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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 Footing [SIG]
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(blue star) 🖱️ Click three-dots on the first cell of the Substructure and pick the pier columna columns 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.

If you want to examine the working logic of the Transverse Offset and Longitudinal Offset parameters in the Foundation object, you can refer to the Quick Tip below.

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(blue star) 🖱️ Click the three-dots icon on the Material cell, and then select FcCubeFc_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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(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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To view the entire procedure explained on this page, please watch the recorded Video below.

REctangular Footing.mp4