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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Apurba Tribedi's Activities</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/members/240a8cba_2d00_ae88_2d00_4508_2d00_bbd2_2d00_18afdb51d601</link><description>Apurba Tribedi's recent activity</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Much awaited: STAAD Foundation Advanced 7.0 is released</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/stfoundations_blog/posts/much-awaited-staad-foundation-advanced-7-0-is-released</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 20:03:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:2001e328-3ea1-4f5c-847c-7b2a24ca8192</guid><dc:creator>Apurba Tribedi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;A new version of STAAD Foundation Advanced (Version 7.0) has just been released. As a matter of fact, it was a much-awaited version for its content-rich, new features. Improvements include a new foundation module as well as adding advanced features to existing modules. The focus was to improve productivity and to enhance user experience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;The most important addition is the introduction of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;dynamic analysis of vibrating equipment foundation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;. The other equally important enhancement is the addition of real time graphics in the popular calculation sheet.&amp;nbsp;This version is packed with features and includes more than fifty major and minor enhancements.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Detailed discussions on all new features are beyond the scope of this post, but we will briefly discuss a few items which are the cornerstones of this release. For a complete list of new features and enhancements, &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="/products/structural/structural_analysis___design/m/structural_analysis_and_design_gallery/269772.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s New&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo; document can be downloaded from the link below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#365f91;font-family:Cambria;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;New Features:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#365f91;font-family:Cambria;"&gt;Vibrating Machine Foundation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;A proper analysis of vibrating machine foundation can be challenging. Several important steps are involved which can be broadly categorized as follows:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol style="text-align:left;"&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Finite element modeling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Soil spring stiffness and damping calculation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Dynamic loading and analysis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;FEA output interpretation to comply with industry standards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;A good software program should offer tools to automate the significant components and integrate those to create an engineering workflow. The New version of STAAD Foundation Advanced (SFA) simplifies the design steps of a vibrating machine foundation to achieve this goal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Finite Element Modeling:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Many authors and practicing engineers recommended use of solid (brick) elements for modeling a block foundation. With very few basic inputs, the program generates block foundation with solid elements. Meshing parameters are internally controlled by the program to accommodate pedestal(s) and to ensure proper load distribution.&amp;nbsp;Depending on machine configurations, there are three types of block foundations to choose from. It can be single block, combined block or combined block with a gear box. The program supports both rotary and reciprocating machines for single block and reciprocating machine for combined block.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/0564.Machine_5F00_Block.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/690x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/0564.Machine_5F00_Block.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Soil spring stiffness and damping calculation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Soil spring stiffness and damping calculation for a machine foundation is considered as the most critical segment of the analysis process. It depends of several parameters and different methods. Fortunately, SFA 7.0 can automate the process with very few inputs.&amp;nbsp;There are three methods to choose from. The engineer can directly input soil spring values or choose either Veletsos or Richart Whitman method. Program can calculate complex soil spring values involving equivalent foundation Radius (R&lt;sub&gt;i&lt;/sub&gt;), footing coefficients (&amp;beta;&lt;sub&gt;i&lt;/sub&gt;), damping constants (c&lt;sub&gt;i&lt;/sub&gt;), damping ratios (D&lt;sub&gt;i&lt;/sub&gt;) etc. Engineers do have the option to include or exclude the effect of embedment (embedment impedance) and material damping.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/machine_5F00_Spring.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/690x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/machine_5F00_Spring.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Dynamic loading and analysis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Proper input of dynamic loads is an essential component for a successful machine foundation analysis. The forcing function of a rotary machine can be described as:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/Load_2D00_equation.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/690x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/Load_2D00_equation.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Where, F&lt;sub&gt;0 &lt;/sub&gt;is known as machine unbalanced force and often supplied by machine manufacturer. In case it is not known, an approximate value can be chosen from a table for the machines meeting ISO 1940 or ANSI standards. When a manufacturer supplies mass unbalance (or eccentricity) the resulting amplitude can be calculated as below:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/Machine_5F00_Loading.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/690x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/Machine_5F00_Loading.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Ref. ACI 351.3R-04&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;STAAD.Pro&amp;rsquo;s analysis engine is used to perform dynamic analysis. It is a Time History analysis for harmonic forcing function. All necessary parameters including mass modeling, time step calculation and forcing function definitions are automatically done by the program. An option for out-of-phase loading can be used for combined block foundations. It will create harmonic forcing functions on the second pedestal with a 180 degree phase angle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Output and calculation sheet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;The final step is to interpret dynamic analysis results to ensure foundation safety and comply with industry standards. Two checks must be performed to ensure foundation safety. First check is resonance criteria and then check for severity and permissible displacement.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Check for resonance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Modal calculation is an integral part of dynamic analysis. Number of desired mode shapes can be user specified. By default 10 mode shapes are requested. Frequency associated to each mode is then compared with the machine operating frequency to ensure there is no resonance. Normally modal frequency should not be within &amp;plusmn;20% machine operating frequency. The program automatically checks resonance condition and display message in calculation sheet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Check for severity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Several charts are in use for vibration severity check. These charts are typically machine frequency versus displacement graphs. The program uses two such charts from ACI 351.3R-04 (figure 3.9 and figure 3.10) to report machine severity condition. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Permissible displacement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Finally a permissible displacement check is performed based on ACI 351.3R-04, figure 3.11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/Machine_5F00_Chart.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/690x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/Machine_5F00_Chart.