HOW TO CHANGE ORIENTATION OF THE COLUMN IN RCDC ?

IF I ASSIGNED A COLUMN SUPPOSE 300 X 600 IN COLUMN IN STAAD AND NOW IF I WANT TO CHNAGE ORIENTAION IN THE RCDC, HOW TO DO THIS AND WHY RCDC GROUP 600 X300 COLUMN AND 300 X 600 COLUMN IN SAME GROUP IT SHOULD GROUP DIFFRENTLY RCDC ONLY GROUP COLUMN ON THE BASIS OF THE SIZE AND REINFORCEMT BUT IT SHOULD GROUP ON THE BASIS OF THE ORIENTATION ..

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  • Hello Rahul,

    May I know the reason why you are changing the orientation of columns in RCDC? RCDC being a design software always use the analysis results from STAAD. So, any changes which will affect the analysis results like changing dimensions, orientations etc. should be done at STAAD end and the model should be analyzed to use in RCDC. RCDC will read the analysis results and accordingly design the section. So, if you model the columns correctly in STAAD, there is no need to change orientation in RCDC. Changing orientation in RCDC only will lead to wrong results.

    Regarding the grouping, there are 2 options like Autogrouping and manual grouping. For Auto-grouping RCDC will group all the columns regardless  of orientation if the reinforcement is same for both the columns. However, if you want them to be grouped separte, you can create your own groups using the option marked below and get the intended results.

    Thanks & Regards,
    Abhisek Mandal
    Global Technical Support

  • then again have go in STAAD and change orientation and column or size of column then what is the use of RCDC to only generates the dwgs.? And about the grouping of the column RCDC as per the orientation of the column RCDC should group and assign a separate name for the column it will save a lot of time of us.

  • the problem is that if any column is failed in the design you can not see this failed column in the STAAD for that you have to go in RCDC and if RCDC reported any failed column the you have to go again in STAAD and change the size of the column and again export to eatbs and again you have to made changes in the setting like changing the grade of steel and min % of r/f etc.

  • Hello Rahul,

    RCDC is a software use for design, detailing and drawing generation of concrete structures. Here, no analysis is done and hence any change which affects the analysis results should be done in STAAD. I believe, you are using the latest version. In that case, we have an option called update design. If you have already designed some members, you can update or check the existing design with updated STAAD file.

    Also please refer the attached file to know more.

    Update Design.pdf

    If you want us to implement the grouping suggestion, please post your request in Idea Tab in communities in below link and ask your colleagues to vote it so that this can come up in our priority list.

    https://staadpro.ideas.aha.io/

    Thanks & Regards,
    Abhisek Mandal
    Global Technical Support

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  • Hello Rahul,

    RCDC is a software use for design, detailing and drawing generation of concrete structures. Here, no analysis is done and hence any change which affects the analysis results should be done in STAAD. I believe, you are using the latest version. In that case, we have an option called update design. If you have already designed some members, you can update or check the existing design with updated STAAD file.

    Also please refer the attached file to know more.

    Update Design.pdf

    If you want us to implement the grouping suggestion, please post your request in Idea Tab in communities in below link and ask your colleagues to vote it so that this can come up in our priority list.

    https://staadpro.ideas.aha.io/

    Thanks & Regards,
    Abhisek Mandal
    Global Technical Support

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