STAAD Foundation Advanced

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What's New
DAA039230-1/0001 Last updated: 16 September 2011

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Thank you for your purchase of a STAAD Foundation Advanced V8i license! This new product is built upon the previous STAAD.foundation program but includes powerful new features and an improved user interface. The name change represents the extended feature set available in the program in comparison to the limited foundation design capabilities which are available with a license of STAAD.Pro V8i. Whether you are new to STAAD Foundation Advanced or have used STAAD.foundation in the past, then we suggest you spend some time reading this document and trying some of the examples in order to familiarize yourself with the program. Even if you've used previous versions STAAD.foundation before, we feel that you'll benefit from learning the new user interface. The following list provides describes new features for users of STAAD Foundation Advanced (the previous version of this product).

1.1 General Program Features

The following features have been added to the program as general features:

1.1.1 Ribbon interface

The user interface has been updated with a new tabbed toolbar setoften referred to as a Ribbonsimilar to that found in Microsoft Office 2007 and later. This provides better organization of tools and features as well as exposes many features which often hard to locate.

File operations, such as creating new files, opening existing files, saving files, and printing are included on the Application menu, which is accessed by click the Application menu button located in the top-left corner of the program window.

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All other tools are located on a series of Ribbon tabs, which are grouped by feature. Commonly used tools can be added to the Quick Access toolbar, which is visible from just below the Ribbon and remain the same regardless of which Ribbon tab is selected.

1.1.2 Export of detailed output to Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet file

You can now export detailed output to a Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet file for the following types of general foundations:
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Isolated footings (US and Indian codes) Combined footings (US and Indian code) Strap foundations (US code Only) Octagonal foundations (US Code only)

From the Footing job branch in the Main Navigator pane, select the Detailed Output option. A Windows Save As dialog opens to save the detailed design information for each footing in the current job to an .XMLfile in the ExcelMLformat, which can then be opened in Microsoft Office Excel.

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1.2 Plant Mode

The following features have been added to the Plant foundation mode in STAAD Foundation Advanced:

1.2.1 Tank Footing

A new parametric wizard has been added to parametrically model and design a ring foundation supporting a tank vessel for US and Indian codes. Tank foundation design complies to:
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ASCE 7 ACI 318 PIP (Process Industry Practices) STE03350 Seismic loads per API 650, Section E IS 456 and IS 875 Part 3

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1.2.2 Drilled/Driven Pier foundations

A new parametric wizard has been added to design drilled shaft or driven pier foundations used to resist axial and lateral loads. The pier can have any number of sections along its length and essentially any number of soil layers can be modeled.

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1.2.3 Group Horizontal Vessel Footings

The foundations at each end of a Heat Exchanger/Horizontal Vessel foundation can be designed as identical. This option will then only allow input for the "Left" Footing and design both foundations for the maximum requirements. Simply set the Identical Footings option on the Footing Geometry page when Isolated Footings are being designed.

1.2.4 Self Weight for Ultimate Loads

The option to include the foundation self weight for ultimate loads (concrete design) under the Global Settings dialog box is now respected for Plant foundation jobs as well as foundation jobs created under the General foundation mode. Simply click the Global Options tool found on the Home ribbon tab and set the option.

1.3 General Mode

The following features have been added to the General foundation mode in STAAD Foundation Advanced:

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1.3.1 Octagonal Footing

An isolated, octagonal footingsimilar to the option for the Vertical Vessel in Plant modecan be designed as a separate foundation job from the General mode. Parameters similar to other isolated footings are entered via property pane, as well as anchor bolt data for concrete design. This foundation types can be selected when creating a new foundation job in the General mode for US code design.

1.3.2 Strap Footing

A strap footingsimilar to the option for Heat Exchanger/Horizontal Vessel in Plant modecan be designed as a separate foundation job in the General mode. This foundation type consists of a grade beam between two isolated footings. This single job analyzes the beam and footing system and designs both elements. This foundation types can be selected when creating a new foundation job in the General mode for US code design.

1.3.3 Australian Code Modification

Several enhancements have been made to the design of foundations per the Australian code:
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Strength reduction factor, , from table 2.3: one-way shear, punching shear, and reinforcement Modified punching shear calculations per Sect. 9.2 Refined minimum percent of steel A revised calculation sheet

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