VisualFoundation 12.0

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VisualFoundation-mat foundations, combined footings, and pile caps. Get Smart Design of Concrete Footings.

Engineers Rest on VisualFoundation

Use this focused tool for an easier and more powerful way to model foundations. General FEA tools (like VisualAnalysis) can do a lot, but this is faster and smarter about the foundation-specific engineering.

Sketch Boundaries

Draw or import foundation geometry quickly. Mat (or raft) foundations are easy.

Define Components

Place walls, grade beams, columns, and pile supports. Powerful editing tools help you get the job done quickly.

Apply Loads Easily

Point and click load application that is flexible and clear.

Get Stability Checks

The software automatically checks for stability in each load combination.

Covers Punching Shear

Punching boundaries around columns or piles or walls are determined for you. Overlapped punching areas are combined and checked.

Make Smart Designs

Both ACI 318 and CSA A23.3 concrete checks are provided for the slab, beams and column-piers. Pile structural checks too.

Building Codes & Material Specifications

IBC, ASCE 7 or NBC load combinations (customizable)

Concrete: ACI 318-19 or CSA A23.3-19 (also older versions)

Steel Piles: AISC360-16; CSA S16-19

Wood Piles: NDS 2018

Modeling

Mat foundation (raft) analysis and design.

Pile cap analysis and design

Complex mat boundaries, including circular and polygonal templates

Generate copies of modeling elements using rectangular or circular patterns

New! Use the command-line to create scripts

Multiple mat thicknesses or soil properties

Holes in mats

Combined footings

Isolated footings (QuickFooting is specific to this purpose)

Wall footings

Concrete walls, grade beams (for loading or stiffness)

Columns (for loading, punching shear)

Pile supports (steel, wood, or concrete)

Pile stiffness control

Automated FEA mesh generation

Control mesh refinement near piers and piles

Automated soil compression spring stiffness

Sophisticated thick-plate finite element formulation

Import & export DXF files

Import & export with VisualAnalysis

Loads and Load Combinations

Customizable load combinations

Streamlined seismic load combinations

Uniform or linear area loads, rectangular or circular

Circular and rectangular "ring" loads

Overturning or uplift loads

Column loads, axial and moments

Linear beam loads

Wall loads, axial and moments

Stability Checks

Checks for overall horizontal sliding forces

Plots and checks bearing pressures

Overturning checks on the footing

Seismic overturning reduction per ASCE 7 12.13.4

Strength Checks

Slab shear plotted and checked

Column and column-group punching shear checks

Wall punching shear design checks

Pile support and group punching shear checks

Pile capacity limits are checked for tension or compression

Grade beams are checked for shear and moment

Design Features

Single or double layer of slab reinforcement

Size each layer of slab steel

Reinforcing bar patterns

Specify punching shear reinforcement

Design of piers (pedestals) for combined loads

Structural design of piles (wood, concrete or steel)

Grade-beam checks and reinforcement

Pile sliding resistance may be specified

Override for column or pile punching perimeter

Override for minimum mat reinforcement

Export to VisualAnalysis for more complicated tasks

Import from VisualAnalysis includes project criteria settings and wall reactions

Reporting

Post-analysis statics check reports are now available

Average bearing pressure value is calculated for the entire footing

Full-color reporting for a professional look and easy reading

Slab and grade-beam moment and shear diagrams

New! Plate moment and shear diagrams

Preview the report before printing

Customize what items are included in the report

Easy export to .xls, .docx, or .pdf file

Print one-page graphic summaries

Whats New

Updates: official site does not provide any info about changes in this version

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