Flexible Structural Modeling
- Elevated floors and mat foundations
- One-way and two-way slabs, pan joists, waffles, beams, girders
- Orthotropic or isotropic slab properties
- Drop caps, drop panels and random thickenings of any shape at any location
- Openings of any shape at any location
- Wall, column, point spring and line spring supports
- Accurate modeling of irregular structures
- Zero-tension area (soil) springs
- Imported CAD drawing as snapping background
- Automated Meshing
Tendon Modeling
- Banded, distributed and arbitrary tendons
- Friction losses including consideration of horizontal curves
- Analysis includes 3D hyperstatic (secondary) effects
Loading Analysis
- Fx, Fy, and Fz point, line, and area force loads
- Mx and My point, line, and area moment loads
- Line loads (force and moment) can vary linearly from end to end
- Area loads (force and moment) can vary linearly in two directions
- Self-weight and tendon loadings calculated automatically
- Self-equilibrium loadings available for integrating floor-system analysis with
building frame analysis from any source
Pattern Loading
- Loads can be filtered through arbitrary-shaped patterns with on-pattern and off-pattern factors
- Patterns loading effects automatically enveloped together
Live Load Reduction
- ASCE 7-02, AS/NZS 1170.1:2002, BS 6399-1:1996, IBC 2003, IS 875-1987, UBC 1997
- Arbitrary loading patterns may be specified
- Tributary/influence areas may be specified or calculated by the program
Load Combinations
- Automatically generated load combinations for each design code
- Optional user-specified load combinations (no limit)
- Two load factors per loading, allowing easy enveloping of max and min forces
- Zero-tension area spring results for mat/raft foundations
Span and Cross Section Design
- Automated layout of design spans
- Post-tensioned, reinforced, and hybrid concrete design
- Strength design (bending and shear)
- Initial service design (transfer of prestressing forces)
- Service design
- Ductility design
- Cracked section analysis
- Long-term deflections considering cracking, creep, and shrinkage
- ACI 318-99, ACI 318-02, AS 3600-2001, BS 8110-1997, IS 456-2000
Punching Shear Design
- Automated generation of critical section considering actual (not simplified) geometries
- Design for columns above or below the slab
- Considers biaxial moments
- Design of SSR (studded shear reinforcement)
Report Generation
- Fully customizable professional reports
- Reports are complete ready-to-submit calculations
- Reports can be printed to any page size or orientation
Integration Features
- Import of structure and loadings from RAM Structural System
- Export of column and wall geometry to RAM Structural System
- Export of column and wall reactions to RAM Structural System
- Import of structure and loadings from STAAD
- Import and Export of CAD drawings
Other Features
- Multiple and mixed unit systems (US, SI and MKS)
- Strip Wizard for 2D modeling
- Industry leading technical support