Slab Thickening - Avoid reinforcement required in thicker areas

Hi All,

I have a basement slab supported by pile caps of various shapes. The slab is 250mm thick, while the pile caps are 1200mm thk.

I would like to stop RAM from designing the reinforcement for bending and shear in the thicker areas (i.e. in the pile caps) since I will deal with them using a specific strut and tie model.

I know that I can draw the design strips avoiding the pile caps, but since the geometry of the slab is very irregular, I would rater draw simpler strips that include the pile caps, and then ignore those areas in the automatic reinforcement design.

Is there a way to do this?

For example, can I cut-off the bending moment diagrams on the pile caps, since these areas are of no significance for me right now?

May these elements be treated as "stiff" and may the program avoid considering the stress in them?

Thank you very much in advance.

Cheers,

Orlando

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