STAAD Foundation Advanced

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STAAD Foundation Advanced is an exhaustive analysis, design, and drafting solution for a variety of foundations. These include general foundation types such as isolated, combined footings, mat foundations, pile caps, slab on grade, octagonal, strap, and slab on piles as well as plant foundation such as vertical vessel and heat exchanger foundations. A part of the STAAD family of products, STAAD Foundation Advanced can automatically import and update the geometry, loads, and reactions from a STAAD.Pro model and then accurately design isolated, pile cap, combined footing, mat, octagonal, and strap foundations and even perform pile arrangements for a pile cap. Spreadsheet data (e.g., such as that in Microsoft Office Excel®) can be copied and then pasted in STAAD Foundation Advanced, increasing the efficiency and versatility of the program. STAAD Foundation Advanced not only analyzes and designs a myriad of foundation configurations, but will also produce production quality reports and detailed 3D rendering of your foundation structures. It also produces site-ready construction documents such as: detail drawings, general arrangement drawings, and schedule drawings. With full OpenGL graphics, engineers can clearly see the displaced shape, stress distribution, reinforcement layout, and force diagrams of their supporting structure. All models use physical objects including physical beams, physical slabs, automatic meshing, load distributions, and support

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STAAD Foundation Advanced is an exhaustive analysis, design, and drafting solution for a variety of foundations. These include general foundation types such as isolated, combined footings, mat foundations, pile caps, slab on grade, octagonal, strap, and slab on piles as well as plant foundation such as vertical vessel and heat exchanger foundations. A part of the STAAD family of products, STAAD Foundation Advanced can automatically import and update the geometry, loads, and reactions from a STAAD.Pro model and then accurately design isolated, pile cap, combined footing, mat, octagonal, and strap foundations and even perform pile arrangements for a pile cap. Spreadsheet data (e.g., such as that in Microsoft Office Excel®) can be copied and then pasted in STAAD Foundation Advanced, increasing the efficiency and versatility of the program.

STAAD Foundation Advanced not only analyzes and designs a myriad of foundation configurations,

but will also produce production quality reports and detailed 3D rendering of your foundation

structures. It also produces site-ready construction documents such as: detail drawings, general

arrangement drawings, and schedule drawings. With full OpenGL graphics, engineers can clearly

see the displaced shape, stress distribution, reinforcement layout, and force diagrams of their

supporting structure. All models use physical objects including physical beams, physical slabs,

automatic meshing, load distributions, and support generation. STAAD Foundation Advanced

designs the physical slabs rather than individual elements.

For mat foundation designs, STAAD Foundation Advanced V8i make use of a finite element design

via using the separate element stresses somewhat than using column strips. STAAD Foundation

Advanced V8i can be used in a separate mode or can be used in combination with STAAD.Pro

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where the support reactions from the model and accompanying load cases are spontaneously

brought in.

Because STAAD Foundation Advanced V8i delivers a over-all result for your foundation

requirements, a in-built project management system empowers line and span of control, revision

records and multi-job functionalities. This helps you decrease cost in collecting the technical and

managerial details for foundation. Full step-by-step calculations are also delivered in XML form to

confirm each and every output delivered by the program. These confirmation checks can be easily

shared with clients for approval.

Also, the calculation sheets can be modified according user requirement and complete foundation

reporting can be standardized.

Getting Started

Click the STAAD Foundation icon and open the STAAD Foundation application window. The STAAD Foundation application window is split into multiple panes, each of which may be moved, closed or “floated” outside the main window.

1. Application menu button

2. Quick Access Toolbar

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3. Title Bar

4. Ribbon

5. Toolbars

6. Main Navigation pane

7. Data Input pane or Load Pane

8. Output pane

9. Status Bar

Create New Project dialog box:

It is used to open and create a new STAAD Foundation Advanced project. Opens when New is selected from the application menu.

New tab

Project type list:

General Foundation

Plant Foundation

Foundation Toolkit

Open:

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Opens a new, untitled AFS file with the indicated project type.

Cancel:

Closes the dialog without opening a STAAD Foundation Advanced project file.

Existing tab

Compromises the similar controls as the Open dialog Existing tab.

Recent tab

Compromises the similar controls as the Open dialog Recent tab.

It is used to start a new project by importing the support co-ordinates and forces/moments on the

separate supports from Bentley’s STAAD.Pro structural analysis software program. This feature

permits you to import any analyzed STAAD.Pro file and update foundation input record if the

STAAD.Pro file gets different.

Opens when the Import STAAD.Pro tool is selected from the Home tab.

List box:

Lists files for selection. The files listed reside in the directory selected in the Look in option menu,

filtered according to the file type chosen in the Files of type option menu. Double-clicking a filename

in the list box selects the file.

File name:

Displays the name of the file that is selected in the list box, or you can key in a filename. The list box

lists the name of the existing files in the directory.

To bypass the Look in option menu, you can key in a complete path specification for a file in the File

name field.

Files of type:

Sets the type of file to open. STAAD Foundation Advanced can import STAAD.Pro input files (file

extension .STD).

Open:

Opens the Import STAAD.Pro File dialog box, which is used to list all the available load cases found

in the selected STD file.

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Cancel:

Closes the dialog without importing a STAAD.Pro project file.

Now to You window looks like this

In STAAD Foundation Advanced, you start out by creating a Project to hold physical information,

such as column locations, column dimensions, piles, beams, and loads. The physical information

characterises the structure that a foundation is proposed to support. Unless the design of the

structure is modified, these physical conditions generally remain constant throughout the life of a

foundation design project. Your project also contains Jobs, which are sets of constraints needed to

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tell STAAD Foundation Advanced how to perform a foundation design. Each project may contain

multiple jobs, making it easy for you to evaluate different design scenarios for a given set of physical

conditions.

