
The file can now be opened in pure AutoCAD ® on any computer and it cannot be rolled back to the Advance Steel model. In addition to my experience and personal qualities, I have a solid educational foundation in CAD software, like Revit, Archicad, AutoCAD, Advance Steel, Tekla, as well, 360Glue and Navisworks. Save it, then re-use “demandload” and set the value to 3. Autodesk Advance Steel is a professional 3D modeling software with design solutions for steel detailing, construction, and fabrication.Enter “demandload” on the command line and set the value to 2.Close Advance Steel and open AutoCAD ®.Select the dwg you want to explode and click “Open”.In a new dwg file, use the function: “Delete all AS objects from external dwg”.Once you have deleted all elements that cannot be exploded, select the remaining elements in the model, right click and use the “Explode to ACIS” command.Press the “Delete” key to delete the selected objects from the model.Click “OK” to select the corresponding elements in the model.From the “Operator” drop-down list, choose “Select All”.All the types with names containing the “AST” prefix are Advance Steel objects.You need to keep the following types: ASTGRID, ASTBEAM, ASTBEAMFEATURE, ASTPLATE, ASTSCREWBOLTPATTERN, ASTPLATEFEATURE, ASTBEAMHOLEPATTERN, ASTPLATEHOLEPATTER.Īll the other Advance Steel object types must be deleted manually.
