STRUCTURAL CONCRETE SOFTWARE SYSTEM

ADAPT-Builder® 20
Column & Wall Design Manual

Copyright© 2020

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Contents

1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Design of Columns .......................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Design Groups......................................................................................................................... 5
2.1.1 Assigning Columns to Design Groups .......................................................................... 9

2.2 Column Unbraced Length ..................................................................................................... 15

2.3 Component Design Options.................................................................................................. 16
2.4 Design the Design Groups..................................................................................................... 20
2.5 Code Check / Design of Individual Columns ......................................................................... 27
2.5.1 Iterating on Individual Column Design ...................................................................... 30

3. Wall Piers ...................................................................................................................................... 35

3.1 Creating Wall Piers................................................................................................................ 37
3.2 Assigning Wall Piers .............................................................................................................. 38
3.3 Wall Pier Results ................................................................................................................... 40
4. Wall Design Workflow .................................................................................................................. 51
4.1 Generating Wall Design Sections.......................................................................................... 51

4.2 Wall Design Manager ..................................................................................................... 54

4.3 Design Section Tab................................................................................................................ 58
4.3.1 Reinforcement........................................................................................................... 58

4.3.2 Display ....................................................................................................................... 58

4.3.3 Panel Reinforcement ................................................................................................. 59

4.3.4 Zone Reinforcement.................................................................................................. 59

4.4 Design Parameters Tab ......................................................................................................... 60

4.4.1 Design Parameters .................................................................................................... 61

4.4.2 Geometry .................................................................................................................. 63

4.4.3 Reinforcement Properties ......................................................................................... 63

4.4.4 Design Constraints .................................................................................................... 64

4.5 Load Combinations Tab ........................................................................................................ 64

4.6 P-M Interaction Tab .............................................................................................................. 65
4.7 Wall Intersection Tab............................................................................................................ 66

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 4.8 Wall Design Options from the Wall Design Ribbon and Right-Click Selection ..................... 68
4.9 Wall Design Results............................................................................................................... 69
4.9.1 Result Display Settings – Analysis Tab....................................................................... 69

4.9.2 Result Display Settings – Display Tab ........................................................................ 72

4.9.3 Result Display Settings – Colorize Tab....................................................................... 75

4.10 Tabular Results ..................................................................................................................... 80

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Introduction

ADAPT-Builder includes an integrated design feature for concrete columns and walls, with
partner software S-CONCRETE. Built-in building codes include American (ACI), International
(IBC), Canadian (A23), British (BS), European (EC), Australian (AS), Brazilian (NBR), and Indian
(IS). The program also includes a native wall design tool, ADAPT Wall Designer, that is fully
integrated within the ADAPT GUI and is active when either Floor Pro or Edge is in use. More
information related to this design tool can be found in the ADAPT Wall Designer Operation and
Theory Manual. This document describes the back-end functionality of the design tool. Use of S-
CONCRETE as the selected wall design tool requires a separate product license for this tool.

Accompanying software documentation can be found in those manuals located from the HELP
menu item under the “Documentation” tab.

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Design of Columns

Column design is available within ADAPT-Builder through integration with S-CONCRETE

software. A valid license of this software must be present on the user’s computer in addition to
ADAPT-Edge to complete Design of Design Groups and Code Check of individual columns, as will
be described in this section.

Some features described in this section require S-CONCRETE licensing, but not all. Each section
will indicate the requirement.

Options available when you right-click on a column include:

• Open Design Group – Use this to launch the Design Group Manager (described below.)
• Design - These duplicate options available under FEM Menu. The following design
options are available:

• Design Design Groups.

• Code Check.
• Open in S-CONCRETE.
• View Design Summary: (this option will not be available if a Design of the Design
Groups has not yet been performed.)

• Select – Use these selection features to select columns as described.

• All in Design Group – selects all columns assigned to the same Design Group.
• All in Vertical Stack – selects all columns stacked vertically with the same center-
point.

2.1 Design Groups

Design Groups can be defined in ADAPT-Builder models to define groupings of columns

like what many engineers would use to schedule column size, concrete grade, and
reinforcement. Often, columns are grouped by concrete material properties, size, and
location within the structure. In the same way, users of Builder can choose to group
columns into Design Groups according to personal preference or their company
standards.

Defining, managing, and editing Design Groups does not require an S-CONCRETE license.
Design groups are more generally referred to as Section Types and are created using the
Type Manager from Model→Type Manager→Define Section Type or Column
Design→Type Manager→Define Section Type .

A Design Group is a comprehensive definition of a column section, including the

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 • Section geometry
• Shape
• Cover
• Effective length factor (k) in r-r and s-s directions
• Reinforcement percentage (Rho)
• Configuration of vertical reinforcing
• Configuration of horizontal reinforcing (ties)
• Concrete and mild reinforcing material properties

There are several ways to define Design Groups. We will simplify this example by stating
the three ways in which most column elements may be defined:

• Import and Transformation from DWG/DXF file (See Section Error! Reference
source not found.)
• Import of 3D structural model from Revit or Etabs by use of the .INP format (See
Section Error! Reference source not found.)
• Manual generation of structural model within Builder (See Section Error!
Reference source not found.)

In Case 1 above, when DWG files are imported and transformed into a structural model,
the design groups are automated by default because the Design Group setting is set to
“Assign existing at creation”. To have the best experience with this, it is recommended
to set up the column design section auto-roundup tolerance prior to importing a DWG
file. Any transformed columns will be automatically assigned to a design group
according to the size of the section. Due to the nature of integrating with third party
(CAD) software, there is likely to be a very slight variation in the section size; i.e it may
be imported as 11.99999999” instead of 12.0”. Analytically there is little risk if the auto-
roundup tolerance is not assigned. This is simply a step to help keep the values rounded
to the nearest integer.

To set this up, navigate to Column Design→Type Manager→Define Section Type to bring
up the screen shown in FIGURE 2-1. In the center section, under Properties, the third
row Enable column auto-assignment roundup will be set to Yes by default. The Roundup
amount shown in the row beneath can be defined by the user. You can choose any
value; in this example you can set it to 0.10” and click OK. As shown in FIGURE 2-2, the
value can be entered directly by using the keyboard, or the user can use the mouse to
click up or down in the row to increase/decrease the tolerance value.

If the Enable column auto-assignment roundup feature is set to No, then the sections
will not be rounded up or down by any amount and design sections and section
properties will follow exactly based on imported and calibrated values, such as 11.99” x
11.99”.

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 Figure 2-1 Design Group Manager – Roundup.

Figure 2-2 Enlarged view Roundup Amount.

In cases 2 and 3 above, it is a slightly different process. Importing from Revit (or any
third-party program via ADAPT Exchange file), and modeling directly within Builder will
not auto-generate Design Sections.

It is also recommended to utilize the Roundup Amount in the Section Type Manager in
either of these cases if the user is not sure of the precision of column components, or to
ensure round numbers in section properties.

Design Groups will ultimately be used to control section properties, and once assigned
to a column section, the properties of the column will be controlled through the Design
Sections rather than individually. To illustrate this point, the user may double click on a
column to bring up Column Properties screen shown in FIGURE 2-3 (or use Item’s
Properties icon ). It is noted the top portion of this screen under the General tab
indicates “None” for Design Group, and the cross section shape, angle, and A and B
dimensions can be modified directly.

