Do you usually export your Revit model to your FE software through IFC files? If yes, what is your structural analysis software?

Answer 1

Revit and Analysis. Revit is a simi-structural product, meaning it can model all of it show the analytical connections, it can even gather the data and do some settings that will be used in the exported to software. Revit cannot at this time perform calculation for analysis, what is can do if you used Robot Structural Analysis Revit can export out to it, in Robot do the calculations and true analysis and round trip it back into Revit and see those analysis in Revit which is pretty cool to see. So in that case an IFC wouldnt get used. Its a virtual link that doesnt require a import to Robot. Some firms use Risa to do that and they have a plugin for Revit too. The filetype you export matters based on the analysis softwares required file types it has interoperability with. I would go to the Structural Analysis Softwares site and look up importing options and the file types they work with. Or contact their support team to find out. I hope that directs you more.