TABLE OF CONTENTS

WELCOME TO ADVANCE! ............................................................................................5 ABOUT THIS GUIDE......................................................................................................5 A GLOBAL STRUCTURAL BIM SOLUTION FOR CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS ...... 6 GRAITEC ADVANCE SUITE KEY FEATURES.................................................................. 6 WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION................................................................................. 8 Documentation CD ............................................................................................. 8 Built-in help system........................................................................................... 8 CONTACTING THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT.................................................................... 9 GRAITEC Advantage ........................................................................................... 9 Technical support............................................................................................... 9 QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE..................................................................................... 10 System requirements ....................................................................................... 10 Installation process ........................................................................................... 10 Activating the software.................................................................................... 11 WHAT IS NEW IN ADVANCE STEEL ........................................................................... 12 New turnbuckle joints....................................................................................... 13 New joints for purlins ....................................................................................... 14 Joints between steel members and concrete.................................................. 15 User sections available in automatic macros .................................................. 15 Various enhancements for stairs automatic macros....................................... 16 Various enhancements for the railing automatic macro................................. 16 Joint naming & grouping................................................................................... 16 Connection vault enhancements...................................................................... 18 Preliminary numbers......................................................................................... 18 BOM on drawing calculated fields .................................................................20 Dedicated BIM Center ribbon ........................................................................20 REVIT Structure & Architecture 2012 compliancy ............................................ 21 CAD platform freedom...................................................................................... 21 Easy deployment .............................................................................................. 21

WHAT IS NEW IN ADVANCE CONCRETE ....................................................................22 Performance and stability ................................................................................22 Several multiplication factors for distributions ...............................................22 Cut distribution.................................................................................................. 23 Rebar list: Add/remove fictive bar .................................................................. 23 Highlight bars / fabrics belonging to a list ...................................................... 23 Excel export for better results ......................................................................... 23 WHAT IS NEW IN ADVANCE DESIGN ........................................................................ 24 Torsors on user section cut ............................................................................. 24 New dialog box for stresses on sections .........................................................25 Cracking inertia calculation...............................................................................27 Stresses and crack design taking real reinforcement into account............... 28 New detailed reports on beams and columns ................................................. 32 Timber design implementation ........................................................................ 33 Eurocodes appendixes ..................................................................................... 34 American codes................................................................................................ 34

WELCOME TO ADVANCE!
Thank you for acquiring GRAITEC Advance - a global CAD / Analysis & Design BIM solutions for the construction engineering field! For more than 20 years, GRAITEC has provided high performance CAD and engineering software for structural building construction with a continued commitment to exceed the industry's creative design and quality requirements. As a result, GRAITEC Advance suite is the first complete BIM solution on the market which includes Design and Multi-material CAD in the same package. Advance Steel BIM software for structural steel engineering, detailing and fabrication Advance Concrete BIM software for structural concrete engineering, detailing and fabrication Advance Design BIM software for FEM structural analysis including international design codes The package contains: - A DVD containing the latest release of GRAITEC Advance - A CD with documentation - A printed Welcome guide We wish you a good start with GRAITEC Advance and we welcome your questions, comments or suggestions!

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

This guide is a brief presentation of GRAITEC Advance suite and does not describe its features. If you are new to GRAITEC Advance, you will find out how it can improve your work. This guide contains: A short presentation of the GRAITEC Advance suite key features A guideline on how to use the documents provided with the software Quick link to the Technical support A quick installation guide Guidelines on the key features of the new release.

For detailed information about the program functions, refer to the corresponding

Help file provided with the application and accessible from the user interface or from
the Documentation CD.

