Analysis Results

Getting Forces from SAP to Konstru

What can Konstru read?

Konstru is able to capture the Frame Forces associated with a specific load combination present in a SAP model which has had the analysis run. These include the Moment, Torsion, Shear etc values at each end point of a SAP frame (Konstru Beam or Brace).

In Excel forces will appear in a column for each force and member. In Revit forces will be parameters for each force and member. So you can easily display forces in your Revit model. Each Member will hold the following 12 attributes:

Force	Attribute Station 0	Attribute Station 1
Axial Force	P_Start	P_End
Shear Force 1-2 Plane	V2_Start	V2_End
Shear Force 2-3 Plane	V3_Start	V3_End
Axial Torque	T_Start	T_End
Bending Moment 1-3 Plane	M2_Start	M2_End
Bending Moment 1-2 Plane	M3_Start	M3_End

Konstru supports 'Enveloped' load combinations by asking the user whether to apply absolute, maximum or minimum sampling from those combinations.

Konstru is currently unable to read SAP Area (Wall or Floor) results, but we're working on it!

Frame force results are only able to be uploaded (or updated) to Konstru. You cannot update or write Frame forces to an existing SAP model.

How do I add SAP Analysis results to a Konstru model?

To upload an analysis model to Konstru that includes the analysis results (attributes), you simply need to hit one check box at the 'Create New Version' pop up window during a Konstru upload. Note that analysis models with no Load Combinations present, or no results available, will not include this checkbox.

Konstru currently only allows a single set of results per object, per Konstru Model. These results represent only one Load Combination from the analysis model, and as such you are asked to choose which particular combo you wish to add to this Konstru version. However, as there is no limit to how many version's of a single model you can create, to store more than one set of results in a single model, it's simply a case of choosing a different load combination for upload in subsequent versions.

Units

Konstru's default background unit system is metric. This means any model which utilizes Imperial units, will have those values converted to metric when stored in the Konstru database (this happen during upload). Subsequently, when downloading a Konstru model into a different platform, Konstru will recognize the units specified in the model and make the conversation back to Imperial as necessary.

With regards to display of the units on the web, each user is able to specify which nits' the web interface displays via your 'Profile' settings:

With the model uploaded to Konstru, you can review what attribute data you've added to the model via the web interface. This is a great way to make sure you've captured the data you wanted during the upload as different attributes are pulled from different models. In the 3D viewer, select an object, and Konstru will display all it's associated attributes at right of screen as 'Element Details'. The unit display profile changes mentioned above will be reflected here.