Linking Autodesk Revit and Robot Structural Analysis

Here is the exploration that how the interoperability between Revit®, Autodesk® Revit® Structure, and Autodesk® Robot™ Structural Analysis Professional software—including recommended workflows, analytical modeling best practices and the details of data exchange between the solutions works. This study contains the updated information on the latest SMXX format as well as the analytical model enhancements in Autodesk Revit.SMXX is the binary file format that contains information about the structural model.

The Structural engineers typically start the design process by interpreting architectural drawings, creating design documentation, and creating various analytical models. These analytical models must be consistently coordinated with respect to general framing layout, material and section properties, and loading. Once analysis and design is completed, the design documentation is modified to reflect the most current design. This workflow is repeated for each iteration of the design process.

The link between Autodesk Revit 2015 or Autodesk Revit Structure 2015 software and Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2015 software helps make this workflow smoother by facilitating the coordination of design documentation with structural analytical design information.

The Revit1 software supports the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process for structural engineers by providing a physical model of the structure to use for documentation and an associated analytical model, as well as other structural attributes and properties to use for structural analysis and design. Robot Structural Analysis Professional supports BIM with its advanced analysis and multi-material design functionality. The bidirectional interoperability of Revit and Robot Structural Analysis Professional software helps reduce the time needed to create and update multiple analysis models and helps to avoid potential errors resulting from manual coordination between analysis results and construction documentation.

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Published By

Rajib Dey

www.bimoutsourcing.com

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Autodesk launch Revit Structure 2013 to make more improved structural design and analysis

Revit® Structure software offers purpose-made BIM solution for structural design and analysis useful for structural engineering firm to design and create well-organized building structures.

In order to create effective structural analysis, the software incorporates a multi material physical model and an autonomously modifiable logical model at the time of generating bidirectional links to other accepted structural analysis software.

With Revit® Structure the structural engineers can visualize a structure precisely prior to commencement of the actual construction and undertake informed decisions in the design phase beforehand. Revit Structure applies BIM solution to facilitate multidiscipline synchronization of structural design documentation and improve collaboration among project stakeholders by reducing inaccuracies.

Revit Structure 2013

Now Revit structure 2013 has emerged in the market with the following advanced features and functionalities.

Revit users can keep more control for dealing with central revit models with the developments of Revit Server. Local accelerators will be able to link to various hosts facilitating users to generate a distributed Revit Server network.

Revit structure 2013 contains improvements to dimensioning capabilities.  A new diameter dimension tool allows an individual segment in a multi-segment dimension chain for selection and removal. Besides, dimension instances will show the segment values, equality text, or the equality formula string.

 Revit 2013 can provide support for construction modeling by facilitating additional customization in parts. Parts will be merged, eliminated, and reinstated. Two or more parts can be combined into a single part, excludes will removes parts from the project, and finally, one can reinstate parts that was formerly excluded at any time.

Revit structure 2013 will empower the revit users  to import and export drawings to and from Bentley Microstation V7 and V8 file format. Export to DWF™ and DWG™ formats has been also enhanced.

The revit users will be benefitted with global industry standards as well as GSA standards because International Industry Foundation Class (IFC) version 2x3 is now certified for Revit. Open source Revit IFC exporter is developed to cope up with emerging standards. The revit users can distribute information successfully with third-party applications towards supporting design workflows as they can recommend changes to the IFC export.

Inclusion of Revit Exchange App Store. It is a web platform facilitating the revit users to get smooth access to add-ins and other content in the Revit platform.

Autodesk Subscription users will be able to avail the incorporated Autodesk 360 features, along with rendering and energy study. The users can deliver their designs to the cloud for quicker, superior quality rendering and analysis.

The users can experience better design elasticity with advancements to the analytical model for direct manipulation of floor and foundation slabs. A new Analytical Link Element is adjoined to speed us the structural analysis by relating offset columns or beams.

The Revit – STAAD link is now accessible for Revit Structure 2013 from Structural Integrators.


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