A GLOBAL STRUCTURAL BIM SOLUTION FOR CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS

GRAITEC Advance is a Building Information Modeling (BIM) system that automates the entire structural design and construction documentation process from engineering design and structural analysis to member optimization, detailing and fabrication. Advance Design interacts with Advance Concrete and Advance Steel to ensure the coherence of your projects. All the models created with GRAITEC software can be synchronized, with no data loss and no need to re-input data. GRAITEC Advance communicates with the following applications and standards: Autodesk Revit Structure IFC 2.x3 CIS/2 SDNF PSS

GRAITEC ADVANCE SUITE KEY FEATURES

Advance Steel

Advance Steel is easy-to-use BIM structural steel software designed for steel professionals to automatically create and manage drawings, documentation and fabrication files. Advance Steel drastically increases productivity and drawing quality, while reducing the risk of errors. Advance Steel accelerates the design phase (single or multi-user mode) by offering an extensive library of smart objects, automatic joints (connections) and specific tools for creating standard structures, stairs, railings and miscellaneous steelwork. Advance Steel automatically generates all workshop and general arrangements drawings with intelligent tools to control dimensions and labels with all required views of objects and assemblies.

Advance Concrete

Advance Concrete is easy-to-use BIM structural concrete software designed for concrete professionals to automatically create and manage RC drawings, documentation and fabrication files. Advance Concrete drastically increases productivity and drawing quality, while reducing the risk of errors. Advance Concrete accelerates the design phase (single or multi-user mode) by offering an extensive library of structural (beams, columns, walls, slabs, foundations, etc) and reinforcement (bars, stirrups, meshes, etc.) elements. It generates all construction drawings using intelligent drawing tools that automatically control dimensions, symbols and drawing layout. Advance Design

Advance Design is specifically designed for structural engineers who require a professional and easy-to-use FEM Structural Analysis software for simulating and optimizing their projects. Advance Design includes a user-friendly structural modeler, automatic load and combination generators, a powerful FEM analysis engine (static, dynamic, time history, non linear, buckling, large displacement analysis, etc.), comprehensive wizards for designing concrete and steel members according to Eurocodes, efficient result post-processing and automatic report generators. Advance Design automatically updates all reports, including graphical results when modifications are made to the model.

WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION

GRAITEC provides learning tools to help you start using the software. Each product is delivered with its accompanying documentation. Documentation CD The documentation CD contains useful documents for both, new and existing users. Installation guide Starting guide Users guide Tutorials Provides step-by-step description of the installation and licensing process. Please see the chapters related to the License activation before calling the Technical support. Available for each product (Advance Steel, Advance Concrete and Advance Design), it provides a short tutorial on using GRAITEC Advance. Available for each product (Advance Steel, Advance Concrete and Advance Design), it provides a description of the application main features. For each product of the GRAITEC Advance Suite, a general tutorial is available. The tutorials consist in a set of lessons providing step-by-step instructions for creating a model from start to finish, result post-processing (for Advance Design) and drawing creation (for Advance Steel and Advance Concrete). Whats new Available for each product (Advance Steel, Advance Concrete and Advance Design), it describes the new features and improvements in GRAITEC Advance 2012. Validation guide Available for Advance Design, the Validation Guide contains a set of test cases describing the theory of the implemented computations (for some tests) and comparing the results of Version 2012 to reference values. Built-in help system Each Advance application has a built-in help system that offers step-by-step instructions. To access the help: Advance Steel: Ribbon: Manage tab, Help panel: Instant help: press F1 in a dialog box Ribbon: AC: tools tab, help panel: Instant help: press F1 in a dialog box Main menu: select Help > Online help Instant help: press F1 in a dialog box or press <Shift F1> and select a toolbar button.

Advance Concrete

Advance Design:

CONTACTING THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT

To guarantee an optimal use of the software, GRAITEC and its reseller network offer the GRAITEC Advantage guarantee. This agreement provides: All GRAITEC Advance updates Technical support Access to the GRAITEC Advantage website

GRAITEC Advantage The GRAITEC Advantage website provides access to various informations. Direct download of updates from the Internet Access to a frequently asked question list Access to the GRAITEC discussion forum Access to e-support To log on: Access www.graitec.com/en Click GRAITEC Advantage Input your Login* / Password and click LOGIN.

Your login and password is provided when subscribing to the GRAITEC Advantage agreement.
For more information contact your reseller.

