MODELING
• Integrated Object Based
Drawing Environment
• Reinforced Concrete and Composite
Columns
• Drawing Tools for Rectangular and Circular
Columns
• Polygonal Shapes
• Solid, Hollow and Flanged
Parametric Shapes
• Standard Steel Database Shapes
•
Merge Any Number of Shapes to Create Complex Sections
• Add
Reinforcing Bars Anywhere in the Cross-Section
• ASTM,
Metric, or Imperial Rebar Sets
• Quick Design Wizard
•
No Limit on Number of Load Combinations
• Sway and Non-Sway
Conditions
• Layout Multiple Columns Simultaneously
•
Alignment Tools for Accurate Shape Placement
ANALYSIS
• Generates Capacity
Interaction Surfaces
• Moment-Curvature Curves for Any
Arbitrary Shaped Column
• Built-in Stress-Strain Curves for
Concrete and Steel
• Model Confinement of Concrete
•
Calculates Effective Length Factors
• Moment
Magnification
• Axial and Moment Applied Loads
• Rebar
Stresses
• Analysis includes Slenderness Effects
•
Cracked Section Stresses
• Calculation of Neutral Axis for
Specific Loading
• Calculates Load Point Location for a
Given Loading
• Generates All Cross-Sectional
Properties
DISPLAY
• Cross-Sectional Plan Views
with Dimensions
• User Defined Material Colors
•
Capacity Interaction Surfaces and Diagrams
• Load-Moment
Curves
• Moment-Moment Curves
• Moment-Curvature Curves
for Different Axial Loads
• Plot Stress Contours for
Combined Loading
• Plot Stresses Along Any Arbitrary
Line
• Graphical Displays of the Neutral Axis and Load
Point Location
• Overlay Multiple Data Plots
•
Color-Coded Rebar Stresses
• Reports of the Analysis and
Design Results
DESIGN
• Concrete Column Design for
American, British, and Canadian Codes
• Capacity
Curves
• Automatically Sizes Member Based on User Specified
Parameters
• Slenderness Effects for Both Sway &
Non-Sway Conditions
• Moment Magnification
• Regular or
Irregular Rebar Patterns
• Composite Design
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