| Applies To | |||
| Product(s): | STAAD Foundation Advanced | ||
| Version(s): | ALL | ||
| Environment: | ALL | ||
| Area: | General | ||
| Subarea: | Mat Foundation | ||
| Original Author: | Sye Chakraborty, Bentley Technical Support Group | ||
Is there any way to find out the magnitude of the base pressure at various nodes for a mat foundation in SFA ? I can generate the color contours which gives me an idea of the value range but I am looking for the actual values.
Unfortunately there is no direct way to do this as of now within STAAD Foundation Advanced. However you can find out the values using STAAD.Pro in conjunction with STAAD Foundation Advanced.
After the analysis is completed in STAAD Foundation Advanced, a STAAD.Pro model is created automatically by the software in the background. This file is FoundationAnalysis.std and is created inside the installation folder of the software ( For example X:\Staad Foundation Advanced 7\Analysis if you are using SFA version 7.x or X:\Staad Foundation Advanced CONNECT Edition\Analysis if you are using ver 8 etc. where X is the drive in which STAAD Foundation Advanced is installed ). Copy this .std file to a separate folder and analyze in STAAD.Pro ( DO NOT MODIFY the original file ).
In STAAD.Pro, go to the Post Processing Mode, Node > Base Pressure table and you will be able to see the base pressure values at the various nodal points in the mat.