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#365f91;font-family:Cambria;"&gt;Variable Bearing Capacity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Variable bearing capacity is an advanced feature for isolated and combined footing design. Bearing capacity is a function of foundation shape, size, depth and geotechnical conditions. So, a pre-calculated bearing capacity may not be the most accurate parameter for foundation design. The best option would be to pick allowable bearing capacity from a list of bearing capacities based on foundation shapes, sizes and depths. The program now has the option to input a bearing capacity table and while optimizing foundation sizes, it will automatically pick the right value.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/VBC.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/690x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/VBC.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#365f91;font-family:Cambria;"&gt;Eccentric Combined Footing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;Often engineers need to design a combined footing with column eccentricities. Generally, engineers can design it as a mat foundation, but when eccentricities are not large enough engineers prefer to design it as a regular combined foundation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;So far, STAAD Foundation Advanced didn&amp;rsquo;t have an option to include columns which are not collinear. Now the program includes a new input to define column eccentricities. Length of the footing is in the longitudinal direction and column offset (or eccentricity) needs to be defined in the transverse direction. A column can be offset by positive or negative value. It follows the right hand rule where X-axis is the parallel to the length of the footing and Z-axis is parallel to the width of the footing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;As discussed earlier, this module is meant for small eccentricities. For large eccentricity users are advised to perform a full FEA based mat foundation analysis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/ECC_2D00_Combined.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/690x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/ECC_2D00_Combined.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#365f91;font-family:Cambria;"&gt;Dynamic Sketches in Calculation Sheet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;One of the most popular features in SFA is its calculation sheet. It mimics a hand calculated design sheet with design steps, code clauses and even exact equations. It displays sketches to clarify axis system conventions, diagrams and nomenclatures. But until version 6.2, those were static images and didn&amp;rsquo;t represent the actual footing to the scale. So, a rectangular footing with a higher L/B ratio might not get a good visual representation if the sketch is meant for a square foundation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;This sketch is now greatly improved with the introduction of &amp;ldquo;dynamic sketches&amp;rdquo;. Now, all the sketches are drawn to the scale with actual dimensions and even a detailed drawing at the end. For a combined footing design, it draws Shear Force and Bending Moment diagram for critical load cases which helps engineers to compare results. It even includes soil pressure contour which was a frequent request.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/Sketch_2D00_BM.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/690x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/Sketch_2D00_BM.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/Sketch_5F00_Plan.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/690x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/Sketch_5F00_Plan.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;In conclusion, new version of STAAD Foundation Advanced (version 7.0) is content rich, it is definitely&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;one step closer to replace manual or legacy workflows in design offices. Machine foundation design is an advanced module and will certianly benefit users. We are planning to put more advanced features for future release, such as Table Top machine foundation which we expect to make available soon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>STAAD Foundation Advanced</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/3360/staad-foundation-advanced</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:45:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:0fd2fba6-6fa1-41df-bf62-7b7a5093261f</guid><dc:creator>Seth Guthrie</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="STAAD Foundation Advanced: Foundations done right" src="/resized-image/__size/700x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-54/8424.sfa2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Comprehensive Foundation Design Software&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;STAAD Foundation Advanced is used for the analysis and design of isolated footings, combined footings, strip footings, pile caps and mat foundations. It can be used as a standalone product or integrated with [[STAAD.Pro]].&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vist the &lt;a href="https://www.bentley.com/en/products/product-line/structural-analysis-software/staad-foundation-advanced" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;STAAD Foundation Advanced Product Page&lt;/a&gt; for additional information on this product.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Bentley CONNECT" src="/resized-image/__size/30x30/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-54/CONNECT-icon-sm.png" /&gt; STAAD Foundation Advanced is &lt;a href="https://www.bentley.com/en/perspectives-and-viewpoints/topics/viewpoint/connect-edition-perspective" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECTED&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.bentley.com/en/campaign/why-connect" target="&amp;quot;_blank"&gt;Why CONNECT?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="ISM Enabled" src="/resized-image/__size/36x36/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-54/ssync_2D00_ic-ISM-Logo-Small-Icon.png" /&gt; STAAD Foundation Advanced is &lt;a href="/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/3332/integrated-structural-modeling"&gt;ISM Enabled&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;LEARN&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;View &lt;a href="http://learn.bentley.com/app/Public/ViewLearningPathDetails?lpId=109543" target="&amp;quot;_blank"&gt;STAAD Foundation Advanced learning paths on Bentley&amp;#39;s LEARNserver&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://learn.bentley.com/app/Public/ViewLearningPathDetails?lpId=109543" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Designing Foundations with STAAD Foundation Advanced&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Modeling Foundation Systems&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Designing Isolated, Continuous, and Pile Cap Foundations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Designing Plant Foundations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Designing Soil Supported Mat Foundations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Designing Pile Supported Mat Foundations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Designing Machine Foundations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[[STAAD Foundation Advanced Videos]]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Download&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can download the latest version of STAAD Foundation Advanced from Bentley&amp;#39;s &lt;a href="http://select.bentley.com/FulfillmentCenter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Fulfillment Center&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;STAAD Foundation Advanced is available under a Structural Enterprise License. &lt;a href="https://www.bentley.com/en/perspectives-and-viewpoints/topics/campaign/structural-enterprise" target="&amp;quot;_blank"&gt;Learn more&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Support&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Visit [[STAAD.Foundation Advanced Support Solutions]]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>STAAD.building</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/12083/staad-building</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:51:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:fe1be30e-3d9a-435d-9ec0-6613435ee52e</guid><dc:creator>Seth Guthrie</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Applies To&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;STAAD.Building&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Jason Coleman&lt;br /&gt;Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p class="Normal"&gt;Recently, Bentley Systems, the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive architecture and engineering software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, partnered with S-Cube Futuretech Pvt. Ltd. to provide the most comprehensive concrete building design workflow for the Indian market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="Normal"&gt;This integrated solution is called&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD.building&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;and it addresses the entire workflow related to the design of reinforced concrete buildings, including conceptual layout and framing, advanced analysis, design and detailing and&amp;nbsp;the production of site-ready drawings along with bill-of-quantity reports. STAAD.building combines the power of STAAD.Pro&amp;rsquo;s analytical engine with the purpose-built building modelling, design and drawing solutions from S-Cube.