| Info |
|---|
Follow Please follow the instructions provided below instruction to Run Tributary Analysis |
Table 1: Tributary Analysis
| 1 | Go to Tributary under AEC|BOLT from tree view. I want to make the tributary To set the Tributary Area Factors of C20 and C24 columns columns from C21 to C27 to 1.1 instead of "1 " for each floor. Tributary results will be on the safe side by increasing the correction factor, for more conservative approach, increase the correction factor. I need the "Live Load Reduction" code for this, if this code is not imported, add it from Design Criteria. |  | |||||
| 2 | Go to Tributary Correction Factors Tab at same spreadsheet. Hover over the "Name" column in the spreadsheet and right click. Select the filter from the combobox and select only column C20 and C24 from the list. |  | |||||
| 3 | Set the "Tributary Area Factors" of columns C20 and C24 to 1.1 for each floor. You can see Reducible Area on this spreadsheet. Click the "Show" button to see the placement of a column for which you have increased the Tributary Area factors on the CAD side |  | |||||
, locate the corresponding area in the Tributary Correction Factors tab of the spreadsheet. Once you have made the changes, you can view the Reducible Area of the columns by looking at the spreadsheet. To see the placement of these columns on the CAD side, click the "Show" button. |  | ||||||
| 2 |  | ||||||
| 3 |
| ||||||
| 5 | Come back to4 | To apply the changes and complete the Tributary Analysis, return to the Tributary Analysis Settings section and click the "Run Tributary" button to perform the analysis.
|   | ||||
...
| Info |
|---|
Follow Please follow the instructions provided below instruction to Run AECBolt Slab Analysis. |
Table 2: Global FE Model Analysis
...
...
Open Safe 2016 and import saved F2K folder.
After the project is imported to Safe, click "Run" button.
...
...
After completing the analysis, click the export button and select SAFE F2K File.
Enter project name, make selections in the combobox as in the figure.
...
...
Click Import Safe Results and select the F2K file saved in the previous step.
As seen in the figure, all rows should be checked.
...
...
Follow the above Safe Analysis steps for each stories.
For similar story floors do not require Safe Analysis
...
| Info |
|---|
Follow the below instruction to Export & Import Etabs Analysis and Result. |
Table 4: Etabs Export & Import
Go to the Etabs and open new project folder.
Go to Tools at toolbox.
Click on the "MyAecboltEtabsLink" file that downloaded earlier. Click the yes button in the combobox.
Projects on the BDS login screen will appear in a combobox inside Etabs.
Click the Open Project button and select “Column Reinforcement Training Example” project
Click the "Finite View" button to check the FE meshes.
And Click "Pull" button and after exported of the project from BDS to Etabs is completed, go to Etabs.
Click the "Run" button and have the analysis done.
| Expand | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
 |
Click “Push” button. After importing Etabs analysis results into BDS, return to BDS project.
Go to Etabs under Analysis from tree view.
Check the date and current of the last analysis performed
| 1 | Go to To generate a finite element model (FEM) for the structure, navigate to the "Global FE Model frrom " section in the tree view. In the "Run Mesh?" column, set the cell to "True" and then click the "Generate FEM" button |  |
| 2 |  | |
| 3 | Click “Run Analysis” button. Click the close button when the AECBolt FE Analysis is complete. |  |
| Info |
|---|
Follow the below instruction to Export & Import Safe Analysis and Result. |
Table 3: Safe Export & Import
...
Go to Roof under CSI SAFE from tree view.
After arrange settings as in the figure and click “Export Safe File”.
For save of the F2K file, select Safe16 as version and save.
. This will create a FEM for the entire structure using the geometry, properties, and loads that have been defined. The FEM will be used to perform linear and non-linear analyses of the structure and to calculate the internal forces, deformations and stability of the structure. |  | |
| 2 |  | |
| 3 | To perform the analysis on the finite element model, click the "Run Analysis" button. The analysis will use the FEM, loads, and other settings that have been defined to calculate the internal forces, deformations, and stability of the structure. Once the analysis is complete, a button will be displayed indicating that the AECBolt FE Analysis is finished. You can then click the "Close" button to exit the analysis. |  |
| Tip |
|---|
The “Analysis” part is completed in this step. You can proceed to the “Analysis Results” “CSI Analysis Software Export & Import” section. |