Description
This presentation will provide attendees with a detailed review of sheet creation in Advance Steel software. Attendees will learn how to create general arrangement drawings, single part sheets, and assembly drawings. We will review best practices when using the Drawing Styles and Drawing Process palettes. By the end of this class, attendees will have a better understanding of the Drawing Manager, and will be able to create drawing process templates. Attendees will also learn the basics of modifying existing sheets and placing new views on existing sheets. We will review tips and tricks, as well as case studies showing what to do—and what not to do—when generating sheets in Advance Steel software. This session features Advance Steel. AIA Approved
Key Learnings
- Understand the Document Palettes
- Learn about Drawing Styles and how to modify them
- Learn how to create templates for drawing processes
- Learn how to place drawings on existing sheets
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- RSRebecca StanfordRebecca is a senior project coordinator with IKERD. She has worked with Mr. Ikerd since 2005 and oversees the firms work in civil and structural modeling. He has over a decade of experience working in Building Information Modeling and over these years she has contributed to the BIM efforts and coordination of numerous projects, including complicated healthcare projects with over one million square feet of construction. She has led the BIM coordination during design and construction of complex projects, using her communication skills and mastery of 3D applications.
- WIWILL IKERDWill Ikerd—PE, CM-BIM, LEED AP—is principal at IKERD Consulting, an internationally recognized consulting group in buildings, civil, and industrial construction markets specializing in using Building Information Modeling (BIM)-enabled Virtual Design and Construction (VDC). He serves as an expert consultant in design and construction cases involving BIM and VDC processes. Currently, he is on the board of directors of the national BIM Forum, and he was past chair of the Structural Engineering Institute’s national BIM Committee. He has won the Best Speaker award twice from the International Structures conference, and he was named Structural Engineering magazine’s “Top 10 Leaders in Structural Engineering,” Glass Magazine’s “Top 30 under 40,” and Building Design & Construction magazine’s “Top 40 Under 40.” He has served as PCI’s BIM consultant in that industry’s innovation initiatives.