
Steel Detailers and Connection Engineers work in Autodesk Advance Steel to create the fabrication model, shop drawings, and CNC output. It is important to use Revit so you can work with the architectural model and other disciplines. It may also help to see who uses each software in a typical workflow:Įngineers/Designers produce the design models and construction documents in Autodesk Revit. As you can see from the graphic below Revit is not quite as detailed as Advance Steel. Conceptual design starts at LOD 100 and full fabrication drawings come in at LOD 400. LOD is a standard that states how much information is stored in a BIM Model at different points in the process. Which software you should use depends on the Level of Development (LOD) to which you are designing. How different is the functionality in Advance Steel vs.

If you were not able to attend or want to review the webcast you can visit our ASCENTctk YouTube channel to watch it here: From Model to Drawings Using Advance Steel. From there, I showed how to create 2D drawings from the model using the quick document palettes tools and view these drawings using the Document Manager.

In the webcast, I gave an overview of how Advance Steel works by walking through several exercises from the training guide including how to create a basic 3D model with columns and beams that are connected using tools in the Connection Manager.

We are excited to add this to our growing list of titles. Thank you to everyone who attended our whirlwind webcast tour of our latest training guide: Autodesk Advance Steel 2018 Fundamentals.
