AUG NS | | LNG | og Asan: he | aN 3 ‘i a f | Lf 2 ” = es Ee Ss cs Bey = = (x) c=! en ead wD ad Se = e BS Professional 2015 é\ AUTODESK Authorized AuthorAutodesk® Robot” Structural Analysis Professional - 2015 Essentials The essential guide to learning Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional... KEN MARSHCopyright © 2014 by Marsh API, LLC, Somerville, Massachusetts ISBN-13: 978.0-9915181-1-1 Al rights reserved. Use of this publication (this “ Work”) is subject to these terms. Except as permitted under the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended, and the right to store and retrieve one copy of this Work, you may not decompile, disassemble, reverse engincer. reproduce, modify, create derivative works based upon, transmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish or sublicense this Work or any part without Publisher's prior written ‘consent. You may use this Work for your own commercial and personal use; any other use of this Work is strietly prohibited. 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I am also happy to receive requests for training or consulting in the areas of Robot Structural Analysis, Revit, Revit Structure, and AutoCAD Structural Detailing Kind regards and best wishes on your path to mastering Robot Structural Analysis Professional, “Ken Owner, Marsh API, LLC‘To my family, thank you for your continued support, encouragement, and patience: I could not have done it without you. KenAcknowledgements Trecall being surprised to learn that my piano teacher in middle school also had a teacher. I suppose, at that point in life, I believed that it was possible to know everything or to have accomplished everything... with age comes wisdom: First, I would like to thank Autodesk for the amazing opportunity to work with an incredible team on the Revit® Product. It has been an awesome adventure and has led me to some amazing places in the world. I would also like to take a moment to thank the customers of Autodesk software: Without you, I would never have had the Opportunity to be involved with an amazing revolution in our industry which we have experienced in the growth and adoption of Building Information Technology. T still believe that we have only scratched the surface and there are still many exciting things to come. ‘There are a few people who have been amazing inspiration along my journey, not only in writing this book, but also in my personal journey. I would like to first thank Nicolas Mangon for bringing his vision of Revit for Structural Engineers to fruition in the form of Revit Structure. Even at version 2.0, I knew it was going to be a major revolution in our industry and I'm thrilled to have been a part of it. I would like to thank Anthony Hauck for helping me learn to see the bigger picture and for his willingness to share his vision of the future. I would like to thank Pawel Piechnik for his encouragement and positive outlook. I would like to thank my first Robot, teachers Tomek and Waldek. Without your help I would probably have never begun this adventure in the first place. I would like to extend a huge thank you to Pawel Pulak, an amazingly patient, brilliant, kind, and gifted product support specialist at Autodesk. His insight, tireless accurate diagnoses, and deep product and engineering knowledge have been indispensable to me throughout this process. I ‘would also like to thank the other Robot product support specialists Autur and Rafal: you guys rockContents at a Glance Introduction xi Chapter 1 - Getting Started 1 Chapter 2 - Preferences and Project Setup 44 Chapter 3 - Basic Structural Modeling 59 Chapter 4 - Modeling Loads 111 Chapter 5 - Preliminary Structural Analysis 182 Chapter 6 - Exploring Preliminary Results 248 Chapter 7 - Printout Composition 284 Chapter 8 - Basic Steel Design Workflow 309 Chapter 9 - Structure Modification 345 Chapter 10 - Beginning Decks and Walls 374 Chapter 11 - Basic Seismic Analysis 417 Chapter 12 - Beginning Concrete Design 431 Chapter 13 - Trouble-shooting 467 About the Author 476 Further Reading ATT Index 477Contents Introduction ‘The Goal of this Book Non-Goals « Assumptions « What you will learn - oxi xiii Using The Exercise Piles <1+++++0000----ssssssseenseeee Robot Structural Analysis Overview Sore General Capabilities -++--- xvii What's New in 2015 ci Chapter 1 - Getting Started Starting a new project - sd Structure Type 2 Exercise 1: Open an existing project. 6 ‘The User Interface : 7 ‘Model View Navigation - 16 Exercise 2: Understanding project axes and dynamic view --18 Display Options ---- 20 Exercise 3: Display Options and Templates “25 Viewing Tabular Information ---+------+ 27 Making Selections ----+--svstssssseeenessissseeneesecesseneeetees 36 Exercise 4: Using the Selection Dialog 42 Chapter 2 - Preferences and Project Setup 44 Essential Robot Preferences +----:s---s-essseseestsessseeennnnsee Ad Project specific settings «+ Project Properties *---s-r-svsstsctntietectstetststenteesen 5 Chapter 3 - Basic Structural Modeling 59 vii 7Project Grids Exercise 5: Creating Structure Axes: Stories 69 Defining Nodes “m4 Modeling Bars ~~ 17 Exercise 6: Modeling Bar Elements Modeling Nodal Supports Exercise 7: Applying Support Labels Modeling Member End Releases “> Chapter 4 - Modeling Loads Creating Load Cases + Exercise 8: Create Load Cases Applying Loads to Elements Creating and Applying Nodal Loads: Creating and Applying Bar Loads: ~ Claddings for Planar Loads Creating and Applying Planar Loads Creating and Applying Self-weight ~~~ Deleting Loads Exercise 9: Applying Loads ~~ Wind Load Generator ---~ Chapter 5 - Preliminary Structural Analysis 182 Setting up Load Combinations 182 Exercise 10: Generating Automatic Combinations ~~~ 210 ‘Model Verification Running Calculations Direct Analysis Method Chapter 6 - Exploring Preliminary Results 248 Diagrams for Bars ~~ Detailed Analysis“ vill