Used by many of the top engineering consultancies in the UK and around the world, Graitec Advance Design is an easy to use structural analysis software solution for general structural analysis and design, it includes Eurocode design for EC0, EC1, EC2, EC3, EC5 and EC8 and international codes for North American or Canada.
Along with a familiar CAD based user interface Advance Design includes full FE capability, seismic, dynamic, generalised buckling and code specific traffic loading for any type of structure mixing concrete, steel and timber members.
Other features includes static, dynamic, modal and non-linear analysis with very easy view and report post processing and detailed design checks.
Advance Design is fully BIM compliant FEA/FEM solution with functionality including export, import and synchronisation links direct with Revit and Advance Steel as well as other programs using industry standard file types and:
Is powerful, easy to use and operate
BIM native: Fully compliant with Revit®
Supported by a strong team of experts
Has a flexible licensing model
Has thousands of references worldwide
Utilises Eurocodes & North American codes
Advance Design Overview
Advance Design Packages
Standard
FEM Structural Analysis package including all the modeling capabilities, the 3D climatic loads generator, all advanced FEM analysis and results postprocessing.
Premium
Standard + Design any type of structure, with any kind of loads, mixing concrete, timber and steel members according to major standard codes (Eurocodes and North American codes)
Ultimate
Premium + Embedded RC modules to accelerate design, detailing & management of reinforcement (rebar) within concrete beams, columns, footings, bearing walls & shear walls.
Advance Design has a complete library of structural elements, supports and loads. These easily customizable elements adapt to all situations: numerical eccentricities, braces, ties with initial prestressing, etc. The CAD has advanced functions and remains easy to use:
Levels concept: input a column in a single click, draw a wall in two clicks
Property templates on linear and planar elements
Elements snap points enable different actions: stretch, trim or extend, copy, move, etc.
Multiple viewports use enables simultaneous work in several viewpoints and visualization modes
Command line functions and script saving functionalities
Elements display mode as "linear contour", "hidden faces" or "realistic rendering"
Ability to input elements in a 2D workplane or in a user defined coordinate system (Cartesian or polar)
BIM Center toolbar for import-export-synchronization with different standard formats: GTC (Graitec BIM file), IFC, SNDF, PSS, CIS/2, DXF, etc.
For loadings, climatic and seismic actions generation is also automated:
2D & 3D climatic generator for wind and snow effects, CAD tools to fine-tune an imported model (check control, magnetic nodes, auto trim & extend, projection on plane...)
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)
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.
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:
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;
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.
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