Assign Soil Capacity

To assign soil capacity to this model

Select Assign > Soil.

Initially, only the Allowable Bearing Capacity option for entering the soil capacity is available. This option allows the engineer to idealize the soil capacity by using just one value to represent the soil capacity regardless of dimensions of the foundation or depth of the soil.

You can also create a soil table by using the wizard. This feature allows you to assign the modulus of subgrade reaction that affects the springs that will be used in the analysis of the footing.

To assign an Allowable Bearing Capacity:

Enter 4 (200) in the Allowable Bearing Capacity edit box.
Click [All].

Note: All of the Assign commands in RAM Foundation give the option of Single, Fence or All for making assignments. [Single] will change the cursor to the target and allow for assignments on a foundation - by - foundation basis. [Fence] will change the cursor to a rubber band. Assignments are made to foundations completely enclosed within the rubber band. [All] assigns the value to all foundations within the model. If a new foundation is added to the model it must also have a soil assignment made.