This session will present the new National Institute of Steel Detailers (NISD) curriculum for the Certificate of Detailing in Building Information Modeling (CD-BIM). This progressive new curriculum is free online and was done in a collaborative partnership with Autodesk, Inc. It highlights the foundational elements of BIM and additionally covers key topics such as model element Level of Development (LOD) in conjunction with the 2015 BIMForum’s LOD Specification. The course will show the fundamentals of creating and implementing good modeling practices as well as quality control and checking. It will also include the creation of shop drawings, details, erection drawings, and other fundamental elements of steel fabrication, such as advanced bills of materials. The curriculum is geared toward high school students and secondary education, and it introduces individuals to the structural steel industry, creating the next generation of steel detailers as well as structural engineers and steel fabricators.

The challenges we face in our industry revolve around saving time and money. Traditional methods of design engineering do not embrace the technological evolution of CAD software. There's a better workflow, and the software is already available to seamlessly integrate design drafters, engineers, and steel detailers into one model. I will walk you through the lifecycle of one of our projects with the use of Revit software and Advance Steel detailing software, of designers working with detailers, to produce fabrication drawings without producing a single structural design drawing.

One of the less-known special features of Advance Steel software is the ability to use User Scripts to aid and personalize various processes. You can use Advance Steel software scripts in several places, including numbering, object filtering for detailing, filtering for detail processes, and numerical control. In this class we will explore the scripting language and walk through the process of adding/modifying scripts to obtain different results in Advance Steel software details.

Come to this class and discover the benefits of Advance Steel software, the Building Information Modeling (BIM) software product specifically designed for steel detailers and fabricators who require easy-to-use structural software for automating drawing creation, documentation, and fabrication.

This class will explain how Canam Group integrated Advance Steel detailing software in order to detail steel beams in light gage stud walls in the firm's multiresidential projects. You'll learn how to create light gage stud walls and header beams with MWF software developed by StrucSoft Solutions, a Revit add-in. You will see how MWF can create and detail light gage stud walls efficiently. We'll cover how we import/export header beams from Revit software to Advance Steel software. You will learn how to detail the connections of the wall header beams, with user connections in Advance Steel, and how to add stiffeners, bent plates, and nelson studs. You will learn how to use the verification tools available in Advance Steel. We'll highlight the benefits of using these 2 compatible software systems to prepare the drawings for shop. We'll cover how to prepare the documents for fabrication, like computer numerical control (CNC), DXF for plates, bolt list, single parts, and cut list for studs. And, finally, you will learn how to produce the erection drawings using Revit.

Come to this class and discover Advance Steel, the BIM software product specifically designed for steel detailers and fabricators who require easy-to-use structural software for automating drawing creation, documentation, and fabrication.

This class will explain how Canam Group integrated Advance Steel detailing software in order to detail steel beams in light gage stud walls in the firm's multiresidential projects. You'll learn how to create light gage stud walls and header beams with MWF software developed by StrucSoft Solutions, a Revit add-in. You will see how MWF can create and detail light gage stud walls efficiently. We'll cover how we import/export header beams from Revit software to Advance Steel software. You will learn how to detail the connections of the wall header beams, with user connections in Advance Steel, and how to add stiffeners, bent plates, and nelson studs. You will learn how to use the verification tools available in Advance Steel. We'll highlight the benefits of using these 2 compatible software systems to prepare the drawings for shop. We'll cover how to prepare the documents for fabrication, like computer numerical control (CNC), DXF for plates, bolt list, single parts, and cut list for studs. And, finally, you will learn how to produce the erection drawings using Revit.

This class will show how structural steel design, detailing, and fabricating teams can work together with BIM in the cloud. You’ll learn how BIM 360 Docs software combined with Revit software and Advance Steel software in the Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection can be helpful for project coordination.

To maintain competitive advantage, more and more structural engineers are trying to find a way to capitalize on their Building Information Modeling (BIM) data for steel detailing and fabrication. This class will explore how Advance Steel detailing software is proving to be the missing link that lets structural engineers capitalize on their Revit Structure models for steel detailing and fabrication. You will also learn how to use Connection Vault in Advance Steel to create automated steel connections on structural members imported from Revit software. You will then learn how to create the automated fabrication and erection drawings and NC files. This class will also show how the bidirectional sync between Revit and Advance Steel lets you bring any Revit changes into Advance Steel software or validate Advance Steel models in Revit software.

