Who Should Install This Service Pack?

Installation Instructions

• Apply This Service Pack to a Standalone Installation
• Apply This Service Pack to a Network Administrative Image (Deployment)
• Uninstall This Service Pack

Take the steps below to install this service pack.

1. Download the service pack and save it to any folder.
2. Find the folder where you saved the service pack and double-click the executable (EXE) file.
3. If required, insert the product media (for example, the Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis 2013 installation disc).

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When creating the deployment, please use only the 'Append' method. The 'Merge' method is not applicable to this service pack.

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Windows XP

1. From the Start menu (Windows), click Settings > Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs.
3. In the Add or Remove Programs window, select the Show Updates option.
4. Find the appropriate service pack in the list of programs. Click Remove.

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. From the Start menu (Windows), click Control Panel.
2. Click Programs and Features.
3. In the Programs and Features window, in the left pane, click View Installed Updates.
4. Find the appropriate service pack in the list of updates. Click Uninstall.

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The following defects have been fixed in Service Pack 1:

1. Excessive load duplication while copying elements has been removed.
2. Losing building attributes such as walls, floors, columns, beams, and Eurocode SLS combination subtypes, while opening a file in 'Repair Mode', has been corrected.
3. Opening 2D/3D French library structures has been improved.
4. A fatal error displayed after closing the software has been removed.
5. The progress bar for the meshing process has been fixed.
6. Incorrect properties of the UPAF sections: 50x120x4, 80x200x5, 80x200x6 of the CATPRO database have been corrected.

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1. Incorrect results of the Plane Stress Analysis in orthotropic elements with the main direction of orthotropy set as along global Z, have been corrected.
2. An incorrect sum of reactions for the Sparse M solver has been corrected.
3. Neglecting the self-weight of curtain wall panels in the modal analysis has been fixed.
4. Incorrect display of mode numbers while defining damping for the Time History Analysis by Modal Decomposition on 64 bit OS has been fixed.
5. The nonlinear P-delta Buckling Analysis for mixed shell-bar structures has been blocked to prevent display of false results.
6. Changing the Robot job preferences to reflect the Revit Extensions regional settings, while sending Revit models to Robot, has been fixed.
7. Losing loads on disjoined bars and transferring false internal bar forces, while updating models between Robot and Revit, have been fixed.

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1. Crash errors during r/c calculation have been fixed.
2. Unnecessary generation of "seismic shear" combinations for a column has been fixed.
3. An unjustified message about insufficient reinforcement over the middle supports of a multi-span beam has been fixed.
4. The incorrect fire resistance capacity of columns according to Eurocode 2 has been fixed.
5. Recognition of the QPR (quasi-permanent) load combination while transferring elements to the RC Beam module has been corrected.
6. Calculation of the minimum reinforcement for spread footings according to the BAEL code has been fixed.
7. Generation of the calculation note without design forces has been fixed.
8. A failure to import load combinations during the design of r/c walls has been fixed.
9. Calculation of the slab punching area has been fixed.

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1. Ignoring a number of shear plates during verification of the bolt in beam to column flange connection has been fixed.

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1. Incorrect calculations of the Eurocode 3 class for cases of compression higher than the plastic compressive capacity have been fixed.
2. The unjustifiably slow verification according to Eurocode 3 of a single bar for code combinations has been improved.
3. Incorrect values of the Cmy0 and Cmz0 coefficients for the verification according to Eurocode 3 have been fixed.

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1. Incorrect deflection verification according to Eurocode 5 for buildings of the category C or higher, has been fixed.
2. Disregarding fire parameters in default labels for Eurocode 5 has been fixed.

