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Transcript
00:01
PAWEL PULAK: Running and reviewing static analysis
00:03
in Robot--
00:05
in this video, we'll run calculations
00:07
for static analysis and review of the results of the analysis
00:11
graphically and in tables.
00:14
I'm working in the small Medical Center model that
00:17
was a linked in from Revit.
00:19
And I'm now ready to start the analysis.
00:22
Notice in the title bar and status
00:24
bar that the results are displaying is none.
00:27
In the standard toolbar, click calculations.
00:31
This results in running the model generation first and then
00:34
the verification of the generated model.
00:37
When the message about detecting separate structures
00:40
is displayed, click Yes.
00:43
The analysis is run using finite element method.
00:47
When the analysis is complete, the calculation method
00:50
dialog box displays.
00:52
Click Close.
00:54
You can now see that status in the title bar and status bar
00:57
is set to available.
00:60
The results can be displayed graphically.
01:03
For example, you may want to see the bending moments
01:05
about the strong axis my.
01:08
In the Results tab, select diagrams for bars.
01:13
In the diagrams dialog box, select my moment
01:17
and click Apply.
01:20
The bending moments display using the corresponding color.
01:24
You can select specific parts of the model as I'm doing here
01:28
and then open a new viewer that shows the results together
01:32
with the legend for only the selected part.
01:43
It's possible to customize the diagram.
01:45
In the diagrams dialog box, select parameters.
01:49
And you can change the filling from fence to field.
01:53
And in the diagram description area,
01:55
you can select labels to display the descriptions.
02:01
Click Apply and the modifications to the parameters
02:04
are displayed.
02:07
You can select from a list of single load cases
02:10
or assign a combination in the cases dropdown list
02:15
and then change the fillings type, if needed.
02:20
Click Exit to close out the window.
02:23
Then in the current window, click the Home icon
02:26
near the view cube to return to the default 3D view.
02:31
Results for panels like slabs or walls
02:34
can be displayed graphically using maps.
02:37
In the Results tab, click maps.
02:42
In the maps dialog box, select moments and then mxx,
02:47
and click Apply.
02:49
The maps display for all the panels.
02:52
To make it easier to review, I want
02:54
to select one panel, which is 224
02:57
as you can see in the toolbar.
02:59
And then in the maps dialog box, I'm
03:02
selecting open new window with scale displayed
03:05
and then clicking Apply.
03:07
Bending moments are displayed by default
03:10
in the automatic direction corresponding
03:12
to the local coordinate system of panels.
03:17
The type of displayed results can
03:18
be changed at any time and then maps dialog box.
03:22
Besides moments m, I'm selecting yy
03:26
to change the direction of the maps.
03:30
Let's look at the panel from the top view.
03:34
To show more information in the view, in the maps dialog box,
03:38
I'm going to select with f emesh to display the finite element
03:43
mesh background together with a map of results.
03:46
Then I'm going to select with description
03:49
to display the numerical values of the results
03:52
in the graphical view.
03:55
The main way of displaying numerical values
03:57
of the analysis are tables of results.
04:00
In the results pulled down menu, I'm selecting reactions.
04:06
And you can see the table includes
04:09
all the different types of loads and load combinations.
04:13
It is also possible to see the total sums of forces
04:17
and reactions for specific load cases.
04:24
You can also display sums of reactions
04:27
for currently filtered lists of supports and load cases
04:30
as we show you here.
04:38
In another example, normal and cheer forces and moments
04:42
in bars can be displayed in a table of forces.
04:47
Any table in Robot can be customized
04:50
by removing or adding some columns corresponding
04:53
to the results or additional necessary data.
04:57
Right click on the table and select table columns.
05:01
In the dialog box, remove any columns
05:03
you do not need and select the ones you do need.
05:08
For example, in the General tab, we're
05:10
selecting sections and clicking OK.
05:14
And now the sections column has been added.
05:17
It's also possible to filter the table using both simple filters
05:22
and some more advanced criteria such as the selection of bars.
05:28
In the loads toolbar, click bar selection.
05:32
Then in the filtering dialog box,
05:34
select the bar size you want to display.
05:37
Click the double arrows to apply the selection to the table.
05:42
Results for bars are by default displayed in endnotes.
05:47
The table can be customized to display them
05:49
in the higher number of points or in characteristics points.
06:01
When using the global extreme's tab of the table,
06:04
it's easy to display the extreme values of results
06:07
for the current filtering.
06:09
Extreme values for results for specific bars
06:12
can also be seen in the envelope tab of the table.
