Month: October 2011

Online Live Demo for GRAITEC Advance Steel dedicated for the Turkish market

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Advance Steel key featuresFollowing an increasing interest from the Turkish market, on 9th of November 2011, starting at 10.30 EEST, a Live Demo for Advance Steel 2011 will take place. This presentation, which will be held in Turkish language, is addressing to all specialists, engineers and drafters involved in the structural engineering domain from this market.

This is for the first time when GRAITEC  holds a dedicated webinar for the Turkish market, due to a continuous economical growth during the last decade, especially in this domain.

Anyone can subscribe to this live presentation by accessing the link bellow:

Register online for Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 10:30 EEST
live demo – in Turkish

All the participants will get in touch with the use of GRAITEC Advance Steel which accelerates the design phase by offering an extensive library of smart objects, automatic joints and specific tools for modeling and detailing any kind of steel structures, stairs, railings and miscellaneous steelwork.

For more details, you can check this page (info in English) or this page (info in Turkish).

GRAITEC expands into Australia and New Zealand markets

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 GRAITEC  announces a new strategic distribution agreement with CIM Solutions, a premier engineering software solutions company located in Sydney, New South Wales. The partnership agreement signed between the two companies entitles CIM Solutions to promote, distribute and support the Advance Steel product line in Australia and New Zealand. 

 CIM Solutions (Computer Integrated Manufacturing Solutions) has been involved in the CAD/CAM/CAE marketplace since 1986 and has been working extensively with both mechanical and construction software companies since its first involvement in steel detailing.

With the appointment of CIM Solutions, our Value Added Reseller program is enriched with a company that combines the knowledge of structural design and civil engineering, and contacts within their local markets with a comprehensive appreciation of GRAITEC’s technology solutions.

GRAITEC and CIM Solutions share the goal of bringing to the market competitive technology solutions which will increase their customer productivity for steel structural design, modeling and detailing. This new relationships will greatly improve the engineering value chain and act as a win-win for both the companies and the customers.

Pascal Bergougnou, Managing Director of GRAITEC Asia Pacific, comments: “I am very pleased to welcome CIM Solutions into our VAR channel. This is an exciting time for GRAITEC as we keep expanding across Asia-Pacific. Australian and New Zealand markets represent endless opportunities, as the construction industries and the mining industry are major drivers of activity in this region. With our new partnership we are given the opportunity to target these segments and continue our leadership in the BIM market.”

Steve Thomas, Sales Director of CIM Solutions adds: “We see many positive benefits in GRAITEC’s products that we believe will be very attractive to our customers. GRAITEC has obviously put an enormous amount of research into giving the industry exactly what it needs and we are proud to work with them in the Australian and New Zealand markets. We look forward to many years of mutually beneficial association.”

 About CIM SOLUTIONS  
The people at CIM Solutions have been involved in the CAD/CAM industry for over 20 years. They have experience as both users and suppliers and that gives them a unique perspective on what the customers actually want. Their goal is to supply and support the best possible engineering solutions for our customers. For more information, please visit www.cimsolutions.com.au.

GRAITEC GmbH acquires TREPCAD GmbH

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 GRAITEC  is pleased to announce the acquisition of TREPCAD GmbH through its German-based company GRAITEC GmbH. The aim of both companies is the connection of TREPCAD, the software for staircase construction to Advance Steel, the 3D CAD software for steel construction, and also the worldwide development of the market segments for staircase construction. 

For 10 years, TREPCAD GmbH has been developing and distributing its software for staircase construction in the German speaking market. The company is specialized in the construction of stairs made of steel and stairs made of a combination of wood and steel. Used by more than 2600 customers, TREPCAD software is easy to use and very powerful and especially well-known by companies specialized in miscellaneous steel, schools and educational facilities.

With this acquisition, both companies want to share their expertise. Their common aim is the connection of TREPCAD Software to Advance Steel, and also the worldwide development of the market segments for staircase construction. By working together with GRAITEC’s large and competent R&D team, the innovative ideas of TREPCAD’s stair and railing solution specialists will be developed faster in the future.

