Revit: Structural Analysis Tools

Learn about performing a structural analysis of a design using Autodesk Revit within a Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflow.

Introduction

• Analyzing the integrity of your models
• What you should know

1. Creating a Model

• Adding grids and levels
• Adding a foundation
• Adding columns
• Adding framing
• Pitching framing for roof joists
• Adding roof joists
• Adding floors
• Adding a penthouse

2. Structural Settings

• Symbolic representation settings
• Configuring materials
• Analytical model settings
• Load cases
• Load combinations

3. The Analytical Model

• Placing boundary conditions
• Adding area loads
• Adding line loads

4. Robot Structural Analysis

• Sending a model to Robot
• View display settings
• Making changes in Robot
• Creating a load combination in Robot
• Creating a finite element mesh
• Performing a sample analysis
• Configure code group for design
• Updating a model with Robot
• The Results Manager
• Saving a Robot file

Conclusion

• Next steps