Video transcript
00:01
PAWEL PULAK: Running and reviewing static analysis
00:03
in Robot--
00:05
in this video, we'll run calculations
00:07
for static analysis and review of the results of the analysis
00:11
graphically and in tables.
00:14
I'm working in the small Medical Center model that
00:17
was a linked in from Revit.
00:19
And I'm now ready to start the analysis.
00:22
Notice in the title bar and status
00:24
bar that the results are displaying is none.
00:27
In the standard toolbar, click calculations.
00:31
This results in running the model generation first and then
00:34
the verification of the generated model.
00:37
When the message about detecting separate structures
00:40
is displayed, click Yes.
00:43
The analysis is run using finite element method.
00:47
When the analysis is complete, the calculation method
00:50
dialog box displays.
00:52
Click Close.
00:54
You can now see that status in the title bar and status bar
00:57
is set to available.
00:60
The results can be displayed graphically.
01:03
For example, you may want to see the bending moments
01:05
about the strong axis my.
01:08
In the Results tab, select diagrams for bars.
01:13
In the diagrams dialog box, select my moment
01:17
and click Apply.
01:20
The bending moments display using the corresponding color.
01:24
You can select specific parts of the model as I'm doing here
01:28
and then open a new viewer that shows the results together
01:32
with the legend for only the selected part.
01:43
It's possible to customize the diagram.
01:45
In the diagrams dialog box, select parameters.
01:49
And you can change the filling from fence to field.
01:53
And in the diagram description area,
01:55
you can select labels to display the descriptions.
02:01
Click Apply and the modifications to the parameters
02:04
are displayed.
02:07
You can select from a list of single load cases
02:10
or assign a combination in the cases dropdown list
02:15
and then change the fillings type, if needed.
02:20
Click Exit to close out the window.
02:23
Then in the current window, click the Home icon
02:26
near the view cube to return to the default 3D view.
02:31
Results for panels like slabs or walls
02:34
can be displayed graphically using maps.
02:37
In the Results tab, click maps.
02:42
In the maps dialog box, select moments and then mxx,
02:47
and click Apply.
02:49
The maps display for all the panels.
02:52
To make it easier to review, I want
02:54
to select one panel, which is 224
02:57
as you can see in the toolbar.
02:59
And then in the maps dialog box, I'm
03:02
selecting open new window with scale displayed
03:05
and then clicking Apply.
03:07
Bending moments are displayed by default
03:10
in the automatic direction corresponding
03:12
to the local coordinate system of panels.
03:17
The type of displayed results can
03:18
be changed at any time and then maps dialog box.
03:22
Besides moments m, I'm selecting yy
03:26
to change the direction of the maps.
03:30
Let's look at the panel from the top view.
03:34
To show more information in the view, in the maps dialog box,
03:38
I'm going to select with f emesh to display the finite element
03:43
mesh background together with a map of results.
03:46
Then I'm going to select with description
03:49
to display the numerical values of the results
03:52
in the graphical view.
03:55
The main way of displaying numerical values
03:57
of the analysis are tables of results.
04:00
In the results pulled down menu, I'm selecting reactions.
04:06
And you can see the table includes
04:09
all the different types of loads and load combinations.
04:13
It is also possible to see the total sums of forces
04:17
and reactions for specific load cases.
04:24
You can also display sums of reactions
04:27
for currently filtered lists of supports and load cases
04:30
as we show you here.
04:38
In another example, normal and cheer forces and moments
04:42
in bars can be displayed in a table of forces.
04:47
Any table in Robot can be customized
04:50
by removing or adding some columns corresponding
04:53
to the results or additional necessary data.
04:57
Right click on the table and select table columns.
05:01
In the dialog box, remove any columns
05:03
you do not need and select the ones you do need.
05:08
For example, in the General tab, we're
05:10
selecting sections and clicking OK.
05:14
And now the sections column has been added.
05:17
It's also possible to filter the table using both simple filters
05:22
and some more advanced criteria such as the selection of bars.
05:28
In the loads toolbar, click bar selection.
05:32
Then in the filtering dialog box,
05:34
select the bar size you want to display.
05:37
Click the double arrows to apply the selection to the table.
05:42
Results for bars are by default displayed in endnotes.
05:47
The table can be customized to display them
05:49
in the higher number of points or in characteristics points.
06:01
When using the global extreme's tab of the table,
06:04
it's easy to display the extreme values of results
06:07
for the current filtering.
06:09
Extreme values for results for specific bars
06:12
can also be seen in the envelope tab of the table.
In this practice, you will step through the process of running finite element analysis in Robot and displaying results as diagrams on bars, maps on panels, and text output in tables.
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