Platform Enhancements in Advance Steel 2015.1

Installation

• You can install Advance Steel 2015.1 parallel to version 2015
• Files are compatible between version 2015 and 2015.1
• Version 2015.1 requires a new license (automatic availability for subscriptions)
• A new Australian installation including country settings is available
• The network license is now using the timeout function

Object enabler

• You can install the Advance Steel object enabler version
• Advance Steel model objects are displayed in all AutoCAD 2015 applications (i.e. AutoCAD Plant 3D, …) without having an Advance Steel license.
• All common object snaps are enabled for Advance Steel objects
• The AutoCAD object property manager shows all Advance Steel properties
• The Advance Steel properties are available for tooltip configuration
• The object enabler is only compatible with Advance Steel 2015 files.

Advance Steel API

• Previously missing user interactions are now exposed in the API
• New functionality to calculate the center of gravity
• Export multiple objects to ACIS
• Access to Exchange ID
• Access to extended tapered beam functionalities
• Functionality to create “folded plate relations”
• Access to bolt hole definition