The status of each foundation is indicated by the color with which the foundation is drawn on the screen. Upon entering the foundation module for the first time, all foundations will be drawn in white, indicating that there is inadequate information available for design. Once the data necessary to complete a design has been entered, the foundation will be drawn in yellow. After a design, foundations that pass the specified design criteria are drawn in green and those that fail are drawn in red.

The engineer has the option to “freeze” a design in one of two ways: by issuing the Update Database command within the View/Update dialog box or by issuing the Process > Freeze Design command. Both commands mark the foundation as user defined and no further modifications will be made to its size and reinforcement until the user-defined flag is cleared. All user-defined foundations are drawn in blue with a yellow, green, or red arrow to indicate the footing’s design status.

Pile caps that do not have piles assigned will be drawn with piles of a default diameter. Pile caps that do not have a configuration assigned will default to a square 2x2 configuration as is done in the Modeler.