https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/236617/pedestal-reinforcement-designFor the pedestal design, it limits the maximum spacing of pedestal reinforcement to 6&quot;. Why is it restricted to user definition? Probably because of this constraint, reinforcement provided is way higher than required. Almost 10x the moment demand.en-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/735470?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 07 Oct 2022 05:48:53 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:78d27964-c46c-4327-ac27-a505a0ab7664Aswathi A<p>Pedestals in SFA are designed as short columns. The area of steel for this pedestal is governed not by bar spacing, but by the minimum reinforcement criterion (1% as per 10.6.1.1 of ACI 318-2014). Notice that the steel provided&nbsp; is 1.02%.</p> <p><img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5932/pedestal-reinf.png" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/735450?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 07 Oct 2022 04:19:24 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:131c64f5-3467-434d-a30c-6838edbc4f85Aswathi A<p>Please note that the &quot;maximum pedestal bar spacing&quot; is not a fixed value for ACI 318 code. You can enter the required value of spacing by typing. See the attached screenshot with a 10&quot; spacing<img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5932/pedestal.png" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>