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="Normal"&gt;It extends [[STAAD.Pro]],&amp;nbsp;which anchors Bentley&amp;#39;s world-leading structural analysis and design software, to accommodate the intricate needs of drawings and design of reinforced concrete structures per Indian standards. The key differentiator is the workflow. Unlike any other software in the Indian market, it helps engineers to conceptualize the engineering model by suggesting preliminary member sizes based on the framing layout, loading conditions, and geographical location. The model is generated in a physical environment to help you generate an analytical model automatically behind the scenes but also offers you the power of STAAD.Pro&amp;rsquo;s analytical modeling environment to optimize building configurations. It combines the power of a physical modeling system along with an analytical text editor to offer the best possible tools to address every possible need of a building designer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="Normal"&gt;This is the only solution in the Indian market&amp;nbsp;that completes the workflow by offering an interactive physical member design environment along with complete detailing and drawing generation. Early adopters indicated that drawings are of very high quality and meet the intricate requirements of site-ready drawings. Another recent addition is Bar Bending Schedule (BBS) creation. After detailing structural members, a detailed BBS can be generated in compliance with the Indian detailing standards.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="Normal"&gt;STAAD.building is a bundle package of four products:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="No_0020Spacing"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD.Pro&lt;/strong&gt; is the leading structural analysis and design program (&lt;a href="https://webmail.bentley.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=juwhMyFGXUqdadFPLRorWJ-JW-vP-tAIUhfH_kLz4ztQcGBGGJeD95_vrALu3w5oTFyrhO8uxEI.&amp;amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bentley.com%2fen-US%2fProducts%2fSTAAD.Pro%2f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="No_0020Spacing"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD RCDC&lt;/strong&gt; is the detail reinforced concrete design and detailing program&amp;nbsp;featuring structural components such as beam, column, slab, shear wall etc. and automatically produces drawings and bill of materials&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="No_0020Spacing"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD Planwin&lt;/strong&gt; from is a building modeling program that provides physical building modeling environment to create structural frames and components&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class="No_0020Spacing"&gt;Also of interest:&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="No_0020Spacing"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[[STAAD Foundation Advanced]]&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;provides the design of common and complex types of foundations along with drawings and step by step hand calculation. STAAD Foundation Advanced may be purchased separately and&amp;nbsp;is a recommended product for end to end building design workflow. (&lt;a href="https://webmail.bentley.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=juwhMyFGXUqdadFPLRorWJ-JW-vP-tAIUhfH_kLz4ztQcGBGGJeD95_vrALu3w5oTFyrhO8uxEI.&amp;amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bentley.com%2fen-US%2fProducts%2fSTAAD.foundation%2f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 class="Normal"&gt;STAAD Planwin&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p class="Normal"&gt;Some of the features of STAAD Planwin are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Seamless integration with STAAD.Pro&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Import architectural centre-line (DXF model)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Detects beams and columns&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Align / locate members&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Add floor loads and wall loads&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;View load distribution element-wise&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Check modelling error at plan level&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Size beams and columns for vertical loads&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Define shear walls&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Generate wind loading&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Generate earth quake loading&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Export 2D and 3D CAD drawings&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Generate accurate 3D analysis model with:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Member offsets&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Releases&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Beta angles&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Pier definitions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;&lt;a name="_GoBack"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Joint and member loads&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Wind and EQ load, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With the release of STAAD.Pro CE V22,&amp;nbsp;STAAD Planwin&amp;nbsp;is now included as a feature in STAAD.Pro that is provided as an entitlement with a current subscription program.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 class="Default"&gt;STAAD RCDC&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p class="Default"&gt;Some of the highlights of STAAD RCDC are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;General
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Seamless integration with STAAD.Pro&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Compliance to latest Indian design standards&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Auto-detection of design continuum&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Facility to group members across levels and plan&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Detailing
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Optimized and practical detailing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Interactive detailing interface&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Control of all detailing parameters&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Drawing: Organized site-ready drawings in DXF format
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Elevations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Cross sections&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;In-plan detailing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Layout drawings&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Text schedules&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Documentation
