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Foundation Plan

Used to specify basic information on support, such as Column Positions, Column Dimension. It also allows creating a grid to be used for defining column position, pile position, mat boundary etc.

The Foundation Plan page contains the following sub-pages:

Table 1. Foundation Plan group items
Name Description
Linear Grid Setup Opens the Linear Grid Setup and Table form in the Data Input pane, which is used to define a linear grid on which geometry can be graphically created.
Radial Grid Setup Opens the Radial Grid Setup and Table form in the Data Input pane, which is used to define a radial grid on which geometry can be graphically created.
Anchor Bolt Library Opens the Anchor Bolt Library form in the Data input pane, which is used to create or edit an anchor bolt library file or pattern.
Column Positions Opens the Column Positions table in the Data Input pane, which is a spreadsheet table used to input column positions in Cartesian (XYZ) coordinates.
Column Dimensions Opens the Column Dimensions table in the Data Input pane, which is a spreadsheet table used to specify the depth and width of the columns at each support location.
Pedestal & Anchor Bolt Opens the Pedestal and Anchor Bolt table in the Data Input pane, which is used to specify pedestal parameters and anchor bolt layouts, if these are present for a support.