Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2012

Autodesk® Robot™ Structural Analysis Professional software provides structural engineers with advanced building analysis capabilities for large and complex structures. The structural analysis software offers a smoother workflow and interoperability with Autodesk® Revit® Structure software to extend the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process, enabling engineers to more quickly perform comprehensive analysis of a variety of structures.

Features:

Autodesk® Robot™ Structural Analysis Professional software provides structural engineers with advanced structural modeling and analysis capabilities for large and complex structures. Take advantage of new and updated tools, including improved interoperability with Autodesk® Revit® Structure software that can help make sharing structural analytical models and analysis results easier, as well as new tools that make it easier to design steel connections and reinforced concrete structures.

Bidirectional Links with Revit Structure
Bidirectional linking enables accurate structural analysis and design results to be updated throughout the model, thanks to coordinated construction documentation provided with Building Information Modeling (BIM).

Powerful Workflows for Structural Analysis & Documentation
Create structural models and perform structural analysis within Robot Structural Analysis Professional, and seamlessly transfer the model and results to AutoCAD® Structural Detailing software to generate fabrication drawings. Within this ecosystem of structural engineering software, structural engineers can take advantage of an integrated workflow from design through analysis to fabrication.

Advanced Auto-Meshing & Modeling Capabilities
Powerful auto meshing generation techniques enable structural engineers to effortlessly work with even the most complex models. Native automatic mesh generation and manual definition of meshing parameters can be manipulated independently for each panel. This functionality provides the ability to create a high-quality finite element mesh.

Localized for Global Markets
Robot Structural Analysis Professional supports multinational design teams using many languages, including English, French, Romanian, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Chinese, and Japanese. You can perform structural analysis in one language and output in another, and you can use imperial and metric units in combination within the same structural model.

Materials & Design Codes Support
Robot Structural Analysis Professional includes more than 60 sections and materials databases from around the world. With an array of 70 built-in design codes, structural engineers can work with country-specific section shapes, imperial or metric units, and country-specific building codes within the same integrated model.

Wide Range of Analysis Capabilities
Investigate the linear and nonlinear behavior of many types of structures. Enjoy simple and effective analysis of many types of nonlinearity, such as P-delta analysis, tension/compression members, supports, cables, and plastic hinges

Integrated Design Solution for Reinforced Concrete and Steel
Robot Structural Analysis Professional contains integrated reinforced concrete design and steel design modules based on more than 40 international steel codes and 30 reinforced concrete codes, simplifying the design process and assisting with the selection and verification of structural elements.

State of the Art Analysis Solvers
State-of-the-art fast dynamic solvers enable you to carry out structural dynamic analysis for any size of structure. The efficient analysis algorithms are designed and optimized for quad-core and multicore computer processors, giving structural engineers the calculation speed to deliver accurate results for demanding structures in minutes versus hours.

Extensive Support for Reporting Analysis Results
Robot Structural Analysis Professional provides flexibility in obtaining analysis results. Review results as visualizations and raw data in several formats.

Open & Flexible API
Robot Structural Analysis Professional uses Microsoft COM (Component Object Model) technologies, enabling an open and flexible API (application programming interface).

Integrated Structural Analysis Made Easier

Autodesk® Robot™ Structural Analysis Professional software complements building information modeling (BIM) with coordinated digital analysis and design.

Autodesk® Robot™ Structural Analysis Professional software is a collaborative, versatile, and faster 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 more 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 a smoother, collaborative workflow and interoperability with 3D bidirectional links to Autodesk companion products. The open API (application programming interface) helps to provide a scalable, country-specific analysis solution for large and complex building structures.

Subscription Benefit
As an exclusive Subscription benefit, Robot™ Extensions for Autodesk® Robot™ Structural Analysis Professional software extend the capabilities of Autodesk structural analysis tools, providing structural engineers with even more flexibility to achieve their results. Simple tools are available that enable users to extract a large range of data from Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional, and no special programming experience is required.

Bidirectional Links with Autodesk Revit Structure
Experience the powerful bidirectional integration of Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional and Autodesk® Revit® Structure software. More smoothly import and export structural models between the two applications by using the Autodesk Revit Extensions analysis link. Bidirectional linking enables more accurate structural analysis and design results to be updated throughout the building information model for coordinated construction documentation.

From Analysis to Fabrication Drawings
Structural engineers using Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional can benefit from the ability to more smoothly transfer select design data to AutoCAD® Structural Detailing software, providing an integrated workflow from analysis through design to final project documentation and structural drawings.

Faster Simulation and Calculations of Complex Structures

Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional software utilizes state-of-the-art finite element auto-meshing capabilities.

Modeling, Analysis, and Design
While Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional can enable users to analyze a wide range of structures, the software includes features specifically created for the modeling, analysis, and design of buildings. The building
design layout includes floor plane views to more easily create columns and generate beam framing layouts. Engineers can use tools to efficiently add, copy, remove, and edit geometry for similar building stories.

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 more efficiently work with even more 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
more quickly create a high-quality finite element mesh on virtually any shape of structure.

Analysis Capabilities
Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional is a powerful, easier-to-use, and efficient tool for general linear static analysis. In addition, it equips structural engineers with the ability to go beyond the traditional analysis capabilities of other software programs. Engineers can better explore design alternatives and investigate the linear and true nonlinear behavior of a structure. The software enables 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 cutting-edge tools for the dynamic analysis of structures, and high-level fast dynamic solvers help provide dynamic analysis that can be more easily carried out for demanding structures.

Analysis Solvers
Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional includes state-of-the-art solvers to deliver faster processing of even more complex structural models. These analysis algorithms, based on advanced technology, enable engineers to deliver more accurate results faster, helping them to more easily optimize and reanalyze structures and explore a variety of structural configurations.

Greater Versatility and Global Analysis

Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional software is a comprehensive global analysis application with an open API, delivering more 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, helping to simplify the design process, and assist engineers with selecting and evaluating structural elements.

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 more easily. 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.

Multilingual for Global Markets
Compete in the global market with Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional. The software supports multinational design teams by providing many languages, including English, French, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Chinese, and Japanese. Structural analysis can be performed in one language and output can be generated in another, providing versatility among global teams. Imperial and metric units can be used in combination within the same structural model, providing adaptability to varying environments.

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. The printout composition feature provides the ability to save tables and model views in a userdefined layout. Results and maps saved in this layout are automatically refreshed after model changes. Printouts can be made directly from printout composition or can be presented in Microsoft® Word editor HTML format.

Extended 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 more 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

System Requirements:

For 32-Bit Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2012

• Microsoft® Windows® 7  Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium edition, Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (SP2 or later), or Microsoft® Windows XP® Professional edition (SP2 or later)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
• Intel® Pentium® 4 2 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology or equivalent AMD® processor
• 3 GB RAM
• 1,280 x 1,024 monitor and display adapter capable of 24-bit color
• 3 GB free disk space, plus 5 GB free disk space left after installation
• 2-button mouse with scroll wheel recommended
• Download or installation from DVD

For 64-Bit Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2012

• Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium edition, Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (SP2 or later), or Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 edition (SP2)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology or equivalent AMD processor
• 3 GB RAM
• 1,280 x 1,024 monitor and display adapter capable of 24-bit color
• 3 GB free disk space, plus 5 GB free disk space left after installation
• 2-button mouse with scroll wheel recommended
• Download or installation from DVD