The all-in-one FEM/FEA software
GRAITEC
Advanced structural design made simple with Advance Design – powerful FEA software. Built by Structural Engineers for Structural Engineers
All stages integrated into one FEM software solution
Why Advance Design Stands Out?
FEM engine tailored for structural engineers
All materials in one model
Dedicated design modules
User-Friendly Interface and Quick Learning Curve
Unmatched Support, Backed by Experience
Discover true BIM integration
- Revit
- Advance Steel
- IDEA Statica
- SAF
- IFC
- GTCX
Advance Design integrates FEM models with Revit, preserving geometry and analytical data. It helps teams coordinate structure and architecture, view the project in 3D, and keep design and documentation aligned across the BIM workflow.
Linking with Advance Steel transfers steel members directly for detailing and fabrication. It streamlines design-to-production, reduces errors in construction documents, and ensures accurate representation in models and shop drawings.
Advance Design connects directly with IDEA StatiCa Checkbot, transferring FEM models, internal forces, and load combinations for connection checks. This keeps global analysis and local verification consistent without remodelling geometry or redefining loads.
Advance Design supports SAF (Structural Analysis Format) to transfer analytical models, including geometry, loads, and boundary conditions, between software. This keeps FEM models consistent and accurate, enabling smooth collaboration across tools and disciplines.
The FEM model in Advance Design can be exported in IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) format, enabling open BIM interoperability. This helps stakeholders coordinate, detect clashes, and manage structural, architectural, and MEP elements efficiently in one shared model.
Advance Design uses the GTCX format to ensure full interoperability across the Graitec ecosystem. Geometry, loads, and analysis results transfer reliably between applications, preserving data consistency and supporting efficient workflows.
… for all engineers, whatever their preferred material is
Concrete
Advance Design performs a global reinforced concrete design that computes theoretical and real reinforcement.
Steel
Advance Design performs an advanced analysis and optimisation of steel elements and connections
Masonry
Possibility for performing verifications of masonry walls bound with reinforced concrete columns
Timber
Detailed calculation of timber elements with advanced possibilities such as consideration of tapered beams
Composite
Advance Design enables easy modeling of composite beams, where a steel section and concrete deck work together
Sustainability
Advance Design empowers you to integrate sustainability directly into your structural workflow
Ai capabilities
- Graitec Assistant
- Skills for Graitec Assistant
- Open API
Graitec Assistant lets you work conversationally — ask questions, explore results, and navigate Advance Design in plain language, backed by a knowledge base covering software workflows, best practices, and engineering standards. For new engineers, it shortens the learning curve dramatically. For experienced users, it’s a thinking partner that helps you move faster and work more confidently.
Skills encode your firm’s workflows into Graitec Assistant — once defined, they execute the same way every time. That determinism matters: in structural engineering, consistency is non-negotiable. Use Skills to automate model generation, embed your interpretation of codes and standards, and ensure every engineer on your team works the same way. Skills can be refined, versioned, shared — and Graitec Assistant can help you build new ones from scratch.
The Advance Design API gives developers and power users programmatic access to Graitec’s structural engineering platform — model creation, load configuration, analysis, and result extraction. Build custom workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and integrate Advance Design into your own tools and pipelines.
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Learn how Advance Design drives engineering performance
Métamorphose
Reinforced-concrete frame with multiple load-transfer levels. The building is 120 × 80 m, up to 37 m high. The plot infrastructure is single-block, while the superstructure is split into five self-stabilizing sections.
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120m
height of the building
20%
Accelerated project delivery
MECA (Business and Culture Centre)
The MECA building is a striking contemporary cultural facility that serves as a hub for regional arts and creativity
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18000 m²
Total constructed area
~50%
Faster report access
Iconic
ICONIC is a landmark “building-city” project, serving both as an architectural statement and a catalyst for urban transformation.
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20000m²
Total constructed area
25%
Faster analytic modeling
High-end features developed by engineers, for engineers
Advanced 3D Climatic Load Generator
Automatically applies wind and snow loads in 3D over simple and complex geometries, including snow‐drift zones, with a single command.
Seismic Load Generator
Creates lateral earthquake actions using response‐spectrum methods, distributing forces across floors according to mass and stiffness.
Construction Stage Analysis
Simulates the step-by-step erection process by activating or deactivating elements and load cases in sequence, so you can assess interim stresses and stability.
Reinforcement Drawing Generation
From calculated bar sizes and bending shapes, the software auto-produces complete bar‐bending schedules, mark lists and DWG/DXF shop drawings ready for fabrication
Cold-Formed Section Design
Performs one-click verifications for purlins, channels, studs and other cold-formed steel profiles, covering strength, stability and deflection checks.
