Technical Features

• Support latest American, ACI 318-19/14/11/08/05/02 & Canadian, CSA A23.3-19/14/04/94 design codes
• Auto Design of regular (rectangular, circular) concrete sections with/without Design Trace
• Design/Investigation of Uniaxially (P-Mx or P-My) or biaxially (P-Mx-My) loaded columns
• Uniaxial or biaxial flexure combined with axial load
• Design/Investigation of Non-slender (short) columns & Slender columns in sway and non-sway frames including second order effects
• Complete & customizable P-Mx (about X-Axis) or P-My (about Y-Axis) interaction diagrams including nominal and factored section capacity for uniaxial runs with superposition of interaction diagram from a different run
• Factored, service, axial, and control points loading
• spSection module for advanced flexible graphical input of irregular sections with irregular reinforcing patterns
• spResults module for viewing and exporting input and output data
• spReporter module for generating, viewing, exporting, and printing reports
• sp2D/3D View module for viewing and navigating 2D diagrams and 3D surfaces
• Imports geometry, reinforcement, and loads from text files
• Import/Exports section from/to DXF files
• Exports P-M diagrams, Mx-My diagrams and 3D failure surface to TXT and CSV files
• GUI (Graphical User Interface) and batch (command prompt) mode runs
• Reinforcement design based on either minimum number of bars or minimum reinforcement area
• Calculates k by implementing exact formulas used in Jackson and Moreland Alignment charts
• Reports first-order and magnified (second-order) moments for slender columns
• Reports neutral axis location and maximum steel strain corresponding to section capacity
• Reports strength reduction factors in text output

Program Capacity

• Up to 10000 reinforcing bars within a section
• Up to 10000 exterior points that define the geometric outline of the cross section
• Up to 10,000 interior points that define an opening in the cross section
• Up to 10000 factored load entries, each consisting of an axial load, a moment about the x-axis, and a moment about the y-axis
• Up to 50 service load entries, each consisting of dead, live, wind and earthquake axial loads, moments at column top about the x and y axes, and moments at column bottom about the x and y axes
• 5 load cases and up to 50 load combinations
• Up to 16 bars in a user-defined rebar database
• Customizable results report

General Features

• English (in.-lb) or SI (metric) units
• Online help
• User-controlled screen color settings
• Ability to save defaults and settings for future input sessions