StrucSoft Solutions | Graitec Group launches new product: FrameLab. Don't Miss the Free Webinar Jan 13!

From the press release:

StrucSoft Solutions | Graitec Group launches new product FrameLab

MONTREAL, January 10th 2022 – StrucSoft Solutions | Graitec group, creators of MWF (or Metal Wood Framer) a Revit®-based BIM framing solution that allows users to automate Revit walls, floors, ceilings, and trusses for light gauge steel and wood, has released their newest product FrameLab.

StrucSoft Solutions is a Canadian-based software developer, dedicated to the prefab manufacturing and offsite construction sectors within the AEC industry. The company develops a suite of light gauge steel and wood framing software to model, coordinate, engineer, and manufacture directly within the Autodesk Revit® environment. StrucSoft announced today the newest launch in their suite of solutions, FrameLab.

FrameLab allows users to create, coordinate and track critical framing areas in order to avoid clashes and rework in the future – helping teams save time, costs and avoid costly rework. 

In collaboration with PCL Construction, StrucSoft identified critical framing issues around openings as a challenge in the current market.

New AGACAD Wood/Metal Framing version: Framing in Groups, Part Assembly Creation for All Framing Layers, Floor and Roof Dimensions and more

From the AGACAD website:

July 28, 2021 AGACAD

The newest Wood/Metal Framing version has been released with possibility to work faster within big projects and improve daily framing and dimensioning routine!  Make sure to download the latest updates via TOOLS4BIM Dock today!

Our team in AGACAD strives to make work easier for framed building designers. In order to address the growing needs and popular requests from the user community, we are announcing the latest updates for Wood and Metal Framing products.

These enhancements make framing tools more flexible and enable users to have more control over frame design. As a result, you’ll be able to save time and avoid workarounds. So, check out all the latest features in the article below and make sure to download these updates via TOOLS4BIM Dock.

ENRWOOD-FRAMING v2.3

From the Autodesk App Store:

About This Version

Version 2.3.0, 12/27/2019

• Convert 2d plan to 3d floor.
• Adding the loads of wind and seismic on beam, joist, header, post and stud design
• Modifying  analysis diagram report.
• Control  wall and openings framing.
• Improving joist and rafter data.

Description

BIM software for efficient wood design framing under gravity loads. An easy and simple way to design your project. Automatic support detection according to 3D Model. Analysis and transfer loads according to the actual load path. Design module includes many types of wood.

ENRWOOD-FRAMING

From the Autodesk App Store:

BIM software for efficient wood design framing under gravity loads. An easy and simple way to design your project. Automatic support detection according to 3D Model. Analysis and transfer loads according to the actual load path. Design module includes many types of wood.

Note: This app uses a custom installer (and not the standard App Store installer).

hsbTimber for Autodesk® Revit® v22.1.40

From the Autodesk App Store:

hsbTimber for Autodesk Revit works with native Revit objects by having a seamless transition from architectural design to fabrication. hsbcad enhance the intelligence of Revit families, making your models even smarter. Through continuous integration with the latest production methods hsbcad ensure users are unlimited in their design, extending the possibilities of BIM with complementary hsbcad tools.

hsbcad use native Autodesk Revit structural members and apply complex tools through extended Revit families. Some of the toolset includes dovetail, tenon, slots, drills, convex/concave, chamfer and much more. Autodesk Revit commands such as split, join, stretch, and cut are reactive and can still be applied to structural members.

Utilising native edges, surfaces and structural members, hsbTimber for Autodesk Revit will create a framed result for walls, floors, and roofs with unique intelligent positioning of numbers on the structural members.

All structural members and tools support customizable basic shop drawings and every part of the construction can be exported to a required format using the hsbcad exporter for CNC information.

MWF v2.36 (7096) – Includes 24 New Features!

From the StrucSoft Solutions website:

Release Features - Spring 2019 Build

May 23, 2019

From now on, every release we aim to highlight the new features that have been created within MWF. This way you can stay up-to-date on what's new and improved within our various softwares.

Here's what we've launched this release (be warned it's a long one...our team was hard at work!):

Before starting, please note:

1. This will be the last 2017 release
2. When in a work sharing environment, it is imperative that users be on different worksets. 
3. The whole family package has been updated

1. Place Ladder Joins
Now when a connecting wall falls in between two studs in a T intersection, the Place Ladder Join will allow for the placement of horizontal members in a panel connecting to the intersecting wall. This option is available under the Tools menu in MWF Pro Wood and MWF Pro Suite.             

