Mech-Q Structural Steel Detailing
Available for: AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT & IntelliCAD
MST02

Steel Shapes & Beams

Main Features:

• 2D & 3D Capability
• Auto-BOM with weighted BOM
    (fully customisable)
• Data listing, pick & match option
• Fully customisable layers
• Curved beam option
• Annotation option

ASVIC can customize this utility for 
other standard steel shapes.

• Metric:
  • Australian (BHP)
  • European (DIN)
  • British Standard (BS)
  • Canadian (CISC)
  • South African (RSA)
  • Japanese (JIS)
  • Indian (IS)
• English:
  • US: ( AISC/ASTM):
  • Canadian (CISC)

Structural Stairs Utility:

• Draw Single-flight and multi-flight stairs
• Front, Plan and End views
• Auto-handrailing
• Several stringer & tread options -With auto-dimensioning of stringer for shop fabrication.
• Fully customizable with full control on the stairs design parameters, including stringer and tread sizes, slope, width, stair flights configuration.
• Fully customisable layers
• Easy to use and configure.
• The stairs configuration is controlled by recognized safety constraints.

Structural Ladders Utility:

• Draw Step-tru and Side-step ladders
• Front, Plan and End views
• Ladder detailing (with auto-dimensions)
• Safety cages optionally added
• Customise layers used
• Fully customizable with full control on the all the ladder design parameters.
• Easy to use and configure.

Structural Hand railing:

• Customizable sizes, layers & shape
• Welded, "Monowills" and Square tube 
• Steel or Aluminium
• 15 types of stanchion
• Optional "kick" plates.
• Several draw options
• Easy to use and configure....

• Run Elevation - Pick two points and handrail + stanchions is drawn
• Run Plan - Draw an outline polyline then simply pick polyline to draw
• Stanchion Front view
• Stanchion End view
• Stanchion Plan view
• 90-deg Bend
• Angled Bend
• Horizontal Closure
• Angled Closure

Structural Bracing

• Fully Customizable sizes & layers
• Welded, welded cleat, bolted cleat  or bolted straight
• Bracing drawn in 4 easy steps:
  • Select IP 1st point
  • Select fixing member at 1st point
  • Select IP 2nd point
  • Select fixing member at 2nd point

Beam to Beam Connections:

• Several connections types: Bolted & moment
• Plate, angle or double angle cleats
• Plan or front draw views
• Customizable layers & connection sizes & design
• Auto-dimensioning to fabrication details
• Dimensioning style & options to meet most detailing requirements.
• Beam weights calculator
• Several draw options
• Easy to use and configure....

Beam to Column Connections:

• Several connections types:  
  • Flexible: Angle seat
  • Flexible: Bearing pad
  • Flexible: End plate
  • Flexible: Angle cleat
  • Flexible: Web plate
  • Rigid: Welded & erect cleat
  • Rigid: Plate
• Plan or front draw views
• Customizable layers & connection sizes & design
• Auto-dimensioning to fabrication details
• Several draw options
• Easy to use and configure....

Structural Welded Frames:

• Bevel or Square corners.
• Plan, End view (X) and End view (Y)
• Plan or end draw views
• Customizable layers & sizes
• Auto-dimensioning to fabrication details
• Several draw options

Beam Design Module
The utility is a design tool for calculating stresses and deflections for simple beam cases.

• Beam cases Include:

  • Simply Supported

  • Cantilever

  • Propped Cantilever

  • Build-in

• Several load cases and load combinations are supported
  Output:

  • Reactions at supports
  • Calculated Deflections and Stresses
  • Plot of stress and deflections
  • Printed Result
  • Minimum Steel Sections for the given load cases.
• Several configurations & calculation options...

Welding Symbols

• Several welding symbols Include:

  • Fillet

  • Bevel-butt

  • Vee-Butt

  • Square-Butt

  • U-Butt

  • J-Butt

  • Flare-V

  • Flare-bevel

  • Plug

  • Spot welding

  • Seam welding

  • Stud welding

  • Bead welding

  • Surface welding

  • more...

• Welding note option

• Configurable size & layers
• Several options & auxiliary symbols: Site, all round, leader, intermittent... 

Steel Shapes included:

• Metric:
  • Australian (BHP):
    Hot Rolled sections, including: UB, UC, PFC, EA, UA, Welded UB & UC  and RHS.
  • European (DIN):
    INP & IPE, HEA & HEB, UNP & UPE, LE & LU, & RHS
  • British Standard (BS):
    UB, UC, PFC, EA, UA, CHS & RHS
  • Canadian (CISC):
    W, WWF, S, M, HP, C, MC, L & HSS.
  • South African (RSA):
    I , H, Channels, Angles, & RHS.
  • Japanese (JIS):
    I , H, Channels, Angles, & RHS.
  • Indian (IS):
    Beams , Channels, Angles, & RHS.

• English:
  • US: AISC/ASTM:
    W & WT, S, M, HP, C, MC, L & RHS
  • Canadian (CISC):
    W, WWF, S, M, HP, C, MC, L & HSS.