to that drawing... but default settings for labeling is same as for assemblies that are already labeled... I would like label of bolts to be smaller font, maybe another colour... if I want that I must do it separatly for each label.... I can not do "select similiar" command becouse it will select all text on GA drawing... is there a way to select only labels on bolt? can you make it?

janet_black · ‎01-07-2022

Hi again 😉, As projects become more complex, it would be great to have more tokens to further customize the HYPERSTEELPAGEHEADER, aka Title Block in Advance Steel. I would like to see more added User attributes to the Project settings in Advance Steel. For the moment, there are only 5 local attributes that are Project Specific. I would like to see at least 12. USERPROJATTR1 Project user attribute 1 USERPROJATTR2 Project user attribute 2 USERPROJATTR3 Project user attribute 3 USERPROJATTR4 Project user attribute 4 USERPROJATTR5 Project user attribute 5 🙁More please Please see PDF, for clarity. This is a much needed enhancement I hear from clients time and time again. Juss sayin 😉 Kind regards, Janet Graitec CANADA

acbsdesign · ‎07-15-2022

Hi Devs, Please prevent movement of weld symbols during detail update. They move even if no changes are done in regard to particular welded parts. Before update: After update:

radic_dominik · ‎03-04-2024

Greetings developers, I suppose I am not the first to suggest this, and exporting the model in the STEP file is one great feature that AS lacks. Especially when you want to send a model to a third party, and you are not using AutoCAD Mechanical. For now, I see it isn't implemented in 2024 version. I think this is a great feature to implement in the next version of AS.

markus.poltrock · ‎01-17-2020

This is certainly not a new idea, but one that should be implemented urgently. Currently ACAD and Advance Steel use only one core. The performance increase that can be achieved by increasing the power of a core is small. Common computers have been equipped with multi core technology for a long time. The software does not use these possibilities. The functional enhancement of the software makes no sense if I don't remove such a bottleneck. Working on multi kernel technology should be at the top of the task list. After that there is time for new ideas.

acbsdesign · ‎08-23-2021

Hi Devs, Not trying to be picky or being a smart a$$, but it has been a while now since we have been asking for cleaner dimensions after detail update-please prevent any dimensions from overlapping-manually placed or automatically generated. Thank you.

Emanuel.Nestor · ‎07-23-2019

Currently, the DXF file generated by Advance Steel shows all the views described by (DSTV) NC file. But not all CNC machines are able to read or handle correctly the DXF files containing more than 1 view. The feature request would be to have a setting like: "Force output of 1 plate face only in DXF file" So the DXF files for plates will contain one and only one view. Thank you Emy

Austruct · ‎02-28-2023

The shortcomings of detail styles could be addressed by the AI cleaning up the shop drawings. There are always a series of mundane tasks that AI could apply machine learning to or cross reference examples or and apply the same logic. This could get the drawings 95~99% complete state, with a detailer to run his final eye over.

acbsdesign · ‎11-08-2022

Hi Devs, Working on GA details / elevations / plans details sometimes requires modifications in the model at the exact place where the detail is taken from (camera or model view). Right-click on green frame+Open model and Activate model view would be great. Thank you.

Sonderteile - Materialvorauswahl & Häkchen Benennungs-Elemente

Select parts for cameras

Implement an AI interface for adjusting the detail styles and then some

Clone manual modifications from one drawing to the next

Prevent Advance Steel from listing views with "UPDATE REQUIRED" if changes are related to objects not shown in those views

More unfolding options with better explanation of the defaults and direct unfolding setting on the object

Individual Position Numbers for Bolts/Washers and Nuts

Advance Steel weight export to IFC

Subfolders in Document Manager

IFC Improvements

Verlängern / Verkürzen von gekanteten Blechen

LABELING

No skimping on Project specific User attribute 1 tokens

Please prevent movement of weld symbols during detail update

Export in STEP

Use of multi-core technology

Please prevent overlapping of dimensions during update

DXF output for plates: Setting to force creating only one view in the DXF file

Implement AI for cleaning up the shop detail drawings.

Open model view with a right click on detail frame

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