Free Unjoin All Framing Dynamo Scripts from StrucSoft Solutions

From the StrucSoft Solutions website:

Dynamo Scripts

Especially handy for floor systems, users can disallow the joins on their beams and framing (by comment or all framing) without having to go into each piece individually. Using Dynamo 2.0.1

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The Unjoin All Framing and Unjoin All Framing by Comment Dynamo scripts are brought to you by StrucSoft Solutions. They're free.

There's more information available on the StrucSoft Solutions website.

Related

Product Roundup – Add-ins from StrucSoft Solutions, Including Some Free

MWF Post Frame

From the StrucSoft Solutions website:

MWF Post Frame models

MWF Post Frame models, quantifies and produces drawings for a variety of post-frame structures quickly and easily through user-defined templates and easy-to-manipulate 3D Revit models. MWF Post Frame offers users an economic and environmentally sustainable option compared to alternative framing systems. It is now considered the construction method of choice for commercial, industrial and agricultural buildings.

Define Conditions
Easily define girt sizes, spacing, post types and end post conditions for automated framing.

Metal Framing Roof

From the AGACAD website:

BIM software for designing metal roof trusses and rafter systems

Metal Framing Roof lets Revit® users instantly create metal truss and/or rafter systems of any shape or complexity, perform structural analysis, and generate custom shop drawings. It gives a powerful boost to your BIM workflow. Functions are versatile, parameters easy to control, and changes occur in real time. No more drafting – just design and decide, knowing you’ll get a high-quality model.

Connectors, cuts, supports, tension braces and other details can be distributed based on predefined rules or connection types. They can then be modified or updated to suit the project design stage and the level of detail required. The layout and details of roof structural elements can be modified and updated whenever the project is changed.

Metal Framing Floor

From the AGACAD website:

BIM software for efficiently designing metal-frame floors

Metal Framing Floor makes metal framing of floors fast and easy with real-time full project updates in Revit®. Plus it generates views with automatic dimensions for floor panels or segments as well as accurate bills of materials and shop drawings. So quality production and accurate assembly on site are ensured.

Compatible with Autodesk® Revit® 2017, 2018, 2019

Connectors, cuts, supports, and other details can be distributed based on predefined rules or connection types. They can then be modified or updated to suit the project design stage and the level of detail required. Floor frames and the layout of frame elements and details can be modified and updated whenever the project is changed. Dynamic update functionality can make changes to all floor frames of the same type at once.

Metal Framing Wall

From the AGACAD website:

BIM software for efficiently designing metal-frame walls

Metal Framing Wall makes metal framing of walls fast and easy with real-time full project updates in Revit®. Plus it generates views with automatic dimensions for wall panels or segments as well as accurate bills of materials and shop drawings. So quality production and accurate assembly on site are ensured.

Compatible with Autodesk® Revit® 2017, 2018, 2019

Connectors, cuts, supports, and other details can be distributed based on predefined rules or connection types. They can then be modified or updated to suit the project design stage and the level of detail required. Wall frames and the layout of frame elements and details can be modified and updated whenever the project is changed. Dynamic update functionality can make changes to all wall frames of the same type at once.

Wood Framing CLT – Create Cross-Laminated Timber

From the AGACAD website:

​BIM software for efficiently designing cross-laminated timber walls, floors and roofs

Wood Framing CLT lets Revit® users instantly create cross-laminated timber floor, roof slabs and wall panels of any shape or complexity. Functions are versatile, parameters easy to control, and changes occur in real time. No more drafting – just design and decide, knowing you’ll get a high-quality model. Plus the software generates views with automatic dimensions for panels or segments as well as accurate bills of materials and shop drawings. So quality production and accurate assembly on site are ensured.)

Free Wood Framing LT

From the AGACAD website:

True BIM software for total-precision framing of timber constructions in Revit®

The FREE, lite version of AGACAD's wood framing solution for Autodesk® Revit® users is available.

Please get in touch with us to receive the free installation!

Wood Framing Oak – Heavy Timber Framing

From the AGACAD website:

BIM software for designing heavy timber framing in Revit

Wood Framing OAK lets Revit® users instantly frame heavy-timber walls, floors, and roofs, create post-&-beam structures, perform structural analysis, and generate custom shop drawings. Functions are versatile, parameters easy to control, and changes occur in real time. No more drafting – just design and decide, knowing you’ll get a high-quality model.

