One steel solution across Autodesk platform
GRAITEC STEEL is a multi-platform add-on for Autodesk products, built to extend steel design and engineering workflows beyond individual tools.
It connects CAD designers, steel detailers, fabricators, and product engineers through a flexible solution for integrated steel project execution. Whether teams work in Autodesk Inventor or Autodesk Advance Steel, GRAITEC STEEL brings dedicated automation, productivity tools, and steel-focused workflows into the Autodesk environment they already use.
For Inventor users, this means practical automation for manufacturing preparation, model clean-up, BOMs, drawings, CNC-ready details, stairs, railings, and cage ladders — all inside Autodesk Inventor.
Inventor users lose time on repetitive fabrication and manufacturing tasks
Steel and manufacturing teams using Autodesk Inventor often need to prepare more than just a 3D model. They need clean assembly data, accurate properties, BOMs, drawing updates, export files, CNC-ready details, and repeatable workflows for stairs, railings, and access systems.
Without dedicated automation, these tasks can become manual, inconsistent, and difficult to scale across projects.
GRAITEC SSTEEL helps Inventor users automate these repetitive steps while keeping work inside the familiar Inventor environment.
| Challenge | How GRAITEC STEEL helps |
| Repetitive modelling | Reduce repeated manual steps when creating or modifying steel components. |
| Inconsistent part and assembly data | Improve control over iProperties, component information, and assembly metadata. |
| Repetitive drawing tasks | Automate drawing-related tasks, balloons, title blocks, borders, and batch outputs. |
| Time-consuming exports | Generate multiple file formats for downstream use without repetitive manual export workflows. |
Why Inventor users choose GRAITEC STEEL
Benefit 1: Automate repetitive modelling and documentation
Speed up everyday Inventor work with tools that reduce manual modelling, clean-up, documentation, and export tasks.
Benefit 2: Create parametric stairs and railings directly in Inventor
Generate straight stairs, cage ladders, standard railings, wall railings, ball post railings, and key clamp railings using dedicated parametric tools.
Benefit 3: Improve assembly and part data quality
Use tools for custom iProperties, file properties, unresolved components, iLogic clean-up, browser naming, and model health.
Benefit 4: Produce fabrication-ready outputs faster
Export BOMs, drawings, PDFs, DWG/DXF, STEP, IGES, SAT, RFA, and other outputs with greater consistency and less manual work.
Benefit 5: Keep steel workflows connected across teams
Support teams working across Inventor and Advance Steel environments with shared stairs and railings logic and platform-specific productivity tools.
Manufacturing automation tools for Autodesk Inventor
Automate everyday Inventor workflows across parts, assemblies, drawings, and manufacturing outputs. GRAITEC STEEL helps Inventor users reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and prepare cleaner deliverables for fabrication or downstream production.
Batch Export
Export parts, assemblies, and drawings in multiple formats, including PDF, 3D PDF, DXF, DWG, IGES, STEP, SAT, and RFA.
Batch Print
Scan drawings linked to the open assembly, select the required IDW or DWG drawings, and print them in one step.
iCopy Drawings
Automatically replace title blocks, update borders, and remove iLogic rules during batch drawing processing.
Resolve Unresolved Components
Identify, download, and replace missing components in assemblies.
Remove iLogic Rules
Search and remove iLogic rules across multiple components to simplify legacy project cleanup.
Browser Name
Customise the Inventor model browser by displaying component information based on model properties or user-defined properties.
Add / Remove Custom iProperties
Create, edit, or remove custom properties to improve metadata consistency across projects.
BOM export and property management for fabrication workflows
Prepare Inventor data for fabrication review, ERP workflows, and manufacturing handover with tools from GRAITEC STEEL add-on that improve property control and BOM output.
Export BOM to Excel
Generate BOM data in Excel, including thumbnail images where required, to make fabrication review and communication easier.
File Properties export
Export Inventor file properties for further processing, including ERP or manufacturing data workflows.
Custom iProperties
Push structured property data across components to improve consistency in assemblies and downstream documentation.
Tech Tip: How can I export an Inventor BOM to Excel with embedded thumbnail images?
BOM Export command from GRAITEC STEEL can export Parts or full Structured assemblies directly in Excel with the embedded thumbnail image of each Inventor part.
CNC preparation tools directly inside Inventor
Prepare parts for machining and fabrication with tools that reduce manual modelling for internal corners, threads, and relief grooves.
