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Dynamo to Generate Wind Loads in Revit
High winds can be very destructive because they generate pressure against the surface of a structure. In structural engineering we call the intensity of this pressure the wind load. The effect of the...
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Learn how to realize the power of Dynamo for your steel frames in this Dynamo Advance Steel tutorial Last year we released the new Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel that allows you to drive the...
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Tips and Tricks for using Autodesk Advance Steel from AU2016 (Part III)
This is my last post summarizing some of the Advance Steel tips & tricks that I described in my class during the Autodesk University MEP & Structural Fabricators Forum 2016. I hope these posts...
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Autodesk Previews Enhancements for Advance Steel and Steel Connections for...
Autodesk Revit and Advance Steel better connect structural design and fabrication Since acquiring Advance Steel in 2013, Autodesk continues to work towards better support for BIM-centric workflows for...
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Customer Q&A: Garden railings come to life with Autodesk Advance Steel
Steve Donohoe is a freelance steelwork and cladding designer based in North East Scotland. His company specialises in design & detailing of structural steelwork, architectural steelwork and...
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Learn What’s New in Revit 2018 for Concrete Detailing
Building on Autodesk’s strategy to make Revit a robust model authoring tool for designing and concrete detailing, the Revit 2018 release includes a number of new features that increase modeling...
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Learn What’s New in Revit 2018 for Steel Design
Revit 2018 includes a several major updates for steel design and detailing including over 130 new parametric steel connections. The Steel Connections for Revit 2018 add-in has heavily extended its...
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Sensing Tests Improve Reliability of Structural Engineering
Sensequake is making cities safer and smarter by bringing real sensing data to structural engineering practices. By using their solutions you can improve reliability of your finite element models,...
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The FAB Forum and Autodesk University Las Vegas CFP is open – Here are the...
While you might still be planning your summer vacation, here at Autodesk we’ve started planning for a fall trip to fabulous Las Vegas to try our hand at poker. Just kidding! We’re already gearing up...
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Spirally Reinforced Concrete Columns in Revit
The longitudinal reinforcement bars in columns can be tied together with separate smaller diameter transverse bars along the column height or they can be spirally-reinforced. Spirally-reinforced...
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Customer Q&A: VLE Draughting
Q. What is the name of your firm and where is it located? VLE Draughting (Pty) Ltd. – “VLE” stands for Visual Language of Engineering. We are located in Pretoria, South Africa. Q. How many employees...
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Re-engineering structural analysis for the future
“Structural Engineering – open that!” It was exciting to hear the droid K-2 say these words in the film Star Wars Rogue One last winter. If you recall, this was the scene where Jyn and Cassian were...
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Announcing the AEC Excellence Awards 2017
Bring out your best The AEC Excellence Awards 2017 is now open for submissions! First introduced in 2012 to recognize BIM in Infrastructure projects, this world-renowned competition now includes...
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Revit for Structural Engineering
Revit allows structural engineers to create their models and documentation in an advanced BIM environment. By using Revit, structural designers and engineers can produce accurate design intent models...
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BIM for reinforced concrete – From 2D to 3D for rebar detailing
Last year I published a blog post contemplating the value of BIM for Concrete, and discussing how the next generation of BIM tools for reinforced concrete are helping our customers in four main ways. I...
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Sofistik Reinforcement Detailing 2018 is Available
SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Detailing significantly accelerates the creation of 2D reinforcement sheets out of 3D models in Autodesk® Revit®. The product consists of software and a set of families, which...
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Multi-Rebar Annotation in Revit
A reinforcement drawing shows the positions of all reinforcing elements in a particular structure or a structural element. There are numerous ways of drafting concrete shop drawings, and drafting...
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David Weaver from Mold-Tek shares what steel fabricators can learn from green...
Autodesk is excited to welcome David Weaver, Vice President at Mold-Tek Technologies Ltd as a guest contributor to BIM and Beam. David is an evangelist and thought leader for the steel industry, and...
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Arup uses Dynamo to advance the pace of collaboration on the proposed...
The structural engineers at Arup in Australia take on some of the country’s most challenging projects. So it’s no surprise that they paired with the architects at Populous to design the structure for...
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Updated Standard Structural Steel Families for Revit
New content for the Southern Hemisphere and much more As an ongoing process, Autodesk is updating Revit content every year to match the local standards from all over the world. With the 2017 release,...
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