This guide assumes you have the software installed (Advance Design, or Advance Design Steel/Concrete modules).
1. First Steps – Software Logic Advance Design works on a Project Tree (model, loads, combinations, results, design). Before tutorials, understand:
Native .eda format vs. .ifc import The difference between modeling (CAD-like) and analysis (FEM) Selections – by material, by layer, by property
2. Recommended Tutorial Path (by skill level) ✅ Beginner – Simple 2D Portal Frame (Steel) Goal : Run a linear static analysis and check a steel beam. graitec advance design tutorial
Start a new project → set units (kN, m), Eurocode (EN 1990/1991/1993) Create grid (optional) → draw columns + beam using Line tool Assign sections (IPE 300, HEA 200) from the steel library Define supports – pinned base at column feet Apply loads – vertical load (UDL on beam) + self-weight Generate mesh (for beams → line elements, default OK) Run analysis (F9) Check results – bending moment diagram, deflection Design (steel beam module) → utilization ratio, buckling checks
📁 Graitec provides a “Getting Started” PDF with this exact example.
✅ Intermediate – 3D Concrete Building (RC + Wind) Goal : Model a 3-story building, apply wind, design rebar. This guide assumes you have the software installed
Define materials – C25/30 concrete, B500 steel Model slabs as shell elements (thickness 20 cm) Model columns + shear walls as shells or beams Generate floors using Story manager (copy up) Loads :
Dead (self-weight + finishes) Live (5 kN/m²) Wind using automatic wind generator (EN 1991-1-4)
Load combinations (auto-generated from Eurocode) Meshing – shells (0.5–1 m element size) Analysis – modal + linear static RC design – required reinforcement in slabs/walls/columns Before tutorials, understand: Native
✅ Advanced – Nonlinear + Construction Stages
P-Delta analysis for slender steel frames Construction stages (concrete creep, shoring removal) Seismic (response spectrum per EN 1998) Soil-structure interaction using elastic springs