https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/advance-steel/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Advance-Steel-New-AISC-14-1-profiles-don-t-load-in-KISS-file.html   Why has this not been fixed yet? The post was from May 2015. It is now December 2015. This is absurd that it has not been taken care of yet.   Please fix this ASAP. Projects are starting to be late because it takes forever to map every new piece that we do. Show More

Hello,   Per attached screen pics, detailed beam dwgs will look better if system lines of the beams, attached to the detailed beam, do not interfere with all other dimensions-their dimension lines to start after the very top dimension chain. Show More

I believe it would be very helpful to be able to decide, before you open a new drawing, what country you are working with. We only use American materials so having an option to have only American nomenclature present in lists would save a lot of time. For other companies, depending on what country the project is being built for, only that countries nomenclature would be present in the lists.   For example: If you were designing a building for a client in China, only Chinese materials would be present in the materials, grades, etc. lists.   There are other programs that can accomplish this already and having it possible in Advance Steel would make modeling a lot easier and potentially a lot more popular.   Thanks. Show More

  use the Wlesed Sections to Custom Connection.   Custom Connection     Show More

Indian based standard plate sizes, HSFG bolts, M grade anchors etc., in the list is not available Show More

Hi,     Quickviews on parts, assemblies joints right now need 7 mouse clicks, because you either confirm or change settings for clippings. Needed are 3 clicks for a really quick view: select command, select part, select view direction= ecs vector. Optional settings could be activated by using control or shift. Also besides centered object view  there should be additional functions like object view at point, centered view on face, view on face at point etc.   And: What is the difference between quickviews on parts, joints, assemblies? Although the buttons are calling different commands- _AstM10QuickObjectView  & (Object or Assembly or Joint), I have the feeling they are all doing the same.   BR, Christian Blei Show More

I would like to have the ability to ENABLE or DISABLE certain dimension definitions/chains within a drawing style. Sometimes, you may get unwanted dimenisons thant can/should be enabled or disabled instead of deleting or adding the defintions. Also, to make it easier to see which chain is which, should have the ability to turn the labels ON or OFF globally. Maybe even autogenerate an alphabetical ID label based on number. Line 1=A, 26=Z, 27=AA etc. These labels help identify the dimensions on the drawings, especially when there are in some cases over 50 lines of chains.   Show More

  hi   Add a Save and Svae AS and Rename and Delete button is in the Welding dialog box very useful.   Show More

if there were sub groups in groups that would be taken into account in numbering, sub group templates could be used in construction. A simple example  are handrails with a variety of posts that are predefined and their definitions kept in a template folder and used for numbering and BOMs. This would improve both the design and the production process because there was less to design and these sub components could be prefabricated and kept in storage for assembling into groups.     BR, Christian Blei Show More

Hi,     just a few notions with my understanding how clash checks are done internally. and what can be done I do not know if the Advance Clash test is based on AutoCAd functions or if it is genuine Advance code     Procedure: basically a clash test tests 2 parts. but you have selection sets of parts that you want to clash check. (you could test parts in one selection against the parts in another selection etc) So there is the option to test types of parts against other parts In AutoCAD the first step would be to check if bounding box interefere. A bouding box is the WCS box that circumscribes a part. If that happens then autocad will check if the parts have a common volume and get that. So you always get as data the 2 parts involved and the clashvolume as a solid. The clashvolume has a size.     Options: Define what parts to check depending on their role or location or other filter definitions- Parts against parts, bolts excluded, Groups against groups but not parts inside a group etc, as input to the test. Define relevant volumes depending on roles- for clashes of bolts with parts the relevant volumes are smaller than for clashes of parts with parts. Clashes inside of groups will usually get detected in production an are less relevant than clashes detected on site. Clashes between groups will get detected on site and are very relevant. etc.       Display: Display of parts and there clash bodies depending on the type of part, role, relevance etc. Hide parts and their clash bodies. That is what is talked about in the previous post about Clash testing. That is only a post filter function for display after all the calculation is done The data is there so there can be a lot more options for display     So I think the clash testing could have a lot more features, options and functions.     But the coolest additional feature would be to have an add layer to shrink wrap function for parts and use that for clash checks. In plant design you always have security distances or distances to allow tolerances in production and set up and use. With an add layer to shrink wrap function the clash test could be used to check if these defined distances are met. Go for at Advance!       BR, Christian Blei Show More

  Preview the selected element is displayed in the model Browser.   Show More

    Remove the bolts , But remain as group. Or there is a possibility Until again become the group. Show More

hi   Add the ability to calculate hole.   Most of our projects are more important than the number of holes is No. Bolts. Show More