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Service Pack 1 resolves the following issues:
REX-3677; REX-5375; REX-5398; RM-16747; RM-18496; RM-23312; RM-24334; RM-24632; RM-25444; RM-25693; RM-25801; RM-26219; RM-26605; RM-26633; RM-26636; RM-26684; RM-26686; RM-26689; RM-26692; RM-26768; RM-26797; RM-26799; RM-26813; RM-26863; RM-26878; RM-26882; RM-26888; RM-26905; RM-26913; RM-26915; RM-26938; RM-26940; RM-26974; RM-26975; RM-26979; RM-26985; RM-26989; RM-27016; RM-27028; RM-27051; RM-27053; RM-27058; RM-27061; RM-27080; RM-27096; RM-27098; RM-27102

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The following defects have been fixed in Service Pack 2:

1. Loosing a family material while updating a structure from Robot to Revit has been corrected.
2. Chinese hot-rolled section database data has been corrected.
3. Creating a new database using the Section Database menu command has been fixed.
4. Highlighting the erroneous lines in the editor for the text file structure definition has been fixed.
5. Some fatal errors, registered by CER, have been fixed.
6. Displaying the German text in the Section Properties dialog has been fixed.
7. Robot Extension Spreadsheet Calculator issues which blocked access to the sheets, creating a new sheet and setting English units have been removed.

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1. Changing the panel parameters (thickness, calculation model and reinforcement parameters) has been prevented for the contour geometry changes.
2. Duplicating a self-weight load and finite element linear loads while pasting parts of a structure copied from another model has been fixed.
3. Generating automatic load combinations according to the SNiP 2.01.07-85 code has been fixed.
4. Accidental inversion of the load direction for cladding loads has been fixed.
5. Displaing the notional load on panels and panel numbers in the load table has been fixed.
6. Opening section databases while analyzing library structures has been fixed.
7. Importing the *.dxf files has been unblocked.
8. Keeping the projected load checkbox state while closing the uniform bar load dialog has been fixed.
9. Updating the Young modulus for existing panels while editing the panel thickness has been fixed.
10. Launching the kernel calculation engine with German language messages has been fixed.

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1. The issue of non-converging modal analysis after the load to mass conversion has been fixed.
2. Ignoring concentrated bar forces defined with generation of a calculation node during the load to mass conversion has been corrected.
3. P-delta buckling analysis for a bar structure may now be performed without displaying error 150.
4. Results for a self-weight load with a negative coefficient have been fixed.
5. Printing tables in the form as seen in the preview screen has been fixed.
6. API enum I_CBALCT_OTHER value has been fixed to 3.

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1. Required reinforcement calculation for the SNiP 52-01-2003 code has been fixed.
2. Graphical presentation of grouped bars on a beam cross-section has been corrected.
3. Taking into account the allowed multiplicity of the stirrup spacing has been fixed.
4. Issues concerning the anchorage length of the reinforcement have been fixed.
5. An incorrect load factor for concentrated and surface live loads defined in the loads dialog for the French codes has been corrected.

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1. Verification of welds according to the CM66 code for the pinned column base has been fixed.
2. An unwanted change of the bolt shear plane while reading the old examples has been fixed.
3. An error message while opening the window with connection parameters has been fixed.
4. Incorrect inclination angles of the two-sided beam to column flange connection according to the CM66 code imported from a model has been fixed.

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1. Comparison with the minimum yield stress value, as given in the point 6.1 of the AISC 341-05 code has been fixed.
2. Calculation of critical forces (Nc) and the nominal in-plane member moment capacity (Miz) according to the AS4100 code has been fixed.
3. Display of the verification formula 13.8.2(a) for the CAN/CSA S16-09 code has been fixed.

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Service Pack 2 resolves the following issues:

ESP-9602; ESP-9603; ESP-9604;
REX-5490;
RM-13628; RM-19531; RM-21754; RM-21877; RM-22509; RM-22715; RM-24050; RM-24241; RM-25355; RM-25463; RM-26794; RM-26843; RM-26897; RM-27022; RM-27041; RM-27043; RM-27046; RM-27047; RM-27048; RM-27090; RM-27098; RM-27119; RM-27120; RM-27126; RM-27143; RM-27147; RM-27162; RM-27163; RM-27166; RM-27174; RM-27177; RM-27186; RM-27188; RM-27190; RM-27191; RM-27192; RM-27197; RM-27204; RM-27207; RM-27226; RM-27233; RM-27241; RM-27246; RM-27249; RM-27251; RM-27340

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