| Plan Dimensions Criteria |
This area is used to define the footing's minimum plan dimensions during design optimization. In the case of continuous footings, the specified value "Plan dimension increment for each side of column" applies only to the l1 and l2 dimensions. The w1 and w2 dimensions are not optimized and thereby must be defined by the user. |
| Thickness |
This is where the minimum footing thickness is defined. The thickness increment is also defined for optimization of spread and continuous footings. |
| Uplift Safety Factor |
This value defines the minimum safety factor for uplift and must be greater than or equal to 1.0. The uplift limit is checked for all spread and continuous footings for all of the Soil Load Combinations. The footing size is optimized to produce an uplift safety factor larger than the user defined value. The uplift safety factor and controlling soil load combination number for all footings that have uplift are included in the Foundation Design report. |
