Created by Dumitru Berteanu, Mihai Sandu and Cristina Jianu
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Introduction
Advance Steel
A software dedicated to create steel structure models and generate
fabrication documents: detail drawings, CNC data, BoM lists.
Revit Steel and Concrete Extension
Allow users to transfer models between Revit and Advance Steel /
Concrete, or other software.
Using the GTC format when transferring between Revit and Advance Steel
has the advantage that section profiles are mapped to native Revit beam
families.
Files transferred
- .gtc is the main format used by the plug-in
- Other supported formats are: IFC, CIS/2, PSS, SDNF
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Transferred Elements (.gtc)
Advance Steel
Class
General
Object Type
Level
Grid
Beam
Column
Compound beam
Welded beam
Steel beams
Tapered beam
Curved beam
Poly beam
Folded beam
Aluminum beam
Rectangular plate
Polygonal plate
Plates
Circular plate
Folded plate
Twisted folded plate
Conical folded plate
Wood
Timber beam
Revit
Revit
Advance Steel
Advance Steel
Revit
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Transferred Elements (.gtc)
Advance Steel
Class
Object Type
Revit
Revit
Advance Steel Advance Steel
Revit
Wall
Polygonal wall
Slab
Concrete
elements
Polygonal slab
Concrete beam
Concrete curved beam
Concrete column
Isolated footing
Continuous footing
Standard grating
Grating
Bar grating
Variable grating, rectangular
Variable grating, polygonal
Bolts
Connection
elements
Anchors
Shear Studs
Welds
Holes
(only on plates)
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Transferred Elements (.gtc)
Advance Steel
Class
Object Type
Revit
Revit
Advance Steel Advance Steel
Revit
Shorten
Contour
Beam features
Cope
Weld preparation
Corner cut
Cope (from Revit)
(only shorten)
Shorten
Plate features
Contour
(only polygonal)
Weld preparation
Corner cut
Structural
analysis results
Torsor (N,V,M)
Legend:
- is present in the source application, is imported in the target application (limitation)
- is present in the source application, is NOT imported in the target application
- is NOT Available in the source application
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Transferred Elements (.gtc)
Advance Concrete
Object Type
Grid
Wall
Column
Slab
Beam
Isolated footing
Continuous footing
Piles
Doors
Windows
Slab holes
Wall Openings
Revit
Revit
Advance Concrete Advance Concrete
Revit
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Connections
Advance Steel
Clip angle
Shear plate
Revit
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Connections
Advance Steel
Moment end plate
Apex haunch
Revit
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Settings
Settings dialog is accessible from the Revit plug-in ribbon command
It offers the following options:
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Path configuration for Revit library –
Steel section definitions
•
Turns on/off the section mapping
functionality
•
Allows manual mapping definitions to
get saved in the database
•
Allows the import of Plate objects in
Revit
•
Disable the automatic Revit joint for
steel beams during import
Exports shortening to Advance Steel for
beams joined automatically by Revit
Turns on/off the import/export of only
structural elements (beams, columns, etc.)
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Level import/export
• Levels are transferred between Revit
and Advance Steel
• In Advance Steel the levels are
handled by the Project Explorer.
• When importing in Revit, the level is
created and objects are attached to it
accordingly
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Levels that don’t have objects
attached to them are not
transferred
In Advance Steel, objects are
associated to levels, but not
attached to them.
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Synchronization
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Synchronization option allows the user to update the modifications done without
having to re-import the whole structure.
Its done by comparing an exported GTC file from the modified model with the
current model
All modifications will appear in a list
List content can be filtered
The user can apply the modifications partially or totally through a series of options
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Section mapping
• Why do we need a mapping database while transferring via
.gtc?
– Section name different between software.
– For example the Advance Steel section HEA400 is named as HE400A in Revit. Mapping
database will associate the two names and realize the import with the proper section
• What is the mapping process used during transfer
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Section mapping
• Mapping database is GTCMapping2015.mdb
It can be found in C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance\Data
• It supports mapping definition for profiles, profile rotation ,
bolts and materials
Advance Steel and Advance Concrete Revit plug-in 2015
Section mapping
• Mapping can exist as :
- 1 to 1 mapping, where each section size is mapped individually
- Rule based mapping, where a certain rule using tokens will allow the mapping
of an entire class in one definition line
• Current version of the Advance Steel and Concrete Revit extension contains mapping
for the most used sections from U.S. and U.K. Revit libraries
• All manual mappings requested by Advance Steel or Revit during import are saved in
• the database for further use as one to
one mapping.
• Mapping configuration can be made
country dependent, which allows specific
country mapping selectable during
import/export