Francis Guillemard, GRAITEC CEO, comments: “The acquisition of TREPCAD allows the Group to strengthen its leading position in the steel market by supplementing its steel CAD solution software that addresses a complementary market: the metal work companies who need easy and quick tools to generate drawings.”

Norbert Schulze-Kahleyß, founder and manager of TREPCAD GmbH, adds: “Thanks to GRAITEC’s worldwide network and its powerful and important R&D Department, we are convinced we will be able to distribute our software internationally.”

About TREPCAD 
TREPCAD GmbH was founded in 2004 by Dipl.-Ing (FH) Norbert Schulze-Kahleyß. He started to develop the well-known software for staircase construction “TREPCAD” in 2000. Today the company has 2600 customers in the German speaking market. In 2006 TREPCAD GmbH received the “award for excellent and innovative benefits for their handcraft”. For more information, please visit www.trepcad.de.

ParkerSteel highlights the benefits of using NC files in the steel industry

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Advance Steel automates the production of drawings, BOMs and NC filesParkerSteel, the largest privately owned steel stockholders in England, employing over 450 people, and one of the major firms bringing employment to the Canterbury area, is promoting ADVANCE Steel as one of the standard “100% error free” solutions used for producing NC files.

“[…]it has become apparent that all parts of the steel supply chain are benefiting from the increased use and speed of NC files to exchange information for quotation and production purposes.”

One of the main benefits of ADVANCE Steel is, automatically generating NC files from the model, used to directly control the CNC machinery. As a result, using NC files can improve productivity, minimize the cost of errors, speed up production and finally, make the business more competitive.

Advance webinars

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Structural Engineers, Steel and Concrete Detailers…discover how to gain productivity and reduce errors with our BIM software

Advance Steel: Professional Steel Detailing Software Solution for AutoCAD Advance Steel 
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
    from 10:00 to 10:30 CET
    from 17:00 to 17:30 CET
Advance Concrete: Professional Reinforced Concrete Design Software Solution for AutoCAD Advance Concrete 
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
    From 9:00 am to 9 :30 am CET
    From 5:00 pm to 5 :30 pm CET
Advance Design: Professional Finite Element Analysis Software according to European standards Advance Design 
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
    From 9:00 am to 9 :30 am CET
    From 5:00 pm to 5 :30 pm CET

BIM GRAITEC Advance provides designers and detailers with an optimal working environment with tools to create and completely carry out their construction projects: optimization of construction materials, elimination of project inconsistencies, faster study turnaround time, automatic document creation, project history and tracking, fluid communication with project partners.

steeldetailingsoftware.co.uk recommends ADVANCE Steel

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Advance Steel Project: Ziemann - Helicopter BaseAccording to www.steeldetailingsoftware.co.uk, ADVANCE Steel is the best choice for steel detailing and steel engineering software, after closely analyzing the main key software selection criteria: cost, profitability and functionality.

The website states that Advance Steel is exceeding other software like Tekla or StruCad (which have significantly larger backgrounds in steel detailing and engineering) when it comes to interoperability with other platforms, functionality and drawing output. What they consider to make this software special is its accessibility to any type of company which is interested in investing in steel detailing software.

Advance Steel Project: TONGON GOLD

As they say,  Advance Steel has a far shorter learning curve than its competition, fabrication and drawing output “is exceptionally flexible” and offers businesses in this sector an affordable solution. “Functionality wise Advance Steel detailing software has everything you would expect from a specialist structural steel detailing package […]”, its adaptability evolving trough time, becoming more appealing to customers.
Although, ultimately, the best software is the one that addresses the businesses needs and issues, their conclusion is that “Advance Steel is a clear winner using the selection criteria adopted as this applies to most businesses seeking increased productivity and profitability gained from the adoption of specialist technology[…]”.