Technical support For all GRAITEC Advantage subscribers, GRAITEC offers a technical support center for assistance in the daily use of the software. Before calling the technical support, please take a look on GRAITEC Advantage the FAQ list (using the search tool) and the Forum. If you did not find the necessary information, please contact the Technical support. Before calling, make sure you have the Serial Number (from the Entitlement certificate / also available in the About dialog box). Technical support provided by your reseller or contact your closest GRAITEC office for the appropriate telephone number.

QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE

The new GRAITEC Advance suite is provided on a single DVD with a new installation kit allowing the installation of the full solution in one step. System requirements To successfully install Advance certain requirements must be met. For more details, see the Installation guide on the Documentation CD or www.graitec.com/en/advance_installation.asp. Installation process Close all active Windows applications before starting the installation. ANTIVIRUS software must be deactivated during the installation process. You must have local windows ADMINISTRATOR rights during the installation

Note:

If you are updating from a previous GRAITEC Advance software version, read the Migrating from another version chapter in the Installation guide.

Proceed with the installation as follows: 1. Insert the installation DVD into the DVD drive. The setup program starts automatically and the DVD Browser appears. If the AutoPlay tool on the computer is switched off and thus the setup does not start automatically, use the Run command: From Windows menu, select: Start > Run. In the Run dialog box, click Browse to select the program

SetupAdvance.exe on the DVD. Click <OK>.

The installation starts. 2. 3. Select the installation language and click Install products. On the next screen, select the software to install and click Next.

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4. 5. 6. 7.

Read the license agreement. Click I accept to agree to the specified terms and click Next to continue. On the next screen, select the interface language and the installation path. For Advance Steel, you can select the components to install. Click Install to start the installation. Click Finish to complete the installation.

The installation starts. Once GRAITEC Advance is installed, you must activate a license to use the software. Activating the software You must activate a license to use the software. Once the license is successfully activated, the software can be used according to the license rights. At first launch of GRAITEC Advance (after having installed the software), a wizard will ask you to activate your license. This activation is based on a Serial Number and an

Activation Code provided by your reseller or by GRAITEC.

If you do not yet have them, please contact your reseller or GRAITEC. If you have 1. 2. A standalone license A Serial Number and an Activation Code, An Internet connection Start the activation process by launching Advance Select I want to activate my license.

follow the next process to activate the software:

3. 4. 5.

Enter the Serial Number and the Activation Code. If you are connected on the Internet, this information will be processed online and your license will be successfully activated. Click Finish.

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What is new in Advance Steel

WHAT IS NEW IN ADVANCE STEEL

Advance Steel 2012 also has important enhancements in several areas: Enhanced GUI. GRAITEC Advance Manager enhancements. New cladding sections available. New automatic joints. Joint naming & grouping. Stairs and railings automatic macro enhancements. Joint design report enhancements. Preliminary numbers. BOM on drawing enhancements. And CAD platform freedom!

GRAITEC Advance Manager

The GRAITEC Advance Manager (GAM) 2012 has several new features: Table editor (where the user can customize tables from the different Advance Steel databases). Object property manager, where it is possible to configure the following items: Materials Coatings Model roles Bolt coating User notes User text

Merge tools (so that the user can merge databases from his previous Advance Steel version with the databases of the newly installed Advance Steel 2012).

The GRAITEC Advance Manager now includes all defaults (which were previously in the Management Tools). All these defaults are now better classified which provides a more user-friendly way to find them.

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Joints
Advance Steel 2012 provides an enormous library of new automatic connections and various enhancements in existing joints in order to respond to local requirements. New turnbuckle joints Advance Steel 2012 provides new turnbuckle joints: Turnbuckle gusset bracing Turnbuckle direct bolting bracing

Both turnbuckle joints are delivered with integrated DIN turnbuckles and AISC turnbuckles, and end-users have the freedom to complete them with other turnbuckle parts.

