Results Connect

Results Connect is an application that allows designers and engineers using Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis to seamlessly access data and results with Microsoft® Office Excel®.

Results Connect is fully integrated in Microsoft Office Excel as an Add-in, and allows accessing data and results from an Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis model using simple Excel formulas.

Note: It is not required to have programing skills or knowledge of Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis API to extract data for use in spreadsheets.

Overview

To use Results Connect, select a formula from a predefined list using wizard dialogs, or using the typical Microsoft Office Excel workflow.

Each formula takes as arguments a set of parameters that can be written directly inside the formula. These parameters can come from specific cells or from an active selection within Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis.

Once the link has been made with Results Connect, data is available for post processing with Excel formulas, graphs, pivot tables, and other methods present in the application.

Use the examples provided with the application to become familiar with Results Connect.

You can find these examples in the following location: C:/ProgramData/Autodesk/Examples/Results Connect/RSA. Open both the RSA_FORMULAS.rtd and RSA_FORMULAS.xlsx files.