AECOsim Building Designer Help

To Place a Concrete Spread Footing Beneath the Concrete Pile using Place Concrete tool

  1. Select ( Place Concrete Pier ).

    The Place Concrete Pier tool settings window appears with a rectangular section selected for placement.

    Also by default, the Foundations family of parts is set in the Family/Part Toolbar.

  2. You will need to change the active Part, add a rectangular section and change the placement options.
    • Activate the SpreadFootings part from the Family/Part Toolbar.
    • In the Place Concrete Pier tool settings window, set the Section Name to Rect48x48.
    • In the Placement tab, change the Place by: option to Length at end 2, and enter 1:0 in the Length field.


  3. The pier is attached to the pointer at the top center placement position. Move the pointer near the bottom of the concrete pile. The Structural snap icon appears while the pile is highlighted, immediately confirming that the exact location is selected. The status line now prompts you to:.
    Enter data point to place member
    Enter a data point.