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Follow the below steps to add foundation.

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Go to Rectangular under Foundation on the tree view.

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Click three-dots icon on Substructure.

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Pick pier column/columns.

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Edit Footing properties on the spreadsheet.

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Click three-dots icon on Material and set a concrete material for footing.

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Mesh size and number of strips for both directions can be entered in FEM tab.

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After clicking on 'Substructure> Foundation> Rectangular' in the navigation treeview, follow the steps to define the Rectangular Foundation. You can use the collapsed documentation page below for more information on the explanations of each parameter.

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Rectangular [SIG]

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Go back to Support Lines tab at the Bridge Geometry.

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Enter the skew angle 30 for the Pier2. Internal parameter name used for skew angle is s_skew.

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Go to Rotation parameter at the Rectangular Foundation tab.

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Enter '=Pier2.s_skew'.

Rotation parameter is the same as skew parameter of the support lines.

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(blue star) Click three-dots on the first cell of the Substructure and pick the pier columna PierColumn1, PierColumn2, PierColumn3 and PierColumn4

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(blue star)Enter the Footing Width as 44.

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(blue star)Enter the Footing Length as 20.

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(blue star)Enter the Footing Thickness as 6.

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(blue star) Keep the Longitudinal Offset and Transverse Offset as default.

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Longitudinal Offset = It offsets the foundation along the alignment.

Transverse Offset = It offsets the foundation on the y-axis perpendicular to the alignment.

Rotation = It rotates the XY plane.

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Follow the below steps to link the inputs to each other.

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(blue star) Click the three-dots icon on the Material cell, and then select FcCube_4ksi.

 

If you have reached this stage and you don't have a material to select, and if you want to use the Import Button, you can refer to the Quick Tip.

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Go to Rectangular under Foundation on the tree view.

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Copy Footing from model inputs and paste into OpenBrIM.

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Go to FEM under Rectangular on the tree view.

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     Completed rectangular footing is illustrated below.

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(blue star) Keep the Rotation as default.

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(blue star) Keep the FEM parameters as default.

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(blue star) Set name as Footing1.

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When the steps are completed, the shared screenshot displayed in the adjacent cell should be visible in the 3D view of OpenBrIM.

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To model all the rectangular foundation, copy the data below and paste the parameters into the first cell in OpenBrIM spreadsheet. Refer to the quick tip for an easy guide on how to perform the copy operation. After completing the copy, proceed to the next step to verify the model.

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Rectangular Foundation

Footing

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Footing1	[PierColumn1,PierColumn2,PierColumn3,PierColumn4]	44.0000	20.0000	6.0000	0.0000	0.0000	

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FcCube_4ksi	0.0000
Footing2	[PierColumn5]	44.0000	24.0000	6.0000	0.0000	0.0000	

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FcCube_4ksi	0.0000

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FEM

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Footing1	Yes	RigidSection	10.0000	3.0000	4.0000
Footing2	Yes	RigidSection	10.0000	3.0000	4.0000

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The completed rectangular foundation are illustrated below. Please verify that you have the same model on your end by examining each view provided here. For more information on how to perform visual checks, refer to the quick tips.

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To view the entire procedure explained on this page, please watch the recorded Video below.