You can create anchor bolt arrangements for footings in STAAD Foundation Advanced . For this release, the anchor bolt information is used for isolated footing drawing generation for all codes.

In the Main Navigator pane, select Foundation Plan > Anchor Bolt Library. The Anchor Bolt Library form opens in the task pane.

Once a library is created, it is saved in the installation folder …/STAAD Foundation Advanced/AnchorBoltLibrary with the file extension .abl. These library files can be reused and distributed among other STAAD Foundation Advanced users. The program also backups library files each time a library saved or updated. Backup library files are located under …/STAAD Foundation Advanced/AnchorBoltLibrar/BackupAnchorBoltLibrary/

You can auto-generate rectangular and circular anchor bolt arrangements. Odd shape arrangements can be achieved by manual coordinate input in coordinate table.

Once you have added one or more anchor bolt libraries containing some anchor bolt layouts, these can be used at a support by selecting them in the Pedestal and Anchor Bolt Table.