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Detailed design calculation report&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Design summary&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Failure diagnostics&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="Default"&gt;Member properties changed report&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class="Normal"&gt;For more information on STAAD RCDC, please visit &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en/products/product-line/structural-analysis-software/rcdc"&gt;RCDC product page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="Normal"&gt;With STAAD.Pro CE V22, STAAD RCDC is included as a feature with STAAD.Pro Advanced.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Nice Blog!</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/c794fe72-0d86-4415-87b4-52d2e7d325cf</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2018 10:26:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:31056849-76a5-457a-a769-480532039946</guid><dc:creator /><description>Receive 5 comments on a blog post.</description></item><item><title>STAAD Foundation Advanced Tutorials: Series 1 - The Basics</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/stfoundations_blog/posts/staad-foundation-advanced-tutorials-series-1-the-basics</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 02:41:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9e922d54-b95d-449b-9066-c63c74326f30</guid><dc:creator>Apurba Tribedi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD Foundation Advanced Tutorials&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Series 1: The Basics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Recently a series of video tutorials were created to demonstrate different features of SFA. We will go through each one of those tutorials in details. This following write-up is the precursor of the videos related to global setup. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;STAAD Foundation Advanced (SFA) is not like any regular spreadsheet type design utility program. It&amp;rsquo;s an integrated solution which helps user to design foundations for the entire project. It offers tools such as &amp;ldquo;General Arrangement&amp;rdquo; (GA) drawing to decide appropriate foundation types. It can iterate through hundreds of load combinations and design most efficient foundations. Output includes construction ready detailed drawing and detailed calculation sheet which produces step by step calculations with applicable equations, code clauses and intermediate values. The sketches are included to make sure sign conventions are defined and understood properly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;So, to take advantage of the rich features of SFA it is important to setup the foundation model at the beginning. Program is so designed that user should follow some initial steps to setup the project layout to take full advantage of the program and gain maximum efficiency.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Data in SFA can broadly be categorized as global and local data. Data which are related to external source or data which don&amp;rsquo;t depend on the foundation type are categorized as global data. Global data are grouped in three main categories which are &amp;ldquo;Foundation Plan&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;Loads and Factors&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Soil Properties&amp;rdquo;. All the groups are important but &amp;ldquo;Foundation Plan&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Loads and Factors&amp;rdquo; are essential for setting up the foundation analysis/design environment. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;On the other hand, local data are specific to foundation types. For example data needed to design a pile cap would be different than the data needed to design an isolated footing. Pile properties would be unique to pile cap design module and isolated footing module would require soil bearing capacity as the footing will be supported by grade.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;In this tutorial we will be discussing how to setup and the importance of global data. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" alt="" src="http://communities.bentley.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-07-24-31/6864.Global-Setup.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Step 1:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The first step is to setup the proposed foundation positions. As SFA is a 3D modeling environment, foundation positions are defined in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) where Y axis is vertically up and axis system follows right hand rule (like in STAAD.Pro).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Foundations can be of various types such as multi column strip (or combined) footing or spread (or pad) footing or a generalized flexible mat foundation. Before design, it is often not known what type of foundation is most suitable, so instead of defining foundations user is asked to start by laying out column positions. For any building, column is supported at ground and needs a foundation. But in SFA column locations can be defined as any point where an external load is acting, it may or may not be a part of the building structure. These points are called &amp;ldquo;Column Positions&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;So, first layout the physical columns and other load application point coordinates. Program by default assumes columns are of rectangular shape and assigns column length and width. Engineers must review and set proper dimensions as these dimensions will be used for shear and moment checks. But for industrial structures or steel columns such as wide flange, pedestal is used to connect column to the footing. There is a separate page in the program to define pedestal shapes and dimensions. It is important to note if a column is connected to a pedestal, column dimension won&amp;rsquo;t be used for any design check. So, if there is a pedestal, user can ignore column dimension setup for that particular column. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;If a pedestal is associated to a column, program assumes all loads are acting at the top of the pedestal. During design process all the lateral forces will be transferred from the top of the pedestal to the bottom of the foundation by multiplying the lateral forces with the summation of pedestal height and footing thickness.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img border="0" alt="" src="http://communities.bentley.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-07-24-31/3247.Global-Setup_2D00_-Step-1.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 2:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The next step is setting up the loads. SFA performs serviceability checks like bearing capacity and stability checks such as sliding and overturning for allowable stress load combinations only and concrete design is performed for ultimate load combinations only. If a load combination is defined as &amp;ldquo;Primary&amp;rdquo; and used to design, it will be used for both service and ultimate design. But it is highly recommended that only load combinations be used for design. In many cases design for primary loads such as wind or seismic may not converge as there might not be enough dead load to resist the overturning moment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The very first step of &amp;ldquo;Load and Factors&amp;rdquo; is to create &amp;ldquo;Primary&amp;rdquo; loads such as &amp;ldquo;Dead &amp;ldquo;, Live&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;Wind&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;Seismic&amp;rdquo; etc. Then create load combinations either by manual definition or by using load combination generation tool. So, it is obvious to select the proper load type while creating a primary load if load combination generation tool to be used.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img border="0" alt="" src="http://communities.bentley.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-07-24-31/8228.Global-Setup_2D00_-Step-2.png" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 3:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Data flows between global and local data through a layer called job setup. A job must be set to design any footing. Main navigator leafs will be rearranged based on the job type. &amp;ldquo;Job&amp;rdquo; properties include footing type (e.g. isolated, combined, pile cap, mat etc.), design code (e.g. ACI, BS etc.), default unit type (either English or SI) and the supports which will be assigned to that job. So, a job definition is essentially creating a group of footings which will have same types and same design parameters (like concrete grade, cover etc.) but may not have same dimensions. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Once the job is created a new set of commands will be created in main navigator. Each of those commands will need additional data which are called design parameters and the group with new commands is called local setup. Design function uses both global and local data to design each footing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The most important purpose to separate data in global and local layers is to empower the user with the tools to experiment with different foundation types for the same footing and select the most suitable solution.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img border="0" alt="" src="http://communities.bentley.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-07-24-31/5707.Global-Setup_2D00_-Step-3.