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What is new in Advance Steel

New joints for purlins Advance Steel 2012 provides different automatic joints for purlins. These new automatic joints provide the following types of cleat between the purlin(s) and the supporting element: Plate cleat Folded plate cleat T cleat Angle cleat

These new automatic joints work fine with the following situations: Hot rolled sections Cold rolled sections Steel and timber sections Straight beam / curved beam / polybeam

They work fine on beams and also on plate (e.g. cap plate on the top of a column) The properties dialog-box gives a lot of flexibility (e.g. option to create a stay) and provides end-users the opportunity to have their own entries in library.

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Joints between steel members and concrete Advance Steel 2012 provides new joints between steel members and concrete objects. Embed beam seat joint A plate (base plate) is created underneath a steel beam with anchors or studs Optionally cuts the connected concrete object if selected An embed plate with studs is created and connected to a steel beam with a clip angle Optionally connects a concrete object if selected

Embed plate clip angle joint

User sections available in automatic macros Advance Steel 2012 provides the possibility to get user sections available in more automatic macros. Specific table JointsGUIAllowedSections to complete with desired user sections New for macros: Portal frame Roof opening Cage ladder

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What is new in Advance Steel

Various enhancements for stairs automatic macros Advance Steel 2012 provides various enhancements for the stairs macros. Spiral stairs automatic macro: Flat bar can be specified for top handrail Bolt head always outside on stringers Flat bar as support of the cover landing Stairs automatic macro:

Various enhancements for the railing automatic macro Advance Steel 2012 provides various enhancements for the railing macro. Same chamfer for both sides One chamfer on one side only Different dimensions for left and right chamfer

Joint naming & grouping Advance Steel 2012 provides the possibility to give name to joints and to group them so that when the master joint is modified, the slave joints are automatically updated accordingly. Link between joints within a group Update of slave joints according to master The user can add/remove a slave joint to/from the master one at any time

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Give a name to your master joint All slave joints get this name automatically Use the Search tool to automatically find in your 3D model: Where are the joints which have this name Which is the joint which is the master joint controlling the other ones

Joint name available as label for general arrangement drawings Can be defined before the drawing creation through a drawing style Can be inserted afterwards with Insert label automatic function

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What is new in Advance Steel

Connection vault enhancements Advance Steel 2012 extends the connections vault with description text for each joint. Description text for each joint Helps to better understand: The selection order of the elements The accepted sections The supported situations

Numbering
Preliminary numbers Beams get (if asked) automatic preliminary numbers with Advance Steel 2012. Parts marks assigned for the preliminary order of the steel beams Preliminary numbers not changed throughout the models life cycle Special settings available in the Numbering properties dialog box

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Possibility to search the model for preliminary marks Specific column can be displayed and sorted in the Model browser

Can be displayed within labels on drawings Preliminary numbers available as a token for BOMs

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What is new in Advance Steel Drawings

BOM on drawing calculated fields The user can include some calculated fields within BOMs which are automatically created on workshop drawings. Support calculated fields E.g. %Formula:%WeightInAssembly*0.01 Supported operators like +, -, *, /, and parentheses ( and )

BIM
Advance Steel 2012 is the BIM software for structural steel engineering, detailing and fabrication. Dedicated BIM Center ribbon Advance Steel provides a new BIM center ribbon where the user can find all file formats exchanged in one location.

This BIM center ribbon provides a quick access to all the following file formats: 20 GRAITEC dedicated file format: GTC Standard file formats: IFC, SDNF, CIS/2, PSS Specific file formats: STAAD Pro, KISS

REVIT Structure & Architecture 2012 compliancy Advance Steel 2012 is compliant with REVIT Structure 2012 and REVIT Architecture 2012. GRAITEC plug-in for REVIT, available for free Import / export / synchronization data

CAD platform
Advance Steel 2012 allows users to run it as standalone application1 or on the top of AutoCAD. CAD platform freedom Advance Steel 2012 can run as standalone application (requires a specific license). Advance Steel 2012 can also be used on the top of AutoCAD.

