November 24, 2020

Moment Capacity of Slabs with Base Reinforcement

In this video, the calculated moment capacity of a slab with base reinforcement, as well as the cover requirements for base reinforcement are reviewed.

Tags: ADAPT-Builder, ADAPT, Slab, New

April 24, 2013 | RISAFoundation, New, DXF, Export

How to Export Detailed Drawings from RISAFoundation

RISAFoundation has the ability to export detailed reinforcement drawings for footings, pile caps, pedestals, and slabs. Thus, if you have a solved model in RISAFoundation you can get detailed DXF drawings. These are a great start to actually producing construction drawings for your foundations. To get more information on the general export process and exporting a Foundation Plan see the article below. The foundation plan will display reinforcement, pile, grade beam, and footing schedules as well. Link: Tips & Tricks: Export a model to DXF…

April 8, 2015 | RISAFloor ES, New, Drawing

How can I transfer my slab design from RISAFloor ES onto drawings?

The ability of RISAFloor ES to design rebar for two way concrete slabs is powerful. Such designs are made much more powerful when they can easily be conveyed on construction drawings. In the example below, the East-West bottom bars are displayed. A single bar symbol is shown at the middle of the design strip, with an arrow shows the extent of where the bars need to be placed. Once the design is complete, go to the File Menu and choose Export DXF File. A DXF File is then created for each floor of the building. This file can be opened in any CAD software such as Autodesk AutoCAD or Bentley Microstation. Each rebar group (East-West, North-South, Top, Bottom) is placed on a separate layer in this drawing:…

November 3, 2015 | Concrete, RISAFoundation, New

How to Investigate the Design Strip Results in RISAFoundation

In RISAFoundation, Design Strips are used to create regions in a slab for reinforcement design. Design strip size and shape is determined by the user, see the Help- Slab- Design Strip Width topic. Inside the Design Strips there are 50 Design Cuts automatically created (the number of cuts can be adjusted). A Design Cuts is an internal force summation along that cut length. The Detail Report for the Design Cuts will give you the forces along that individual Design Cut. The reinforcement will be designed based on the temperature and shrinkage reinforcement minimums, flexural minimums, maximum spacing requirements and strength requirements. The Top Reinforcement will be designed based on the maximum design cut. The Bottom Reinforcement will be designed based on the maximum design cut…