Extraction of External Force and

Wall Reactions from NEMStatik

using Excel VBA Macro
June 11, 2019
Agenda

1. Step by step guide to Load extraction

2. Converting Extracted File(.struxml) to Strusoft File
Step by step guide to Load Extraction
• Select desired Load Case to extract from the “Shear Walls” Ribbon and
Select “Choose Combination”
Step by step guide to Load Extraction
• A Dialog box will pop out that will enable you to select a Load Case of
your choice

a
b

a. Load Combination
b. Wind/Seismic Direction
Step by step guide to Load Extraction

• Go to the “Dæk” Sheet and choose the level you want to extract the
forces, in this example let’s choose Dæk over etage 1.

Load Case: U2.1

Seismic Direction: -X
Step by step guide to Load Extraction

• Highlight/Select all the rows corresponding to a wall under “Dæk over

etage 1”

From Wall 1
to Wall 153
Step by step guide to Load Extraction

• Once the rows are highlighted, ensure that the excel file “Macro” which
contains the VBA Codes for the extraction is active/open.
Step by step guide to Load Extraction

• Back on the NEMStatik file, go to “Developer” Ribbon and select “Macros”

Step by step guide to Load Extraction

• Macro Dialog box will pop out

3 1. Select the excel file

“Macro” from the drop
2 down menu.

2. Select the only VBA code

availably.

3. Click “Run”
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Step by step guide to Load Extraction

• Another Dialog box will pop out, this will let us Name the (.struxml) file
that will be produced.
Step by step guide to Load Extraction

• A dialog box will again pop out, this will let us choose the floor we are
considering from the sheet “Last på bygn.”
Step by step guide to Load Extraction

1 1. Ensure to on the correct

Load Direction, in this case
(-X)

2. Highlight the row which

corresponds to the level
considered and the one
above it
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Step by step guide to Load Extraction

• This will create the (.struxml) file that will be located at your Local
Documents folder
Converting Extracted File(.struxml) to Strusoft File

• Open the Strusoft FEM-Design and just Drag and Drop the (.struxml) file
to import it to Strusoft.
Converting Extracted File(.struxml) to Strusoft File

• The Loads Imported can now be accessed on Load menu with the Load
Case name being the Name given to the (.struxml) file.
Converting Extracted File(.struxml) to Strusoft File

• To check if the loads are properly extracted and imported to strusoft, go back to
the NEMStatik file, “Dæk” sheet and check if the loads corresponds to the load
table. The wall number will be added as a comment on the Strusoft file for
checking.
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