SCADDS/RC-Design Suite!™ Release 2.0

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This package is meant for structural design of Reinforced Concrete Components, viz., Beam Sections, Slab Panels, Column Sections & Footings in typical Multistorey Buildings.

This suite bundles five products:

SCADDS/RC-Beam Designer™, a software package for Limit State Design of Singly/Doubly Reinforced Rectangular/Tee/Ell Beam Sections with Moment/Torsion/Shear as per IS:456-2000.

SCADDS/RC-Column Designer™, a Software Package for Limit State Design of Rectangular/ Square/ Circular, Short/ Slender R.C. Columns for Axial Load/Uni-Axial & Bi-Axial Bending as per IS:456-2000.

SCADDS/RC-Slab Designer™, a Software Package for Limit State Design of One-way/ Two-way Rectangular/ Square/ Circular R.C. Slabs as per IS:456-2000.

SCADDS/RC-Footing Designer™, a Software Package for Limit State Design of Isolated/ Combined Rectangular/ Square/ Circular/ Trapezoidal R.C. Footings as per IS:456-2000.

SCADDS/RC-Design Tool Box™, a Software Utility Tool Box for several simple functions and calculations encountered in the domain of Reinforced Concrete Design of Building Components based on Limit State Design as per IS:456-2000. This is now a Shareware! You can download this product separately from the Downloads|Shareware & Freeware section.

SCADDS/RC-Design Suite!™, bundles the above five products through a single User Interface.

Presently, these individual products are on MS-DOS® platform and controlled through a Windows® 95/98 User Interface.

Common Features of SCADDS/RC-Design Suite! 2.0

Standard Features in Structural Engineering Domain

  • Limit State Design Methodology based on Code of Practice for Plain and Reinforced Concrete, IS:456-2000.
  • Standard Concrete Mixes as well as User-Designed Mixes.
  • Fe250, Fe415 and Fe500 Grades of Steel for Main Reinforcement.
  • Fe250 and Fe415 Grades of Steel for two or four Legged Stirrups.
  • Applicability for a wide range of problems such as Beams or Columns in Singlestorey as well as Multistorey Buildings, Bridge Superstructures, Water Tanks, Industrial Roofing Systems, Grid Floors, Stadia Structures, etc.
  • Automatic Pre-Processing and Post-Processing facilitating Minimum User Input.
  • Facility to generate detailed Reports of Design with Quick Reference Summary.
  • Built-in Databases for Standard Input Parameters.
  • Facility for User Defined Input.
  • Fully Automatic Post-processing for Graphical Display of Sections.
  • Individual Data Editing Facility.
  • Facility for Limited or Extensive Output.
  • Reference to all relevant IS Clauses in the output, facilitating easy cross reference.
  • User-changeable Global Parameters such as Partial Safety Factors for Concrete and Steel, Factor of Safety for Forces, Maximum Strains in Concrete & Steel and Young's Modulii for Concrete and Steel. (Top)

    Standard Features in Software Domain

  • Efficient, Intuitive, Highly User-friendly and Consistent User Interface.
  • WHAT-IF? Explorer™ Facility, found only in Expert Systems.
  • An Intelligent, On-line WHAT-NEXT? Advisor™.
  • A WHY? Narrator™ for Error Isolation and On-line suggestions.
  • Completely menu-driven User Interface with Character Oriented Window System (COWS) and Dialog Boxes for easy Data Specification.
  • Data Entry Dialogs equipped with Push Buttons, Input Fields, History Windows, Radio Buttons, Check Boxes and List Boxes for Fast and Easy Data Selection and Specification.
  • Intelligent Data Acceptance Mechanism, Intelli-Validator™, prompting the user for structured, schematic and error free input.
  • Complete Mouse Support.
  • Extensive, Context-Sensitive, Hyper-Text On-line Help System with an exhaustive On-line Topic Index.
  • Multiple, Resizeable, Overlapping Windows for viewing Input, Output, Summary and Report simultaneously.
  • An efficient Report File Manager.
  • An efficient Print Manager to print part or whole of Input, Output, Summary and Report to User Specified Format.
  • Generalization of design algorithms to suit all situations.
  • Print Preview facility to preview the file to be printed using the Print Manager settings.
  • Efficient use of Memory through Dynamic Memory Management.
  • Modular and Highly Structured Computer Code through Object Oriented Programming (OOP) Concepts.
  • Desktop Utilities such as Calculator, Calendar, Timer, Screen Saver, etc., etc.
  • Easy Keyboard Access to all Commands through Accelerators.
  • Instantaneous access to DOS Environment.
  • Classical Numerical Algorithms for Superfast Execution.
  • Graphics support for VGA/SVGA Cards.
  • Default Startup and Auto-Loading of Projects with efficient Project File Management.
  • An Input Status Window to instantaneously display the Status of various parts of Input.
  • An Output Status Window to instantaneously display the Status of various phases of the Run.
  • Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Viewing and Printing Graphical Displays.
  • Auto-opening of Multiple Windows after each Run command.
  • Customization of Print Manager Settings.
  • Customization of Desktop Utilities.
  • Efficient Software Security System.
  • Fully explained User Documentation.
  • Automatic Installation.
  • Prompt intimation and Hefty Discounts on Upgraded Releases.
  • 120 days' Warranty and Prompt after-sales Support.
  • Technical Support on using SCADDS Series of Software Applications for any of your Projects.
  • FREE Subscription to THE SCADDS WORLD, a News Letter published from SCADDS.
  • An Excellent Teaching Tool for the Novice.
  • A Very Powerful Assistant to the Professional.
  • Real Value for Money with absolute Accuracy & Reliability. (top)

Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers!)

Q. What does SCADDS/RC-Design Suite! do?

A. SCADDS/RC-Design Suite! is a collection of four software products for designing Reinforced Concrete Beams, Slabs, Columns and Footings as per the Limit State method of design based on IS:456-2000.

The modules in the package are:

SCADDS/RC-Beam Designer
SCADDS/RC-Slab Designer
SCADDS/RC-Column Designer and
SCADDS/RC-Footing Designer.

Q. Does it perform Analysis of Continuous Beams and Frames?