Basic question - construction import to Advance Steel

Developers
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Hello ,

I’ve seen some examples of building a parametric construction, but my question is:
Is there a way to place (in Advance Steel) the beams, columns, plates, etc according to the list described in external data file? If yes - which way would you suggest. - Dynamo/Python script?

I have already wrote a modeller for 3D designs that suits the company I work in, but I also like the way Advance Steel is building production drawings. I can export a file that will contain all the geometry data and I was thinking about a script that will build the variable constructions according to the imported geometry in AS.

I was not using Dynamo yet, but I just wander if the idea is not too complicated and worth of learning it.

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more input Necessary.

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It was just to point that my external file can be of any format. Let’s assume that the file is a text file (or *.csv) contains the beam with its position, length, vector, surface treatment, and type of beam that can be adjusted to Advanced steel database beam description, etc.

I just wander if it is any easier/faster than doing it with API.