To maintain competitive advantage, more and more structural engineers are trying to find ways to capitalize on their BIM (Building Information Modeling) data for steel detailing and fabrication. This class will explore how Advance Steel detailing software is proving to be the missing link that lets structural engineers capitalize on their Revit Structure models for steel detailing and fabrication. You will also learn how to use Connection Vault in Advance Steel to create automated steel connections on structural members imported from Revit software. You will then learn how to create the automated fabrication and erection drawings and NC files. This class will also show how the bidirectional sync between Revit and Advance Steel lets you bring any Revit changes into Advance Steel software or validate Advance Steel models in Revit software.

In this hands-on lab, we will explore the new interoperability between Advance Steel 2017 software and Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2017 software. We will begin by exploring a simple structural model in Advance Steel software. We will push that model into Robot Structural Analysis Professional software and perform a basic analysis and code group-based design. Once the design is correct, we will update the Advance Steel model geometry from Robot Structural Analysis Professional and continue the steel-detailing process. This session features Robot Structural Analysis Professional and Advance Steel. AIA Approved

To maintain a competitive advantage, more and more structural engineers are trying to find a way to capitalize on their Building Information Modeling (BIM) data for steel detailing and fabrication. This class will focus on showing how Advance Steel detailing software is proving to be the missing link that enables structural engineers to capitalize on their Revit Structure software models for steel detailing and fabrication. You will also learn how to use Connection Vault in Advance Steel to create automated steel connections on the structural members imported from Revit software. You will then learn how to create the automated fabrication and erection drawings and NC files. This class will also show how the bidirectional Sync between Revit and Advance Steel enables you to bring any Revit changes into Advance Steel software or validate Advance Steel models in Revit software. This session features Advance Steel, Navisworks Manage, and Revit Structure. AIA Approved

This class is for structural engineers and steel detailers who are using or intending on using Revit software to model steel structures, and are looking for opportunities to capitalize on steel connections information in their Building Information Modeling (BIM) models, and get fabrication and erection deliverables with Advance Steel software. This session features Advance Steel, Revit, and Revit Structure. AIA Approved

This lab is designed to give you a feel of the ease of use of Advance Steel detailing software, the structural steel package that's getting the industry talking. You will create a structural model from scratch and then insert automated connection between structural sections. Finally, you'll learn how to generate fabrication drawings and NC files from your structural model.

As steel fabricators continue to use dispersed, global steel detailing teams to deliver 3D models that drive production, the industry is evolving in how these teams coordinate and build relationships to better collaborate on their projects. This presentation will be a panel discussion between a steel detailing company, steel fabricator and structural engineer who discuss the benefits, challenges and future trends in how steel detailing is provided on US projects.  (Structural Business)

To maintain a competitive advantage, more and more structural engineers are trying to find ways to capitalize on their BIM (Building Information Modeling) data for steel detailing and fabrication. This class will explore how Advance Steel software is proving to be the missing link that lets structural engineers capitalize on their Revit Structure design models for steel detailing and fabrication. You will learn how to create automated steel connections on structural members imported from Revit software. You will then learn how to create the automated fabrication and erection drawings and NC files. This class will also show how the bidirectional sync between Revit and Advance Steel lets you bring any Revit changes into Advance Steel or validate Advance Steel models in Revit software.

In this presentation you will see how Advance Steel software manages the connection between design and fabrication through its ability to exchange model information with design products (using Revit Extension for Advance Steel software to transfer and synchronize models between Advance Steel and Revit software), enabling coordination with different disciplines and then outputting the steel-detailing data to fabricators.

To maintain competitive advantage, more and more structural engineers are trying to find a way to capitalize on their Building Information Modeling (BIM) data for steel detailing and fabrication. This class will explore how Autodesk Advance Steel is proving to be the missing link that lets structural engineers capitalize on their Revit Structure design models for steel detailing and fabrication. You will also learn how to create automated steel connections on structural members imported from Revit software. You will then learn how to create the automated fabrication and erection drawings and NC files. This class will also show how the bidirectional sync between Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Advance Steel lets you bring any Revit changes into Advance Steel software or validate Advance Steel models in Revit software.

To maintain competitive advantage, more and more structural engineers are trying to find a way to capitalize on their Building Information Modeling (BIM) data for steel detailing and fabrication. This class will explore how Autodesk Advance Steel is proving to be the missing link that lets structural engineers capitalize on their Revit Structure design models for steel detailing and fabrication. You will also learn how to create automated steel connections on structural members imported from Revit software. You will then learn how to create the automated fabrication and erection drawings and NC files. This class will also show how the bidirectional sync between Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Advance Steel lets you bring any Revit changes into Advance Steel software or validate Advance Steel models in Revit software.

This lab is designed to give you a feel of the ease of use of Advance Steel detailing software, the structural steel package that's getting the industry talking. You will create a structural model from scratch and then insert automated connection between structural sections. Finally, you'll learn how to generate fabrication drawings and NC files from your structural model.