General
- Simple, standard Windows interface for easy navigation
- Unlimited Undo & Redo commands
- Work in any unit system, perform math on input, use custom unit 'styles'
- Program is self-documenting with tooltips on commands and input parameters
- Numerous preference settings for better defaults
- Drive the program with the Command Line
- Run External Scripts to automate common tasks and more
- Free training videos provided for learning efficiency
- Free technical support email with fast, friendly turnaround
Modeling
- Quick-start with typical foundation geometries
- Import CAD complex and detailed boundaries
- Import project from VisualAnalysis, with pier and wall locations as well as loads
- Sketch multiple boundaries graphically with rectangular or polar gird lines
- Work with column-lines to label and modify footings quickly
- Multiple-thickness footings with different soil conditions under each footing boundary
- Use Grade beams and walls to add stiffness to foundations
- Model piers (pedestals) for columns
- Add piles for additional foundation support (steel, wood, or concrete shapes)
- Specify lateral sliding resistance from soil or piles
Loading
- Model objects can be loaded in multiple service load cases
- Automatic building code load combinations are available
- Includes IBC, ASCE 7, and NBC Load Combinations
- Customizable building code combinations (see Load Case Manager)
- Create custom load combinations in any project
- Apply loads to entire foundation or rectangular, circular, tube or ring shapes
- Apply loads through column-piers, onto grade beams or walls
- Copy and paste loads to objects
- Copy and scale loads to other load cases
Analysis
- FEA model is constructed automatically by the software
- Automated "background" analysis is fast
- Plate elements use a "thick-plate" formulation for accurate shear results
- Nonlinear iteration for compression-only spring supports
- Advanced error-checking and reporting
- Export project to VisualAnalysis for more sophisticated or dynamic analysis
Design
- ACI 318-19, ACI 318-14, CSA A23.3:19, CSA A23.3-14, ACI 350-20, ACI 350-06, concrete specifications
- AISC 360-22, AISC 360-16, AISC 360-10, AISC 360-05 (ASD or LRFD), or CSA S16:19, CSA S16-14 steel specifications (piles)
- NDS 2018 ASD or LRFD wood specification (piles)
- Determination of concrete rebar demands
- Code checks for concrete foundation slabs with your specified primary rebar
- Code checks for concrete piers and piles including your rebar details
- Built in rebar in USA and metric sizes
- Intermediate values shown in reports for easier plan-check review
Reporting
- Quick Full Report includes graphics and all details, with options
- Custom reporting to include just the information you need
- Print Preview mode while working with reports
- Paste any graphics into your report
- Customizable page margins, fonts, colors
- Use your own company logo in report page headers
- Print to any printer including PDF
- Export to text clipboard or save to other formats like .xlsx
Limitations
- Does not detail the slab rebar placement (i.e., no bar lengths, cutoffs, bends, etc.)
- Does not produce structural drawings
- No soil-structure analysis of pile behavior
- No design for walls that are part of a foundation (See QuickConcreteWall, QuickMasonry or VisualAnalysis)
- Cannot model a system of disconnected footings.
Be a Squeaky Wheel
If you need a new feature, please let us know! We are always looking for ways to improve products in ways that you desire. See Technical Support.
