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SE336-1L This extended lecture class will focus on structural design for structural steel and
reinforced concrete structures. The class will provide an overview of design workflows and structural
design criteria using Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis and Autodesk Revit Structure as well as in-
depth instruction on specific design tasks. You will learn how to optimize structural steel designs, design
steel connections, and perform automatic and interactive concrete reinforcement design. You will also
explore custom design options with the Robot Spreadsheet Extension. This class will not focus on
analysis methodologies, rather it is intended to show the design and optimization functionality in
Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis.
User Interface
Autodesk® Robot Structural Analysis Professional’s User Interface is organized to maximize productivity.
The menus are organized by workflow. The Layout Selector changes the workspace layout and Just-in-
Time Toolbar to display tools appropriate for a specific task (e.g. Loads). The Object Inspector/Selector
displays all the elements in the model and properties of selected elements. The status bar provides
guidance to users based on the current selection or command. Finally, the workspace canvas has several
display control tools to quickly adjust visibility settings.
Canvas Controls
Here are a few helpful tips for navigating through Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional.
Mouse Scroll wheel (Depressed) Pan
Mouse Scroll wheel (Scroll) Zoom
Shift+ Mouse Scroll wheel (Depressed) Orbit
Ctrl + Tab Cycle through Window stack
Shift + Ctrl + Tab Cycle through Window stack (reverse direction)
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Model Structure
Exercise 1—Preferences
NEW BUILDING DESIGN PROJECT
There are two types of Preference settings in Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional. Access
both from the Tools pull-down menu. Preferences are settings related to the workstation and user
interface. Job Preferences define settings for each project. Define and save different settings depending
on user preference and project settings for different regions.
1. Select New project… Building Design
2. Click Tools > Preferences…
3. Verify Regional Settings: United States.
4. Review each group of settings. Adjust as desired.
5. Click Accept or Cancel.
6. Click Tools > Job Preferences…
7. Select Imperial Units.
8. Under Materials, select American.
9. Select STEEL A992-50.
10. Click Modification to see Material Definitions.
11. Click Cancel.
12. Select Databases > Steel and timber sections.
13. Click Add database.
14. Select EURO.
15. Click Browse to see the location
of the databases.
16. Click OK.
17. Click Design Codes.
18. Click More Codes to see listing
of all available codes.
19. Click Cancel.
20. Review all other settings.
21. Click Save Job Preferences.
Additional Activities:
• Explore preferences in more
detail.
• Explore more of the Tools from
the pull-down menu.
In this example we will model grids and Stories using the Building Design project template. Notice that Z
axis grids (or Levels) are different than Stories.
Grids
22. Click Axis Definition from Toolbar.
23. Enter X and Y axes definitions and click Add.
24. Click Apply. Click Close.
25. Switch to 3D View workspace.
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Stories
28. Click Stories from Toolbar.
29. With Define graphically selected, assign Top Level to 24 ft [7.5
m].
30. Click Add.
31. Select Define Manually with Reference Level: Story 2, No. of
repet: 2, and Height: 10 ft [3 m].
32. Click Add. Click Apply. Click Close.
Additional activities:
• Model Z-axis levels
• Adjust the Numbering for X, Y, Z, and Stories
Next we will model vertical elements. Columns are bar elements and Walls are panel elements. Both are
modeled from upper story to lower story by default. The dialogs allow selection of section or type plus the
ability to create or add new sections or types.
Columns
1. Switch to 2D Plan view.
2. Select Story 1 from the level control.
3. Click Columns from Toolbar.
4. Select New section definition.
5. Select a P 4 from the AISC 13th edition.
6. Click Add. Click Close.
7. If Beginning is not highlighted in green, click in the text box.
8. Click grid intersections to place columns.
9. Click Close.
10. Select new column.
11. Select from Menu: Edit > Edit > Move/Copy…
12. With Translation Vector highlighted in Green, click grid
intersection of column then adjacent grid intersection.
