See Archicad User Guide for the detailed steps. The Catalog is imported into the SAF Export Translator. Browse for the downloaded SAF catalog file. In the SAF Materials/Cross Sections dialog: click Import. We recommend using these SAF catalog files primarily for the SAF Export workflow.Catalog files are in SAF (xlsx) format.The Cross Section catalog contains Manufactured Cross Sections only.Use these files for setting up the Material and Profile Mapping settings to ensure proper data exchange. An R3D model file contains keyword-delimited data representing materials, building parameters, load combinations, and structural elements used to render and analyze the 3D structure of a building. The SAF Material and Cross Section Catalog files contain Materials and Manufactured Cross Sections with the proper terminology straight from the Analysis application. R3D filename extension is also used by 3D models created with RISA-3D, a structural design and analysis software.
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SAF Material and Cross Section Catalogs.
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RISA 3D can be used to create an entire building that includes masonry, or simply model and design an individual masonry wall panel.
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The following files help you set up the SAF Translator‘s Material and Profile Mapping in a more automatic way: RISA 3D is one of the few commercially available, finite element analysis based, structural analysis and design programs that provide tools for effective modeling and design of masonry structures. To ensure SAF data exchange between Archicad and Analysis softwares, Archicad’s SAF Translator must be properly configured. Skilled in several structural analysis and design computer programs such as RISA 3D, StructurePoint, Conspan, SAP, and AutoCAD as well as AASHOTwares Bridge. This structural model can be exported in SAF format – see – which contains all the relevant data from the Structural Analytical Model. Archicad can generate a Structural Analytical Model based on the architectural model and Generation Rules.