ProtaStructure Tutorials & How To

ProtaStructure Tutorials & How To

ProtaStructure is an advanced structural analysis and design software. It provides a wide range of tools and features to ease modelling, analysis, and design. From one central model, you can easily compare different schemes and automate your steel design, and reinforced concrete design significantly reducing your project delivery time. You can use advanced integrated features including grouped member design, 3D Finite Element Analysis, staged construction, P-Delta Analysis and seismic design, foundation design and punching shear checks to quickly produce results. 

The ProtaStructure Tutorials & How To playlist consists of videos demonstrating step-by-step processes of all the modelling, analysis and design tasks. Additionally, the BIM integration of the software such as how to import and export IFC, DXF and SAF files, Autodesk Revit and OpenSees integrations is described in this playlist through short tutorial videos. 

 Although ProtaStructure is a complex software providing a wide library of features and tools, it is a super user-friendly software and you can learn how to take advantage of this software easily by watching the videos in this playlist and reading articles published in this platform about the processes given below.

Structural Modelling with Physical Objects
You can model concrete and steel buildings quickly and easily by utilizing a well-organized "Modelling" menu. This menu provides you separate commands allowing you to model both concrete and steel members. In addition to introducing these commands through short videos, there are videos introducing those through a detailed design tutorial like the one given below.



Automated Flexible Loading
ProtaStructure gives you a total control over the loads acting on your models. Taking advantage of the extensive code-coverage of the software, load combinations are automatically generated based on the load cases and codes you selected. Also, by utilizing the flexible Load Editor of the ProtaStructure, you can insert, manage and visualize loads ancluding lateral soil pressure, point loads, moments, and line loads and aerial loads in any orientation. In this playlist, you can find detailed tutorial videos like the one given below.



State-of-the-art Analytical Model and Advanced Analysis Techniques
ProtaStructure enables you to perform analyses with advanced techniques with a single click and check the results through both automatically generated reports and a state-of-the-art analytical model. The "Analysis" menu of the software consists of the following analysis commands:
  1. Building Analysis
  2. FE Foundation Analysis
  3. FE Floor Analysis
  4. Nonlinear Analysis
  5. Existing Building Assessment
In addition to videos explaining these analysis processes, there are videos describing how to check the analysis results on the analytical model like the video given below.



Automated Design
ProtaStructure enables you to design reinforced concrete and steel members with a single click! You can either design each member separately, or you can design multiple members at once based on the design codes you selected. In this playlist, you can find videos allowing you to explore both the "Design" tab and the separate design wizards like the one given below.



Bi-Directional BIM Links
Developed with BIM in mind, ProtaStructure can seamlessly communicate and refine models with other leading BIM systems, including Autodesk Revit, TeklaStructures, ArchiCAD, AllPlan, and the latest data formats including IFC, 2D/3D DXF, and SAF. In addition to modelling, analysis and design processes, there are videos showing various processes benefitting from these BIM links like the one given below.