In order to transfer an Autodesk Revit model to Robot:
- Launch Integration with Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis from the Analyze tab on the ribbon, selecting the Structural Analysis panel > Analysis & Code Check > Robot Structural Analysis
Link.
- In the Integration with Robot Structural Analysis dialog select Send model.
If you select Use Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis RTD file, the Save As dialog displays where you can save a file in the Robot format (RTD format).
- Click Send options button to open the Integration with Robot Structural Analysis - Send Options dialog and specify the transfer options:
Basic Options tab
- Scope and correction
- Send entire Revit project (ignore current selection) - the entire structure model is taken into account during the link process (this is a
default option; it is used to avoid exporting a casually selected element).
- Send only current selection - only selected elements are taken into account during the link process.
- Execute model correction in Robot - if this option is selected, it automatically starts a drawing model correction in Robot.
- Specify the case that contains self-weight - select this option to assign the structure self-weight to any user-selected load
case defined in Autodesk Revit:
- using the selection list, you can specify a load case defined in Autodesk Revit; the structure self-weight in Robot will be assigned to this load case
- Ignore self-weight - the self-weight is ignored while the structure is being transferred (after calculations the self-weight
is automatically assigned to the first load case).
- Bar end releases - lets you specify the manner of selecting bar end parameters
- Do not use Revit settings - releases defined in Autodesk Revit are ignored; all bars defined in Robot are ascribed the default release type (Fixed-Fixed).
- Use Revit settings - releases defined in Autodesk Revit are automatically detected in Robot and assigned to structure bars.
Additional Options tab
- Materials - lets you select the manner of material selection
- Use Robot default materials - each material type ascribed to an element (steel, concrete, timber) is assigned a material with default
properties from the Robot material database
- Define new materials in Robot - creates new materials in Robot with properties identical to those defined in Autodesk Revit
- Select material of the best matching parameters - assigns materials from the Robot material database with properties that
are the closest to those defined in Autodesk Revit.
- Curtain walls - lets specify the method of modeling curtain walls in Robot
- Analytical model only (no system panels, no mullions) - models a curtain wall as a single panel (mullions are ignored during
the transfer; differences in individual system panels are also ignored)
- Analytical model and mullions (no system panels) - models a curtain wall as a single panel (differences in individual system
panels are ignored) with an arrangement of mullions
- System panels and mullions (detailed model) - models a curtain wall as a system of panels (differences in individual system
panels are taken into account) with an arrangement of mullions.
- Transfer (optionally) - lets you select additional transfer options:
- Use drawing model offsets as analytical - offsets defined on bar elements in Autodesk Revit (except automatic offsets) are included in the analytical model of a structure in Robot
- Use plan views as backgrounds - plan views defined in the Autodesk Revit program will be used as backgrounds in Robot.
- Reinforcement projects (beams, columns, spread footings) - transfers reinforcement generated on Autodesk Revit objects to Robot RC modules
- Steel connections - the steel connections defined in the Autodesk Revit program will be transferred to the steel connections design module in the Robot program.
- In the Send Model to Robot Structural Analysis dialog, you can view the progress of the transfer (reading data from Autodesk Revit, creating a Robot model, exporting elements and creating relevant elements in Robot).
- The Mapping of elements dialog opens only if, during the transfer, section names (defined in Autodesk Revit) are not recognized in the active section database of Robot.
- Click the Not assigned button located in the right-hand side of the profile, which was not recognized. The additional dialog
opens, where the profile to be assigned from the database is to be selected.
Use the icons to work in the Mapping of elements dialog:
add selected database of profiles to the list.
delete selected database of profiles from the list.
change order of viewing the databases of profiles (one position up/down).
- When you click OK, to the unrecognized sections will be assigned sections from the database (they will be ascribed geometrical
properties).
- After sending the model is completed, the messages or warnings that appeared during the transfer process may display on the
screen.