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 However, once the column section has been assigned to a Design Group, this portion of
the Properties screen can be shown in FIGURE 2-4 Figure 2-4 Column Properties
(enlarged) after Assigned to Design Group. Here, you can see the Design Group, in this
case, “22 x 22”, and the column cross section shape, angle, and A and B values are
greyed out, meaning they cannot be changed in this screen.

An individual column can be assigned to a design group from the Properties screen by
selecting any previously defined Design Groups from the Design Group drop-down. If no
design groups are defined yet, the drop down will not be active.

Figure 2-3 Column Properties before Assigned to Design Group

Figure 2-4 Column Properties (enlarged) after Assigned to Design Group

Names of Design Groups default to the size of the column used to define it. However,
the names of these Design Groups can be changed by the user. To change the name of

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one, highlight the Design Group name in the Library of the Section Type Manager and
then left click in the name to make the text editable. The user can completely overwrite
the default naming or add to it. For example, a column could be called 22 x 22 Levels 1-
4, or 20” dia. L1-5. In this way, the user can keep track of not only the column size but
also the level(s) of the structure in which it is intended. Note that the size of the column
will be explicitly managed through the Design Group at that point and changing the A
and B dimensions within a Design Group will not automate a name change. The name
must be managed separately if desired.

2.1.1 Assigning Columns to Design Groups

An individual column or multiple columns can be assigned to design groups. One

way to do this is to select the desired column/s, either by windowing them in
plan or elevation, and/or by using the Select by Type tool or other tools as
described in Section 2 Once selected, navigate to Modify Selection on the
Modify ribbon. Select the Column tab, and click the check box next to Design
Group, as shown in FIGURE 2-5. By default, there are three selections in the
drop-down menu associated with this option.

• Auto Assign to Existing: When no Design Groups are defined, the

selected column/s will be grouped into Design Groups according to their
section properties (A and B dimensions). When Design Groups are
already defined and this option is selected, the program will look to see
if the same column size has been assigned to a Design Group and if so,
the selected columns will be added to that same Design Group.
• Auto Assign New Grouped: This option will generate new Design
Groups based on the sizes of the selected column/s, regardless of
whether Design Groups of the same dimension already exists. If this
operation is done and a new Design Group of the same size is created,
the duplicate Design Group will be named with a (1) or (2), or with _001
and _002, etc, after the label, as shown in the Library of the Design
Group Manager, enlarged in FIGURE 2-6.
• Auto Assign New Individual: This option will generate a new Design
Group for each individual column selected, without regard to pre-
existing Design Groups of the same size or name. Again, duplicates will
be indicated with (1), (2), or _001, _002, and so on.

Once Design Groups have been defined, they will also populate in the drop-
down menu in this location. A column can be specifically added to a group
which has already been defined; see FIGURE 2-7.

An individual column can be changed to a Design Group which has already been
assigned through its property screen, as per FIGURE 2-3, by selecting the

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 desired Design Group from the drop down at the top of the column’s Property
screen.

Single or multiple columns can be added to a new or existing Design Group by

selecting the column(s) and opening the Section Type Manage, highlighting the
desired Design Group listed in the Library on the left, and by keeping the check-
mark selected on the bottom left of the screen, Assign to (x) selected
components. See FIGURE 2-8Error! Reference source not found.. This will
overwrite any previously assigned Design Group, if one had been assigned to
that column(s) already.

Figure 2-5 Column - Modify Item Properties Design Group Definition

Figure 2-6 Enlarged Design Group Library with Duplicate Group Names

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 Figure 2-7 Design Group drop-down Menu

Figure 2-8 Assign Selected Columns to Design Group

• To assign design groups in the same example, ensure the program is in

Multi-Level mode and opened with ADAPT-Edge.
• From Select/Set View Items to turn on only column visibility. Switch
to a Left view .Select the columns using the cursor to window across
those in the lower four levels. See FIGURE 2-9Error! Reference source
not found..
• Select Modify Selection , click to activate the Column tab, select the
checkbox next to Design Group, and select Auto assign new grouped
from the dropdown menu. Click OK.
• Open the Section Type Manager (Column Design Type Manager) or by
right-clicking one of the columns that was just selected and select Open
Design Group as shown in FIGURE 2-10.
• Double Left-click in each of the Design Group names which now show in
the Library on the left, and add the text “Lower” to the end, as shown in
FIGURE 2-11Error! Reference source not found.. Click OK to save and
close this window.
• For the 24x24 Lower Design Group in this example, we will set the
Number of vertical reinforcing bars (#Vertical Bars) by changing the bar
size to #9 and 4 face bars in both A and B directions (# Face Bars (A / Ny)
and (#Rows (B / Nz), leaving the # Layers equal to 1. Making these
changes increases Rho from 0.07% to 2.08%. See FIGURE 2-12Error!

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 Reference source not found., noting the updated image on the right
side.
• The user should go through each Design Group details and review and
revise the parameters in each, including rebar configuration, materials,
cover, etc. Rho (Reinforcement percentage As/Ag) will be updated
automatically.
• Assign and modify additional columns to Design Groups as described
earlier in this section.

Figure 2-9 Columns-only Elevation View with Lower Levels Selected

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Figure 2-10 Right-Click Column Selection - Open Design Group

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 Figure 2-11 Edited Design Group Names and Design Group Details

Figure 2-12 Modified 24x24 Lower Design Group Details

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2.2 Column Unbraced Length

ADAPT-Builder allows users to define unbraced lengths of any or all columns. It

calculates unbraced lengths automatically, that are equal to the clear unsupported
length of the column. See FIGURE 2-13.

The calculation for each column can be done by clicking Update. The unbraced lengths
can be overwritten for Individual columns by selecting User Defined, at which point the
user may input a different value in the fields for Individual Lu (s-s) and (r-r). If the user
clicks Update again, these values will be applied to the Group Lu (s-s) and (r-r) fields as
well. In any case, as with all changes to the individual level, the green check box at the
top left of the column property screen must be clicked to save these changes.

Unbraced length can be calculated and modified without a license of S-CONCRETE.

Figure 2-13 Column Unbraced Length

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 2.3 Component Design Options

Once Design Groups have been defined and assigned, the user will need to specify
parameters by which column designs will be performed. The Design Options screen as
seen in FIGURE 2-14 can be accessed by Column DesignDesign Options .

The top section of this screen shows the available load combinations which can be used
for design of columns from the most recent FEM Analysis. These can be selected or
deselected as desired. The user may use the control or shift keys to select multiple
combinations.

Figure 2-14 Component/Column Design Options

Design Parameters:

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• Force Source: Define the source from which loading will be extracted to design
column elements. See FIGURE 2-15.

• FEM: Utilize the most recently run Finite Element global solution
reactions
• Tributary Method (Axial Gravity Only): Utilize the most recent
calculation using tributary gravity axial loading only.
• Envelope of FEM and Tributary: The program will take a strict maximum
envelope of axial loads and moments from the two methods.
• FEM Moments and larger of Tributary/FEM Axial: The program will use
moments from the FEM analysis and the larger axial load component
from either Tributary or FEM analysis. This feature could be used to
exclude minimum moments from use in design.