STAAD Foundation Advanced does not shows the complete tree all the time. Rather, it only shows

groups and leaves that are related to the existing status of the project. For example, when you start

a new project, only the Project Info, Foundation Plan, Loads and Factors and Job Setup groups will

appears in the Navigator pane. These four groups permit you to identify the physical model upon

which the foundation design is accomplished. It is only when you specify a Job (a set of constraints

for STAAD Foundation Advanced to use in performing a foundation design) that the groups related

to the design will appear.

Project Information:

It is used to enhance general info about a project, create a revision history for a project, and access

view and scaling controls. The Project Info group is active by defaulting when you open a new or

current project.

Project Info group use is optional. It is providing for your accessibility. You can store related overall

information about a project and also create a revision history. Later on, you can instruct STAAD

Foundation Advanced to show this information in reports and drawings.

General Information Form:

It used to store basic information about a project. The information you input in the General

Information form can be used later in reports and drawings. The details in the General Information

form is not compulsory to design foundations but can accommodate for records in your group. It

opens when Project Info→ General Information is selected in the Main Navigator.

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Review History form:

Used to keep track of the progress of a project.

1. Opens when Project Info→ Review History is selected in the Main Navigator pane.

2. Now Review History Form dialog box appears

3. Each new revision is given a unique ID Number, starting from 1.

Date – Input the date. When this cell is highlighted, clicking the down arrow to the right of the

field will open a calendar tool which can be used to select a date.

Job Name – Add any text description. You may want to add all jobs which were worked on for a

particular revision.

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Checked By – Add any text description. This is typically the name or initials of the reviewer.

4. Pressing [Return] or [tab] will skip to the next cell in the table. Arrow keys may also be used to

navigate through the table in any order.

5. Comments form - Add any text description. This is typically a summary of the work performed for

this revision or notes from a reviewer.

6. Save - Saves any changes made to the revision table and comments field. Comments will not be

saved with the revision item unless the save button is clicked.

7. Delete –  Removes the currently selected revision from the revision table. Deleting a revision from

the revision table also deletes the Comments that were stored with the deleted revision.

8. Delete All - Removes all revisions from the revision table.

It is used to identify the general details on support, such as Column Positions, Column Dimension. It

also permits creating a grid to be used for defining column position, pile position, mat boundary etc.

The Foundation Plan page comprises the following sub-pages:

Linear Grid Setup:

It is used to define a linear grid on which geometry can be graphically created. Opens when

Foundation Plan > Linear Grid Setup is selected in the Main Navigator pane. STAAD Foundation

Advanced will show only a single grid in the Geometry tab of the main view window. Creating a new

grid will substitute any present grid. Any foundations, loads, or other model objects placed on this

grid will not be affected, though. The display of grids can be toggled using the Grid Toggle tool found

in the Trans Rotate toolbar.

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Radial Grid Setup:

It is used to define a radial grid on which geometry can be graphically created. Opens when

Foundation Plan > Radial Grid Setup is selected in the Main Navigator pane. STAAD Foundation

Advanced will show only a single grid in the Geometry tab of the main view window. Creating a new

grid will replace any present grid. Any foundations, loads, or other model objects placed on this grid

will not be affected, though.

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Anchor Bolt Library: 

Used to create or edit an anchor bolt library file or pattern. Opens when Foundation Plan > Anchor

Bolt Library is selected in the Main Navigator pane.

To add a new anchor bolt library for use, use the subsequent steps.

1. Open the Anchor Bolt Library form.

2. Click Add Library.

A naming dialog appears.

3. Type a name for the anchor bolt library and click OK.

A message dialog confirms the creation of the new library.

4. Click OK.

The library is loaded with an empty layout.

5. Type a new Layout Name.

6. Provide the following data for this layout:

o Select the Length Unit

o Type the Anchor Bolt Detail parameters

o Type Baseplate Dimensions

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o Type a Callout Expression

7. Select the Geometry Generation parameters:

o Select either a Rectangular or Circular pattern.

o Type values for the pattern parameters.

o Click Generate Coordinates.

The coordinates table is populated.

8. Click Save/Update Layout.

9. (Optional) Click Add Layout and repeat steps 5 through 8 to add more layouts to this library file.

Column Position table:

A spreadsheet table used to input column positions in Cartesian (XYZ) coordinates. Opens when

Foundation Plan > Column Positions is selected in the Main Navigator pane.

After column coordinates are entered, the columns along with their respective node numbers are

displayed in the Graphics Window. The tab key or arrow keys may be used to move from one cell to

the next in the table. The coordinates in the table can be modified like any spreadsheet. In order to

delete a column, select the column in the Graphics Window by clicking on it. Then either press the

delete key on your keyboard or select Edit > Delete.

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A column will not be shown in the Graphics Window until you press <Enter> or click outside of

the row you are currently in.

Initially, all unassigned footings will appear as spread footings of uniform size in the Main View

window. The graphics will update once the footing type has been assigned.

Pedestal and Anchor Bolt table:

A spreadsheet table used to specify pedestal parameters and anchor bolt layouts, if these are

present for a support. Pedestal dimensions are needed to check punching shear for a mat

foundation. For all other footing types these dimensions will be used to calculate critical design

forces. The unit used for this form is set through the Unit Setup tool on the Home ribbon tab. This

table allows you to quickly enter in data for multiple pedestals. To provide data for a single column,

you can use the Set Column Dimensions tool on the Home ribbon tab. Opens when Foundation Plan

> Pedestal and Anchor Bolt is selected in the Main Navigator pane.

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