Downloaded a few training videos a while back which I need to watch. I want to learn it, but every time I open it, I find the interface and user experience quite different to any other analysis package I've ever used. RE: Autodesk Robot canwesteng (Structural) 11 Jun 21 15:19 My Personal Open Source Structural Applications: Interested to hear others take on Robot and if anyone has taking to using it as their primary analysis/design package? Link to Revit so far works pretty smooth as long as your analytical model is clean. Has a templating feature so you can created parametric elements and then inject them into your model Has a sub program where you design and store multiple concrete component calculations Has a sub program to do section property analysis (like RisaSection) The analysis engine seems very powerful I'd put it up near Etabs/SAP There are no shortcuts for anything if you want to model a flat slab with shells you need to model the main slab, cut out holes for the drop panels, model the drop panel slab areas, offset the drop panel slabs, mesh everything, assign rigid links between low mesh nodes of the drop and high mesh nodes of the main slab. Their 'manual' is severely lacking in detail and explanation for any of the backend analysis behavior, there are several components that have no documentation at all. Design outputs do not include nearly enough information to be able to validate some of their calculations Their 'cladding' elements distribute loads by trib area which means anything that isn't a full uniform pressure over the entire cladding will not distribute to adjacent members properly. Project flow is completely different than any other software package I have ever used.

The overall user interface has a ton of bugs in it and many dialog options that either shouldn't show up or be disabled because the buttons do nothing when pressed.

So far I'm finding some things to like and many many things I'm not fond of. With the ever increasing pricing of analysis/design software packages these days I figured it might be time to take a look at this offering we have access to with no additional cost and was wondering if anyone else has been doing the same. Not sure if folks are aware but it looks like a couple years ago Autodesk slipped Robot into the AEC software package, so if you bought that package for AutoCAD and Revit you have access to Robot.

Revit to robot