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Mat Footing Design Combined Footing Design Finite Element Analysis Reinforced Concrete Design ACI Design Checks Nonlinear Analysis

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Reinforcement required to meet factored demand is selected by VisualFoundation based on the your specified reinforcement patterns. VisualFoundation automatically calculates Column and Pile Group Punching Perimeters when punching perimeters contact other surrounding punching perimeters. The Project Status Pane offers real-time feedback on the state of your foundation. You control what rebar sizes and spacings are considered in the design. VisualFoundation can provide either Fully Detailed Reports or Summary Reports (shown) of your results.

Major Benefits and Abilities

  • Mat foundation analysis and design
  • Complex mat boundaries
  • New! Circular and Polygonal foundation templates and boundaries
  • New! Create Thickened Areas inside foundation boundaries
  • New! Generate Copies of modeling elements using rectangular or circular patterns
  • Multiple mat thicknesses or soil properties
  • Holes in mats
  • Combined footings
  • Wall footings
  • Walls, grade beams, columns and pile supports
  • Unlimited model size
  • Support for IBC 2006, ACI 318-08
  • Automated FEA meshing and soil-spring supports
  • Sophisticated thick-plate finite element formulation
  • Import & Export DXF files
  • Import & Export with VisualAnalysis

Loads and Load Combinations

  • Automated, customizable load combinations
  • Streamlined seismic load combinations
  • Uniform or linear area loads, rectangular or circular
  • Column loads, axial and moments
  • Linear beam loads
  • Wall loads, axial and moments
  • Overburden loads

Stability Checks

  • Plots and checks bearing pressures
  • Overturning checks on the footing
  • New! Seismic overturning reduction per ASCE 7 12.13.4

Strength Checks

  • Slab shear plotted and checked
  • Column and column-group punching shear checks
  • New! Wall Punching Shear design checks
  • Pile support and group punching shear checks
  • Pile capacity limits are checked for tension or compression
  • Grade beams are checked for shear and moment

Design Features

  • Single or double layer of slab reinforcement
  • Size each layer of slab steel
  • Grade beam reinforcement demand is provided
  • Export to VisualAnalysis for more complicated tasks
  • New! Import from VisualAnalysis includes project criteria settings and wall reactions

Reporting

  • Full-color reporting for a professional look and easy reading.
  • Preview the report before printing
  • Customize what items are included in the report
  • Print one-page graphic summaries

Current Limitations

  • Does not provide full detailing of bars, diagrams, cut-offs, etc.