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Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2015
Optimizing Structural Analysis with Dynamo
With the new Structural Analysis package for Dynamo software, you may optimize your existing structural workflows or invent some way of doing things. This lab will teach participants how to create structural model inside Robot Structural Analysis software using Dynamo software workflows, and how to set up the calculations model using dedicated nodes and run the computation. To complete the process, you will also learn how to interpret results to build optimized structural systems.
Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2019
Robot Structural Analysis: A Solid Foundation for Practical Projects
This lab will use straightforward practical examples to teach best practices to new users of Robot Structural Analysis software. The lab is intended for those who have an understanding of structural analysis but are new to Robot Structural Analysis. It will introduce the basic functionality of Robot Structural Analysis, key features, and best office practices for teams working in Robot Structural Analysis. Topics will include, but are not limited to, concrete design, steel design, and composite deck design. Additional topics will address loadings and key strategies for collaboration between Robot Structural Analysis and other Autodesk applications, such as Revit software and Advance Steel software.
Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2014
Robot Structural Analysis: Making the Change
It's time to learn about Robot Structural Analysis software in this hands-on, down-and-dirty take on a powerful analysis tool that boasts one of the highest levels of direct integration with Revit software currently available. If you are curious about Robot Structural Analysis software and you want to know more, this is the class for you. As engineers with extensive responsibility, changing analysis packages is not something we would ever undertake lightly—and not without doing our own investigations into the capabilities of the new software. This class will give you an introduction to Robot Structural Analysis software and get you ready to set up your own exploration and investigation of this great analysis package. We will cover basic interface, navigation, setup, display, simple modeling, basic loading, seismic, results exploration, and basic material design workflow. We will also include key tips and tricks for getting up to speed quickly with Robot.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2017
Robot Structural Analysis Professional Structural Analysis—from Design to Calculation
In this session, we'll look at a customer reference case of a shopping mall in Norway where Robot Structural Analysis Professional software managed to reduce the planned calculation work from 48 hours to 16 hours. The planned calculation work included optimization of steel frames and trusses, reinforcement calculation, and reaction forces for the piles.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2014
Structural Analysis Workflows with Plant Design Suite Ultimate
This class will focus on interoperability between Plant Design Suite Ultimate software and Robot Structural Analysis software. In this class you will learn effective practices for collaborating with 3D models from AutoCAD Plant 3D software, Revit software, Advance Steel software, and Robot Structural Analysis software.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2019
Robot Structural Analysis API Add-Ins as Benefits for Structural Design Modeling
Custom-tailored software has never been easier to achieve in Robot Structural Analysis software. If you’re writing, or willing to write, add-ins for Robot Structural Analysis to expand its capabilities, this is the perfect place to get to know the subject and meet the people who use the Robot Structural Analysis API.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2014
Direct Analysis Method in Robot Structural Analysis Professional
This class will review the American Institute of Steel Construction's (AISC) Direct Analysis Method, and we'll look at how it is implemented in Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2015 software. We will cover the requirements of the Direct Analysis Method, and we'll examine the challenges of applying it in analysis and design software. We'll explore analysis examples from actual projects to conduct an in-depth examination of the Direct Analysis Method workflow in Robot Structural Analysis Professional software. Through these examples, we'll review the analysis parameters, the ways to perform the analysis, and the options available to review and validate the analysis results. This class will illustrate the benefits of the Direct Analysis Method and demonstrate the ways that the implementation of Robot Structural Analysis Professional software is efficient, customizable, and user-friendly. We will also discuss how the software considers the code-required stability effects.
