Modelling of 4th Floor

• Go to 4th floor → Overlay

• Select 4th floor linked drawing → Click OK

• Go to Slabs spreadsheet

• Draw main slab using slab edge command.

• Go to 4th Floor → Copy From

• Select Slabs (and openings) to copy

• Select 6th/5th floor as source

• Click Copy All

• Draw remaining slab pieces using slab piece command.

Openings are the same with above floors, you can copy from above floors if you did not copy with slabs.

• Go to 4th Floor → Copy From

• Select openings to copy

• Select 6th/5th floor as source

• Click Copy All

Or

• Draw the openings using Rectangular/Arbitrary commands.

• Go to 4th Floor → Overlay

• Select 3rd floor linked drawing

• Unselect 4th floor linked drawing

Now you see the columns below for 4th floor.

All the rectangular and arbitrary columns except the walking column are the same with the floors above. But AEC | BOLT Building Design Suite allows you to edit the walking column section easily.

• Click Copy From

• Select Columns (and shear walls) to copy

• Select 6th or 5th floor as source story

• Click Copy All

Now you should edit the walking column section and draw the circular columns.

• Go to Columns spreadsheet

• Find the walking column in the spreadsheet

• Edit the Hold point number to position the hold point of the colunm on the one of upper corners

• Edit the depth as 24

• Click Circular Columns → select the center point of column then click on the perimeter to draw circular columns.

or you can draw all the columns manually.

• Draw rectangular columns by using rectangular column command .

• Draw arbitrary and rotated rectangular columns by using arbitrary column command .

• Draw circular columns by using circular column command .

• Go to 4th Floor → Copy From

• Select Shear walls object to copy

• Select 6th floor as source story

• Click Copy All

• Update the project

Or draw the shear walls.

• Go to Shear Walls

• Click Shear Wall

• Draw shear wall

• Select the material of the shear wall

• Go to Analytical Walls

• Click Analytical Wall

• Draw analytical lines

You must draw a straight line from mid point of one edge to mid point of other edge of shear wall. If shear wall is not straight you must draw analytical walls for each directions of shear wall parts.

• Enter thickness of each analytical wall

• Go to 4th floor → Copy From

• Select beams object to copy

• Select 6th as source story

• Click Copy All

When you copy beams, analytical beams are also copied.

Or

• Go to Beams spreadsheet

• Click Draw Beam

• Draw beams from face of column/shear wall to face of column/shear wall

• Enter the depth of the Beam

• Select the material of the beam

• Select beam type

If you draw beam manually, do not forget to draw analytical beams.

• Go to Analytical Lines spreadsheet

• Click Draw Analytical Beam

• Draw the analytical beam line

• Enter the width and depth of the analytical beam

 While analytical beam line command is active, joint points shear walls are become visible. Drawing analytical beam lines using these joints will be more accurate for the generation of FE model.

If the line of analytical beam does not pass through the geometric center of the column, a secondary analytical line should be drawn between the column and analytical beam line.

You can start or end the line out of the beam polygon as long as middle point is inside the polygon borders.

When the analytical lines of beams or shear walls intersect, AEC | BOLT Building Design Suite creates break point joint on the intersection point.

• Go to Loads

• Click Area

• Draw residential/terrace/corridor areas according to the loading schedule

You will add superimposed dead loads and live loads to the same areas but you do not need to draw again.

• Right click on the areas in the spreadsheet

• Duplicate areas

• Select load cases appropriate to the loading schedule

•  Click Line

• Draw facade load lines and parapet load lines

• Select load cases of the line loads.