Course Modules

Module 1: Introduction to Robot Structural Analysis

• Overview of interface and navigation

• Understanding the structural model workflow

• Units, grid systems, and coordinate settings

• File management and templates

• Hands-On: Create your first project with basic settings

Module 2: Modeling Structural Elements

• Creating nodes, bars, and panels

• Beams, columns, slabs, and walls

• Defining supports and boundary conditions

• Understanding element types (1D, 2D, 3D)

• Hands-On: Model a basic concrete frame structure

Module 3: Load Application and Load Cases

• Dead, live, wind, snow, seismic loads

• Load groups and combinations

• Automatic load generation

• Load placement techniques (point, area, line)

• Hands-On: Apply multiple load cases to your frame structure

Module 4: Structural Analysis and Calculation

• Static linear analysis

• P-delta and second-order effects

• Model validation and meshing

• Solving and checking analysis results

• Hands-On: Run and interpret a linear static analysis

Module 5: Result Interpretation and Visualization

• Displacements, internal forces, and stress diagrams

• Using result maps and filters

• Checking deflection limits

• Animation of deformation and load response

• Hands-On: Generate result plots and validate structural behavior

Module 6: Design of Steel Structures

• Cross-section assignment and libraries

• Code-based design checks (Eurocode, AISC)

• Buckling analysis

• Optimization and member verification

• Hands-On: Design and optimize a steel frame structure

Module 7: Design of Concrete Structures

• RC element definitions (beams, slabs, columns)

• Crack analysis and reinforcement detailing

• Design reports and code compliance

• RC member optimization

• Hands-On: Design and check RC beams and slabs

Module 8: Advanced Analysis Techniques

• Modal and dynamic analysis (natural frequency, seismic)

• Time history and response spectrum (intro)

• Thermal load application

• Non-linear and staged analysis

• Hands-On: Perform basic dynamic analysis on a tall structure

Module 9: Integration with Other Tools

• Export/import from Revit Structure

• Importing DXF/DWG models

• Collaboration through IFC

• BIM workflow coordination

• Hands-On: Link a model from Revit into Robot and analyze

Module 10: Final Project and Review

• Complete analysis of a multi-storey building or bridge

• Load combination setup, analysis, design checks

• Report generation and export

• Q&A, troubleshooting, and wrap-up

• Hands-On: Final capstone project with documentation and analysis report