Easy deployment Advance Steel 2012 is easier to install thanks to the following reasons: 1 unique DVD 1 unique Serial number & activation code 1 unique installation 1 unique support 1 unique maintenance contract

Advance Steel 2012 provides a ribbon fully adapted to steel detailing:

Requires a specific license

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What is new in Advance Concrete

WHAT IS NEW IN ADVANCE CONCRETE

Advance Concrete 2012 has important enhancements in several areas: Performance and stability Model Drawings and layouts Reinforcement Export Localization

General
Performance and stability Work was done on the performance and stability with Advance Concrete 2011 SP1 and this task was continued with Advance Concrete 2012.

Reinforcement
Several multiplication factors for distributions It is now possible to use several multiplication factors with a distribution. We improved the distribution properties dialog box with some new entries: Set the multiplication factors. Change the multiplication factor name. Add and remove multiplication factors. Field to display the total multiplication factor

New default rebar symbols settings. If a multiplication factor is used then Advance Concrete can switch to the specific symbols. Open the "Project preferences", select the "Drawing annotation" tab and click the "default rebar labels" button.

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Cut distribution Add/remove bar to/from cut distribution It is possible to add a bar to an existing cut distribution. It is possible to remove a from a cut distribution. There are two new buttons on the Smartbar to add a bar to the cut distribution and to remove a bar.

Rebar list: Add/remove fictive bar A new option to add / delete a fictive bar to / from a rebar list is available. It is the same workflow as add / remove fictive bar to / from cut distribution. Highlight bars / fabrics belonging to a list There is a new checkbox on the Smartbar of a rebar list. Activate it and you can see all the bars and fabrics belonging to the list with a specific highlight color.

EXPORT
Excel export for better results New behavior with specific Excel templates Option to split pages and fill last page with empty rows during Excel export

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What is new in Advance Design

WHAT IS NEW IN ADVANCE DESIGN

Advance Design 2012 has important improvements in several areas: Several tools to speed up the modeling (property templates, new copy/paste functions in the browser, new dialog boxes, new annotations on selection, etc.). Several new National Appendices for Eurocodes Design. Timber design according to EC1995. New post-processing tools. EC2: concrete design taking into account the real reinforcement on columns, beams and plates. Detailed reports for concrete and steel design. Automatic testing system.

Post-processing tools
Torsors on user section cut This new functionality is very important for seismic calculations. In Advance Design, after a seismic calculation, the user can get automatically the torsors on walls. These torsors are calculated per mode and then Advance Design makes the CQC of the torsors. Because of this workflow, the user cannot get the seismic torsors on a users section cut created after the calculation, in the analysis model. With Version 2012, it is possible to create user sections cuts in the descriptive model and automatically post-process the torsors after the calculation. The results are available in a new table from the report generator (Finite Elements Analysis \ Results \ Torsors \ Torsors on user section cut).

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New dialog box for stresses on sections Version 2012 provides a new dialog box to post-process the stresses on sections. This new dialog box is accessible from the context menu of a linear element selection:

Settings toolbar

Specific points stress values

Stress diagrams on the section (2D or 3D view)

Section mechanical properties

Stress diagram along the element

Abscissa definition

As can be seen in the above figure, this new dialog box allows the user to have all the results on a section in one place: At the top of the dialog box, on the settings toolbar, a slider provides the option to quickly set the font size:

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What is new in Advance Design

For the stress diagram on the section, the user has the option to switch from a 3D view to a 2D view by simply clicking the button (on the settings toolbar).

2D stress diagram
real-time

3D stress diagram

The user can move the slider to define the abscissa => all results are updated in

At any time, by clicking the dialog box and insert it in a report

button, it is possible to save the content of the

In the stress on section area, it is possible to use the orbit function to turn the section around, the mouse wheel to zoom in or zoom out and the middle button to pan.

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Concrete design
Cracking inertia calculation Since Version 2011, the user has the option to set a cracked inertia coefficient in the property lists of linear and planar elements:

Linear element

Planar element

In Version 2012, this coefficient can be calculated automatically depending on the real reinforcement of each element: On linear elements, this coefficient is calculated only if the user activates the Beam calculation option

On planar elements, if the user does not define the real reinforcement, the cracked inertias are calculated with the theoretical reinforcement values. If the real reinforcement is defined on the slabs, then Advance Design calculates the cracked inertias with these real values.