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Following videos explain how STAAD Foundation Advanced program work and are recommended to watch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3wrjvUCbvY&amp;amp;list=PL5LpElzkNC9lAKMJsmOt5sy_229lqLGlB&amp;amp;index=1" target="_blank"&gt;STAAD Foundation Adv 01: How it Works - Load Cases, Load Combinations&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DernfYYXDZs&amp;amp;list=PL5LpElzkNC9lAKMJsmOt5sy_229lqLGlB&amp;amp;index=2" target="_blank"&gt;STAAD Foundation Adv 02: Column Position &amp;amp; Dimension, Pedestal &amp;amp; Anchor Bolt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyBFc_sVxEw&amp;amp;list=PL5LpElzkNC9lAKMJsmOt5sy_229lqLGlB&amp;amp;index=5" target="_blank"&gt;STAAD Foundation Adv 06: Difference Between Service and Ultimate Loads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Popular File</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/da0aff64-b8e8-4266-af11-9044c13de787</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 06:05:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:75903907-e9a0-4822-add7-05938b879fe2</guid><dc:creator /><description>One of your files is downloaded 50 times.</description></item><item><title>An update on STAAD.foundation 5.3 just released</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/stfoundations_blog/posts/an-update-on-staad-foundation-5-3-just-released</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:53:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:24268a0a-d469-4411-96af-f9b7d7706c2d</guid><dc:creator>Apurba Tribedi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The second update (patch) of STAAD.foundation V8i SELECT series 4 (Release 5.3) is now available on SELECT to download.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is recommended for all users of STAAD.foundation version 5.3 to install this update package. This will update your existing 5.3 installation to the latest version, which varies depending on if you are using STAAD.foundation as a standalone application or if it is a combined installation with STAAD.Pro V8i. This is a cumulative patch which means any Standalone version of 5.3 will be updated to 05.03.00.28. &amp;nbsp;For the combined STAAD.Pro and STAAD.foundation version, there is a separate update package which will update the version to 05.03.00.29. If you have combined installation, look for 05.03.00.29 version on SELECT update server.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To download the patch:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Go to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://select.bentley.com/FulfillmentCenter/en/Search/Product/"&gt;https://select.bentley.com/FulfillmentCenter/en/Search/Product/&lt;/a&gt; in your web browser.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Select STAAD Products from the Products list.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Select &amp;quot;All&amp;quot; in the Download Category list.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Click Search.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The list of all updates is returned&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Select the appropriate patch for the version of STAAD.foundation V8i you currently have (Standalone or Combined with STAAD.Pro).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Click Continue and download the update installer.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are several bug fixes included in this package. Here are examples of a few major fixes or enhancements.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Horizontal Vessel or Heat Exchanger pier design&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Until now, for rectangular piers, the reinforcement arrangement for any pier design had four sided equal reinforcement distributions. This works fine for square pier sections or possibly for rectangles having length over width ratio close to 1.0.But for a horizontal vessel, one side of pier is often larger than the other side. So, it requires 2 sided reinforcement distribution. This arrangement first places 4 bars at four corners and then places the remaining bars equally at two larger sides. So, this distribution will provide bar count as a multiplier of two. The following images shows 4 sided and 2 sided distribution.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In some cases 4 sided arrangements may fail as because clear spacing available in shorter direction could be lower than the code requirements. But same number of rebar can be arranged using 2 sided distribution. &lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-07-24-31/4336.Rebar_2D00_distribution.png" border="0" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Excessive support reactions for mat on piles
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The program used to show reaction values even for mat supported by piles. &amp;quot;Reactions&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Reaction Summary&amp;quot; tabs in output pane represent soil support reactions, but those values are meaningless (or uninitialized, in the programmer&amp;#39;s terms) if the mat is not supported by soil, so in some cases showed very excessive reaction values. This update will remove those reaction tabs if the mat is supported by piles only. There are &amp;quot;Pile Reaction&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Pile Reaction Summary&amp;quot; tabs already available to review pile reactions. Please note, &amp;quot;Pile Reaction Summary&amp;quot; is a good place to quickly check if pile reactions are exceeding assumed pile capacities.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;License related issue while analyzing mat foundation
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In STAAD.foundation version 5.3, while analyzing mat foundation, in some cases, the program was trying to access an extra license. If that computer has a valid STAAD.Pro installed, the program would analyze without any problems. But for computers which don&amp;#39;t have STAAD.Pro installed, the program sometimes could not analyze mat foundation. That issue has been resolved in this update.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adding tutorial videos
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;This is applicable to combined version only which is version number 05.03.00.29. To reduce installation size it was decided not to include video tutorials with the main installation. But those videos could be very useful learning tools, so this update package will add those tutorials to the program.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>An update to STAAD Foundation Advanced SS2 (version 6.2) is just released</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/stfoundations_blog/posts/an-update-to-staad-foundation-advanced-ss2-version-6-2-just-released</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:51:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:dbb45e56-851b-43a0-a56d-ca1153906ca7</guid><dc:creator>Apurba Tribedi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The update (patch) of STAAD Foundation Advanced V8i SELECT series 2 (Release 6.2) is now available on SELECT to download. It is recommended for all users of STAAD Foundation Advanced version 6.2 to install this update package. This will update your existing 6.2 installation to the latest version.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;To download the patch:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Go to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://select.bentley.com/FulfillmentCenter/en/Search/Product/"&gt;https://select.bentley.com/FulfillmentCenter/en/Search/Product/&lt;/a&gt; in your web browser.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Select STAAD Products from the Products list.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Select &amp;ldquo;All&amp;rdquo; in the Download Category list.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Click Search. The list of all updates is returned.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-07-24-31/7674.SELECT-patch-download.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Select the appropriate patch (06.02.00.59) of STAAD Foundation Advanced V8i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Click Continue and download the update installer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-07-24-31/0121.SELECT-patch-SFA.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;letter-spacing:0.5pt;font-family:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;font-size:small;"&gt;Similar to previous updates, there are several enhancements and bug fixes included in this package. Here are examples of a few major enhancements.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Combined footing design moment calculation at column faces&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;This is an important and long pending item. Previous versions used to take maximum and minimum moment solely based on bending moment diagram and there was no check in place to ignore higher moment values underneath the column or pedestal. Now program automatically calculates moment at all column faces and ignores moment points underneath the columns. Previous approach sometimes could lead to more conservative design, so new version leads to a more realistic design.