13. Verify Edit mode: Copy and Number of repetitions: 2
14. Click Execute. Click Close.
15. Window-select a column or group of columns.
16. Select Bars in Properties Browser.
17. Change Gamma to 45 degrees and click Enter or Tab.
Walls
18. Select Walls form Toolbar.
19. Select New Thickness definition.
20. Change Th: 10 inches. Verify Label automatically updated to TH10.
21. Click Add. Click Close.
22. Verify Drag is checked.
23. If Beginning is not highlighted in green, click in the text box.
24. Click grid start then subsequent grid intersections.
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Additional activities:
• Model columns and walls in 3D View
• Explore and modify properties using window selection
• Try other translational edit commands
Modeling beams is straight-forward and builds on the columns and walls. Similar to the vertical elements,
beams are bar elements and floors are panel elements. Openings are placed in floors and walls and can
be any shape.
Beams
1. Switch to 2D Plan view and Story 1.
2. Click Beams from the Toolbar.
3. Select desired Section type and Section.
4. With Beginning highlighted in green, click the start and end points for the beams.
5. Toggle Drag for fewer clicks.
Floors
6. Click Floors from the Toolbar.
7. Select Thickness and Model as desired.
8. Expand Geometry and Parameters tabs.
9. Select Definition method: Contour.
10. Click desired points. Change between Line and Arc segments
as needed.
11. Click Apply. Click Close.
Openings
12. Click Openings from Toolbar.
13. Select Opening shape: Rectangle.
14. Change H= and B= to desired dimensions.
15. Select desired placement point.
16. Click location of opening in workspace.
17. Click Apply. Click Close.
Additional activities:
• Try additional activities listed in Exercise 2
• Explore floor Model types: Shell, Deck-slab (one-way), etc.
• Model Floors and Openings using different Definition methods: Rectangle, Circle, etc.
Element properties affect the behavior of the element and structure during analysis and design.
Properties are often adjusted while modeling and during the analysis and design process. Be aware that
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many of the design-related properties are dependent upon the Design Codes selected in the Job
Preferences.
Releases
1. Change the interface layout to Structure Model > Properties
2. Select Releases from Toolbar.
3. Click Pinned-Pinned.
4. Click into Current Selection.
5. Select / Shift+select beams in workspace.
6. Click Apply. Click Close.
7. Open Display Properties.
8. Check Releases – symbols and Releases – codes.
9. Click Okay.
Member Types
10. Click Steel/Aluminum Member Type.
11. Double-click Beam.
12. Change Member type to Beam-Ky2.
13. Change Buckling length coefficient Y to 2.0.
14. Click Service.
15. Change Node displacements to L/300.
16. Click Okay. Click Save. Click Close.
17. Click into Lines/Bars and select beam to change.
18. Click Apply. Click Close.
19. Save.
Exercise 6—Stories
SE336-1L PROJECT_EX06.RTD
There are some additional Story tools which facilitate modeling and review of the structure.
Copy Story
1. Switch to 3D View.
2. In Object Inspector, Right-click Story 2.
3. Select Stories > Copy Story…
4. Select Above, Height: 10.00 ft, and No. of repetitions: 3.
5. Click OK
Story Filters
6. Click Filter Structure Stories from main Toolbar.
7. Use drop-down box to toggle between stories.
8. Click Filter Structure Stories from main Toolbar to
turn off filtering.
9. Right-click Story 2 in Object Inspector > Select all…
10. Select Column on Story 2.
11. In Properties Browser, change Story to Story 1.
12. Turn on Story filters and toggle between Story 1 and 2 noting the column.
13. Change column back to Story 2.
14. Turn Story filters off.
Selections
15. Click Bar Selection from main Toolbar.
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Additional Activities:
• From Object Inspector, explore Add stories… and Copy contents of the story…
• Explore more Bar Selection methods
Loads represent the self-weight of the structure, the self-weight of the materials used to construct a
building or other structure (mechanical systems and cladding), the transient loading (live loads), and all
the environmental loads (wind, snow, earthquake). Load natures are the primary categories of these
loads and depend on the Building Codes selected in Job Preferences. Load cases are groups of loads of
a certain load nature. Load combinations are prescribed arrangements of Load Cases used for design.