After obtaining these cracking coefficients, it is possible to redo a calculation in order to take real cracked inertias into account in the finite element calculation.

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What is new in Advance Design

Stresses and crack design taking real reinforcement into account In Advance Design 2011 SP1, we implemented the calculation of the concrete and steel stresses and the crack width analysis according to EN1992-1-1 but this calculation was done with the theoretical reinforcement areas on linear and planar elements.

With Version 2012, it is possible to calculate the stresses and the cracking values taking the real reinforcement on linear and planar elements into account (as defined as follows). Definition of real reinforcement on linear elements (Beams) Since several versions, Advance Design is already able to define the real longitudinal reinforcement on columns and calculate the corresponding interaction curves

In Advance Design 2012, it is also possible to define the real reinforcement (longitudinal and transverse) on beams. To distinguish between beams and columns, the user has to check the corresponding option in the property list:

Linear element considered as a beam

Linear element considered as a column

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When the Beam calculation option is activated, clicking on Modification provides the user with access to a dialog box which has all descriptions of real reinforcements: longitudinal and transverse reinforcements.

[1] => Schema of the longitudinal and transverse reinforcement. [2] =>Theoretical and real longitudinal curves. [3] => Definition of the real reinforcement (Diameters, number of bars, number of layers, spacing, lengths, etc.). [4] => Section view. [5] => Button to impose a reinforcement. [6] =>Move from a span to another span (in the case of a continuous beam). During the 1st calculation, Advance Design proposes automatically a reinforcement disposition. The user has the option to change it by clicking on the button [5] and running a new concrete design calculation => the serviceability verifications (stresses and cracks) are done with the new imposed reinforcement values.

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What is new in Advance Design

If the user does not want to do the detailed calculation of provided steel for beams, the user simply unselects the Detailed Beam calculation option in the concrete assumption dialog box:

Definition of real reinforcement on planar elements From the property list of planar elements, the user has the option to define real reinforcements on the two directions:

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This dialog box is split in two parts: The Global definition section => the user can define global reinforcement settings all over the slab in the two local axes directions (top and bottom faces). On each direction and each face, we can define either a bar diameter + a spacing or a fabric from a library.

The Definition by area section => the user can define specific areas (using the CAD tools) on which to impose specific reinforcement parameters, for example, over an intermediate support. To do this, the following process has to be applied: Add a new line in the corresponding part, Trusses or Bars HA, using the button (the button can also be used to delete an area from the above list). button to define the edge of the areas

In the new added line, click the

using the CAD tools. The defined zone must be included in a slab. Then click to extend the area parameters and define the reinforcement

in the two directions:

If the user defines global and local parameters, the total reinforcement quantity taken into account in the calculation will be the summation.

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What is new in Advance Design

New detailed reports on beams and columns To simplify the understanding of EC2, a detailed report has been implemented for the beam and columns design. This detailed report provides all intermediate values and the corresponding clauses from the norm. The new reports are available from the report generator:

The detailed reports can be generated for a specific element at a specific node and a specific combination. These parameters must be defined in the Table properties: The following is an example of a detailed report on a beam:

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Eurocode 5
Timber design implementation

Version 2012 is able to perform a timber design calculation according to Eurocode 5 (including French, UK, Romanian, German and Czech national appendices).

Property sheets for timber elements include parameters such as Service class and Humidity percentage and all the required fields for deflection checks.

After the calculation, results will be available graphically, using the timber design toolbar.

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What is new in Advance Design

Or through a shape table providing detailed results on a selected element.

Version

2012

can

also

perform a fire calculation according to EN 1995-1-2.

International codes
Eurocodes appendixes Version 2012 includes the French-English-Romanian-German-Czech national appendixes for Eurocodes 0-1-2-3-8.

American codes Advance Design 2012 also includes the American codes: ACI318-08 for the concrete design. AISC for the steel design of members and connections.

The American codes will be available in an upcoming Service Pack of Advance Design 2012. The feature has been postponed for validation reasons.

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