• The 2D to BIM Story: A Better Approach to Concrete Design and Detailing

    CAD has helped grow the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry far beyond manually produced paper drawings, empowering us to produce more complex, more accurate designs. Today, the AEC industry continues to face new challenges, including financial constraints that increase pressure to…


  • Automatic Generation of Load Combinations in Revit

    Structural loads are an important consideration in the design of buildings. Building codes require that structures be designed and built to safely resist all loads that they are likely to encounter during their service life. In Revit, depending on the load duration…


  • What’s New in Advance Steel 2021

    We’re excited to announce the latest release of Autodesk’s structural steel detailing software, Advance Steel 2021. Here is an overview of some of the new and enhanced features available in this year’s release. Stretch a beam along its system line When modeling…


  • Portal Frame Geometry in Dynamo

    In this post I would like to show you how to create a fully parametrized portal frame geometry in the Dynamo environment. Recently, I added a few Dynamo nodes to the Structural Design package (version 1.1) to help you create such structural…


  • Learn What’s New in Advance Steel 2020

    We’re excited to announce the latest release of Autodesk’s structural steel detailing software, Advance Steel 2020. Here is an overview of some of the new and enhanced features available in this version.   1 – Propagation of steel connections In Advance Steel…


  • Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel 2019

    Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel 2019

    Autodesk recently released the Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel 2019, which helps structural engineers drive the geometry and behavior of Advance Steel elements from Dynamo. The Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel adds the functionalities of Dynamo to Advance Steel, to help you…