Load Cases
1. Change the interface layout to Structure Model > Loads.
2. In Load Types dialog, change Label to SW and Name to Self Weight.
3. Press Add.
4. Change Label to DL1 and Name to Floor Dead Loads.
5. Change Nature to live, Label to LL1, and Name to Floor Live Loads.
6. Change Nature to Roof live, Label to LR1, and Name to Roof Live Loads.
Loads
7. Select DL1 from the list.
8. Click Load Definition from Toolbar.
9. Select Surface >Uniform planar load.
10. Input Z: -0.015 k/ft2 and Click Add.
11. Click into Apply to then select a Floor.
12. Click Apply. Click Close.
13. Repeat Load Definition for LL1 using Z: -0.08 k/ft2.
14. Toggle Load Cases in main toolbar.
15. Click into Loads Table cell PZ=-0.08.
16. Click F2 and change to -0.10.
Load Combinations
17. Click Combinations from Toolbar.
18. Leave defaults and click OK.
19. Click Factor definition to verify factors.
20. Click double-arrow to move all load cases to combination list.
21. Click Apply. Click Close. Note the change in the workspace.
22. From menu click Loads > Combination Table.
23. Click into Edit tab.
24. Select row of new combination and Click Delete.
25. Close dialog.
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Additional Activities:
• Add Wind and Snow Load Cases and loading
• Add Point and Line Loads
Exercise 8—Meshes
SE336-1L PROJECT_EX08.RTD
RSA provides many options and tools for meshing panels (Floors and Walls) into finite elements. The
level of refinement and customization of meshes differentiates RSA from other structural FEA
applications.
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Additional Activities:
• Review video and explore additional Mesh settings.
RSA provides many analysis methods and solvers such as static linear, nonlinear, P-delta, modal, time-
history, and footfall. View and print calculation results using customizable data tables or graphical screen-
captures.
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Reactions
29. Click Results > Reactions.
30. Review values for Values, Envelope, and Global extremes tabs.
31. Click Screen Capture from the main Toolbar.
32. Leave default settings and click OK.
33. Close Reactions tables.
Maps
34. Click Analysis > Prepare Results…
35. Explore templates.
36. Click Run preparation for template1
37. Close Prepare Results dialog.
38. Select last Wnorm. > 12.
39. Right-click and select Preview.
40. Select the Scale tab in the Maps dialog.
41. Select 256 Colors and click Apply.
42. Right-click Wnorm. > 13 and select Preview.
43. Click Screen Capture from the main Toolbar.
44. Leave default settings and click OK.
45. Select With description setting in Maps dialog and click Apply.
46. Deselect With description setting in Maps dialog and click
Apply.
Animation
47. Select live load 1 from Cases pull-down on main Toolbar.
48. Select the Deformations tab in the Maps dialog Box.
49. Select Active and click Apply.
50. Type 22 and Enter in Bars combo-box on main Toolbar.
51. Click Open with new window with scale displayed on Maps dialog.
52. Click Apply.
53. Change Number of frames: 20 and Number of f.p.s.: 10 in Maps dialog.
54. Click Start.
55. Click Stop in Animation dialog box.
56. Click Exit button in workspace.
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Detailed Analysis
61. Turn on Sections in the workspace display.
62. Select beam 18 in workspace.
63. Select Results > Detailed Analysis…
64. Turn off Nodes in the workspace display.
65. Select ULS from Cases pull-down in main Toolbar.
66. Select Fx, Fz, and My and click Apply from Detailed Analysis dialog box.
67. Close Detailed Analysis dialog box.
68. Click Screen Capture from the main Toolbar.
69. Leave default settings and click OK.
70. Click the Exit button on the workspace.
Printout
71. Click Printout Composition.
72. Add Loads – Cases and Loads – Values from Standard tab.
73. Add all the Screen Captures.
74. Click the Preview of selected components button.
75. Close Preview.
76. Close Printout Composition dialog box.
Additional Activities:
• Explore additional Results tables and display settings.
• Add modal and other analysis types (advanced).
• Explore Printout Composition settings.
Robot verifies the capacity of structural steel elements individually or within groups. Additionally, Robot
performs design code checks for groups of elements with various optimization parameters. The
Steel/Aluminum Design interface layout is ideal for the steel design process.
Member Verification
1. Select the Display options and check Bars > Section – names. Click OK.
2. Click Calculations from the main Toolbar.
3. Select Member verification from the Calculations
dialog box.
