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Go to Foundation in the tree view. Enter Elevation feet as -5 feet. It will return to the Foundation step after completed Stories step.

Go to Stories in the tree view. Click Add button and add 3 floors. Enter 12-24-36 feet at the elevation of floors.

Choose 1st floor for all of them as a similar story. Place the 1st floor a drawing file.

Click Add button again.

"Enter a story no between 0 and 3 to define the story insertion point?" Enter the value 3 in the question.

This entered value asks which numbered floor we want to addvalue entered is the Stories number. New stories to be added will be placed on top of this Stories.

"How many stories do you want to create?" Enter the value 1 in the question.

Here we check the operation of the add floor button.

Copy all the data from the top line to the new added floor, manually enter the elevation value of 48 feet and change New Stories' name.

Go to the 1st floor in Stories. Check that the properties values are correct.

Call the Drawing file added to the 1st floor to the Cad CAD view by using overlay button.

Go to the Slab below 1st floor. Draw Slab Edge on Cad CAD view. Enter data as in the screen shoot.

Click the Refresh Parametric Model button to update the model and check the 3D view.

Draw Slab Piece on Cad CAD view. Enter data as in the figure.

Click the Design Strip button. Draw a line for design strip.

Click yes for the question "Do you want to create same design strip definition for all stories?".

Go to Openings below 1st floor. Draw the openings.

Have to draw 1 Rectangular, 1 circle, 1 Arbitrary Openings according to Cad CAD view.

Go to Shearwall below 1st floor. Draw Shearwall by using Shearwall button. Set material value.

Check if the hold point can be changed.

Go to the Analytical definition tab. Draw an Analytical wall on Cad CAD view.

Make sure that a break point is formed on the horizontal wall.

Click the elevation views to see the horizontal view of the Shearwall.

Click on the wall opening. Have to draw rectangular, circular and arbitrary spaces on Shearwall.

Go to the Column below 1st floor and draw rectangular column by using rectangular column button. Enter 30° degree orientation angle.

Draw a circular column by using circular column button. Enter the bottom offset X=10 inch and Y=20 inch

Click the Arbitrary Column button, draw an Arbitrary column. Change the Hold point of column C2. Enter an orientation angle of 45° and 60° degrees in C1 and C2 columns

You can enter remaining cells based on the figure.

Click the Show Tributary button. Check to see if an image appears on the BDS screen close to the area in the figure.

Go to Beam below 1st floor. Click draw beam button and draw the beam between 2 arbitrary columns.

Enter the Material class="Conc 4000psi" and Depth="24 inch" values into the cell.

Go to the analytical line and draw the analytical line. Enter the width and depth values. Manually enter the break point right in the middle on beam

Click the Show Tributary button. Check the tributary area of the beam.

Go to Load below 1st floor. Click area button and draw the area in the Cad CAD view
Click line button and draw the line load in the Cad CAD view.
Click point button create point load in the Cad CAD view

Have to select Load case for these these loads according to figure

After all the values are entered in the cells, click the Refresh Load Distribution Factors button. Make sure the Geometric Distribution To column % value is 100%.

Go back to the 1st floor. Click the Update similar stories button. Select all checkbox on the left side of the table. Select the 2nd floor checkbox on the right.

Click the Update similar stories button.

As seen in the figure, number of objects selected is written left side under Update Similar Stories button.

Go to the 3rd floor and click Copy From button.

Select all the checkbox in the Select objects to copy section. Select 1st floor in Select a source story. Click the copy all button.

Go to the Roof and click the Copy From. Select object to copy tab. Select Slabs, Openings, Columns objects.

Select 1st floor as the source story and click the Select Graphically button. Select the objects from the drawing and click enter.

Check if only selected objects are present in the overlay drawing.

Go to the 1st Floor click the Select Update Similar Stories tab. Select Shearwall, Load and beam objects at checkbox. Select Roof as "Select Stories to Paste" and click the Select in Cad CAD button.

Select the objects from the drawing and click enter.
Check if there are only selected objects in the overlay drawing.

Go to Foundation in the tree view. Enter Elevation feet -5 feet.

Go to the Mat below Foundation and click the Mat.

Draw the Mat Edge between columns on Cad CAD view.

Enter values in the figure for blank cell

Draw the Mat Piece for the Shear-Wall on Cad CAD view.

Enter values in the figure for blank cell

Go to the Pile caps below Foundation and click the Template.
Click Import pile caps button. Check the boxes in the figure.
(40 Tonne P8-P9-P10-P11-P12) and click import.

Enter the values in the table for the material and rebar values.
Check that the values that can be changed can change

Go to Pile Caps below Foundation, click Assign Pile Cap Template. Select the Circular column as the object, click enter.

Set to Pile Template to P8 [40] and Pile Embedment Soil value 60 inch.

Click Pile Cap Edge button under Custom in Pile Cap.
Draw the pile cap edge. Enter the values in the figure.
Click on show from Show piles. Click on the Pile and assign the Pile to according to figure. Try changing the Pile diameter and cap depth data.

Adjust custom Pile caps name (ex: Pile Cap Test). Set to Pile Embedment Soil value 60 inch.

Also check to Pile Template.

Go to the Footing below foundation and click the Import footing. Check the imported values and define the Concrete Materials class.

Go to Custom below Footing and click Add.

Set width and depth values according the figure.

Go to the Footing and click the Add Footing button. Select C2 arbitrary column on Cad CAD view

If the drawing file is not overlayed, overlay the drawing file for Foundation. Go to the Foundation-Wall and click the Foundation-Wall button.
Enter Story Number:1 in the command line. Draw a Foundation-Wall so that it goes around the entire perimeter of the building.

Enter values in the figure into the blank cells.

Go to Foundation Loads.

Click the Area Load button. Draw an area load in Custom Footing.
Click on the line load button. Draw line load under Shear-Wall.
Choose the point load button. Add a point load to the rectangular column foundation.

Have to set Load case for all Loads according to figure