Autodesk® Robot™ Structural Analysis Professional (Robot) is a structural analysis and design software application. Use it to analyze any type and shape of a structure as well as to design elements of the structure (steel, concrete, timber elements).
Algorithms implemented in Robot allow analysis of geometry of a structure model defined in Revit. It also allows advanced meshing of planar elements (plates, walls, shells) included in the model. Analysis of the following structures is possible:
Using the complex modeling and analysis capabilities of Robot, users of Revit can directly analyze their models.
During the Revit - Robot link process, entities/elements are converted as described:
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Analytical Element |
Object |
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Boundary conditions |
Supports |
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Top and Bottom Releases of Elements |
Releases |
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Materials |
Materials |
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Loads |
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Load Case and Case category |
Load Case and Load Nature |
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Load Combinations |
Load Combinations |
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Grid lines |
Grid line |
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Levels The Structural setting is selected in instance properties |
Structural axes |
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Levels The Building Story setting is selected in instance properties |
Story levels |
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Lines, dimensions lines, texts |
They are not transferred. |
During the Revit - Robot link process, orientation of loads is also transferred. Loads are presented in Local Coordinate System or Global Coordinate System, depending on how they are defined in Revit.
After transferring the Revit model to Robot, you can perform structural analysis in Robot; then the computational model is created using the finite element method.
Robot will perform the following types of analysis:
You can transfer changes in structural data (such as those arising from steel design or a buckling analysis performed in Robot) to Revit. Integration with Robot Structural Analysis allows for changes in: