Graitec Advance Design Structural Design & Analysis Software

International Codes

International Codes

Advance Design integrates the latest Eurocode publications with several national appendixes (Concrete, Steel and Timber design) and North American codes (Concrete and Steel design):

• Automatic generation of seismic spectra according to EC8
• Climatic loads on single roofs, multiple roofs, opened buildings and snow accumulation on roofs with negative slope
• Complete management of load cases and families combinations, through a concomitance matrix
• Fire design for concrete elements and steel profiles
• Steel connections design according to EC3
• Timber design according to EN1995-1-1 and EN1995-1-2
• Open structures management according to EN1991-1-4
• Steel and Reinforcement concrete design according to Eurocode, Canadian(CSA) and North American (ACI) standards
• German, English, French, Slovak, Polish, Czech, Romanian national annexes for EC0, EC1, EC2, EC3, EC5 and EC8
• Automatic generation of seismic spectra according to Canadian (CNBC2010/CNBC2015) and North American (ASCE-7/2010) standards
• Italian standards for reinforced concrete and steel frames (NTC2008)
• Traffic loads on bridges according to EN 1991-2

FEM & Meshing

Competitive meshing and finite elements calculation

Wide range of linear element types: pre-stressed cables, ties, gaps, etc.

• Advanced meshing engine: "grid" or Delaunay mesh algorithm, finite elements with 3, 4, 6 or 9 nodes, progressive meshing, refinement tools, global mesh parameters
• Static, dynamic, non-linear analyses, large displacements, generalized buckling, etc.
• Extended solver capabilities due to enhanced memory management
• Boundary conditions on planar elements (membranes, plates, shells) -> possibility to define a total or partial release.
• Multi-core finite elements engine.
• Automatic extension of lintels over walls modelled as shells.
• Full 64 bits application.

Results Processing

Results processing

• Automated post-processing and updating of all result types (finite elements, reinforced concrete, steelwork) within a fully integrated environment
• Several post-processing methods: graphical results, result curves, stresses diagrams, calculation reports
• Recording of graphical animation, either of the input model or the analysis model
• Fully customizable design reports: styles, tables and graphical images, cover sheet, user input text, linked documents, etc.
• Automatic peak smoothing zones above columns and point supports
• Torsors post-processing on linear footings
• Table with Storey drift on concrete buildings
• Internal forces clipping options useful for industrial Concrete, Steel and Timber buildings
• Advanced tools to post process the stresses on sections
• Post-processing grid on planar elements with user settings independent from the mesh size

Concrete Design

Reinforced Concrete Design

• The "design template" concept allows for the grouping of elements by their design properties: concrete quality, cracking hypotheses, concrete cover, etc.
• Calculation of theoretical reinforcement sections of linear and planar elements
• Determination of 3D interaction curves on an arbitrary section
• Obtainment of the theoretical reinforcement ratios
• Global design reports include the "concrete" results
• Detailed crack width analysis and concrete-steel stress calculation according to real reinforcement on beams and columns.
• Detailed crack width verification on plates
• Automatic cracked inertia calculation
• New Baumann method for reinforcement design on planar elements
• Detailed design reports
• Detailed punching verification on slabs
• Capacity design check

Advance Design witnessed a great technological evolution, to be able to accommodate the GRAITEC BIM Designers modules, specifically, the three modules for the design of reinforced concrete beams, columns and footings.
Users can continue to design and generate the reinforcement of concrete elements outside Advance Design, or use them completely integrated into the finite element platform:

Steel Design

Steel Design

• Connection design according to Eurocode 3 and American codes
• "Design Template" concept to group elements by design properties (buckling lengths, lateral-torsional buckling restraints, deflections, durability and fire resistance, etc.)
• Shape optimization through automated calculation cycles
• Detailed shape sheets providing article reference, formulas and intermediate values
• All design checks and graphical results included in the global report.

Advance BIM Designers - Steel Structure Designer integration: with an extensive range of building definitions and tools, this application allows users to configure complete steel structures in seconds.

Steel Structure Designer main features:

• Configuring the number of levels / bays in each level / rows in each bay;
• Defining the portal width/height, roof type, beam number, slope, alignment;
• Adjusting side bracing, side rails, purlins and aligning gable posts;
• Creating curved roofs and roof bracings.

Joint Design

Joint Design

The module for connection design according to Eurocode 3, Steel Connection Design, is perfectly integrated into Advance Design and allows the design of the following connections:

• Fixed and pinned base plates
• Moment end plate
• Apex haunch
• Clip angles
• Gusset plate

This next generation module includes detailed reports for various connection types, including formulae and references to the standards.