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2020
SOFiSTiK Structural Analysis integrated in Revit – Workflow and Advantages
Analyze, Design, Evaluate, Repeat – the process of structural analysis is iterative. However, even in BIM-workflows, this cycle is often conducted in spearate software packages, where the analytical model is created and maintained independently. Redundant input and inconsistencies lead to an inefficient and costly process. As Revit automatically generates the analytical model along with the physical model, integrating structural analysis into a BIM-process gets reasonable and more critical, maintainable. The SOFiSTiK App, Analysis + Design for Revit, extends this concept and enriches the analytical model in Revit with additional properties, like design code specific materials, cross-sections or additional analysis elements. The entire analysis of buildings - from the definition of properties to the design of members and the visualization of results - can be conducted entirely within Revit.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2016
Precast Building Design Using Revit, Robot Structural Analysis, and Dynamo

Precast structures are a prime example of why Building Information Modeling (BIM) is so crucial to engineering professionals. In a typical precast project, there are hundreds of pieces and parts that need to be tracked, ordered on time, and assembled correctly. Revit software offers the perfect medium to do that; however, Revit software by itself cannot yet perform a complete structural analysis and design, but offers some tools to help in doing so. In this class, we will explore the process of creating an analytical model of a typical precast residential building, exporting and running the structural analysis in Robot Structural Analysis software, and then transferring the reinforcing back to Revit software. Revit software and Robot Structural Analysis software are not specifically tailored to tackle all things precast, but the .NET framework and the Dynamo extension make it easier to streamline workflows. We will also look at how to use Dynamo to automate precast drafting and design. This session features Robot Structural Analysis and Revit. AIA Approved

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2014
Wind Simulation in Robot Structural Analysis Professional
This class will review the new wind simulation technology available in Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2015 software. We will review the current landscape of code-based wind design (specifically ASCE 7) and we'll discuss the challenges of applying these methods to different structure types. We'll then examine Robot Structural Analysis Professional software's unique computational fluid dynamic (CFD) wind simulation tools, and we'll discuss how they compare to the code-based approaches. Using sample wind simulation models, we will review the wind simulation analysis parameters and the analysis process, and we'll discuss the simulation results. Finally, we'll review the benefits of wind simulation, we'll discuss the ways it can be used to supplement and/or validate code-based approaches, and we'll cover the benefits of wind simulation on workflows and projects.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2014
Seismic Analysis in Robot Structural Analysis Professional
In this lecture we will cover seismic design capabilities that are included in Robot Structural Analysis Professional software. Come to this lecture to explore seismic analysis based on both lateral force and response spectrum methods. Topics will include seismic analysis based on lateral force method; seismic analysis based on response spectrum method; modal analysis; definition of automatic design combinations considering static load cases and dynamic combinations; and specific results for the core walls and the building stories.
Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2016
Robot Structural Analysis and Dynamo and ASCE7 Wind Load, Oh My!
In an attempt to win my colleagues over to the Robot Structural Analysis software as a company standard, I ran into what seemed like an insurmountable wall: Robot Structural Analysis software doesn't generate 3D ASCE 7 wind loads! This class will walk you through the process I developed to utilize the amazing Dynamo program to grab element geometry, ask a few questions, and create ASCE 7-10 wind load combinations in Robot Structural Analysis software in an attempt to convince my bosses that Robot Structural Analysis software (React Structures platform) and Dynamo are the way of the future. This session features Robot Structural Analysis, Dynamo Studio, and Revit.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2014
Complex Modeling and Analysis Using Robot Structural Analysis and the API
This class will show you how to use the Robot Structural Analysis software's comprehensive API to simulate complex structural problems and thus improve efficiency and provide feedback loops. We will review several examples where the API has been used to link Robot Structural Analysis software to other software in order to speed up model generation and help create complicated geometry models with a high level of accuracy. We will show you tips, tricks, and effective practices for generating models that run efficiently, and you will discover how to use the API to extract results in order to provide optimization feedback loops. We will also show you how to use such functions as Result Query and Cache in Microsoft Visual Basic to access data within Robot Structural Analysis software. We will use at least 1 example of this type of workflow to demonstrate how quickly you can create scripts to link software such as Grasshopper to Robot Structural Analysis software, and then continue through to Revit software to produce project documentation and images.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2012