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-07-24-31/3618.Combined-footing.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;letter-spacing:0.5pt;font-family:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Foundation design based on ACI 318 now supports 3 versions of the code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;letter-spacing:0.5pt;font-family:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;letter-spacing:0.5pt;font-family:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;This feature was previously already added in &amp;ldquo;general Mode&amp;rdquo; but was missing in &amp;ldquo;Plant Mode&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Toolkit Mode&amp;rdquo;. With this update package program will now support ACI 318-05, ACI 318-08 and ACI 318-11 for all modules of the program.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt;font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;serif&amp;#39;;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;letter-spacing:0.5pt;font-family:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt;font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-07-24-31/6136.Plant-ACI-code-versions.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enhanced spreadsheet import/export capabilities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Spreadsheet import/export is a popular feature in STAAD Foundation. This update added a few more tables to the import/export capabilities. The spreadsheet feature now supports &amp;lsquo;Soil Bearing Capacity Factor&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;Self weight factor&amp;rdquo; and new ACI 318 code version tables. Soil bearing capacity factor table is used to input load specific allowable bearing capacities. The best examples are load combinations involving temporary load cases such as wind and seismic. Many codes allow 33% increase of bearing capacity for wind and seismic load cases. An input of 1.33 against such load combinations in soil bearing capacity factor table will increase soil bearing capacity by 33%.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-07-24-31/5670.Spreadsheet.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Automatic load combination generation based on ASCE 7-2010&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;letter-spacing:0.5pt;font-family:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;font-size:small;"&gt;ASCE 7-2010 table is now added as another option for automatic load combination generation. Many users requested for this tableas it is now being used as the standard load combination table replacing ASCE 7-2007 version. However, for the convenience of the users both versions of the load combination tables are supported.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;letter-spacing:0.5pt;font-family:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-07-24-31/5287.ASCE-7_2D00_2010.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New Input For Pedestal Steel % Reinforcement For US Code From Global Settings:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;For the convenience of experienced users, required minimum and maximum % of steel for pedestals can now be directly specified. By default, the program will use code specified steel %. One might argue why a program would allow to modify code specified minimum/maximum steel. The answer points to the different design practices among&amp;nbsp;different organizations around the world. However, those user specified % will be printed on the calculation sheet for review purposes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-07-24-31/7737.Pedestal-Reinf.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;This is probably the last and only update to STAAD Foundation Advanced SS2 (version 6.2). The next version of the program (version 7.0) is scheduled to be released by the end of this year which will include several exciting new features.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>STAAD Foundation Advanced version 7.2 released</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/stfoundations_blog/posts/staad-foundation-advanced-version-7-2-released</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2015 06:45:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5ead1501-510c-489d-a4ba-fab29052d191</guid><dc:creator>Apurba Tribedi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;A new version of STAAD Foundation Advanced (Version 7.2) is just released. This will be the last version of V8i generation product before we move to our next generation CONNECT edition. Like last release (version 7.1), it was released as a minor update. However, it contains four new foundation types and enhanced interoperability. A vast majority of users who use &amp;ldquo;Mat&amp;rdquo; foundation module will surely like ISM interoperability for mat foundation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;Detailed discussions on all new features are beyond the scope of this document. But we will briefly discuss a few items which are cornerstones of this release. For a complete list of new features and enhancements, please refer to &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s New&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/em&gt;document included with the installation of the program.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:150%;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Horizontal vessel foundation: supported on piles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:150%;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;Now STAAD Foundation Advanced offers capabilities to design horizontal vessel foundation supported by either soil or piles. To be consistent with the wizard based input, additional pages for pile arrangement page gets added to the wizard navigation tree. If the combined footing option is chosen &amp;ldquo;Pile Cap Geometry Page&amp;rdquo; gets added at the end of the navigation page.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#365f91;font-family:Cambria;text-decoration:underline;"&gt; &lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/HExchangerPileCap.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="735" height="417" style="width:673px;height:371px;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/HExchangerPileCap.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;Similarly, if isolated option is chosen, two additional pages gets added at the end of the navigation tree to define pile arrangement for Channel end and Shell end.&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#365f91;font-family:Cambria;text-decoration:underline;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/HExchangerPileCapIso.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="723" height="411" style="width:678px;height:412px;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/HExchangerPileCapIso.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;Program can generate rectangular pile arrangement based on column and row spacing through simplified input wizard and then parametrically creates pile cap geometry with other inputs like edge distance and pile-in-pile cap. It is important to note, for combined pile cap, pier forces are resolved at pile cap centroid and individual pile reactions are calculated for all piles supporting the cap. As a result, calculated pile reactions are further used for design force calculations. For individual / isolated pile cap, respective pier load is directly passed on to the centroid of pile cap.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/HExchangerRendered.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/400x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/HExchangerRendered.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1 style="margin:24pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#365f91;font-family:Cambria;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Ribbed Beam Foundation for Indian Code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;Based on popular demand, STAAD Foundation Advanced v7.2 now offers specialized foundation type which is popular in South East Asian market known as Ribbed Beam Foundation. It is a combined footing with grade beam spanning from edge to edge of the foundation. The configuration can be best described as an inverted T foundation. At the moment, the program supports Indian code only as it is a popular regional practice in India. As expected, in addition to common required design parameters for a combined footing, beam design related parameters are also required as shown below. It also includes an option to apply additional surcharge load on the beam. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;The design philosophy of a ribbed beam foundation is little different than of a traditional combined foundation. So, it is important to discuss the basic design steps for a better understanding. As mentioned above, the configuration is similar to an inverted T-beam. The flange part of the T is the footing slab which is resized for geotechnical design or in other words to meet bearing capacity requirements and pass stability checks which is similar to combined footing design.