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Structural Analytical Code Checking and Results Builder

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In case you have not noticed, I would like to point out one important specialised addition to the Revit 2014 SDK: the new Structural Analysis Software Developer Kit.

It lives in its own sub-directory Structural Analysis SDK and consists of documentation, sample code and Visual Studio templates for two main components:

  • Code checking framework

  • Facilitate code checking workflows

  • For both users and developers

  • Complete extensible add-in

  • User interface, report generator, data storage

  • Documentation, samples, Visual Studio templates

  • Results builder framework

  • Store and access results data in Revit

  • High-level API for consumption, exchange, remote providers

Here is an overview of the sample applications provided with this toolkit:

  • ExtensibleStorageUI and ExtensibleStorageDocumentation – exercise the ExtensibleStorage framework user interface and reporting functionality.
  • CodeCheckingConcreteExample – a concrete code checking application with step-by-step document.
  • ConcreteCalculationsExample – concrete calculations component for all cases listed in the calculation manual.
  • SectionPropertiesExplorer – demonstrate use the engineering component.
  • StoringResults and QueryingResults – store and query structural analysis results stored in BIM using the results builder component.

If you are active in this area, this provides a big lump of functionality you definitely need to be aware of, similarly to the REX SDK and content generator.

In a related vein, here is a question that just arose today:

Question: I would like to start working programmatically with Autodesk Robot to read relevant data result from structural elements such as beam, column, foundations, slab etc.

Where can I find some information about that, please?

Answer: Please take a look at the discussion of the Robot Structural Analysis API.

Good luck!

Addendum: Here is the complete Robot API documentation and tutorial from April 2010, copied from the API Tutorial ↗ thread on the Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis ↗ discussion group. Note that this information is pretty dated by now, so I would not recommend putting in any significant effort developing new projects based on this today.