The Concrete Foundations category manages the basic assignments for the design of foundations. Here, you can check the objects to be designed and assign the geotechnical analysis configurations and concrete design configuration to the objects.
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When working in the tables, you can use the functions known from RFEM for filtering result tables. The specific tables of the "Concrete Foundations" category are described in the following chapters.
- Design Situations
- Objects to Design
- Design Configurations of Geotechnical Analysis According to EN 1997
- Design Configurations of Concrete Design According to EN 1992
Furthermore, general specifications for the concrete design are available in the Global Settings dialog box. You can open this dialog box by clicking the
button or using the shortcut menu of the "Concrete Foundations" navigator entry.
Design Configurations: Geotechnical Analysis Configuration and Concrete Design Configurations
The detailed settings for the individual design checks are defined in Geotechnical Configuration and in Concrete Configuration. Only the design configurations activated in the Global Settings are available. These configurations are currently described for the Eurocode standards EN 1997 and EN 1992.
The design configurations are also organized as types. This way, you can create different types for the individual design configurations and then, for example, assign the relevant configurations to a foundation in the "Geotechnical Configuration" tab.
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Select an existing configuration from the list or create a new configuration. You can also click the
button to create a new configuration. The
button allows you to graphically transfer the configuration from another object. Use the
button to edit the selected design configuration.
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Managing Design Configurations
In the "Edit Geotechnical Analysis Configuration" dialog box, you can see all the limit state configurations available in the model in the "List". Click the
button to create a new configuration, based on the default values of the
Norm
. You can use the
button to copy the selected configuration and the
button to delete the selected configuration.
Assigning Design Configuration
Similar to the Types for Foundations, you can individually assign the configuration to the objects. There are various options for this:
- Assignment via the
button at the top right of the Edit Geotechnical Configuration dialog box
- Assignment in the input table of Concrete Foundations for configurations (see the image Assigning Geotechnical Configuration via Table)
- Assignment via a list in the editing dialog of the object
For example, if you do not want to carry out a geotechnical design for individual foundations, you just don't assign the geotechnical configuration to these foundations.
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