Advance Design - Graitec Czech Republic

Advance Design was specifically developed for industry professionals that require a superior solution for the structural analysis and design of Reinforced Concrete, Steel and Timber structures according to the latest versions of Eurocodes (EC0, EC1, EC2, EC3, EC5 and EC8), North American (ACI / AISC) codes and Canadian codes (A23.3, S16).

Advance Design features include easy modeling, a powerful FEM analysis engine, top-level design wizards, automated post-processing of results and automated detailed reports. Achieve a new level of computer-assisted engineering with Advance Design!

Advance Design boasts a user-friendly interface, characterized by:

Advance Design is part of the GRAITEC Advance software suite and is integrated in a BIM process dedicated to structure design. It also supports model import, export or synchronization with Autodesk Revit^®. Using Advance Design, you can also store multiple sets of finite element results within the same model, which will allow you to design certain elements using the Advance BIM Designers, as well as to set up a real effective and secure BIM process.

The GRAITEC BIM Connect plugin supports intelligent model-integration utilizing native products objects or families, thereby seamlessly aligning Revit's descriptive model with its counterpart analytical model in GRAITEC Advance Design or Arche, and corresponding detailed model for bidirectional model sharing and supporting the transfer of analytical data to Revit. It allows model synchronization (retaining the model integrity during design), import/export with main industry recognized formats, fast new material mapping and analysis loads transfer.

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.

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

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.

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

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;
Creating curved roofs and roof bracings.

Advance Design Connection is a unique version of IDEA StatiCa Connection, rebranded and tailor-made for GRAITEC users in all territories where Graitec operates.
It’s an innovative solution based in finite elements that allows to dsign according to Eurocode 3 and AISC any kind of solution in a few minutes.