4. Click Bar Selection from the main Toolbar.
5. Select Attrib. > Type > Beam and add to the Bar list.
6. Click Close. All the beams should be selected in the
workspace.
7. Copy the Bar number ( 4to35 ) from the main toolbar.
8. Paste into Member verification text box.
9. Select Limit States: Ultimate and Serviceability
10. Click Calculations.
11. Review the results output table. Note that the
controlling case is number 9: ULS for all members.
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Optimization
50. Click Optimization.
51. Click Options.
52. Click Weight and OK.
53. Click Calculations.
54. Note the optimum section is now a W12x26. Optimization sorts the Section list by the
Optimization options – weight in this instance.
55. Click Change All.
56. Close results dialog and Cancel archiving.
57. Note that each beam in Group 1 is now a W12x26.
58. Click Calculations from main Toolbar.
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Additional Activities:
• Add more Code Groups for other roof beams and columns.
• Adjust Sections available for Code Group design.
• Adjust Optimization Options for flange width and depth.
• Review design calculation Configuration options.
There are two primary options for analysis and design of concrete reinforcement: assessing required
reinforcement and interactive design of provide reinforcement. Evaluation of required reinforcement is an
effective way to quickly get results for several members at one. Designing provided reinforcement allows
designers a variety of customization options for design down to a single bar, if desired.
Required Reinforcement
1. Click Calculations from the main Toolbar.
2. Select RC Design > RC Members – required reinf.
3. Using the Bar selection, select Attrib. > Type > RC
column.
4. Click RC member calculation parameters from the side
Toolbar.
5. Double-click Columns and review parameters.
6. Click Close.
7. Click Apply.
8. Using the Bar selection, select Attrib. > Type > RC
beam.
9. Click RC member calculation parameters from the side
Toolbar.
10. Click Close.
11. Click Apply.
12. Select the ULS Code Combinations.
13. Click Calculate.
14. Review Beam and Column results.
Provided Reinforcement
15. Select RC Design > RC Members – Provided reinforcement.
16. Select Structure tab in workspace.
17. Select column 14.
18. Click RC Column
Design from side
Toolbar.
19. Click OK in
Parameters dialog.
20. Click Calculation
options.
21. Review General and
Concrete tabs.
22. Select RC Column template from pull-down in Longitudinal reinf. Tab.
23. Click the #6 check-box.
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Additional activities:
• Design other columns and beams
• Explore the other reinforcement parameters
The Conceptual Form Simulation Extension in Autodesk Revit Structure provides design engineers a
means to study a complex conceptual form. It is meant to help the engineer understand deflections and
stress of a form (form-finding) rather than design framing. This Add-in is part of the Revit Extensions for
Revit Structure available to Subscription customers. Robot Structural Analysis Professional is not
required. The Add-in will analyze a Conceptual Mass object placed in a Revit project. A Divided Surface
with a Rectangular (not _No Pattern) is required.
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The Composite Design and Vibration Analysis Extensions in Autodesk Revit Structure allow design
engineers to design steel floor framing without leaving the Revit environment. Like Conceptual Form
Simulation, Robot Structural Analysis is not required to run these tools. (Note: Robot Structural Analysis
IS required for the 2010 version—not the 2011 version.)
Composite Design
1. In the Level 2 Structural Plan,
window-select all the floor framing.
2. Click Add-ins > Extensions Manager.
3. Double-click Robot Structural
Analysis > Composite Design.
4. Click Edit > Composite Settings to
review (or modify settings).
5. Click OK.
6. Click Design > Design All.
7. After reviewing results, click OK to
update Revit model with new design
information.
Vibration Analysis
8. Select only the Floor slab on Level 2.
9. Click Add-ins > Extensions Manager.
10. Double-click Robot Structural
Analysis > Floor Vibrations Analyzer.
11. Hover over each bay to see
information and Natural Frequencies.
12. Click Analysis and Check Walking Excitation.
13. Click Floor Plan and review the results.
14. Select Occupancy: Indoor (Modular) and
review results.
15. Select Occupancy: Indoor (partitioned) and
review results.
16. Click Close.
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