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Slab Edge
→ Click
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the ”Slab Edge” button (Figure 1) to draw slab.
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Figure 2
Slab Piece
→ Click
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the “Slab Piece” button (Figure 1) to draw areas
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having different properties in the slab edge.
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Figure 3
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Figure
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When initially drawn, all properties of the slab edge and slab piece are set to zero
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. The user should edit these properties from the slab spreadsheet, as shown in Figure
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Material must be selected for all slab objects because it is a necessary information for analysis. User can select material from the slab spreadsheet as shown above. Clear cover of top slab reinforcement edits and clear cover of bottom slab reinforcement edits are made from slab spreadsheet as illustrated in Figure 5.
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Additionally, the user can select a default slab material from
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the section mentioned in Stories, as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7.
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Design Strip
→ Click Design Strip to draw the directions of the design strips for slab design.
→ Draw direction 1
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Users have the option to set the same design strip for all stories, as
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depicted in Figure 8.
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Figure 1
→ Click Slab Edge button as shown in Figure 1 to draw slab.
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Figure 2
→ Click Slab Piece button as shown in Figure 1 to draw areas which have different properties in slab edge.
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Figure 3
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Figure 5
All the properties of slab edge and slab piece are zero when they first drawn. User must edit all the properties from slab spreadsheet as shown in Figure 5.
Material must be selected for all slab objects because it is a necessary information for analysis. User can select material from the slab spreadsheet as shown above. Clear cover of top slab reinforcement edits and clear cover of bottom slab reinforcement edits are made from slab spreadsheet as illustrated in Figure 5.
Also user can select a default slab material from 1st floor section or general Stories section as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7
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Figure 6
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Figure 7
→ Click Design Strip to draw the directions of the design strips for slab design.
→ Draw direction 1 and then direction 2 which is perpendicular to direction 1 will automatically be drawn.
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Figure 8
User can set the same design strip for all stories as shown in Figure 8Figure 9 showcases an example where the design strip directions are shown on the drawing. The design strip lines are typically displayed with distinct colors or linetypes to differentiate them from other drawing elements.
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The definition of design strips is indeed a prerequisite for conducting slab/beam analysis.