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Z-A

xis

HasEngineeredASolution

TM

ARCBDS

(AReinforcedConcreteBeamDetailingSoftw

are)

ABoonToolToGenerate

RCBeamLayout&Det

ails

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_____________________

Intro

duction

Z-AxisEngineeringSolutionsisproudtopresentARCBDSTM

UsingthisprogramyoucangenerateBeamLayoutandBeamLongitudinalSectionandBeamCrosssectiondetailswithgreatspeed

andaccuracy.

Theprogramisdesign

edtotakeminimumrequired

inputintheeasiestpossiblew

ayandproduceoutstandingreadytopresent

drawings,generatesBO

QofSteel,

ConcreteandtheShutteringareaofthefloor,savin

glotsofmanhoursoftheEngineer&Detailer

therebyincreasingthep

roductivityofyourorganization.

Pleaseflipthroughthepagestoknowhowexactlythissoftwareworksandhowisitbeneficialtoyouandyourorganiz

ation.

Forfurtherenquiriesan

dinformationcontact:

RegisteredOffice:

Z-AxisEngineerin

gSolutions

#401,SpringViewsLaxmiApartments

Street5,Tarnaka,Secunderabad-500017

Website:

http://www.zaxises.com

Telephone:

+914027001377

Email:

info@zaxises.com

OrSpeakwithJagjit

Sundaramovermobileat+(91)8106302065,ormailhim

atjsundaram@zaxises.com

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F

eatures

Thefollowingfeaturesandbenefitshavebeendescribedalongwithviews(screenshots)representationforyourbetter

grasp.

Flexibility

Customizablelayers

Theusercanplacedifferententitiesofthelayout,

beam

LongitudinalsectionsandCrosssectionsinthelayerofhisch

oice,

thisneeds

tobedoneonlyonceso

thattheentitiesareplaceinlayersaspercompaniesstandards

andthatcanbefollowedbyalltheusersusing

theprogram.

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CustomizableBeamdraftingstandard

s

Theusercancustomize

thecurtailmentlengths,

thehookdimension,cleardistancebetweenrods,clearcover.Thesev

aluescanbeset

tocompanystandardso

rprojectstandardsalso,

thusgivinggreatflexibilitytothepro

gram;therebytheprogramcan

beusedforany

detailingstandardsbyjustchangingtheabovevalues.

Toaddfurther,

theprogramca

nbeusedtodetailbyB.Scode

s,

EuroCodes,

AmericanCodesorany

codesjustbysettingthestandardvalues.

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Customizableoutputrepresentation

Theusercanprovidetheoutputscalea

sperhisrequirements

differentlyforLayout,LSandCrossse

ctions

Customizablereinforcementreprese

ntation(T10,D10,#10)

Theusercancustomizetherepresentationofthediaofbarsasper

variousindustrystandards.

Group

ingofmultiplerowsdetails

Theusercangroupsimilarrowofbeam

sasasinglerow,t

hereby

reducin

gthedetailsbeinggenerated

EgB1(B4,B6)=>allthesebeamshavesamereinforcement.

InputinSIorFPSsystemoutputcanbeinbothSIsystemor

FPSsy

stem

Theinputtotheprogramcanbegiven

inSIorFPSunitsandthe

output

canbegeneratedinSIorFPSunits,t

husaddinggreat

flexibilitytotheprogramtochoosethe

input/outputformat

basedo

ntherequirements,andmaking

theprogramopentothe

Americanstandardsalso!!!

De

tailingsystemwithrownamesor

beamnames

Theusercanchosetonamethebeams

bytherownameor

individ

ualbeamnameasperthecompanysstandard.