• Load Reduction: Select Yes or No to include or exclude load reduction factors

from the design of columns. Yes, will apply the load reductions factors.
• Max Utilization: The maximum design utilization the program will use for
column design, 1.0 being default.
• Code: Select the appropriate design code from the drop-down list. Each code
may trigger an extra option, as indicated.

• ACI 318 & UBC – Adjust N vs M Diagram for Rho < 1%: Select Yes or No
• BS 8110 & CP 65– Nu (max): CI 3.8.4.3 or CI 3.8.4.4.
• CSA 1994 – Shear Method: Simplified or General

• Adjust N vs M Diagram for Rho < 1%: Yes or No.

• CSA 2004 – Same as 1994 above, plus Seismic Options – select from

• No Additional Checks
• Clauses 21.4.4 and 21.4.5

• Section Location and Region: select Face of Joint (plastic hinge

region) or Away from Joint (no plastic hinge)

• CI 21.7.2.2.3 and 21.7.2.2.4 and 21.7.2.2.5

• Section Location and Region: select Face of Joint (plastic hinge

region) or Away from Joint (no plastic hinge)

• Clauses 21.7.2.2.3 and 21.7.2.2.4 only

• Section Location and Region: select Face of Joint (plastic hinge

region) or Away from Joint (no plastic hinge)

• Clauses 21.12.2.6(a) and 21.12.2.6(c)

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 • Theta ID (r-r): input value (default = 0.004)
• Theta ID (s-s): input value (default = 0.004)
• Lw (r-r): input value (default = 240in)
• Lw (s-s): input value (default = 240in)

• EC2

• Calculate Theta: Yes or No; If No, enter Theta (deg)

• Maximum Acceptable Utilization of Concrete Without Minimum
Shear/Torsion Reinforcement: enter value (default = 0.05)
• Apply Reduced Maximum Link Spacing Requirement: Yes or No

• Apply Minimum Moments: The program will compute the minimum moments
according to the specified building code/standard and apply it in the direction of
the applied moment, if required.
• Apply Slenderness Effects: Select Yes or No. If Yes, enter BetaD length ratio
factor (default = 0.6)

Figure 2-15 Force Source Options

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 Figure 2-16 Design Constraints under Component Design Options

Design Constraints: See FIGURE 2-16.

• Maximum number of iterations in automated design: Define the number of

iterations the programs will go through in solving for an acceptable design.
• Optimal b/h Ratio: If the user wishes to maintain a certain aspect ratio of
column dimension for automated/optimized design (i.e. Freeze options
described below set to No)
• (As/Ag) Maximum: Define the upper limit for reinforcement percentage Rho for
automated design.
• (As/Ag) Minimum: Define the lower limit for reinforcement percentage Rho for
automated design.
• Increments for Tie Spacing (+/-): the program will increase or decrease the tie
spacing using the basis of the entered value here. If the default value of 1”
remains, then spacing may go from 6” to 7”, for example. If a value of 0.5” is
used here, spacing will go from 6” to 6.5” to 7”.
• Increments for Spiral Pitch (+/-): like the option above. Default value is 0.5”.
• Increments for hole dimensions (+/-): If a column Design Section includes a hole
within its cross section, the automated design of the program can increase or
decrease the size of this hole in increments specified in this field.
• Freeze Dimension A/B: Yes or No. Selecting Yes will force the dimension to be
kept as specified in the Design Section definition, for instance in the case when
checking the capacity of an existing building design that has already been built,

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 or if column sections can no longer change size. If No, three rows of options will
appear, as shown in FIGURE 2-16.

• Dimension A/B Maximum: enter maximum dimension, which the

column cannot be any larger than, in the specified direction.
• Dimension A/B Minimum: enter the minimum dimension, which the
column cannot be any smaller than, in the specified direction.
• Dimension A/B Increments (+/-): specify the increments with which the
column size will be increased or decreased.

• Freeze Horizontal/Vertical Bar Size: Yes or No. If Yes, bar size will not be changed
in automated design. If No, the user can define maximum and minimum size
increase and reduction that the program would use in automated design.
• Freeze Vertical Splice Type: Yes or No. If No, the program may suggest an
alternate splice type than what is defined in Design Section.

Click OK to save all settings. All steps in this section may be done with or without a
license of S-CONCRETE.

2.4 Design the Design Groups

A current license of S-CONCRETE is required to complete this step.

The next step in the design process of columns is to perform a Design of the Design
Groups. Navigate to Column DesignDesign Columns . A screen will come up as
shown in FIGURE 2-17. In it, all design groups will be listed as well as the number of
columns within each group, in parentheses. The user can select any individual groups to
run or can use the control key to select multiple groups, if it is not desired to run all
groups at once.

When the user clicks OK, Builder will begin transferring data with S-CONCRETE in the
background of your system operation. S-CONCRETE will not launch. It may take just a
few seconds up to many minutes to run the design of the selected Design Groups,
depending on the size of the model, the speed of your processor, and the number of
groups selected. The user will know when this process has completed when the Design
Summary screen comes up, as shown in FIGURE 2-18. This screen shows the results of
the design/s which have just completed. This screen can also be invoked later through
Column DesignDesignOpen Column Summary.

This screen shows a table with columns labeled Update, Design Group, Details, Property,
Current Value, and Proposed Value.

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 Figure 2-17 Design the Design Groups Selection

Figure 2-18 Design Summary after Design of Design Groups

Red text in the Design Summary table indicates data which has changed since the last
design run of Design Sections. In this example, no prior Design had been done on
columns, so many values changed from “Current Value” of 0.00 to a new “Proposed
Value”.

This Design Summary table is used to display:

• Design Status

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 • V & T Utilization (Shear and Torsion)
• N vs M Utilization (Axial and Moment)
• # Vertical Bars
• As Vertical (gross area of steel of vertical bars)
• Rho (Reinforcement Percentage, As/Ag)
• A (Dimension of column in local r direction)
• B (Dimension of column in local s direction)
• Splice Type
• # Face Bars (A/Ny)
• # Rows (B/Nz)
• # Layers
• Tie Spacing
• Vertical Bar Size
• Tie Bar Size

If the user wishes to condense the Design Summary to show only those values which
have changed, you may select the checkbox in the bottom left corner of this window,
Only Show Differences, in which case all text will be black.

Under the Details column of the Design Summary screen, blue html links titled “View
Report” are displayed. These links will open in an internet browser and include S-
CONCRETE design and loading details. An excerpt of one is shown in FIGURE 2-19Error!
Reference source not found.. Because it is an HTML link, this can be shared with any
other user, who does not have to have a license of S-CONCRETE to view it. FIGURE 2-19
Design Sections. If the user does nothing in this screen but clicks “Close”, the proposed
changes will not be updated or reflected in the Design Sections. To accept the proposed
changes, the user must check the check box under the Update column. To accept all
changes, the user may use the Select All tool at the bottom of the Design Summary
screen; similarly, if all are selected, the user may use Select None to de-select all. Once
you have selected all the changes to be accepted and incorporated into the Design
Groups, click Apply and Close.

The user may open the Section Type Manager to see how the Design Group section
properties have been modified. The Design Status, V & T Utilization, and N vs M
Utilization will now be updated within the Design Section properties. See FIGURE 2-21,
which can be compared to FIGURE 2-11.

