Autodesk Robot Structural

Analysis Professional
Pedro Gonçalves
Senior Structural Engineer na QUADRANTE Group

Luis Alves – Luis.Alves@autodesk.com

TSR – AEC – Portugal & North of Spain

Stéphane Balmain – stephane.balmain@autodesk.com

Solution Engineer – AEC, Structure & Construction - South Europe

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 Agenda
Brief Introduction

Exploring Robot Structural Analysis

Professional specific functionalities

How Quadrante is using Robot in their projects

Q&A

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 Customer Examples

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 Customer Examples

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 Customer Examples

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 Customer Examples
Oriental Art Center
Shanghai (CHINA)

Structure of the cultural center, covering an area of 40 000

square meters, composed of few theatre and concert
halls.
This structure became one of the monuments of Shanghai
historic culture and modern development.

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Rail Station - Liege (Belgique)

Realisation :

SECO
Roger DUMBRUNK
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Rugby Stadium

Realisation :

ECBA

M. POLKOTYCKI
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Hotel

Realisation :
INGEROP

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 Customer Examples Water tower

Realisation :

BET VIRELIZIER
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 Norway
Porsche store

▪ Office and show room

▪ 2500m2
▪ Earthquake design
▪ Detailed design

www.olavolsen.no

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 Norway
Lørenskog kulturhus
▪ Culture house
▪ 18000m2
▪ Cinema, Concert hall,
Library
▪ Earthquake design
▪ Detailed design

www.olavolsen.no
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pedestrian bridge

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 Norway
Brambani bridge

▪ Total length: 57m

▪ Arc span: 38,6m
▪ Difference in altitude: 3,13m
▪ Connection area: 12m
▪ Arc rotation: 6.6 degrees
▪ Waiting for detailed design

www.olavolsen.no

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 China

▪ Shanghai Lupu Bridge

Realisation :
Shanghai Municipal Engineering
Design Institute (Group) Co., Ltd
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Wood Building

Realisation :

BET Annecy Structure

https://www.annecybetonstructures.fr/
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 Customer Examples
SALLE WAGRAM - Paris

Realisation :

BET LIGOT
Yves Marie LIGOT

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 2D AutoCAD to RSA (DWG / DXF)

2D DWG/DXF – “Xref” in RSA

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 3D AutoCAD to RSA (DWG / DXF)

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 REVIT REVIT
Architecture MEP

REVIT & … ALL : Ecotec

RVT
Autocad gbXML
DWG
SKechUP

DXF SKP

REVIT NWC NAVISWORKS

DGN
Structure

GEO DWF / DWFx

Design
Review
IFC SAT/ ADSK

RTD
Concrte
Building
Structure
Inventor

ROBOT
Structural
Analysis

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 Inventor to RSA with *.SAT

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 Inventor PRO to RSA
with Frame generator

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 Link between Advance Steel and RSA

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 Building Information Modeling

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 B.I.M or Building Information Modeling
Advance Steel for steel

Revit

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Analysis

Autodesk Revit Structure for Concrete

Drawing

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 Analysis :
- Linear analysis ,
- Non-linear analysis :
-Geometrical,
-1er ordre : Stress stiffening ,
-2ème ordre : Stress stiffening + P-Delta

-Material.

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 Analysis :

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 Modal Analysis :

- Modal Analysis parameter,

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 Spectral Analysis :

Spectrum analysis parameter

Import *.TXT file

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 Eurocode 8 sismique Analysis:

Eurocode 8 Parameter
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 Some Results:
- Modal Analysis,

- Sismic calculation note,

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Equivalent Sismic Lateral Force Method

Equivalent Lateral Force Method

- Eurocode 8
- AS 1170-4:2007
- ASCE 7-10 / IBC 2012
- NBCC 2010
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 Push over Analysis
au

a1

Déplacement

Only with beams

• EC8
• ATC-40, chapitre 4
• Fema273
Harmonic Analysis

F(t) = F * sin(w*t).
FRF: Frequency Response Function

F(t) = F * sin(w*t) with T0 < t< T1

Footfall Analysis
According to
▪ Concrete Centre slabs (2006)
▪ SCI P354 slabs (2007)
▪ Stairs SCI P354 (2007)
▪ AISC DG11 floors (2003)
Linear & Non-Linear Buckling Analysis Parameters
 EI
2
FCR = 2
lf
Linear or Non-linear Time History Analysis
 CFD Wind generator

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 Imperfections :
Globales Imperfections: Local Imperfections :

General Buckling Deformation:

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 Finits Element
▪ Automesh
▪ Lots of Analysis
▪ Multithreads solver

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Cables EF
Shell or Volumique
 Gravity analysis with Load Takedown Method
Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2023

▪ Early design assessments

for building foundations
and column layouts
▪ Easy to use analysis for
easy to create analytical
model to assess building’s
behavior
▪ Transferred loads as results
for objects-based code
checking

Make design decisions earlier and faster

NO Limit in Nodes and Beam Elements
RSA (like Revit) NO LIMIT

ARSA Professionnel
Train Station : 4700 beams Unilimited

Small building : 2700 nœuds

 Open and Flexible API
Automated Structural Analysis

Possible API uses include:

