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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.