Overview

• Integrates seamlessly with STAAD.Pro
• Step-by-step hand calculations providing all intermediate calculations, formulae, references, and procedures for every job.
• Export all schematic drawings to DXF with layers intact.
• Dockable/Customizable Windows and Toolbars.
• Wizards to run you through all the modules. All Wizards follow the same format.
• Interactive graphics that dynamically resize to depict the correct dimensions.
• Double clicking on a dimension line takes you to the appropriate input page and row, and vice versa.
• Help Box to explain all data input.
• Customizable units – you can standardize global units or specify INDIVIDUAL units for each data item. For example, the length can be in feet while the thickness is in millimetres.
• Section property database that is compatible with MS Excel or Access and can be edited or modified.
• Users may specify their own shapes based on standard templates and do a natural design. For example, if you have a special W or Channel shape, you can add it to our database and it will do a design as if it were a normal W or Channel. It will not treat it as a prismatic shape!
• Error Trapper will list all errors in the input or calculation stage with full explanations. Double clicking on the error message will take you to the input page and row where the error occurred.
• Move, enlarge and decrease the output drawings and legends to your liking.
• Active X / Com technology used. OLE allows embedding of pictures in MS Word or Excel. Changes in the design will automatically update your documents.
• Internal linking between modules allows the user to link design jobs together. For example, drop a column design into a rectangular footing and have the footing module suck in all relevant data. After the design takes place, any changes in the original column design will automatically change all modules (in this case footing) that are linked to it.
• Explorer-like Back and Next to surf the design project tree. View your design jobs one after another like they were WEB pages!
• Templates allow the user to standardize the input for a certain design module. Any new jobs will be initialized with the template data.
• Global settings for data used across several modules. For example, Fc, Fy of steel, min/max rebars for primary and secondary reinforcing, etc.
• ONLINE HELP.
• Direct access to web pages for downloading new modules, bug fixes, FAQ, etc.
• Push technology incorporated to automatically update new files from the Research Engineers website if the user is connected to the internet.
• Unlimited Undo and Redo.
• Support for international design codes (British, Indian).
• Can intermix rebars and section properties from one country into another country’s design code.

New 4.0 Modules:

1. Combined Footing
2. ASCE 7-95 Wind Load Generator
3. New Base Plate

Combined Footing

• Considers Rectangular, Trapezoidal and Strip-Shaped Footings.
• Columns can be Rectangular or Circular.
• Determines footing dimensions (length, width and thickness).
• Calculates the Bending Moment and Shear (one way action).
• Calculates the punching strength of concrete footing (two way action).
• Calculates the required longitudinal and transverse reinforcements.
• Loads can be live or dead, axial, shear and moment.

ASCE 7-95 Wind Load Generator

Handles main wind-force resisting systems including Calculates the wind loading for main wind-force resisting system, components and cladding of buildings and other structures.

• Low-rise buildings.
• Buildings of all heights.
• Calculates wind loading at every floor level for multi-story buildings and wind pressure combination for full and partial loading of building with mean roof height h greater than 60 ft.
• Open buildings and other structures.
• Chimneys, Tanks and Similar Structures.
• Solid Signs and Open Signs.
• Lattice Frameworks.
• Trussed Towers.
• Calculates Topographic Factor Kzt for building at ridge, escarpment and axisymmetrical hill.
• Calculates Internal Pressure Coefficients for Buildings.

New Base Plate

• Apply axial loads, biaxial bending and shear loads in two directions.
• Considers W, S, M, HP, tube, pipe and user-defined column cross sections.
• Designs base plate with clip angles, stiffeners and brackets.
• Analysis can be done assuming a rigid plate or using Finite Element Analysis Method (FEM).
• Calculates the capacity and buckling for stiffener plates and angles and the connection among column, stiffener and base-plate.
• Full anchor bolt design performed including:

  Checks the requirements for minimum embedded length and minimum embedded edge distance.

  Checks the requirements for clear spacing between column and bolts and between stiffener and bolts.

  Calculates the pulling capacity of anchor bolts.

• Checks the Shear Loading and Designs for Shear Legs if required.

System Requirements

• Windows 95, 98 or NT operating system.
• 16 MB Free RAM (32 recommended).
• 90 MHz Pentium PC or higher XGA (1024 x 768) or higher graphics card and monitor with 256 colour display (minimum).