hello, i need your help i have design my beams in mat foundation using Staad Foundation Advanced , the results in stirrups is bar no 6 as shown on the picture below
now i need to know conversion of this bar no 6 to (mm) diameter because the available conversion does not show bar number 6
If you wait for 2-3 weeks, a new version of STAAD Advanced Concrete design should be available. You should be able to import the STAAD model of the mat into SACD and design the beams per the current ACI code. Its capabilities for beam design are superior to STAAD Foundation's.
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Thank you for the feedback and that means i will be able to model my mat and beams in Advanced Concrete Design (RCDC) as we were doing in SFA or i will have to model MAT and beams in Staad Model?and will the Advanced Concrete be able to design those beams by using other codes too like BS8110 and Eurocode 2?
No.
You will create the mat foundation model along with the grade beams in SFA as you have done in the past. Once the analysis is completed, you exit SFA. Then, start SACD and import the STD file of the mat. SACD will recognize the grade beams and will design them to codes like BS8110 or EC2.
That is great and it will be able to generate drawings?what about design of MAT will it also do that?
The mat design will still have to be done in SFA. Over the next few months, we will improve SFA'a beam design and address the defects and deficienies reported.