User manual AUTODESK ROBOT STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS PROFESSIONAL 2010 BROCHURE

[. . . ] AutoCAD Structural Detailing AutoCAD Structural Detailing software is a powerful solution for faster and efficient detailing and creation of fabrication shop drawings for reinforced concrete and steel structures. ® Enhanced Collaboration and Workflow Made Easy Autodesk Robot StructuralTM Analysis Professional software complements building information modeling (BIM) with coordinated digital analysis and design. ® Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional is a collaborative, versatile, and fast software application that can help you compete and win in the global economy. Purpose-built for BIM, Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional calculates even your most complex models with powerful finite element auto-meshing, nonlinear algorithms, and a comprehensive collection of design codes to help you achieve results in minutes, not hours. Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional offers seamless, collaborative workflow and interoperability with 3D bidirectional links to Autodesk companion products. [. . . ] Engineers can use tools to efficiently add, copy, remove, and edit geometry for similar building stories. Analysis Capabilities While Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional is a powerful, easy, and efficient tool for general linear static analysis, it also equips structural engineers with the ability to go beyond the traditional analysis capabilities of other software programs. Engineers can explore design alternatives and investigate the linear and true nonlinear behavior of a structure. The software allows the simple and effective analysis of many types of nonlinearity, including P-delta analysis, tension/compression members and supports, cables, and plastic hinges, just to name a few. Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional provides market-leading tools for the dynamic analysis of structures, and high-level fast dynamic solvers ensure that dynamic analysis can be easily carried out for any size of structure. Analysis Solvers Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional includes state-of-the-art solvers to deliver fast processing of even the largest structural models. These analysis algorithms, based on advanced technology, enable engineers to deliver accurate results fast, helping them to easily optimize and reanalyze structures and explore a variety of structural configurations. Wide Range of Analysis Capabilities Advanced Auto-Meshing and Modeling Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional is a robust structural analysis software application with powerful mesh generation techniques that enable structural engineers to effortlessly work with even the most complex models. Automatic mesh definition tools allow for manual manipulation of the mesh, refinement, and meshing around openings of any shape and size. The many meshing tools available enable structural engineers to quickly create a high-quality finite element mesh on virtually any shape of structure. State-of-the-Art Analysis Solvers Advanced Auto-Meshing and Modeling Capabilities Unmatched Versatility and Region-Free Analysis Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional software is a comprehensive global analysis application with an open API, delivering flexibility to analyze and design a broad range of structures. Reinforced Concrete and Steel Design Solution Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional contains integrated reinforced concrete and steel design modules based on more than 40 international steel codes and 30 reinforced concrete codes, simplifying the design process, and assisting engineers with selecting and verifying structural elements. Extensive Output of Analysis Results Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional provides wide flexibility in obtaining analysis 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. Extending Capabilities with an Open API The concept of linking applications together to provide a single solution is not new, but few solutions offer the practical approach of Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional. This program utilizes component object model (COM) technology as introduced by Microsoft, allowing the solution to be open architecture and openly programmable by any engineer. The open and flexible API offers an extensive list of possibilities, including integrating Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional software with external programs, such as Microsoft Excel® software, Microsoft Word, and AutoCAD ® software; extracting results from Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional; writing postprocessing software, such as special codified analysis for steel, concrete, timber, and aluminum; and the ability to create parametric structures in Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional. International Design Codes Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional includes more than 60 sections and materials databases from around the world, enabling international projects to be completed with ease. With 70 built-in design codes for an array of countries, structural engineers can work with country-specific section shapes, imperial or metric units, and country-specific building codes within the same integrated model. 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