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Figure 2-19 HTML S-CONCRETE Report from Design Summary

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 Figure 2-20 Design Summary Selected for Update, Only Differences Shown

Figure 2-21 Design Group with Updated Design Status

• To view graphical results of designing Design Groups, switch to a Top-Front-Right view

from the Visibility ribbon , and in Multi-Level mode . Use the Select/Set View
Items tool to view only columns.

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• From the Result Display Settings screen, navigate to Column – Design Group Results
– NvsM Utilization. Note the status indicated in this screen (OK or NG). The default load
combination of Service (Total Load) will be used in this example.
• It is possible to view these results in Pass/Fail mode as well. Select the Result Display
Settings tab of Result Display Settings screen. Change Utilization to Status from Value,
and click Apply. See FIGURE 2-23.
• To change the allowable limit for NvsM Utilization display, Select the Result Display
Settings tab of Result Display Settings screen. Change Utilization maximum allowable to
0.85. Click Apply. See FIGURE 2-24 and FIGURE 2-25.
• Other Column Design Group results can be viewed in a similar manner.

Figure 2-22 Design Group N vs M Utilization

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 Figure 2-23 Status (Pass/Fail) for Design Group Results with 1.0 Utilization Limit

Figure 2-24 Status (Pass/Fail) for Design Group Results with 0.85 Utilization Limit

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 Figure 2-25 Change Utilization Display in Result Display Settings

2.5 Code Check / Design of Individual Columns

A license of S-CONCRETE is required for the steps described in this section.

Once the design of Design Groups has been completed, the user may perform a code
check / design of individual columns, which will use the Design Group of that column
and compare to the loads which each column will resist in its location of the structure.

Note that this Guide is intended only as a reference for users to learn how to apply
ADAPT-Builder and S-CONCRETE software for column design. Detailed information on
column design, background, code specifics, etc. is outside the scope of this Guide.

• Go to Column DesignDesignCode Check . The screen shown in FIGURE 2-

26 will show up and automatically all Design Groups and associated columns will
be selected. The user may wish to de-select any particular Design Groups.
Additionally, the user may wish to design only certain selected columns, in
which case you should select the columns first, then when this window comes

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 up, retain the checked option in the bottom left corner, Consider selected
component(s) only.
• You will know when the design of Individual columns is complete when you
regain control of the program. Remain patient; it can take several minutes for
each column to be individually designed in the background.
• From the Result Display Settings screen, navigate to Column – Individual
Design Results – NvsM Utilization. Note the status indicated in this screen (OK or
NG).
• To change the display of results from Pass/Fail mode to display the value, select
the Result Display Settings tab of Result Display Settings screen. Change
Utilization to Value from Status, and click Apply. The column results will appear
similar to FIGURE 2-27.
• In the Analysis tab of the Result Display Settings screen, select Design Loads and
Axial Capacity.
• Switch to Single-level mode .
• Switch to the left view . Using the mouse and cursor, window/select the top
level columns. Click the Hide Selection from Visbility→Selection to remove
these columns from display.
• Switch to top view .
• Now, the user can see color coded utilization values (because N vs M results are
still selected) of each column below Level 4, as well as axial capacity of each
column and associated Design loads. See FIGURE 2-29.
• Other Column Design Group results can be viewed in a similar manner.

Figure 2-26 Design Group Selection for Code Check

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Figure 2-27 Individual Column Design N vs M Results - Value Display

Figure 2-28 Select Top Columns in Single-Level Mode, Elevation View

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 Figure 2-29 Individual Column NvsM utilization, Design Loads, Axial Capacity

2.5.1 Iterating on Individual Column Design

Once results from an Individual Column Design / Code check are completed, it is
likely the user will need to revise column reinforcement, size, materials, etc.
toward a final optimized design. The steps outlined in the previous section will
be followed in addition to utilizing enhanced Select by Type tool, as
described below.

The user may wish to define new design group/s for column sections which are
being too severely utilized, or underutilized. In this Guide, we will run through
an example assuming we are optimizing columns design toward N vs M
interaction between 0.5 and 0.75.

• Using the same view as the section above, click the Select by Type tool
on the Home ribbon.
• Highlight “Column” in the list on the top left, click the button next to “By
design group” and select “24x24 Lower” or equivalent, and select the

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 checkbox for NvsM Utilization max equal to 0.5. This will select all
columns within the “24x24 Lower” design group which has a N vs M
utilization less than 0.5. See FIGURE 2-30. Click OK.
• With these underutilized columns selected, once again open the Section
Type Manager. Right-mouse click the “24x24 Lower” Design group and
select Clone, which will generate a new Design Group called “24x24
Lower_001”. Let’s assume we can change the size of the column, so in
this case we will reduce the A and B values to 20” each. Reduce
reinforcing as desired, perhaps to #8 vertical bars instead of #9s. Be sure
the bottom left check box is selected which indicates Assign to (x)
selected components (1 design group). Click OK. If desired, you could
also rename this design group but in this example we will leave it as-is.
• Go to FEMDesignDesign Columns. The newly defined design group
should be the only one selected, so only that one will be run. See
FIGURE 2-31.
• Accept or Ignore any changes proposed in the Design Summary screen.
In this example we will select the check box to Update and click Apply,
and Close.
• The same columns should still be selected. Go to FEMDesignCode
Check. See FIGURE 2-32. Using steps defined previously, use the Result
Display Settings to review Design Group and Individual Column Design
results for this new group, and iterate again as needed to come to an
acceptable design.

Follow similar steps for columns whose N vs M values exceed 0.75 (or any other
value which the user prefers). However, Select by Type screen would instead
have NvsM Utilization min selected with a value of 0.75 (or other), as shown in
FIGURE 2-33.

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 Figure 2-30 Select By Type: Underutilized Columns

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 Figure 2-31 Design New Design Group

Figure 2-32 Individual Code Check for New Design Group

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 Figure 2-33 Select Columns Exceeding NvsM Allowable Value

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Wall Piers

Defining wall piers is an essential requirement in the process of performing wall design in
ADAPT-Builder and provides additional result capabilities for determining reactions and
geometrical properties for groups of walls that are physically and analytically interconnected.
Wall pier definition is required to produce grouped wall reactions for design objectives like
foundation analysis and design, overturning checks, etc.

The ability to create and assign wall piers is available when ADAPT-Floor Pro and ADAPT-MAT
and/or ADAPT-Edge is active. When ADAPT-MAT is active as a standalone application, the need
to define piers is not required. However, if at some point in the design process the same model
produced with ADAPT-MAT is then opened with ADAPT-Edge, the wall piers can be used for
wall design from a global solution containing both elevated levels and a foundation system.

The process of designing walls requires wall piers to be defined. The program generates design
sections at the top and bottom of each wall that is assigned to a pier. This is essential for
processing of walls for design or code checking walls in a model. FIGURE 3-1 shows an example
of wall pier ‘P1’ having design sections at the top and bottom of each level from L1 through L7.
The selected wall section shown in this image carries the standard notation of: Pier Assignment
→ Level Assignment → Section Location (top or bottom) → Wall ID. Note that the level
assignment is made on a sequential basis. Regardless of what the level is called in the model,
the assignment for wall sections is from Level 1 to Level N+1.