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;However the strength design is a bit different. It is assumed that the foundation slab (or flange portion of the T) won&amp;rsquo;t be designed for major axis moment rather entire bending resistance will be provided by the grade beam. So, the beam will be designed as a rectangular beam with longitudinal reinforcement and share stirrups. The cantilever portions of the slab on both sides of the beam is designed for transverse reinforcement and minimum reinforcement is provided for longitudinal direction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/Ribbed-Beam.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/600x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/Ribbed-Beam.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/DrawingRibbed.png"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1 style="margin:24pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#365f91;font-family:Cambria;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Pile Cap for Australian Code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;The program supports Australian code for a few years now but pile cap design was missing from the list supported foundation types for Australian code. The new version of the program now can design pile caps for Australian code. It is based on AS 3600 2001 with amendments 1 and 2. Like pile cap design for other supported codes, pile arrangement can be created from a predefined set of configurations or can be generated through parametric rectangular or circular arrangement. Pier force is applied at the center of the cap and pile reaction is calculated which is eventually used to calculate design forces. Calculation sheet displays all detailed design steps with relevant code clause numbers and equations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/ASPileCap.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/600x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/ASPileCap.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h1 style="margin:24pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#365f91;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Cambria;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;ISM Implementation for Mat Geometry&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;Now STAAD Foundation Advanced supports ISM interoperability for mat foundation geometry. It can either create a new ISM repository or update an ISM repository with all geometric entities including mat boundary, holes, control regions, pedestals and grade beams.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/ISM.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/600x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/ISM.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;In conclusion, new version of STAAD Foundation Advanced is not just about bug fixes rather it includes many new features and enhancements. All users are recommended to upgrade their STAAD Foundation Advanced software to the currect version (version 7.2).&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>STAAD Foundation Advanced version 7.1 released</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/stfoundations_blog/posts/staad-foundation-advanced-version-7-1-released</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:87512e71-7028-47b7-bf95-6533394b58a2</guid><dc:creator>Apurba Tribedi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;A new version of STAAD Foundation Advanced (version 7.1) was just released. Although it was released as a minor update, it contains several important enhancements. Addition of these new features is a strong sign that this product is maturing very fast and becoming a de-facto standard for structural foundation analysis and design. The current update touched and enhanced core design features as well as reporting and drawing capabilities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;Here is a list of core design feature enhancements:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Sliding and Overturning Factors&amp;rdquo; table&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mat foundation enhancements&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Grade beam design&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Option to edit concrete property&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Pile head condition for mat on piles&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h2 style="margin:4pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#404040;font-size:x-large;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Sliding and Overturning Factors&amp;rdquo; table&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;One of the assumptions made by STAAD Foundation Advanced (SFA) was to use a common set of sliding and overturning factors for all load combinations. But often engineers need to use different sliding/overturning factors for different load combinations. So, a common request was to add the ability to specify separate sliding and overturning factors for each load combination.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/sldovt1.png"&gt;&lt;img width="175" style="width:173px;height:156px;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1880x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/sldovt1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/sldovt2.png"&gt;&lt;img width="274" style="width:272px;height:155px;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1880x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/sldovt2.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/sldovt2.png"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;SFA&amp;rsquo;s implementation of new sliding and overturning factor table is a smart approach to address this limitation. This table is not really a table of safety factors for each load combination rather they are the multipliers to the safety factors specified in design parameter section of each job. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/sldovt3.png"&gt;&lt;img style="height:auto;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1880x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/sldovt3.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/sldovt4.png"&gt;&lt;img style="height:auto;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1880x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/sldovt4.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;For Example, as described in the image above, if a user specify a multiplier 1.33 for Load Case 1103, the effective sliding factor used for foundation analysis will be 1.5 x 1.33 = 1.995. This multiplier table (as opposed to effective safety factor table) makes sure the program is backward compatible. No change in design parameter input ensures any old files can be opened without a problem and the default multipliers for all load cases set to 1.0. This approach also ensures that engineers don&amp;#39;t need to input load case dependent safety factors for each foundation job, rather change it in one table and all jobs (including different foundation types) can take advantage of that change.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="margin:4pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#404040;font-size:x-large;"&gt;Grade Beam Design for Mat Foundation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;Mat foundation often includes grade beams. These beams are monolithically cast with the slab. Mat foundation is a FEA based flexible foundation, so during analysis physical beams are broken into shorter analytical beams to ensure proper beam-slab connectivity. After analysis, analytical beam forces are automatically merged to create design forces. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;Version 7.1, now goes a step further to design those grade beams. Engineers no longer need to export design forces and design those beams manually (or using a different tool). As expected, a new leaf is now added to &amp;ldquo;Mat analysis/design options&amp;rdquo; tree. The new option is called &amp;ldquo;Beam Designer&amp;rdquo;, to specify design parameters related to grade beams. Also, it is important to note, old &amp;ldquo;design parameter&amp;rdquo; leaf is now replaced with &amp;ldquo;Slab Designer&amp;rdquo; leaf, which separates beam design from slab design and obviously makes the work flow clear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/beamdesign1.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/beamdesign1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;Beam design options include clear covers at top, bottom and side. Stirrup legs can be specified by type of stirrup option. As always, calculation sheet outputs detailed step by step calculations with equations and sketches. However, the current version (7.1) supports only US (ACI 318) code, grade beams cannot be designed for other codes including British and Indian.