▪ Custom macros creation
▪ Extraction of analysis results
▪ Write postprocessing software, such as
special codified analysis for steel, concrete,
timber, and aluminum
▪ Creation of parametric structures

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Dynamo Extension for Robot Structural Analysis
Automated Structural Analysis

▪ Create Analytical Model in Robot

▪ Analytical Nodes, Lines, Surfaces
▪ Set Attributes: Section Shapes,
Gamma Angles, Materials
▪ Definition of Boundary Conditions
▪ Supports, Releases
▪ Definition of Loads
▪ Load cases
▪ Applying: nodal, linear and surface
loads
▪ Running Calculation from Dynamo
▪ Getting results of the analysis from
RSA in Dynamo
 Lots of language for the interface & Printout Language

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 Lots of profils by country

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 Creation of personal section ( 1 material or multiple)

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 Analysis of Concrete, Steel, and Wood Designs
Support for common structural types and Code Check

Design Versatility with included Module

▪ Steel
▪ Reinforced concrete
▪ Timber
▪ Geotchnical

Loads Generation
▪ Snow & Wind Loads Generation
▪ Sismic Loads Generation

And all the Combination for this codes

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 Steel / Aluminum - Code Check

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 Concrete Code Check

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 Wood Code Check

Geotechnical Code Check

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 Wind & Snow Code Check

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 Seismic Code Check

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 EUROCODES

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 Eurocodes
Global rules - Combinations Eurocode 0

Actions Eurocode 1

Eurocode 3
Dimensionning Eurocode 2 Eurocode 4 Eurocode 5 Eurocode 6
EN 1993-1-1/12
Concrete Steel Concrete +steel Timber Masonry

Ground Eurocode 7

Earthquake Eurocode 8

Aluminum Eurocode 9

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 Eurocodes in Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional

Global rules - Combinaisons Eurocode 0

Actions Eurocode 1

Eurocode 3
Dimensionning Eurocode 2 Eurocode 4 Eurocode 5 Eurocode 6
EN 1993-1-1/12
Concrete Steel Concrete +steel Timber Masonry

Ground Eurocode 7

Earthquake Eurocode 8

Aluminum Eurocode 9

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 EUROCODE 0
Bases and combinations

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Eurocode 0 : Combinations

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 Focus on codes :
- EUROCODE 0 : Combinations ➔ NP EN 1990

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Eurocode 1 : Wind & Snow

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Eurocode 1 : Wind & Snow

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NP - Eurocode 1 : Wind & Snow

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Eurocode 2 :

Beam
Colmun
Footing
Wall
Nodes
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 Reinforce Concrete
RC beam

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 RC Beam parametres

Materials

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 Some (other) parametres :
Level Parametres: Calculation Options:

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 RC beam with
Eurocode2 (of course) & Eurocode8

Fire provisions Seismic dispositions

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 RC beam with
Eurocode2 (of course) & Eurocode8

Fire provisions Seismic dispositions

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 RC beam with
Eurocode2 (of course) & Eurocode8

Fire provisions Seismic dispositions

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 Fire provisions

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 RC Elements
Plan / Sheets :

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 RC Elements
Beam

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 RC Column
Eurocode2 EN et Eurocode8

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 RC Colmun
with Eurocode2 & Eurocode8

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 RC Colmun
Eurocode2 & Eurocode8

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 RC Wall EC2+EC8
▪ DCL
▪ DCH
▪ DCM

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 RC Wall according to EC2+EC8 ANF

Export du modele 3D coque :

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 RC Shell Eurocode2

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 RC Slab/Shell Punching Eurocode2

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 RC Beam / Colmun Eurocode2

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 RC Beam / Column Eurocode2

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 RC Nodes Eurocode2 & Eurocode8

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 Revit to RSA with RSA theritical reinforcement

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 Revit to RSA Beam

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 Reinforcement of Slabs with Wire Fabric

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Eurocode 3 : Parameters in job preferences

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 Eurocode 3 - Steel
- Automatic classification,

-Recognizes effective section (class 4),

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 Eurocode 3 - Steel
- Buckling,

-Lateral buckling,

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 Eurocode 3 - Steel
- Interaction coefficients,

-Fire calculations,

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 Eurocode 3 - Steel
- Interaction coefficients,

-Thin walled section,

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 Eurocode 3 Connections:
- Interface,

- Rigidity calculation and automatic releases generation,

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 Eurocode 3 Connections:

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 Eurocode 3 Connections:

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 Wood :
Eurocode 5

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 Dimensioning :
- Buckling,

- Lateral buckling,

- Humidity class (Kdef,kmod),

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 Dimensioning :
- Deflection and camber, - Fire calculation,

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 Dimensioning :
- Additional verification,
-Beam:
-simple decrement,
-double decrement,,
-curve,
-tapered inertia.

- System effect.

- Load case classification - duration,

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 RC Footing according to Eurocode2 & Eurocode7

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 RC Footing according to Eurocode2 & Eurocode7

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 Robot Structural Analysis Tutorials

https://help.autodesk.com/view/RSAPRO/2024/PTB/?guid=Robot_GSG_Tutorials_html
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Robot Structural Analysis on YouTube

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