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# GRAITEC Advance Design

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> Who is GRAITEC Advance Design for?

Advance Design is built for structural engineers and engineering firms who need to model, analyze, and detail buildings and structures without switching between multiple tools for different materials or standards. It's an especially strong fit for teams working across steel, concrete, and timber on the same projects, for firms operating in a BIM-driven workflow with Autodesk Revit, and for engineers who need to work across Eurocode, North American (ACI/AISC), or Canadian (CSA) design codes, sometimes on the same job. Mid-sized and growing engineering practices tend to see the biggest impact, since Advance Design consolidates what might otherwise be several specialized applications into one licensed platform.

The software is used across a wide range of building types and infrastructure, from commercial and residential buildings to industrial facilities and public sector projects, and it also includes dedicated capabilities for bridge evaluation and moving-load analysis. Firms that regularly handle seismic zones or need dynamic and non-linear analysis, not just static loads, will find that coverage built in rather than bolted on.

What makes it different

Most structural software forces a choice: strong analysis or strong BIM integration, deep code coverage or an easy learning curve. Advance Design is built to avoid that trade-off. Its multicore FEM engine handles linear, non-linear, dynamic, seismic, and pushover analysis for mixed-material structures in a single model, so engineers aren't re-modeling the same building in separate tools for concrete versus steel versus timber. Reinforcement drawings for beams, columns, footings, walls, and slabs generate automatically from the analysis model, cutting out a traditionally manual, error-prone step. On the BIM side, native synchronization with Revit and Advance Steel, plus IFC and SAF interoperability, means the analytical model and the design model stay aligned as a project evolves, rather than drifting apart after the first round of edits.

Engineers moving from another platform consistently point to the learning curve as a differentiator. The interface is CAD-familiar by design, and Graitec's own onboarding data shows most new users are productive within days rather than weeks, which matters for firms that can't afford a long ramp-up on an active project.

Support that goes beyond a help desk

Because Advance Design serves engineers making safety-critical decisions, Graitec pairs the software with hands-on, locally delivered support rather than a purely ticket-based model. That includes direct access to engineers on Graitec's own technical team, structured onboarding for new users and teams, and ongoing training resources so firms can get new hires and new modules up to speed quickly. Graitec reports that 90% of customers are satisfied with the support they receive, a figure that reflects the emphasis on practical, project-level guidance rather than generic troubleshooting.

Where it fits in a firm's workflow

Advance Design is typically the analysis and design hub in a broader BIM pipeline: geometry and loads come in from Revit or other authoring tools, engineers run analysis and design checks natively, and results, reports, and reinforcement drawings flow back out to the rest of the project team. For firms already standardized on Autodesk tools, this tends to reduce the coordination overhead between the structural team and the rest of the design team, since the same model can move between disciplines without manual rebuilding.

If you're evaluating structural analysis software and want one platform that covers steel, concrete, and timber, works across multiple international codes, and integrates cleanly with your existing BIM workflow, Advance Design is worth a close look, particularly if your team currently juggles more than one tool per material or design code. A free trial is available to test it against a live project first.
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> Verdict: Rated \*\*\*\* by 0 users. Top-rated for **Overall Quality**.

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## About the vendor

- **Company**: GRAITEC

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**:  (Free Trial)
- **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise)
- **Supported Languages**: Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Czech, English, European Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish
- **Available Countries**: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland and 35 more

## Features

- 3D Imaging
- AI Copilot
- AI Text-to-3D
- Annotating
- Bills of Material
- CAD Tools
- Civil
- Clash Detection
- Collaboration Tools
- Data Import/Export
- Data Visualisation
- Design Analysis
- Design Modeling
- Document Management
- Drawing
- For AEC Industry
- Interoperability with BIM & CAD
- Load Calculation & Analysis
- Reinforcement
- Reinforcement Tools

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support

## Category

- [Engineering CAD Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4321/engineering-cad/software)

## Related Categories

- [Engineering CAD Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4321/engineering-cad/software)
- [BIM Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/3417/bim/software)

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