FIGURE 3-2 shows the top level for the wall stack belonging to wall pier ‘P1.’ The pier in this
example contains two wall legs. These are identified by wall ID’s 44 and 45. The program
creates top and bottom design sections for each wall that is part of this pier at Level 7. These
are listed and reported in FIGURE 3-1.

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 Figure 3-1 Wall Manager Design Section

Figure 3-2 Wall Pier 1 - Design Sections at Level 7

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3.1 Creating Wall Piers

The most direct way of creating wall piers is to select Wall Design→Settings→Define
Pier Labels . This will open the Pier Label dialog window as shown in FIGURE 3-4.
Additionally, wall piers can be created by selecting any wall that has been modeled and
entering the walls property dialog window. You can do this by double-clicking on the
wall. In the General tab, the entry for Pier is made. Note that if no piers have yet been
assigned, “NONE” will be shown. Use the Edit button to add Pier Labels. See FIGURE 3-
4. In this menu, the user can add a new label or delete and existing label .

Figure 3-3 Wall Property Dialog Window

Figure 3-4 Pier Labels

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 Alternately, after selecting a wall or group of walls, the user can select Modify→
Properties→Modify Selection→Walls and use the Edit function to create new or delete
pier labels. Note this is also the option used when assigning wall piers to multiple,
selected walls belonging to the same pier.

Figure 3-5 Pier Assignment in Modify Item Properties

3.2 Assigning Wall Piers

Wall piers are commonly defined as those walls contained in one composite group for
the purpose of acting as a lateral resisting component in the global lateral resisting
system. In FIGURE 3-6, the example contains 4 wall piers acting as lateral resisting
elements and grouped such that all design sections are referenced to the same wall
pier.

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 P1 P3
P2 P4

Figure 3-6 Wall Piers in a Two-Way Slab Frame

Two methods can be used to assign wall piers to a group of walls. First, the user can
assign an individually selected wall to any defined pier through use of the wall
properties menu as shown in FIGURE 3-5. Second, the most common way to rapidly
assign a pier to a group of walls in a global wall stack is to use the option from
Modify→Properties→Modify Selection→Walls. See FIGURE 3-5. This approach is used
for making a modification or assignment to a group of similar components. The steps
below can be followed to assign wall piers per the second option.

• Change the model mode to Multi-Level . This will allow you to select all walls
within the model and the wall stack.
• Change the view to the top view .
• Use the window selection tool by clicking the left mouse button and dragging
the cursor to the opposite corner of the wall viewing range.
• Go to Modify→Properties→Modify Selection→Wall and assign the proper pier
assignment to the selected group of walls.
• Repeat the procedure for as many wall stacks, as necessary in the model.
FIGURE 3-7 shows a model with completed wall pier assignments.

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 Figure 3-7 Completed Pier Assignments

3.3 Wall Pier Results

After completion of the analysis of a model, wall pier results can be produced. Note
these results are different than those for the design of wall design sections and are
primarily the wall pier geometric and physical properties as well as pier reactions for the
last run model analysis. Wall pier results can be produced graphically or as a Microsoft
Excel® data file in .XLS format.

Graphical pier results are selectable in the Result Display Settings selection tree
under the Pier section.

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Available options to view graphically are:

• Axial Force – Reports the axial force for the wall pier at the pier centroid.

• Shear along XX – Reports the shear in the global X direction for the wall pier at
the pier centroid.

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• Shear along YY – Reports the shear in the global Y direction for the wall pier at
the pier centroid.

• Moment about XX – Reports the moment about the global X axis for the
wall pier at the pier centroid.

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• Moment about YY – Reports the moment about the global Y axis for the
wall pier at the pier centroid.

• Torsion – Reports the pier torsion for the wall pier at the pier centroid.

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 • Display Label – Displays the assigned pier wall for each wall in view.

To produce the wall pier reaction report, go to Wall Design→Wall Reporting→XLS

Reports→Pier Reactions. In the Report Options dialog window the combination results
to be included in the Pier Reactions reported are selected. You can also choose to
produce the reaction report relative to a user-defined orientation angle which
transforms the shear and moment values.

Figure 3-4 Pier Reactions Report Options

After selection OK the program will produce a message shown where the XLS file is
saved and ask the user to open the file at that time.

Figure 3-5 Wall Reaction Report Save Open Dialog

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The following figures show examples of the pier reaction data report. These include
General Information, Pier Properties, and Pier Reactions. Each pier defined in a model
will have its own set of data.

Figure 3-6 General Pier Information - XLS Report

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 Figure 3-7 Pier Properties - XLS Report

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Figure 3-8 Pier Reactions - XLS Report

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Wall Design Workflow

Fully integrated wall design capabilities are available within ADAPT-Builder. The design of
concrete shear walls, with or without boundary elements for seismic lateral resisting systems, is
available in the program through use of the native ADAPT Wall Designer module or by
integration with S-CONCRETE. Both tools are run silently and provide seamless interaction when
working in the ADAPT-Builder environment. Note that ADAPT Wall Designer currently supports
only prismatic wall sections (rectangular without “dumbbells” boundary elements) and is
currently coded for ACI318-11. For the ability to design walls with other design codes and
process non-prismatic design sections, S-CONCRETE is required. Separate licensing is required
for the enablement of S-CONCRETE with ADAPT-Builder for wall design.

This section is intended to describe the necessary program tools used in the general workflow of
designing walls within ADAPT-Builder. For more detailed descriptions of the underlying design
tools used (ADAPT Wall Designer and S-CONCRETE), refer to the accompanying manual, “ADAPT
Wall Design Operation and Theory Manual” and S-CONCRETE documentation found within the
HELP menu when opening the application separate from ADAPT-Builder.

Note that ADAPT Wall Designer can be opened as a standalone tool from the default program
files installation folder at C:\Program Files (x86)\ADAPT\ADAPT-Builder 2017\walldesign.exe. It
is not necessary to use the tool as a standalone application when working within ADAPT-Builder.
The user has the option to select the appropriate design tool in the process of setting wall
design parameters described further in this section.

4.1 Generating Wall Design Sections

Walls in ADAPT-Builder are evaluated based on “wall design sections” cut at the top and
bottom of each unique wall that is part of a wall pier. If a wall pier contains more than 1
wall leg, wall design sections will be created for each wall leg that is oriented greater
than 10 deg. to the adjoining wall. While each wall leg is part of the same pier, the
design sections representing the wall leg are individualized in this way. Wall design
sections are generated for each wall at each level assigned to a pier. Walls that are
unassigned a wall pier do not have wall design sections generated. FIGURE 4-1 shows
an example of a continuous, adjoined wall having an angle below and above 10 deg. and
how design sections are defined for the wall pier.

Prerequisite to being able to automatically generate wall design sections, walls must be
grouped and defined as piers. Section 10 of the document describes the process of
creating and assigning wall piers.

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 Figure 4-1 Wall Design Section cutoff

After generating wall piers and assigning wall stacks to defined pier labels, go to Wall
Design→Generate Wall Design Sections . Each wall section that is generated receives
its own label, outline and associated reinforcement defined in the Wall Design Manager
. FIGURE 4-2 shows generated wall design sections graphically.

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In this example, the model contains 4 wall piers (see Section 10). The pier at the far left
contains 2 wall legs with unique design sections at the top and bottom of each leg. The
same is true for the piers at left-center and right-center. The pier at the far right
contains 1 wall leg.