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/beamdesign2.png"&gt;&lt;img width="265" height="469" style="width:227px;height:411px;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/beamdesign2.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#404040;font-size:x-large;"&gt;Pile head condition (Fixed / Free Head) for mat on piles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;A nice addition to extend &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;mat on piles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt; feature is the option to specify pile head condition. An option is added to choose either fixed or free head condition. It is similar to a spring support definition. So, pile spring definition table is now extended to include spring constants for all six degree of freedoms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;By default pile head is assumed to be pinned with no option to define rotational spring values. Choosing fixed head option, input columns for rotational springs get enabled.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/pilespring1.png"&gt;&lt;img width="476" height="377" style="width:435px;height:374px;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/pilespring1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calverdanaibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/pilespring2.png"&gt;&lt;img width="398" height="129" style="width:391px;height:128px;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/pilespring2.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="margin:4pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#404040;font-size:x-large;"&gt;Option to edit concrete properties &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;Mat foundation analysis requires concrete properties such as elasticity, Poisson ratio, density etc. Program assumed default concrete properties for analysis with no option to edit or change. Current version offers flexibility to change concrete properties through INI file and default properties dialog box. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/concreteprop1.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/concreteprop1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/concreteprop2.png"&gt;&lt;img width="479" height="276" style="width:394px;height:275px;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/concreteprop2.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="margin:16pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Reporting and drawing enhancements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;Version 7.1 got major reporting and drawing enhancements. Here is a list of major enhancements:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Table of contents (TOC) for calculation sheet&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Dynamic sketches for combined footing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Pedestal design interaction diagram&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Advanced options for detailed drawing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#404040;font-size:x-large;"&gt;Table of Content for Calculation Sheet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;One of the most popular feature of SFA is its calculation sheet. It is a detailed and step by step reporting. To facilitate browsing, a table of content (TOC) is now added to help user jump to the section they need to review. This feature will be particularly very useful when a job consists of multiple footings. Instead of scrolling through too many sections, user can jump to a particular section to review design calculations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/TOC1.png"&gt;&lt;img width="698" height="552" style="width:462px;height:480px;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/TOC1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;Dynamic table of content is also responsive to screen size (resolution). Table of content can adjust its size depending on available screen width. User can hover over the button to get the description of a section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#2e74b5;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#2e74b5;font-family:verdana Light;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/TOC2.png"&gt;&lt;img width="102" height="372" style="width:101px;height:260px;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/TOC2.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="margin:4pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#404040;font-size:x-large;"&gt;Dynamic Sketches for Combined footing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;The most popular feature of SFA even got better when &amp;ldquo;dynamic sketch&amp;rdquo; was introduced in last major release (Version 7.0). Now, all step by step calculations are complemented by to-the-scale drawing to aid engineers reviewing calculations. The program took a cue from the old saying &amp;ldquo;drawing is the language of engineers&amp;rdquo;, to show graphical representations of numbers (calculations). For example, instead of just saying shear plane at a distance of 10 inch form the face of the column, programs draws the shear plane.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;This is possibly the most comprehensive foundation design output available today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;Version 7.1, extends that feature to include dynamic sketches for combined footing design. It is implemented for British, Canadian, Australian and Indian Code. Following dynamic sketches are included:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;To the scale plan and elevation view&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Soil bearing contour&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Shear diagram&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Shear locations&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Moment diagram&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/svg1.png"&gt;&lt;img width="612" height="448" style="width:534px;height:351px;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;display:block;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/svg1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/svg2.png"&gt;&lt;img width="535" height="307" style="width:452px;height:240px;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/svg2.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;Note: For dynamic drawing support in SFA, Internet Explorer version 9 or higher is required&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="margin:4pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#404040;font-size:x-large;"&gt;Interaction Diagram for pedestal design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;The program designs pedestal as a column for axial force and biaxial bending. Many users from different parts of the world requested for column interaction diagram as an output of pedestal design. So, version 7.1, extended an already comprehensive pedestal design output by adding pedestal interaction diagram. However, at the moment it is implemented for US (ACI 318) code only.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/pedestal.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;display:block;" alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/pedestal.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="margin:4pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#404040;font-size:x-large;"&gt;Advanced Detail Drawing Options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;More and more engineers are now using program generated detail drawing. Naturally engineers need more control to format their drawing. To meet their requirement, a set of options were introduced offering better control over drawing generation. It includes: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Separate scale options for different views for isolated and combined&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;Control over line type and line color&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;verdana&amp;#39;,geneva;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;
&lt;p class="auto-style3"&gt;More options for different paper sizes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/detaildrawing.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-07-24-31/detaildrawing.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>What&amp;#39;s New in STAAD Foundation Advanced 7.0</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/m/structural_analysis_and_design_gallery/269772</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 19:54:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:705f326d-4c31-4f45-9c8b-15178d8bd8f3</guid><dc:creator>Apurba Tribedi</dc:creator><description>&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>