numbering of nodes and import nodal forces from excel

[Anonymous]

hello guys,

i just wanted to ask about two things, first of all is numbering the nodes.

i know that there is a numbering tool in robot for both bars and nodes, but i just cant use it adequately in order to have the same order of nodes as in the images below.

another question that i have is, if i modeled a raft that supports many columns, and then i wanted to apply nodal loads upon the upper nodes of each column, now i have the load values tabulated in excel, can i easily just copy the loads from excel to robot (in loads table) because it cant seem to work with me, or maybe i'm doing something wrong..

thank you in advance

[Muhammed.OPERA]

Hi @Anonymous

For your first question, you can use numbering tool from Geometry menu > Numbering.

You can then get your nodes numbered as the attached photo by typing 1 at node number and select your nodes one then another manually, that will let you number your nodes with any arrangement you want.

[Muhammed.OPERA]

For your second question,

I think it can't be done.

but you can delete the supports and draw the raft at the base.

That will give the same result.

[Anonymous]

thanks for your reply

but numbering the columns manually can be rather time consuming if there were plenty of them

[Muhammed.OPERA]

Yup, i think it's your only option you can use.

If you choose standard numbering and the points, it will start numbering from the lower left node , row by row and that isn't the result you want.