Wood Framing SIPS – Wood Framing with Structural Insulated Panels

From the AGACAD website:

​BIM software for efficiently designing wood-frame walls, floors and roofs with SIP panels

Wood Framing SIPS makes wood framing with structural insulated panels – prefabricated building components for use as walls, floors and roofs – fast and easy with real-time, full-project updates in Revit®. Plus the software generates views with automatic dimensions for panels or segments as well as accurate bills of materials and shop drawings. So quality production and accurate assembly on site are ensured.

Compatible with Autodesk® Revit® 2017, 2018, 2019

For a roof of any architectural shape, the software instantly splits a selected side or the entire roof by faces (slopes). Likewise, an entire floor can be split according to its supporting structure.

Wood Framing Roof

From the AGACAD website:

BIM software for designing prefabricated wood frame roof panels, wooden roof trusses and rafter systems

Wood Framing Roof lets Revit® users instantly create prefabricated wood frame roof panels, wooden truss and/or rafter systems of any shape or complexity, perform structural analysis, and generate custom shop drawings. It’s a potent BIM workflow booster. Functions are versatile, parameters easy to control, and changes occur in real time. No more drafting – just design and decide, knowing you’ll get a high-quality model.

Connectors, cuts, supports, tension braces and other details can be distributed based on predefined rules or connection types. They can then be modified or updated to suit the project design stage and the level of detail required. The layout and details of roof structural elements can be modified and updated whenever the project is changed.

MWF Pro Metal, Pro Wood, Pro Suite and Advanced Metal v2.33

From the announcement:

MWF New Build

Compatible with Revit® 2019

After a few months of hard work, our development team has just released a new build for MWF. Available for download now, the latest MWF build is now compatible with Revit® 2019.

Key features include:

Walls:

• Ability to clash MEP with members within a wall and create punch outs to pass wiring, plumbing and more.

Wood & Metal Framing Mid-December Release

From the AGACAD website:

NEW VERSIONS of Wood/Metal Framing in Revit: Joined Sloped Openings, Mixed Wood-Metal Frames, Rotate Assembly Views, and more

By Robert Prybyla
December 12, 2017

Over the past month or two, our Wood and Metal Framing solutions have been beefed up significantly. Even though we’ve talked about a lot of those updates in several recent blog posts, there are still some points that we haven’t gone over yet. In the latest version of these powerful solutions, you’ll find extended functionality for framing openings, view rotation, mixed wood-metal framing, and more.

To make your work faster and smoother.

Graitec PowerPack for Advance Steel

From the Autodesk App Store:

GRAITEC PowerPack for Advance Steel is packed with tools and utilities that deliver more functionality, better control and more automation for Advance Steel users across all industries.

This is the Full version -12 month Desktop Subscription. Purchasing a subscription for PowerPack for Advance Steel entitles the user to run both PowerPack for Advance Steel 2016 and PowerPack for Advance Steel 2017. Please use this link to access and install the PowerPack for Advance Steel 2016. 

A 5-day Free Trial version of the PowerPack for Advance Steel 2017 is available on the Store here! 

*IMPORTANT: This app is FREE if you have purchased subscription for Autodesk Advance Steel from GRAITEC - please contact GRAITEC for more details* 

Multi-year, network and bulk subscription options available from GRAITEC direct: graitec.com/world

Languages available on installation: English, French, Czech, German, Italian, Polish and Romanian. 

Steel Structure Designer for Advance Steel

From the Autodesk App Store:

The Steel Structure Designer for Advance Steel, creates complete steel frame structures of varying size in minutes and now allows any configuration to be saved to a personal library for instant recall, dramatically reducing design and modelling time. From multi-story commercial buildings to industrial platforms, structures of all shapes and sizes can be easily configured, edited and saved for reuse saving immeasurable setting-out time.

**Compatible with Autodesk Advance Steel 2016 and 2017 and GRAITEC Advance Design 2017 - updated on 01/08/2016 **

This is the Full version -12 month Desktop Subscription.

A 5-day Free Trial version of this app is available on the Store here!

Languages available on installation: English, French, Czech, German, Italian, Polish and Romanian.

Multi-year, network and bulk subscription options available from GRAITEC direct: graitec.com/world. 

GRAITEC Steel Structure Designer creates complete steel frame buildings in minutes, and the new option to save your building designs to a library means you can now load an entire building in seconds and then simply fine tune for the next project. Manage levels, bays, a range of options to add platforms, bracings, side-rails and roof purlins (automatically adjusted along a curved roof), gable ends as well as openings for doors and windows. You can even apply cladding to fit the shape of you building trimmed around openings in a single click. The GRAITEC Steel Structure Designer is an essential tool for engineers and detailers looking to save hours (days perhaps) during the design process when creating any type of steel structure.