What you can do with Advance Steel
Automate repetitive tasks with an intelligent toolset
Create accurate drawings and data for fabrication
Connect workflows with integrated tools in the AEC Collection
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Autodesk Advance Steel is a 3D modeling software for steel detailing, fabrication, and construction. Use Advance Steel to connect design and fabrication when working in BIM to improve communication between steel engineers, designers, and detailers.
The software helps advance projects effectively from design to fabrication, with clearer design intent and less rework. Use Advance Steel with the AEC Collection to run structural analyses, automate design processes, create and solve for complex geometry, and detect and mitigate clashes in preconstruction.
Structural engineers, steel detailers, and fabricators use Advance Steel to design, detail, fabricate, and install steel structural systems. AEC professionals choose Advance Steel to automatically generate fabrication shop drawings and bills of material with ready-to-use templates, and to produce numerical control files to direct and automate CNC machines for fabrication.
Autodesk provides download and install instructions for individuals and administrators. Your available downloads appear in Autodesk Account. Find your product, select a version, platform, language, and download method. For more information, visit the Autodesk Knowledge Network.
Your Advance Steel subscription gives you access to install and use the 3 previous versions. Available downloads are listed in your Autodesk Account after subscribing. See also previous releases available for subscribers.
With a subscription to Advance Steel software, you can install it on up to three computers or other devices. However, only the named user can sign in and use that software on a single computer at any given time. Please refer to the Software License Agreement for more information.
Please contact us for the most up to date pricing.
After purchasing Advance Steel from us, launch your trial software and enter the same email address and password combination you used to sign in to your trial.

"In moving from our prior detailing tool to Advance Steel, reduced the time spent on labor by 20%."
-Qichen Jiang, Director of the BIM Center, Steel Structure Engineering Company (SSEC)

"We've been able to deliver large structural steel projects with minimal RFIs."
-Michael Vogel, Principal, GRAEF

"Advance Steel has all the features we consider mandatory for structural steel detailing."
-Jim Kennett, Senior Drafts Person, Steel Precision Group