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Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Romanich — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:05:51 GMT

The newest addin from Autodesk Labs - Project Octopus that allows designers and engineers using Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis to seamlessly access data and results with Microsoft Office Excel. To know more about it please use this link.

For the first look this is the Excel_Formulas.xlsm from the 2014 SDK.

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

faisal.aaouatif — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:11:30 GMT

Wait and see

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

mgaafar — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 18:28:03 GMT

For some reason all the Robot files under the Example folder does not work, it is empty!!. when you click on the file you can see the structure in the preview but there is nothing in the file when it is opened even in the repair mode.

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Examples\Project Octopus\RSA

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Rafal.Gaweda — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:14:49 GMT

Missing file attached.

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

StefanoPasquini6790 — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:08:52 GMT

Hi Rafal,

as you can see in the following picture, when I run Excel_Formulas of project Octopus, I have the message "RSA is not open" but, as you can see, RSA 2014 is opened.

Whats wrong? Any registry option? I've installed on my workstation contemporary RSA 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 beta.

Thanks in advance for your reply and merry christmas.

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Rafal.Gaweda — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:16:34 GMT

Please unregistser all robots than register only 2014 as Admin

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Robot-Structural-Analysis/VBA-Excel-macro-for-any-object-geometry-modifications-API/td-p/3188766

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 20:07:33 GMT

cool tool but whats the difference between this and Robot Spreadsheet calculator?

andy

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:32:52 GMT

This plugin doesn't support Excel 2013

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Rafal.Gaweda — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:49:30 GMT

Should work :
https://beta.autodesk.com/project/home.html?cap={88F6AD3A-8AB1-489F-81E5-37C21424A4A5}

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Rafal.Gaweda — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:08:42 GMT

Run
"c:\Program Files\Autodesk\Project Octopus\Framework\ASC.vsto"
and if any error message displayed please make screen shot and show me.

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 17:21:30 GMT

worked fine , thx.

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 07:01:01 GMT

Hi guys....

No Wel ?

Seems only to give formula for Wpl.....

will the Octopus get some more tenticles and allow access to elastic section modulus? 🙂

Tony

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:13:43 GMT

Hello,

Does it work the other way round? I mean if you modify lets say the position of a node in excel, will it change in ROBOT?Do the two programms interact?

Thank you.

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:38:15 GMT

The programs interact, but it's more like Excel can extract data and information.

If you see the formula in Excel it looks like this;

The X co-ordinate of node 1 is -9m. If you just typed 9 into the cell it would over write the formula.

You'd need to use VBA if you needed to update Robot out of Excel.

Tony

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:19:16 GMT

Hello,

Is there a version for 32bit window platform?

Thank you.

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Rafal.Gaweda — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:22:28 GMT

System Requirements

Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2014

Windows 8 (64-bit)
Windows 7 (64-bit)

Microsoft Office Excel 2013 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Office Excel 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)

https://beta.autodesk.com/project/home.html?cap=88F6AD3A8AB1489F81E537C21424A4A5

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

scott-sheppard-autodesk — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:51:16 GMT

At this time the team is reaching out to 64-bit users only. There are enough people using 64-bit so that the team can get the feedback about the technology preview that the team needs.

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:05:25 GMT

32 bit?

They'll be expecting support for MS DOS soon........

Time to upgrade 🙂

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 12:16:43 GMT

I get the attached error image attached while opening the file c:\Program Files\Autodesk\Project Octopus\Framework\ASC.vsto..Please comment

Re: Project Octopus seamlessly access Robot data and results with Excel

Rafal.Gaweda — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 10:15:54 GMT

What is your system? 32 or 64 bit?
What is your Excel? 32 or 64 bit?
Do you have installed dotnet 4.5? if not please install it http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653