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Eccentricity

Last modified by Iwona Budny Bjergø on 2023/07/03 09:46

Eccentricity in shell elements

In Revit user can decide about the position of Analytical Wall and Analytical Floor / Analytical Foundation Slab in relation to the physical model. Those settings are exported to FEM-Design as Eccentricity and the Alignment is set to one of the three values: Top/Left, Center or Bottom/Right. Example of an alignment setting in case of floor element.

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Analytical floor

Following Analytical Alignment definition of an Analytical Floor / Analytical Foundation Slab is exported to FEM-Design.

Alignment method:

  • Projection

z Projection:

  • Top of Slab
  • Center of Slab
  • Bottom of Slab

In any other case, i.e. Projection is set to a Level or a Reference Plane, or the Alignment Method is set to be Auto detect, the default position of Analytical Floor / Analytical Foundation Slab in relation to physical element after export to FEM-Design will be: Center.

Example

Example of different settings in Revit and the final result after opening the exported model in FEM-Design is shown in table below.
 

Revit alignment and MethodProjection: Top of SlabProjection: Center of SlabProjection: Bottom of SlabProjection: LevelAuto detect
FEM-Design alignmentTop/LeftCenterBottom/RightCenterCenter

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Analytical wall

Following Analytical Alignment settings of an Analytical Wall are exported to FEM-Design:

Alignment method:

  • Projection

z Projection:

  • Center of element
  • Interior Face
  • Center of Core
  • Exterior Face

In any other case, i.e. Projection is set to a Grid or a Reference Plane or the Alignment Method is set to be Auto detect, the default position of analytical model in relation to physical element after export to FEM-Design will be: Center.

Example

Example of different settings in Revit and the final result after opening the exported model in FEM-Design is shown in table below.
 

Revit alignment and MethodProjection: Center of ElementProjection: Interior FaceProjection: Center of CoreProjection: Exterior FaceAuto detect
FEM-Design alignmentCenterRightCenterLeftCenter

Eccentricity in beams

Almost any configuration of analytical beam model in regards to its physical representation can be transferred to struxml and read in FEM-Design as Eccentricity. In order to export physical eccentricity in beams, one has to check the Export beam eccentricity box in the Export StruXML dialog.

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Example

Example of beam eccentricity export is shown below.

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