Autodesk® 360 Structural Analysis for Autodesk® Revit®
This class covers the basics of the Autodesk 360 Structural Analysis for Revit service. We will provide a basic orientation to the service and take you through it to productive results.You will be introduced to tools that can help you to become productive in expanding your collaborative reach for successful projects.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2015
Composite-Beam-Design Extension in Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2016
This class will review the new composite-beam-design extension available for Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2016 software. To set the stage for the Robot Structural Analysis software demonstration, we will first complete a review of composite-beam-design theory and AISC 360-10’s composite-beam-design implementation and requirements. We’ll then demonstrate how you can access and install the composite-beam-design extension for Robot Structural Analysis 2016 software. We’ll conduct an in-depth examination of the composite-beam-design extension, detailing all of the features and uses by exploring composite-beam-design examples from actual projects. We’ll look at various types of composite-beam configurations, taking each example from analysis and design parameter definition through to reviewing the analysis and design results and reports. This class will illustrate the benefits of Robot Structural Analysis software’s composite-beam-design implementation, and provide guidance on best practices to make the most of this robust tool.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2015
Into the Woods: Robot Structural Analysis for Wood Design Per NDS 2012
We’ll take a close look at the exciting new capabilities of Robot Structural Analysis 2016 software for wood design per NDS 2012. Learn about the key features, settings, and modeling techniques to take full advantage of these new design modules. We will share real-world examples worked in Robot Structural Analysis Professional software.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2019
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Robot Structural Analysis, but Were Afraid to Ask
If you’ve already used calculation programs in structural design, it’s time to get to know the Robot Structural Analysis Professional software better. You’ll learn how to use its strengths, design codes, advanced analysis, and data exchange. If you don’t go forward, you go back—and the Robot Structural Analysis software doesn’t stand still....
New Orleans 2022
BIM-Centered Workflows for Structural Analysis
As more and more structural engineers connect to and embrace building information modeling (BIM) workflows, there is increased demand for analytical collaboration in BIM. Engineers are looking to increase their analytical modeling productivity while ensuring that their physical and analytical models are well coordinated throughout the design process. In this class, you’ll learn about a completely new approach to structural analytical modeling introduced in Revit 2023 software. This approach offers structural engineers more flexibility and control over their analytical modeling, particularly for complex structures, and therefore enables fully bidirectional workflows between Revit and analysis software. Moreover, you’ll learn how the new library-based steel connection design automation introduced in Revit 2023 enables you to design steel structures more quickly and accurately, using predefined and easily customized rules maximizing results of structural analysis.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2018
Sensing-Based Structural Analysis
In this class, we will introduce Sensequake sensing-based structural analysis. We have developed advanced software and sensors to provide professional services and a turnkey solution to engineers and asset owners. Our patented technology performs structural health monitoring and seismic assessment solely based on actual data from highly sensitive vibration sensors—saving engineers time, effort, and money—all while providing superior results. This allows for the detection of hidden defects and undocumented structural modifications not detected by visual inspection and traditional engineering practices. In this class, we will explain how sensing technologies can be used for periodic and permanent structural-health monitoring. The assessments are based on very accurate sensing tests, without the need for a finite element (FE) analysis. In fact, our sensing results can be used to calibrate FE simulations build by Revit software, Robot Structural Analysis software, or other FE packages.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023
Empower BIM-Integrated Structural Analysis Workflows Through the Revit API
In this joint presentation, Autodesk and SOFiSTiK will showcase the usage of the Revit API in an industrial application. SOFiSTiK, a development partner of Autodesk, builds its structural analysis application upon Revit software, providing a workflow that's fully integrated in building information modeling (BIM), from modeling to design and detailing. Structural engineers can analyze buildings in Revit, allowing them to be in constant connection with the intelligent model. The application uses the rich Revit API to extend and customize Revit functionality. We'll present different use cases, such as generating and modifying the analytical model or displaying analysis results. The direct connection with the intelligent model enables access to new insights, allowing informed decisions and more-efficient checking of the downstream detailing processes. Additional insights in how development teams of Autodesk and SOFiSTiK work together will complete this presentation.
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