Advance Design BIM link for steel connection design (EN)

Hoe activeer je de link.

• Download en installeer de laatste versie van IDEA StatiCa
• Zorg ervoor dat u een ondersteunde versie  van uw FEA/BIM-oplossing gebruikt.

IDEA StatiCa integreert BIM-links in uw FEA/BIM-oplossingen tijdens de installatie ervan. U kunt de status controleren en meer BIM links activeren voor software die na de installering in de BIM link installer is opgenomen.

Houd er rekening mee dat sommige FEA-oplossingen extra stappen vereisen om de BIM-link met IDEA StatiCa volledig te activeren.

Open IDEA StatiCa en navigeer naar de BIM tab en open de BIM link installer (Activate your BIM link...).

Er kan een melding verschijnen "Wilt u toestaan dat deze app wijzigingen aanbrengt aan uw apparaat?", zo ja, bevestig dan met de Ja-knop.

De BIM-link voor de geselecteerde software (indien gevonden) wordt geïnstalleerd. Het scherm toont ook de status van andere BIM-links die mogelijk al zijn geïnstalleerd.

How to use the link

Download the attached project, open it in Advance Design, and run the linear analysis to get the internal forces over the structure.

The BIM link is automatically integrated. You can find it in the top ribbon under BIM -> IDEA -> IDEA Checkbot.

This will open the Checkbot application.

Select the New option with project type Steel and design code EN. Then select Create project.

The new Checkbot project is ready to import connections.

Select the structure in Advance Design and press Connections in Checkbox.

This will import the structure and its load effects into Checkbot - with the same coordinates, orientations, and section sizes as per the FEA model. Please note that your node and member numbering might be different.

The grouping functionality automatically creates groups of connections based on typology and/or cross-sections. Every group is represented by the reference connection (underlined in the tree), which is automatically designated as the parent connection that drives the design for the whole group. All other connections are treated as child connections. If the groups aren´t created correctly, like in this case, you can Explode them and create new ones.

Before designing the connections, go to Loads and check imported loads and combinations. 

You can see that for checks are incorrectly set Load cases instead of Combinations. Delete class All ULS (true right-click) and create a new one. Select all combinations (click on the first one, hold Shift and click on the last one) and drag them into the new class. Don´t forget to Save.

Now you can assign correct Result class to designed connection and activate Calculate load extremes for group. This allows you to design and check the connections only for Critical load effects.

Design

Click on Open  to start designing, code-checking, and reporting. The imported connection is opened in the IDEA StatiCa Connection application.

In this tutorial we are going to use the Connection Library to generate a connection. Select Propose and IDEA StatiCa will put forward possible solutions for the current geometry.

Under BP1 change the Shear force transfer type to Anchors.

Code-check and Report

Now run a code-check using the Calculate icon in the CBFEM panel from the top ribbon.
Within IDEA StatiCa Connection, you can carry out many different types of analysis and code-checks. For more information, please see here.

Once the code-check is finished in the Report tab, you can create the report containing results and diagrams for your connection model.

Save this connection and switch back to the Checkbot window (you can keep the Connection window open).

In Checkbot, you will see a green tick next to the connection and the node box filled with green color. This means that the connection has passed all code-checks. In the Connection panel, you can also see a representation of the connection and a summary of the code-check results.

You can see that only one connection has passed the respective code-check while the remaining connections have yet to be designed.

You have successfully linked Advance Design with IDEA StatiCa Connection via Checkbot.