Advance Steel: Hands-on to Drawing Processes Customization - [Hands-on]

Nov 4, 2026

Advance Steel tutorial focused on customizing automatic detail drawing generation using Drawing Process Manager. Covers creating and configuring a Drawing Process, reviewing existing settings and frequently used options, and applying efficient workflow tips. Guides users through the full DPM interface workflow, including creation via copying an existing drawing process, defining steps, and configuring object selection, filename selection, and other key mapping elements to control how detail drawings are produced.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryTechnology

FormatPDF

Pages18

Reading Time45 min

AccessFree to download

Learning Objectives

Description

Your AU Experts

Drawing Process and Drawing Process Manager

Introduction

Drawing Process Manager – Main structure

Configuration of drawing processes using DPM

Create a new Drawing Process (DP)– Copy

Step definition – Object selection

Step definition – Filename selector

Step definition – Detail Style Map

MSF9965-L Advance Steel: Hands-on to Drawing Processes Customization Emy Nestor Autodesk, INC Learning Objectives 􀁸 Learn how to create and configure a drawing process using Drawing Process Manager 􀁸 Discover the existing settings and options of a drawing process 􀁸 Learn the most frequently used options and settings 􀁸 Discover tips and trick for using and configuring the drawing processes Description The automatic generation of drawings is the best way to get all of your detail drawings from an Advance Steel software project. If you want to learn how to customize the drawing processes in order to get the most from this part of Advance Steel software, this is the class you need. In this hands-on lab we will walk through the entire workflow of configuring a drawing process using the Drawing Process Manager interface, including the creation of a new drawing process and an explanation of existing options and settings. This class will also include configuration and workflow tips for an efficient way of using drawing processes. Your AU Experts Emy Nestor has worked with Advance Steel software for more than 12 years, both as part of the Support and Development Team and as end user for very different projects. He joined Autodesk, Inc. 's, Product Support in 2014 as Technical Support Senior Specialist, helping customers and partners with their questions and issues for Advance Steel and Advance Concrete software products. Table of Contents Learning Objectives................................................................................................................................... 1 Description ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Your AU Experts ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Drawing Process and Drawing Process Manager...................................................................................... 3 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Drawing Process Manager – Main structure ........................................................................................ 3 Configuration of drawing processes using DPM ....................................................................................... 5 Create a new Drawing Process (DP)– Copy.......................................................................................... 5 Step definition – Object selection......................................................................................................... 7 Step definition – Filename selector ...................................................................................................... 8 Step definition – Detail Style Map ...................................................................................................... 11 2 Drawing Process and Drawing Process Manager Introduction When working on a project with Autodesk® Advance Steel (AS), the first major part is to create the 3D model – with all its elements, verifications, numbering (identical part detection) . Then the next step in detailing workflow is to generate the detail drawings: general arrangement drawings, sections, node details and workshop drawings. In Advance Steel, a detail drawing is generated by applying a Drawing Style (DS)– a template which contains a set of rules about what is shown in detail, how it should be shown and how it should be labeled and dimensioned. The detail drawings can be generated: - Manually – by selecting a DS and using it to generate details for specific element(s) - Automatically – by implementing rules to be applied for group of elements or for entire 3D model The Drawing Process (DP) is a template comprised of a

FAQs

What is the purpose of using Drawing Process Manager in Advance Steel?

It provides an interface to show, modify, use, delete, and create drawing processes. It manages all aspects of Drawing Processes (DPs).

What do Drawing Processes control when generating detail drawings?

They define which elements are considered for detailing, which Drawing Style (DS) to use, the page format and arrangement, and the behavior when a page is full or a detail does not fit.

What are detail drawings generated from in Advance Steel?

They are generated by applying a Drawing Style (DS), which is a template containing rules for what is shown, how it is labeled, and how it is dimensioned.

Nov 4, 2026

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