Beyond Buildings: Advanced FEM Analysis and BIM in the Offshore Industry

This class covers the use of several software products, including Revit® Structure and Robot™ Structural Analysis Professional, for applications in the offshore energy and marine industry rather than the traditional building industry. These structures are often steel dominated and usually require advanced finite element method (FEM) analysis. We show examples from relevant projects and explain the workflow between the different software products used in the projects. We also show how the Robot API (application programing interface) can be useful for improved workflow between various analysis and modeling tools for complete detail engineering. You should be familiar with Robot, or another similar FEM analysis tool, and be open to API programming.