SCADDS/RC-Column Drafter™ Release 1.1

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SCADDS/RC-Column Drafter™ is for Automatic Detailing of Longitudinal Sections & Cross Sections of Single-Storey/Multi-Storey Rectangular/Square/Circular Reinforced Concrete Columns through AutoCAD.

Presently, this is on MS-DOS® platform and controlled through a Windows® 95/98 User Interface.

You can download the Trial Version of RC-Drafting Suite! from the Downloads section.

Custom Features of SCADDS/RC-Column Drafter 1.1

• Support for Multi Storey Columns having upto 10 storeys.
• Support for varying Storey Heights and Column Sizes.
• Support for Rectangular, Square and Circular Column sections.
• Support for Steel provided along four sides, along width or along depth of Column Sections.
• Support for simple outer Ties, inner Uni- directional Ties, Inner Bi-directional Ties and Inner Diamond/Triangular Ties.
• Support for Column offsets.
• Facility to input individual ID for each storey.
• Support for Beams at each floor level at left and right of Column.
• Support for Beam offsets at each floor levels.
• Support for 2 sizes of Rods along width and/or depth.
• Facility to input individual ID for each Floor.
• Facility to input Steel Grade Symbol for Main Steel and Tie Steel.
• Curtailment of Rods based on Storey Ratio method and Fixed Length Method.
• Innovative and Revolutionary Notation Manager for specifying Number of Rods and Spacing of Ties.
• Notation Preview facility.
• Facility to input Rod Magnification Factor, Concrete Cover and Maximum Aggregate Size.
• Facility to Generate Drawing Notes.
• Facility to view/print Input, template and report.
• Facility to generate Longitudinal Elevation as well as Cross Sections.
• A Utility for calculating Number of Rods by using two Rod Sizes.
• A Utility for calculating Steel Area from multiple Rod Groups.
• A Utility for verifying Rods to be accommodated in a given Section.
• Multiple Choices for Drawing Generation.
• Automatic Bending or Extension of Rods in case of adjacent storeys having different Column sizes or Rod Quantities.
• Support for any Drawing Scale.
• Automatic Dimensioning of all Dimensional Parameters.
• Automatic Description of Steel Details.
• Automatic Dimensioning of all Curtailments.
• Automatic Generation of Sub titles and Section IDs. (Top)

Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers!)

Q. What are the functions of SCADDS/RC-Column Drafter?

A. SCADDS/RC-Column Drafter is meant for automatic preparation of detailed longitudinal elevations and cross sections of Reinforced Concrete Multistorey Columns based on IS codes and handbooks as well as on sound engineering practice.

Q. Will SCADDS/RC-Column Drafter carry out detailing automatically?

A. Yes! You can obtain a truly professional drawing for a typical multistorey column having, say, 4 storeys, in less than 7 minutes flat! That too, to any scale of your choice with your own custom drafting standards, using AutoCAD. Extension and bending of rods are automatically taken care of as per Codal provisions and therefore, you do not have to provide any input for these parameters. Moreover, you can also control these parameters to meet your custom detailing requirements.

Q. What sectional shapes and main steel variations are supported by SCADDS/RC-Column Drafter?

A. SCADDS/RC-Column Drafter supports Rectangular, Square and Circular Column sections. The main reinforcement can be along four sides, along width of section or along depth of section and each layer of rod can contain two groups of rods.

Q. What tie steel variations are supported by SCADDS/RC-Column Drafter?

A. SCADDS/RC-Column Drafter supports simple Outer ties, Unidirectional Inner ties, Bidirectional Inner ties and Triangular or Diamond ties.

Q. What is the input required to be given for detailing a multistorey column?

A. The input will include the no. of storeys, minimum details for each storey including shape of section, minimum details for each floor (beam) line, steel grades & notation symbols and reinforcement details. The main reinforcement details will typically have the number and sizes of rods for each storey.

Q. What is the output generated by SCADDS/RC-Column Drafter?

A. The output will contain the entire longitudinal section of the multistorey column as well as all cross sections. You will also have the choice of restricting the drawing generation to either longitudinal section only or cross sections only or combinations thereof. (Top)

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