Robot Structural Analysis

🛣️ Robot Structural Analysis — Learning Roadmap (Beginner → Advanced)

Follow this step-by-step path. Use the checklist to track progress (saved locally in your browser).

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⭐ Best Practice Workflow (Use Every Project)

1. Template + Material
2. Axis + Heights
3. Sections
4. Modeling + Verification
5. Loads + Combinations
6. Analysis + Force Check
7. Stability Check
8. Design (Slab/Beam/Column/Wall/Foundation)
9. Reports + Calculation Note

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📍 Roadmap Levels

0

Preparation (Before Robot)

Understand plan + materials + basic loads so your model is realistic.

Goal: Know what you’re modeling and why.

Read the architectural plan: grids, spans, slab/beam/column layout

Prepare materials & local references (Rebar in Cambodia.xlsx, material properties)

Review load types: Dead / Live / Wind (what they mean and where they apply)

Output: ✅ Basic project info (stories, grid spacing, member sizes, materials).

1

Beginner (Interface + Setup)

Learn Robot UI, project structure type, templates, and materials.

Study order:

• 1.3 How to Use Toolbar
• 1.3a–c Introduce Project Structure Type
• 1.4 Define Template + Material Properties

Practice tasks:

Create a new project and choose correct structure type (3D frame / RC building)

Set units, materials (concrete/steel), and default RC sections

Save a template for reuse on future projects

Checkpoint: ✅ Start a model confidently, with correct materials + settings.

2

Lower Intermediate (Model Setup from Plan)

Build the skeleton: axis, heights, sections, modeling + verification.

Study order:

• 2.2 Axis Definition & Height of Building
• 2.3 Define Section Follow to Architectural Plan
• 2.4a–g Modeling & Verification

Practice tasks:

Create grids/axis and story heights

Define sections: columns, beams, slabs (match plan)

Model the frame + slab areas with correct supports

Verify connectivity: nodes, member direction, slab panels

Checkpoint: ✅ Clean 3D model with correct geometry + connectivity.

3

Intermediate (Loads + Combinations)

Define loads properly (DL/LL/Wind) and create combinations before analysis.

Study order:

• 2.1 Explain Architectural Plan & Combine Load (ASCE references)
• 2.5a–f Define load type, assign load, load combination

Practice tasks:

Create load cases: DL, LL, Wind X, Wind Y

Assign slab loads (area loads), beam loads (line loads), wall loads (if any)

Build strength + service combinations (complete set)

Checkpoint: ✅ Loads + combos are realistic and nothing important is missing.

4

Upper Intermediate (Analysis + Stability)

Run analysis, read internal forces, and confirm global stability (drift/sway).

Study order:

• 2.6a–e Analysis & Check Internal Force
• 2.7 Check Stability of Building

Practice tasks:

Run analysis without errors (fix warnings correctly)

Check reactions + M/V/N diagrams and find critical members

Perform drift / sway checks (important for column design)

Checkpoint: ✅ You can explain why forces are high (not only “Robot shows it”).

5

Advanced (Design Modules)

Convert analysis → RC design: slab, beam, column, shear wall, foundation.

Study order:

• 3.1 Slab Design (Coefficient Method)
• 3.2 Beam Design (Support + Midspan)
• 3.3 Column Design (Buckling, k-factor, Sway/Nonsway)
• 3.4 Shear Wall Design (Load transfer + checks)
• 3.5 Foundation (Isolated footing + pile cap)

Practice tasks:

Slab: strip moments → As → bar spacing

Beam: top/bottom bars + shear links detailing

Column: interaction → rebar % → confinement checks

Shear wall: boundary zones + shear steel

Footing: punching shear + bending + soil pressure

Checkpoint: ✅ You can justify design with Robot + Mathcad checks.

6

Professional (Reports + Submission)

Produce calculation notes and a submission-ready report package.

Study order:

• 4.1 Calculation Note (Reports Package)
• 4.2 Final Calculation Documentation

Deliverables:

Compile Slab / Beam / Column / Shear Wall / Foundation reports

Prepare Calculation Note (DOCX/PDF) with clear assumptions

Attach material & section data and final references

Final checkpoint: ✅ Full structural calculation package ready for client/authority.

Tip: If you study 1 level per week, you can finish the roadmap in ~6 weeks (with practice). If you study faster, do Level 1–2 first, then repeat Level 3–4 on a second model to master it.

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