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Robot Structural Analysis

Setup and Preferences

Language

Multilingual, providing 8 separate languages:

English, French, Romanian, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Chinese, and
Japanese

General Parameters

Snap Settings

Yes

Display of structural parameters

Active undo option

Bars and panel description, supports, releases, load symbols, grids and color
details are possible
Yes

Auto Back-up copy

Yes

Auto save option

Yes and the timing we can set which is same like in Autocad

Tip-Of the day

Technical Tips Yes

Object Inspector

Used to manage the different structural elements placed in the model

Desktop Settings

Same like in Autocad

Work Preferences
Units and Formats

Yes

Materials

Steel, Stainless steel, aluminium, Concrete, Joist and Cables

Code Checking and Design

General: more than 40 international steel codes and 30 reinforced concrete

codes
Steel/Aluminium structures: AIJ-ASD, AL, ACI, AS, BS, CAN/CSA, CM, CNR,
DIN, EN, ENV, IS, GB, NBE, NEN etc.
Steel Connections: CM, EN, ENV, PN-EN
RC: ACI, BAEL, BS, CP, CSA, DM, DIN, EH, EN, GB, IS, NBN, PN Etc
Timber: CB, EN, PN, ENV, PN-EN
Geotechnical: ACI, BS, CSA,DTU, EN, ENV. PN, SNiP etc
Load Combinations: ACI, BAEL, BS, CP, CSA, DM, DIN, EH, EN, GB, IS,
NBN, PN Etc
Snow/Wind : ASCE, BS, DM, DTR, EIA, EN, IS, NBE, NV, PN, SFS, STAS,
SNiP etc
Seismic : AFPS, CHINA, CIRSOC, DM, DBN, EAK, EN, ENV, GBJ, IBC, IS<
NBC, NS-EN, PS, RPA, SNiP, UBC, UNI EN etc.
Yes

Structural Analysis
(Linear, non-linear and
seismic/dynamic analysis )
Auto-Meshing

Panels and Claddings - Powerful auto meshing generation techniques - can

independently manipulate native automatic mesh generation and manual
definition of meshing parameters for each panel. This functionality provides
the ability to create a high-quality finite element mesh on virtually any shape
of structure

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Robot Structural Analysis

General
Layout System

Designed to take a new user through a model from start to finish, while
opening predefined windows for different tasks

Visualization:
From simple wire frames for speed,
accuracy and ease of use to fully
rendered 3D models for clear mass
distribution and presentation

yes

Floor plane views

easily create columns and generate beam framing layouts along with the
Grids

Editor
A color coded tool to check and
organize the data, label with
comments and organize to model
stage construction
Section Vizard
Calculate properties of built up
sections, drawn freehand,
parametrically defined, or
imported from a CAD drawing
View Manager

NA

Interface with Microsoft Excel

Structural Model

yes

Enables the user to maneuver between work planes and switch from 2D to
3D views
Application Programming Interface (API) The model can be changed using Excel and those changes can be
represented in Robot Model. Applications such as this are enormous time
savers in the optimization of any model.

Geometry
Grid definition

We can define X/Y direction grids for the proposed building

Model creation

Same like Autocad - user friendly options for 3D modeling. Also nodes and
elements.

Import/export

we can import dwg & dxf backgrouds

Also the below types:
*.rtd, *.str, *.do4, *.sdf, *.$2k, *.anf, *.neu, *.sat, *.rdx & *.ifc

Material Properties

Yes

Objects
Beam elements:
yes
Standard linear, curved and physical
beams,
compression/tension only, with
databases of sections from around
the world
Plates
3 or 4 noded 2D plates and surface
objects
(shear walls) with holes

Panels and Cladding elements with auto-meshing.

Claddings

yes

Slab with opening

Yes

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Solid
Solid 3D bricks from 4 to 8 noded

Robot Structural Analysis

yes

Supports
yes
Nodal support (pinned and fixed) for
foundation and Multi linear springs

Specifications:
yes
Complete range of release
definitions, including partial moment
releases and non-linear behavior.
Master Slave to model diaphragm
actions on beam models

Loads:
Full range of loads for static and
dynamic analysis

yes

Vehicle and the Moving Loads

yes

Influence Lines

Yes

Line loads

yes

Load generators.
Seismic UBC, IBC, ASME wind and
snow, bridge loading.

yes

Structural Loads and Automatic

Load Combinations for the relevant
standards

Yes

Bidirectional Links - enables more

accurate structural analysis and
design results to be updated
throughout the building information
model for coordinated construction
documentation

Yes

Analysis
Perform Imperfection analysis

Yes

Perform Buckling analysis

Yes

Perform Pushover analysis

Yes

Elastic

Yes

Generate floor spectrum analysis

Yes

Non-Linear analysis

Yes

P-Delta analysyis

Yes

Time history Analysis

Yes

Perform Cable Analysis

Yes

Elasto Plastic analysis

Yes

Footfall Harmonic Analysis

Yes

Harmonic analysis

Yes

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Design

Possible to get the elevation and sections of all the members

Beam Design

yes

Column Design

yes

Slab Design
Required reinforcement
Provided reinforcement
Punching reinforcement

Yes

Foundation Design

yes

Post Processing
Interactive graphics
Linked tables and windows to get
direct feedback from one item in
related windows

yes

Output file
yes
Simple clear information to verify the
analysis
User Report.
Create high quality documents with
company logos and diagrams taken
directly from the application - Even
export to MS Word

yes

Contoured stress plots.

Using automatic or user configured
scales, colors and limits.

yes

Output in 3D solid view

Yes

Animations
Yes
View displacements, stress contours
or mode shapes dynamically

Results.

Results may be viewed on individual members, parts of the structure, or for

the structure as a whole in the forms of diagrams and maps. Tabular results
may be easily filtered to show specific data and easily output to spreadsheets
for user postprocessing of data - easy documentation

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Features
Drafting

Yes

Documentation

yes

Design Drawings

Yes

fabrication dwgs to support BIM

workflows
Option for Quantity Survey

yes

Option for Cost estimation

yes

Definition and results for core walls.

yes

Text editor

NA

yes

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