Dogbone reliefs
Create dogbone reliefs for CNC-cut parts directly in Inventor, helping solve internal-corner machining constraints.
Modeled threads
Generate accurate 3D modeled threads from existing Inventor thread features, instead of relying only on cosmetic thread representation.
Undercuts and relief grooves
Create ISO 18388-style relief grooves and undercut details with editable parameters.
Tech Tip: Which Inventor tool creates accurate modeled threads instead of cosmetic thread surfaces?
The Thread modeler command from GRAITEC STEEL can create real threads for your Inventor parts.
Tech Tip: How can I create ISO 18388 relief grooves or undercuts in Inventor parts?
In GRAITEC STEEL we have the perfect tool: the Undercut command available in the parts environment. This command not only lets you create standardized relief grooves, but you can even customize and edit them after their creation.
Clean up Inventor models before release, migration, or fabrication
Keep Inventor projects cleaner and easier to manage with tools included in GRAITEC Steel that remove unnecessary data, resolve broken model information, and simplify legacy files.
Purge broken references
Remove broken references from Inventor parts to avoid unresolved model issues.
Purge unused work features
Remove unused planes, axes, and points when they are no longer required.
Purge Sick Relationships
During the modelling process constraints are used to build relationships between elements, and these can become disassociated or as we term them Sick, so using the Sick Relationship tool allows you to remove these constraints and clean up the model, again with selection prompts and feedback after deletion.
Remove backups and legacy rules
Clean old backup files and unwanted iLogic rules across projects.
Read Inventor version
Identify file versions across assemblies to support migration planning.
Tech Tip: How can I purge broken references, sick relationships, and unused work features in Inventor models?
Using GRAITEC STEEL Purge functionalities you can remove unnecessary work features like plans, axes and points, any broken references and even sick relationships between assembly parts.
Parametric stair creation in Autodesk Inventor
Create editable stair assemblies using parameter-driven tools instead of manually modelling every tread, stringer, landing, and connection detail.
Straight stairs
Create one-flight, two-flight, and three-flight straight stair configurations, including L, U, and Z layouts.
Configurable treads and stringers
Control tread type, dimensions, overlap, stringer type, alignments, start/end details, and connections.
Landing options
Configure top and bottom landings, landing features, covers, closures, support ribs, and split landing arrangements.
Reusable stair settings
Store recurring stair configurations in libraries to standardize repeated project work.
Tech Tip: How do I create fabrication-ready stairs without manually modelling every tread, stringer, and connection?
The Stairs module, part of GRAITEC STEEL add-on, incorporates all required parameters to create, modify and save multiple stair configurations, from different layouts to specific treads and landing configurations.
Configurable railing systems for Inventor assemblies
Create common railing systems with configurable posts, rails, fittings, special parts, and supplier-specific components.
Standard railings
Create general railing layouts with controlled posts, handrails, and connections.
Wall railings
Model wall-mounted railing systems for access and safety applications.
Ball post railings
Generate ball post railing systems with configurable placements and transitions.
Key clamp railings
Create key clamp railing systems using dedicated fittings and parameter-driven settings.
Special Part Manager
Manage supplier‑defined parts such as key clamps, glass clamps, balls, caps, and treads, posts
Cage ladder automation for industrial access systems
Create vertical or inclined cage ladders with configurable cages, rungs, stiles, supports, and exit options.
- Vertical and inclined cage ladder creation
- Circular , rectangular and semi-circle cage configurations
- Multiple exit options
- Configurable rung, stile, support, and connection parameters
- Reusable workflow for industrial access projects
Tech Tip: What software can quickly create vertical and inclined cage ladders with configurable cages, rungs, stiles, and exits?
GRAITEC STEEL plugin incorporates powerful Cage ladder module that offers flexibility and accuracy in modeling multiple cage configurations according to industry standards.
From Inventor model to fabrication-ready output
1. Model or open your Inventor assembly
Work in your existing Inventor environment.
2. Clean and organise model data
Use iProperties, browser naming, purge tools, visibility controls, and iLogic clean-up.
3. Generate steel access elements
Create stairs, railings, and cage ladders using parametric tools.
4. Prepare drawings and BOMs
Automate balloons, drawing updates, BOM export, and documentation tasks.
5. Export and share deliverables
Batch export and print the required formats for fabrication, review, or collaboration.
Bring steel automation into your Inventor workflow
Reduce manual modelling, improve data quality, automate documentation, and create parametric stairs, railings, and ladders directly inside Autodesk Inventor.