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 Figure 4-2 Wall Design Sections generated for full model.

4.2 Wall Design Manager

After producing wall design sections, the ADAPT Wall Design Manager contains
necessary tools and parameters definitions that allow the user to process walls for
design or code check. To open the Wall Design Manager, go to Wall Design→Wall
Design Manager or right-click on any wall and select Wall Design→Open Wall Design
Manager.

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The information presented below gives a description of all inputs and selection options
in each of the Wall Design Managers user interface.

Figure 4-3 ADAPT Wall Design Section Manager

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 Wall Design Section List - The wall design section list at the left edge of the window
identifies each pier and the top and bottom design sections of walls belonging to each
pier. Nomenclature for the wall design section names is described in Section 10 of this
document.

Single Selection – This checkbox, when selected, limits the user to select only 1 design
section at a time. If the box is unchecked, multiple design sections can be selected at
the same time. Reinforcement input items that don’t contain the same values when
multiple sections are selected will show ellipses (…..) until the values of all selected
sections are identical. If more than 1 design section is selected, the graphical design
section window will not render an image and the warning shown below will appear.

Graphical Design Section Window – This window allows the user to view the selected
design section with accompanying zone and panel reinforcement and dimensions. The
window can be toggled to different modes as described below.

Reinforcement in the section is shown by bar representation for

vertical and horizontal reinforcement and transverse wall ties. Overall wall
dimensions and zone dimensions are shown.

The graphical image shown is a zoomed view showing detailed zone

reinforcement while reducing the panel region. As shown above.

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 The graphical image shown is a full-scale view showing the entire design
section. As shown below.

Reinforcement in the section is shown by lump sum approach. The total

area of steel and reinforcement ratio in zones and panel and reinforcement are
displayed at their individual CGS locations.

Close – Closes the ADAPT Wall Design Manager.

Update – Updates the selected design section/s to the values set in the reinforcement
input fields after user modification after a section has been designed.

Design – Designs the selected design section/s. If reinforcement size and/or spacing is
not adequate, the program will update the reinforcement fields necessary to meet the
selected codes design requirements.

Code Check – Checks the selected design section/s reinforcement and spacing against
design provisions for the selected design code.

Open in S-Concrete – This option is only active when the design tool selected in Design
Parameters is set to S-CONCRETE. If selected, the design section and data is opened in S-
Concrete. An active license of S-CONCRETE is required for this option.

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 View Design Summary – Opens the HTML summary document for the selected design
section/s after a code check or design has been performed.

4.3 Design Section Tab

Figure 4-4 Design Section Input Tab

4.3.1 Reinforcement

Copy – Copies the reinforcement for the selected design section/s.

Paste – Pastes the copied reinforcement to the selected design section/s

reinforcement assignments.

4.3.2 Display

Design Status – shows status next to each design section name as “acceptable”
or “unacceptable” after the section has been designed or code checked. The
status is shown as green or red.

V&T Utilization – shows the status of shear and torsion interaction as

“acceptable” or “unacceptable” if the value is less than/equal to or greater than
1.0. The status is shown in green or red.

N&M Utilization – shows the status of axial force and flexure interaction as
“acceptable” or “unacceptable” if the value is less than/equal to or greater than
1.0. The status is shown in green or red.

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4.3.3 Panel Reinforcement

Vertical bars – Defines the bar size and spacing of vertical reinforcement
(parallel to the vertical wall axis) in the wall panel (that portion of the wall
between zones.)

Horizontal bars – Defines the bar size and spacing of horizontal reinforcement
(perpendicular to the vertical wall axis) in the wall panel.

No. of Curtains – The number of vertical bar layers in the wall local s-s axis
direction.

4.3.4 Zone Reinforcement

Checkbox for Zone 1 and Zone 2 – These checkboxes are only active if S-
CONCRETE is selected or if the boundary elements option is selected when using
ADAPT Wall Designer. These are set in the Design Parameters input. If the
checkboxes are active and selected, the program considers boundary zone
design. If de-selected the program considers only the zone that is selected. De-
selecting both means the wall is designed as a “zone-less.”

Checkbox for Symmetric – If zones are considered for design and symmetric is
selected, Zone 2 becomes disabled and takes on the same reinforcement as
defined for Zone 1.

Number of bars – Defines the total number of vertical bars in the zone. This box
is only active when ADAPT Wall Designer is the selected design tool. In the case
where the assigned number of vertical bars does not match the number of bars
matching the face bar and curtain input, the program will color this cell pink to
alert the user. When S-CONCRETE is selected, the total number of vertical bars
is defined by the face bars and curtain assignment for the zone.

Vertical bar size – Defines the bars size for vertical bars.

Tie bar size – Defines the tie (transverse containment) bar size.

Tie spacing – Defines the spacing of the tie bars.

Splice – Active only when S-CONCRETE is the selected design tool and is used for
spacing checks of vertical bars in zones. Tangential, bearing, radial or
mechanical can be defined. See S-CONCRETE documentation for definitions of
each.

Number of Curtains – Defines the number of vertical bar layers in the wall local
s-s axis direction.

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 Number of Face bars – Defines the number of vertical bar layers in the wall local
r-r axis direction.

Face bar spacing – Defines the spacing of face bars. The spacing is in the local r-r
direction.

Limit zone length – This option is only active when S-CONCRETE is the selected
design tool. It is an additional design parameter that limits the length of the
boundary zone.

Fill zone with bars (if applicable) – This option is only active when S-CONCRETE
is the selected design tool. In DESIGN mode it forces reinforcement to be
placed at every possible location where a curtain and face bar location intersect
from the outer zone edge to the inner zone edge. Note than when ADAPT Wall
Designer is selected as the design tool, vertical bars are always fill-in bars.

4.4 Design Parameters Tab

Figure 4-5 Design Parameters Input tab - ADAPT Wall Designer

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 Figure 4-6 Design Parameters Input tab - S-CONCRETE

4.4.1 Design Parameters

Design tool – ADAPT Wall or S-CONCRETE

Select a SCO template file – When S-CONCRETE is selected as the design tool,
this additional input parameter is required. A .SCO file needs to be saved from
S-CONCRETE in order to define additional design parameters not assigned in
ADAPT-Builder. Those parameters and properties defined in ADAPT-Builder
which are shared with S-CONCRETE are mapped to S-CONCRETE when the
application is run for design or code check OR when the application is launched
independently. The additional design parameters are taken from the defined
.SCO file. For example, the .SCO file contains parameters assigned the Section
assignments. Parameters included in this input that are not defined in ADAPT-
Builder are Seismic Parameters, Slenderness Effects, Effective Section Properties
and Design Constraints.

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 Figure 4-7 S-CONCRETE Section Parameters Input

Design code – When ADAPT Wall is selected, the only design code available is
ACI318-2011. When S-CONCRETE is selected the design code used is that set in
the .SCO file.

Max Utilization – Sets the maximum demand/capacity interaction ratio for V&T
and N&M.

Check boundary elements – Only applies to ADAPT Wall. If set to YES, the
program allows for zone reinforcement input and checks boundary
reinforcement against code provisions. If set to NO, the program disables the
use of zones in the wall design sections.

Boundary Method – Sets the ACI boundary zone method for checking of zones.
The method is either strain or stress-controlled method.

Curvature ratio, du/Hu – limits the maximum curvature ratio of the section
depth to wall height.