Advanced Stability Analysis for Steel Members
Supports full 7-degree-of-freedom torsionally-restrained analysis, accurately capturing warping and lateral-torsional buckling behavior under combined loading and restraint conditions.
Integrated Connection Analysis Module
Designs and checks bolted and welded connections within the same FEM model, delivering capacity checks.
Crane Load Generator
Defines crane runway geometry, trolley and hook loads, then automatically computes influence lines and code-compliant load combinations for overhead cranes.
Story & System Management
Let’s you organize, filter and isolate elements by floor or by functional subsystem, streamlining both analysis setups and documentation.
Superelements
Ability to combine separate linear elements and slabs into a single superelement
Full Compatibility with Autodesk Revit
Bi-directional data exchange via BIM Connect ensures that geometry, loads and analysis results stay perfectly synchronized between Advance Design and Revit.
Integrated Footing design
Automatically size isolated and strip footings by applying soil and structural loads, optimizing dimensions and reinforcement, and generating detailed drawings—all within the same model.
Layered Shells
Model and analyse multi-layer structural assemblies directly in your FEM workflow. Define each layer by material, thickness, and orientation to accurately represent CLT, timber–concrete composites, sandwich panels, and other orthotropic systems.
Advanced 3D Climatic Load Generator
Automatically applies wind and snow loads in 3D over simple and complex geometries, including snow‐drift zones, with a single command.
Seismic Load Generator
Creates lateral earthquake actions using response‐spectrum methods, distributing forces across floors according to mass and stiffness.
Construction Stage Analysis
Simulates the step-by-step erection process by activating or deactivating elements and load cases in sequence, so you can assess interim stresses and stability.
Reinforcement Drawing Generation
From calculated bar sizes and bending shapes, the software auto-produces complete bar‐bending schedules, mark lists and DWG/DXF shop drawings ready for fabrication
Cold-Formed Section Design
Performs one-click verifications for purlins, channels, studs and other cold-formed steel profiles, covering strength, stability and deflection checks.
Advanced Stability Analysis for Steel Members
Supports full 7-degree-of-freedom torsionally-restrained analysis, accurately capturing warping and lateral-torsional buckling behavior under combined loading and restraint conditions.
Integrated Connection Analysis Module
Designs and checks bolted and welded connections within the same FEM model, delivering capacity checks.
Crane Load Generator
Defines crane runway geometry, trolley and hook loads, then automatically computes influence lines and code-compliant load combinations for overhead cranes.
Story & System Management
Let’s you organize, filter and isolate elements by floor or by functional subsystem, streamlining both analysis setups and documentation.
Superelements
Ability to combine separate linear elements and slabs into a single superelement
Full Compatibility with Autodesk Revit
Bi-directional data exchange via BIM Connect ensures that geometry, loads and analysis results stay perfectly synchronized between Advance Design and Revit.
Integrated Footing design
Automatically size isolated and strip footings by applying soil and structural loads, optimizing dimensions and reinforcement, and generating detailed drawings—all within the same model.
Layered Shells
Model and analyse multi-layer structural assemblies directly in your FEM workflow. Define each layer by material, thickness, and orientation to accurately represent CLT, timber–concrete composites, sandwich panels, and other orthotropic systems.
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What’s New in Advance Design 2027
What's new in Advance Design 2027: Enhancing Structural Engineering with AI assistant and Open API
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By delivering specialized knowledge and expert-led guidance, we foster continuous professional development—helping engineers stay ahead of standards, technology, and best practices.
Discover frequently asked questions
Advance Design covers major standards including Eurocodes (and North American codes) and supports concrete, steel and timber design; recent versions also add composite beam verification to Eurocode 4.
Yes—Advance Design operates in a BIM environment: it exchanges and synchronizes models and analysis results with Revit and Advance Steel via BIM Connect (GTCX) and supports IFC. It also enables transferring forces/connections to IDEA StatiCa, keeping analysis and detailing consistent throughout the process.
Yes. With the purchase of your software license, you are entitled to technical support from our engineers. This includes assistance with installation, activation, and any technical issues related to using the software.
Yes! On the day you place your order, you’ll receive a temporary activation code (valid until the payment due date) for your commercial version, so you can start working immediately. Once your payment is confirmed, the temporary code will be replaced with a permanent one.
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My first project with Advance Design videos – steel edition
My first project with Advance Design is a set of 15 easy to follow video lessons, that will lead you through the learning process on how to use Graitec Advance Design for steel projects.
My first project with Advance Design videos – concrete edition
My first project with Advance Design is a set of 12 easy to follow lessons (videos), that will lead you through the learning process on how to use Graitec Advance Design for concrete projects.
Choose the Right Advance Design Package
Advance Design is available in multiple packages tailored to different project needs and levels of structural analysis complexity. Review the detailed comparison of features and included modules to identify the package that aligns with your workflow.
