3.2 Slab Design

Navigate to the "Slab Design" section in the tree view.

In this section, set the "Analysis Source" to “AECBolt” and “CSISafe”. By choosing this option, BDS will design the slab according to the more critical value among the results obtained from AECBolt and CSISafe analysis.

Navigate to the "Slab Design Template" section under "General" from the same spreadsheet.

In this section, set the Slab Design Template for the 1st floor.

Navigate to the "1st Floor" section under "Slab Design".

In this section, please set the Design Template to "Slab Design Template -1".

Navigate to the "Corner Zones" section under "General" in the same spreadsheet.

Corner zones must be present in order to draw stress lines from Shearwall.

In this section, please click on the "Generate Corner Zone" button. This will create the Corner Zone CAD view.

Navigate to the "Stress Lines" section in the same spreadsheet.

Once you have reached this section, please click on the "Run Stress Line Generation" button to generate the stress lines.

Based on the analysis results, some stress lines may not be needed. In this case, we can delete them.

Please click on the "Show Strip Button" and select both direction.

The bottom of the stress lines will be covered with the analysis results on the CAD view.

Please click on the "Refine Stress Line" button and select "both" direction.

BDS will give a suggestion as to which of the drawn stress lines are redundant and can be deleted.

Delete the selected lines. Please note that these are suggestions, you can choose to delete less or more lines.

If the analysis result does not cover the area under the stress lines, there is no need to place the stress line at that location.