Phi,bc – Flexural strength reduction factor

Phi,cc – Compressive strength reduction factor

Phi,sh – Shear strength reduction factor

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4.4.2 Geometry

Section type – Rectangular or I-Section. Rectangular only applies to ADAPT Wall

set as the design tool. Both options are available when S-CONCRETE is set as
the design tool. The design section graphical view changes according to what is
being represented.

Section length – Design section length. Taken as the length of the wall that the
design section is assigned to.

Section thickness – Design section thickness. When ADAPT Wall is selected, the
section is the same for zones and panel. When S-CONCRETE is selected the
value is the panel thickness.

Zone 1 length – When S-CONCRETE is used and I-shape is selected, the

boundary elements can be of different length and thickness as the main wall
panel. Applies to items e-g below also. Left zone length.

Zone 1 thickness – Left zone thickness.

Zone 2 length – Right zone length.

Zone 2 thickness – Right zone thickness.

Overall wall height, Hw – This is the total height of the wall stack. This is
calculated by the program and can be overwritten.

Unsupported wall height, hu – This is defined as the wall segment height

between slabs. The default is 3ft (3m). The user must override value to correct
unsupported wall height.

4.4.3 Reinforcement Properties

Rebar library – Sets the rebar library from defined in Criteria>Preferred

Reinforcement Size and Material. Value can be American, SI or MKS.

Panel vertical bar material – Sets the panel vertical reinforcement material
assignment as defined in the Material pull-down menu.

Panel horizontal bar material – Sets the panel horizontal reinforcement

material assignment as defined in the Material pull-down menu.

Zone vertical bar material – Sets the zone vertical reinforcement material
assignment as defined in the Material pull-down menu.

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 Zone horizontal bar material – Sets the zone horizontal (ties) reinforcement
material assignment as defined in the Material pull-down menu.

Cover – Only applies to ADAPT Wall. Sets the cover dimension for zone and
panel.

Panel Cover – Only applies to S-CONCRETE. Sets the panel reinforcement cover
dimension.

Zone Cover – Only applies to S-CONCRETE. Sets the Zone Cover dimension.

4.4.4 Design Constraints

These options are only available when ADAPT Wall is selected as the design tool.
Design constraints for S-CONCRETE are defined in the .SCO file. If the user
selects NO to freeze of zone and panel bars, the minimum and maximum zone
and panel reinforcement settings are not active or shown. When YES is
selected, the user can set the max and minimum range of bars sizes for the
panel and zones. These only apply when design section/s are designed, not
code checked.

4.5 Load Combinations Tab

Load combination selection window – This window enables the user to select a custom
group of combinations that will be considered for the design or code check process.

Select Combination – This allows the user to filter combination names that are shown in
the combination window using entry values. When an entry is made, the options for
Select All or Select None can be selected.

Load Case and Solution window – For each load case that is represented in the selected
groups of combinations (e.g. dead, live, selfweight, Wind_P0, etc.) the program will list

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for multiple usage cases (uncracked, cracked, etc.) the program will list each solution
case to select from. This allows the user to assign reactions for wall design that stem
from different usage cases that may represent varying degrees of assumed cracking for
a given analysis. The user may also select the option for Tributary if the tributary load
takedown tool was used to determine gravity loads in walls. This option only applies to
gravity load cases. When both FEM and Tributary results exist, the user can envelope
the solution reactions to be used for wall design. The ‘G’ denotes the FEM solution is
based on a global analysis and ‘L” denotes the FEM solution is based on a single-level
analysis.

Figure 4-8 Load Combinations Selection tab

4.6 P-M Interaction Tab

Depending on which design tool is used, the program will produce axial-flexure
interaction diagrams for the code checked or designed section. When S-CONCRETE is
uses as the design tool, the available list of theta angles is comprehensive with multiple
options. When ADAPT Wall is used, only the 90, and 270-degree diagrams are
produced.

The option for Nominal & Probable is available when S-CONCRETE is used and includes
additional graphs representing these additional diagrams.

When ADAPT Wall is used, the option for Show Load Cases becomes available and when
uses will show data points for each processed load combination.

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 Figure 4-9 P-M Diagram for S-CONCRETE Selection

Figure 4-10 P-M Diagram for ADAPT Wall

4.7 Wall Intersection Tab

This feature is unique to ADAPT-Builder. The Wall Intersection feature allows a user to
view regions or wall joints where end-zone reinforcement for more than 1 wall is
overlapping in the same region. The feature is intended to allow the user to determine
how bars are positioned in each zone and can be combined for detailed drawings for the
joint.

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Main Joint Drawing Window – This window shows a zoomed in view of the selected
zone for the selected design section. The program shows representative vertical bars in
each zone at the joint location, reference grids in the zone curtain direction and the
total quantity, size and area of steel for each zone. The total joint data is summarized in
the bottom left of the window.

Key Plan – Shows an overall view of the global wall layout in plan and highlights in red
which design section is selected and which joint is shown in the Main Joint Drawing
Window.

Design Section List – Depending on the selected design sections in the section list to the
far left of the main window, the program populates the Design Section List for available
joint locations. The user can select Zone 1 or Zone 2 of the selected section to view in
the key plan and main window.

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 Figure 4-11 Wall Intersection Tab

4.8 Wall Design Options from the Wall Design Ribbon and Right-Click Selection

Additional options are available that pertain to the design of walls and design section
results. The Wall Design ribbon contains multiple options for wall design as shown
below.

Define Pier Labels – Opens the Pier Label dialog window.

Generate Wall Sections – Automatically generates wall design sections for walls
assigned a pier label.

Update Wall Sections – After wall sections have been created, if a wall is stretched such
that the length of the wall increases or decreases or if the wall thickness changes, this
option will update the section data to reflect the latest length and thickness.

Wall Design Manager – Opens the Wall Design Manager

Wall Design Summary – Opens the HTML design summary page for the selected design
section. Requires that the right-click be made on a design section, not wall.

Result Display Settings – Opens the Result Display Settings dialog for graphical view
selection and settings.

Wall Reporting – Selection of wall tabular, graphical and XLS wall reporting options.

Labels – See Section 2 of this document.

Walls Only – Isolates wall for the graphical view.

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 Open Wall Design Manager – Opens the Wall Design Manager

Wall Design Summary – Opens the HTML design summary page for the selected design
section. Requires that the right-click be made on a design section, not wall.

Isolate Wall Face – Isolates the selected wall stack in view and hides all other walls
stacks in the model.

Pier Label - Opens the Pier Label dialog window.

4.9 Wall Design Results

After wall design sections have been processed and updated for either design or code
check, both tabular and graphical results are available for review. Some graphical
viewing options are available for use prior to design or code check. These are mainly to
view reinforcement currently assigned to the wall design sections. Each result option is
described below.

4.9.1 Result Display Settings – Analysis Tab

After wall design sections are generated, each section has default reinforcement
designed for the section. If the section is designed or if the user makes
modifications through the Wall Design Manager, the graphical representation of
reinforcement displays the current rebar state for wall sections.

The Analysis tab of the Result Display Settings window includes new design
section options under the Walls branch. Each option is defined below. Note
that unless the wall design section is designed or code checked, the first 3
options will be reported as NA.

