Following are a list of FAQs related to STAAD.foundation / STAAD Foundation Advanced

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6. I have modeled a mat using plates in STAAD.Pro. How can I get the mat transferred to STAAD.foundation Advanced and design it ?

8. Does the "Base Pressure Summary for Service Load Conditions" in the calculation sheet show gross bearing pressure or net bearing pressure?

The pressure listed in the Base Pressure Summary table in the calculation sheet is gross pressure. If the user selects the net
bearing capacity input from under Global Settings > Rigid Foundation Settings, the soil bearing capacity input provided by the user is considered as net allowable bearing capacity which is internally converted into gross allowable bearing capacity by the software. The gross bearing pressure values reported in the calculation sheet are then checked against this gross allowable bearing capacity value.

9. I have modeled a mat using plates in STAAD.Pro. How can I get the mat transferred to STAAD.foundation Advanced and design it ?

The steps are listed next

1 Open your STAAD.pro model and run the analysis.  Once the analysis is complete, close STAAD.pro completely.
2.Launch STAAD Foundation Advanced.
3.Click the “Import STAAD.pro” button, shown below:

4.Locate your STAAD.pro file, select it, and click “Open”.
5.You will see the following dialog box appear.  Make sure the “Import Plates” option is selected and then specify the desired code/units:

6.Click “Import”.  You will see your mat appear on screen.
7.You must define a boundary in order for the design to work.  Change the view so you are looking at the mat from a top perspective and click on the “Add Rectangular Boundary” button under the Tools menu at the top of the screen:

If your mat boundary is irregular, you may use the Add Polygonal Boundary option.

8.Click on the upper left hand corner of your mat and then drag down to the lower right hand corner, then release.  You will see the boundary outline appear, as shown next:

9.Go to Mat Foundation Job -> Mesh Generation -> Meshing Setup on the left hand side of the screen:

10.You will see the “Meshing Setup” dialog box appear to the right.  Click on the boundary to select it (it will turn red), then give the region a name and click “Add”:

11.Now you are ready to proceed with the design.  You can commence with the moment envelope generation as you normally would for a mat foundation job type.

A few points to note here are, the analysis of the mat is carried out in STAAD.Pro and the results of the analysis are directly imported in STAAD Foundation Advanced. That is why no further meshing or analysis are needed in STAAD Foundation Advanced. Also a mat foundation job is created automatically with a slab import and hence that step is not required to be carried out inside STAAD Foundation Advanced.

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