SYDNEY, Australia, May 30, 2018 - Deepak Maini announces the worldwide release of his textbooks ‘Up and Running with Autodesk Advance Steel 2019 Volume 1 and Volume 2’.

Volume 1 covers in detail the process of creating the 3D structural model using Autodesk Advance Steel software and Volume 2 covers in detail the process of numbering the objects in the model and then generate 2D detail and fabrication drawings. Real-world industry examples are specially chosen for the structural steel detailing and BIM industry. The author has specifically covered a number of pain-points that the users face on day-to-day basis in their work.

The following are some salient features of Volume 1:

• Complimentary access to videos of all tutorials in the book.
• Covers Imperial units based on English US installation and Metric units based on English Australia installation.
• 640 pages of in-depth coverage of the tools to create 3D structural model from scratch.
• Around 400 pages of tutorials on real-world Structural and Building models.
• Detailed discussion of the Basic and Extended Modeling tools such as Portal/Gable Frames, Purlins, Trusses, Cage Ladders, Straight Stairs, Spiral Stairs, Hand-railings, and so on.
• Detailed coverage of the Connection Vault to insert various types of connections.
• Detailed coverage of how to create and save custom connections.

The following are some salient features of Volume 2:

• Complimentary access to videos of all tutorials in the book.
• 336 pages of in-depth coverage of the tools to generate detail drawings of the 3D structural model.
• Detailed discussion of how to validate the structural model for modeling error and checking the clashes in the model.
• Detailed discussion of creating custom prefix configuration for numbering.
• Covers in detail the process of generating the 2D drawings using drawing processes as well as drawing styles.
• Covers basic customizing drawing processes.
• Explains the process of basic customizing prototypes and BOM templates.
• Covers the process of generating NC and DXF files for machining.
• Special chapter on BIM data interoperability with Autodesk Revit.

The following free teaching resources are available for the faculty:

• PowerPoint slides of all chapters in the textbook.
• Teacher’s guide with answers to the end of chapter class test questions.
• Help for designing the course curriculum.