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 Status – Value can be NA, acceptable, warning, borderline, or unacceptable. NA
indicates that the design section has not yet been designed. If either utilization
check fails to meet the specified utilization setting, unacceptable is reported in
the form of a red design section. Green represents acceptable. When code
checked, if the section fails a specific detailing/spacing requirement the warning
value will be reported with a magenta color. Any section indicated with yellow
means that the section is borderline. This occurs when the section is within 5%
of the maximum utilization factor set by the user.

V&T Utilization – Displays a gradient for utilization values of the sections with
results for shear and torsion.

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NvsM Utilization – Displays a gradient for utilization values of the sections with
results for axial and flexure.

Panel Reinforcement – Displays panel reinforcement.

Zone 1 Reinforcement – Displays Zone 1 reinforcement.

Zone 2 Reinforcement – Displays Zone 2 reinforcement.

Outline – Shows outline of the design sections that have been generated.

The last four options described above do not require that the design section be
code checked or designed and can be produced after creation of design
sections. FIGURE 4-12 shows Panel, Zone 1 and Zone 2 reinforcement for the
isolated view of Wall Pier 1 – Leg 1. It is recommended to use this graphical
tool in combination with front or side viewing and isolated view (described
above) for best results.

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 Figure 4-12 Panel and Zone Reinforcing

4.9.2 Result Display Settings – Display Tab

The Result Display Settings→Result Display Settings tab includes a new block,
Wall Design Sections that contains additional options allowing the user to
control how the informaton is presented graphically.

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Figure 4-13 Result Display Settings Display Tab - Wall Design Section Options

Reinforcement Display – This value can either be set to Number of Bars, area,
rho, or all. The application of this value is used for the display of the panel
and/or zone reinforcement setting and shown in FIGURE 4-12. The value only
applies to the walls in view and the location set to be viewed (zone or panel).
FIGURE 4-13 shows the result for 1 wall with all selected.

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 Figure 4-14 Reinforcement Display Selection

Line Thickness – Sets the line thickness for the design section outline.

Display Text for Active Level – The value for this option can be Yes or No. If Yes,
is selected the program will display only the reinforcement information for the
walls that reference the current active plane for the top of wall. The
reinforcement will be shown for all walls in the model that are active in view
and referenced from the current plane and for the panel or zones selected in
Result Display Settings. This selection is useful when needing to view
reinforcmeent for 1 plane only in a global top view. For example, FIGURE 4-15
shows the plan view of Level 1 with panel reinforcement shown by area of steel.

Figure 4-15 Plan View - Level 1 Panel Reinforcement

If No is selected, the program will show reinforcement for all walls in view and
for the selected zones or panel.

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 Section Text for Each Wall – This option allows the user to filter which design
section for walls in view are shown. The values that can be set are all, top, or
bottom. If all is used, top and bottom sections for walls displaying
reinforcement will be shown. If top is selected, only the top design sections of
walls will be displayed. If bottom is selected only the bottom design sections of
walls will be displayed.

4.9.3 Result Display Settings – Colorize Tab

ADAPT-Builder 2017 introduced a new feature located in Result Display Settings

described as Colorize. This feature has its own tab and selectable
checkboxes for application as shown in FIGURE 4-16.

Figure 4-16 Colorize Tab in Result Display Settings

This feature has 2 sections containing predefined selectable properties that can
be graphically colorized for quick and efficient comparisons. These sections
include Wall Design Sections and Walls.

Wall Design Sections

• Thickness – The program will identify each wall design section with the
same thickness as a unique color.

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 • Material – The program will identify each wall design section with the
same material concrete material assignment as a unique color.

• Zone Length – The program will identify all wall design sections with
same zone lengths at Zone 1 and Zone 2 ends and will assign a unique
color to the design section. Zone assignment must be identical to be
assigned to the same color group. For example, a wall with Zone 1 and
Zone 2 having lengths of 30” at both ends would NOT be in the same
group as a wall assigned with only Zone 1 having a length of 30” at and
nothing assigned for Zone 2.

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• Zone Rebar Pattern – The program will identify all wall design sections
that have identical zone reinforcement patterns. This includes identical
number of curtains, number of bars and spacing. Similar design sections
must have similar number of zones assigned to the section. For
example, a section with only 1 zone defined cannot be grouped with a
section having 2 zones defined.

• Zone Rebar Pattern & Bar Size – The program will identify all wall
design sections that have identical zone reinforcement patterns and
bars size. This includes identical number of curtains, number of bars,
bar size and spacing. Similar design sections must have similar number
of zones assigned to the section. For example, a section with only 1
zone defined cannot be grouped with a section having 2 zones defined.

• Panel Rebar Pattern – The program will identify all wall design sections
that have identical panel reinforcement patterns. This includes identical
number of curtains and spacing for vertical and horizontal
reinforcement.

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 • Panel Rebar Pattern & Bar Size – The program will identify all wall
design sections that have identical panel reinforcement patterns and
bars size. This includes identical number of curtains, bar size and
spacing for vertical and horizontal reinforcement.

Walls

• Thickness – The program identifies walls of similar thickness.

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• Material – The program identifies walls of similar material assignment
for the wall concrete.

• Pier Label – The program identifies walls with the same Pier
Label/Assignment.

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 4.10 Tabular Results

The program has several options for generating wall design section results. After
execution of the design or code check for a single, selected group, or all wall design
sections, input and result data are available in HTML format. HTML reports can be
produced for a single design section at a time. From the Wall Design Manager, select
the design section for consideration and select the View Design Summary button at the
bottom-right of the dialog window. If multiple design sections are selected, only the
HTML file for the first section in the list of selected sections will be produced. FIGURE 4-
19 shows an example of an HTLM file for a wall design section code checked using the
ADAPT Wall tool. FIGURE 4-20 shows an example of an HTLM file for a wall design
section code checked using the S-CONCRETE tool. Note the files present information in
a different way where the former is abbreviated as ADAPT Wall is more limited in
information. You can also generate the report by right-clicking on a design section and
selecting Wall Design→View Design Summary.

Similar wall design section result data can be combined into multi-page PDF report for
all sections that have been code checked and/or designed. This is initiated from Wall
Reporting→PDF Reports→Wall Design Summary. See FIGURES 4-25 and 4-26. The PDF
format is also applied to a single page report with Wall Intersection layouts. This is a
one-page report produced only for the active level. See FIGURE 4-27.

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 Figure 4-17 PDF Report Generation

The same report data found in the PDF Wall Design Summary Report is generated using
the Wall Reporting→XLS Reports→Wall Design Sections option. This will launch
Microsoft Excel® and open the .XLS report. FIGURES 11-21 through 11-24 show
examples of the Project Info, Reinforcement, Geometry and Governing Loads excel
sheets that are generated with this reporting option.

Figure 4-18 XLS Design Section Report Generation

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 Figure 4-19 ADAPT Wall HTLM Design Section Results

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 Figure 4-20 S-CONCRETE HTLM Wall Design Report

Figure 4-21 Project Information XLS Sheet

Figure 4-22 Reinforcing XLS Sheet

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 Figure 4-23 Geometry XLS Report

Figure 4-24 Governing Loads XLS Report

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 Figure 4-25 Wall Design Section Report - PDF

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Figure 4-26 Wall Design Section Report – PDF

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 Figure 4-27 Wall Intersection Layout

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