Design of Steel Composite Beams

Design composite steel beams according to ANSI/AISC 360-10.

Composite Beam Design Extension is an application that helps engineers to perform the structural analysis and design of composite steel beams in a Autodesk® Robot™ Structural Analysis Professional (Robot) model. The design is performed according to the ANSI/AISC 360-10 code. Using the extension allows full bidirectional integration with Robot.

Using Composite Beam Design Extension you can:

• Quickly check and design the behavior of composite beams.
• Design the composite floor system on a floor-by-floor basis.

You can also use the extension to design non-composite steel beams.

To Install Composite Beam Design Extension

1. Open Robot.
2. Select Add-Ins > CompositeDesignStarter.
3. In the CompositeDesignStarter dialog, click Yes to open the apps.exchange.autodesk.com website.
4. On the website, click Install Composite Design.
5. In the Setup dialog, click Next, and on the next tab, click Install.
6. Click Finish to complete the installation.

To Access Composite Beam Design Extension

To access Composite Beam Design Extension, select Add-Ins > Composite Beam Design Extension.

Note: Composite Beam Design Extension 2016 is compatible with the 64-bit versions of Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2016 software products. 32-bit installations of Robot are not supported.