Customize the Physical to Analytical Automation

Customize the physical to analytical model automation to enhance the result based on your project particularities.

To customize the physical to analytical parameters:

1. On the Analyze tab Structural Analytical Model panel, click (Analytical Automation).
2. From the drop-down list, click (Run Physical to Analytical for Buildings).

Physical to Analytical Automation has four settings that can be customized.

Level Alignment

You can customize the vertical range within which the automation tool searches each element for a level to align the created analytical element to. There are three factors that can be adjusted to enhance the level alignment, one for each group of elements:

• Vertical elements - Columns and walls.
• Beams.
• Floors and slabs.

In addition to this factor, the Levels with the Structural parameters enabled have a higher priority compared to those without.

Note: This could be a helpful differentiation when for each story, there's more than one level defined. If you have a specific one that you'd like the automation tool to use, enable the Structural parameter for it.

Columns/Walls alignment factor to levels

Adjust this factor to specify how far the automation tool should look for a level on which the closest end of the column/wall will be projected.

The default value is set to 0.35 of the column/wall height but could be adjusted up to 1.

Note: This tolerance is specific to each element, as it is calculated based on the element height.

Note: If no level is found within this tolerance, the column/wall will not be trimmed/extended.

Beams alignment factor to levels

Adjust this factor to specify how far the automation tool should look for a level on which the analytical beam will be projected to.

The default value is set to 1 of the beam cross-section height but could be adjusted up to 10.

Note: This tolerance is specific to each element, as it is calculated based on the element cross-section height.

Note: If no level is found within this tolerance, the analytical beam will be created on the physical element geometrical axis.

Floors alignment factor to levels

Adjust this factor to specify how far the automation tool should look for a level on which the analytical floor will be projected to.

The default value is set to 1 thickness height but could be adjusted up to 5.

Note: This tolerance is specific to each element, as it is calculated based on the element thickness.

Note: If no level is found within this tolerance, the analytical floor will be created on the physical beam top face.

In-Plan Alignment

Allows you to customize how simplified the analytical model should be in terms of in-plan alignment.

The in-plan alignment is grouping the elements within a calculated tolerance to be aligned to the same reference. The calculated tolerance is an average of the thickness and cross-section width of all the selected walls and beams.

It can be multiplied by a factor. The default value of this factor is 1 and it can be multiplied up to 4 times.

Note: A small factor decreases the tolerance, resulting in the placement of analytical elements that mostly follows their physical correspondent positioning in plan. A larger factor increases the tolerance, leading to a more simplified analytical model, where the alignment of analytical elements is somewhat more generalized with respect to their physical correspondents in plan.

To customize the wall thickness setting:

When Use Structural Thickness is enabled, the analytical model automation will use the wall/floor/slab's structural layer thickness when creating or updating the analytical panel.

1. In the Analyze tab Structural Analytical Model panel, click (Analytical Automation).
2. From the drop-down list, select (Run Physical to Analytical for Buildings).
3. In Modify | Settings, for Analytical Panel, click the check box for Use Structural Thickness.