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UserdefinedslabcutoutsandextensionsshapesinLayout

Theprogramisflexibletolettheuserde

fineslabCutouts,andslabexte

nsionstherebygivinggreatflexibilitytothe

userbothinthebeamdetaillayoutandintheBOQofshutteringarea,co

ncretevolumeetc

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GroupingofsimilarbeamstoreducenumberofLongitudinalSectionsbeingdrawing

Theprogramwillallowtheusertogroupsimilarbeamstobedetailedasasinglebeam,

therebyreducingthenumberof

longitudinalsectionsbeingdrawn,

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EaseofInput

Note:NodesdataandBeamsconnectivityd

atacanbeextractedfromSTAADANLoutputfileinProfessionalversion

VeryU

serfriendlyinput

ofNod

es,

Beams&

Reinforcementdata

TheIn

putofBeamsData

willau

tomaticallycreate

theCr

ossbeamsonthe

MainBeamsinL.S.

Thein

takeoftheinput

datais

veryuserfriendly

andm

inimum

possible

input,andmostofthedata

isca

lculate

internally

(suchasthecrossbeams

coming

on

each

beam,

appropriateleftandright

parent

widthsofthebeam

based

on

the

column

orientation.

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Re

inforcementInput.

Thereinforcementdata

canbegivenbyfrontendor

throughaXLSfile,

therebyg

ivingaDatasheetforcheckingtotheDesign

Engineerwellbeforeth

edetailsaredrawn,therebyred

ucingthecheckingtimebytheengineerontheL.S

detailsofthebeams.

Theprogramwillautom

aticallydistributethereinforcementintomultiplelayersbased

onwidthofthebeam,allowedspacingbetween

therods.

(Egiftheusergives8-16,

theprogramwilla

utomaticallyplaceitas(5+3)i.e.

5rodsinfirstlayerand3rodsinthesecond

layer,accordinglybasedonthespaceavailable)theusercanfinetunethearrangementthroughdetaileditifrequired.

ReinforcementDatabeinggiventhroughFrontEnd

oftheprogram.

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ReinforcementDatabeinggivenfromtheXLSSheetgeneratedbytheprogram.

Note:Reinforcementinputdatacanalso

beextractedfromSTAADAN

LoutputfileinProfessionalversion

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Pow

erCustomization

CustomizableCurtailmentlengths

CustomizableBendLengths

CustomizableSectionpositiondisplay

inLongitudinalSection

CustomizablePositionofArrangemen

tofReinforcementbars

CustomizableBeamTopLevels

CustomizableSlabTopLevels

Theprogramallowstheuserthechangethefinerdetailsofasinglebeam(whicharebydefaultcalculatedbas

edontheBeam

Generalsettings

data)therebygivinggreatflexibilitytotheusertochangethecurtailmentlength,beamtoplev

el,arrangement

ofreinforcemen

t,slabtoplevel,sectionshowingetc.

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OutstandingOutpu

t

Be

autifu

lBeamLayout

T

helayoutgeneratedwouldbe

reducealmost80%

oftheworkingeneratingthebeamlayout

drawingforaresidential,commercialcomplex,andwillreduc

eatleast60%workforthe

Industrialstructure,w

heretheu

serhastoaddtheinsertplates,fanpedestalsetc.

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Excellen

tBeamLongitudinalSectionandBeamCrosssectionoutpu

twithminimumpossibleclashes.

Thisistheicin

gonthecake,

theoutputispleasingandnearperfectwithalmostnoclashesinL.S,alltheuse

rhastodoisto

placetheminthepaperspacelayoutappropriatelybasedonthesheetsizeetc

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SampleDrawings(UneditedDraw

ings)

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SampleDrawings(UneditedDraw

ings)

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SteelTa

keoff,detailedandabstract.

TheSteeltakeoffgeneratedishighlyaccurateandgivenindetailedtomaximumpos

siblelimittherebymakingitveryeasyforthe

checkertocrosscheck,

anabstractreportofthesteeltakeoffisalsogeneratedthatcan

begiventothecontractoretc

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ConcreteTakeoffofthefloor.

Theconcretevolumeis

calculated,fortheslabs,beams,andcolumnjunctionsseparatelybothasdetailedandabstractreport

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ShutteringArea.

Theshutteringareais

calculatedaccurately.

Slabs(b

ydeductingcutouts,andaddingslabextensionsaccordingly),

beambottoms,

beamsides,columnsidesallareseparatelycalculatedtherebyaidingthecontractoretc