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Circular Pile Arrangement Parametric form (Mat Foundation)

Used to create circular pile layout.

Opens when Mat Foundation Job > Pile Layout >  is selected in the Main Navigator pane.

SettingDescription
Unit

Select the length Unit for used for pile spacing.

Number of Piles

Total number of piles in pile group.

Number of Circular layers

Number of concentric circular pile layers.

Pile Spacing

Minimum spacing between two piles, in the selected length Unit.

Pile Table

Displays the spacing values used between concentric pile layers. Each row represents a layer number and the number of piles within that layer. The program will try to evenly divide the total Number of Piles to all the layers. Edit these fields to redistribute the piles.

Center Piles

Select this option to add a pile at the center of the circle (coordinate 0,0,0). If you check this box program will automatically add an extra piles to the total count of number of piles.

By default program will create symmetric pile arrangement from the above input. It will attempt to place equal number of piles to all layers. It will create an additional layer for the remainder of piles. User can change the default setup by editing the layers table as shown below.

Origin X / Y / Z

Generated pile coordinates will be in local coordinate system where center of the circle is at 0,0,0 position. You need to move pile group to the right location by inputting Origin X, Origin Y and Origin Z.

Apply

Transfers pile layout to graphics and add to the current mat foundation job. Please do remember to input appropriate origin coordinates to move the whole pile group to the right position.