Slab

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Slab Edge

→ Click the ”Slab Edge” button (Figure 1) to draw slab.

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Slab Piece

→ Click the “Slab Piece” button (Figure 1) to draw areas having different properties in the slab edge.

When initially drawn, all properties of the slab edge and slab piece are set to zero. The user should edit these properties from the slab spreadsheet, as shown in Figure 4.

Additionally, the user can select a default slab material from the section mentioned in Stories, as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7.

Design Strip

→ Click Design Strip to draw the directions of the design strips for slab design.

→ Draw direction 1. (Direction 2 as perpendicular to direction 1 will automatically be drawn).

Users have the option to set the same design strip for all stories, as depicted in Figure 8.

Figure 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.

The definition of design strips is indeed a prerequisite for conducting slab/beam analysis.