STEP

BY STEP PROCEDURE
Formodeling&designof
Raft
In
SAFE

ComputerHelp
VinodBuilding
RaghvjiRoad
GowaliaTank
Mumbai400036
RevDate:May2012
prakashbbajaj@gmail.com

Wewillcarryoutraftdesignforstructureshownbelow

Planforsameisasshownbelow

FortheabovestructuredatawillbeexportedfromETABSmodeltoSAFE12

BeforeexportingthemodelmakesurethatETABSmodelisanalysed
ToexportthefileFile>Export>SaveStoryasSAFEV12.f2kTextFile

SinceraftistobedesignedselectBASEinStorytoExportoption

SelectExportFloorLoadsandLoadsfromAboveoption

ClickonbuttonSelectCasesandselectalltheloadcases

AlsoifyouhavecarriedoutyoucanalsoaddSpectracases

Nextyouwillbeaskedforfilename.Specifythefilenameandsaveit.Filewillbesavedwithextension
F2K

ImportingfileintoSAFE

StartSAFEprogramandimportthefile

Selectthedesiredfile

Youwillseefollowing


Clickonbuttonasshowninredsquarebelow

Switchofftheinvisiblepointoption

Youwillseeallthecolumnpoints.

PressCTRL+Gtoswitchoffgrid.Youwillseefollowing


Tomakesurethatalltheloadsaretransferred,clickontheiconshownbelow

FromtheLoadPatternNameselectLoadcase,sayDeadLoadcase

Incaseifyouwanttoviewloadingvalues,thenclickthecheckboxasshownabove.
Youwillseeloadasredmarks

Toviewloadsalongwithvaluesinto3Dclickoniconshownbelow

Units
UnlikeinETABS7version,inSAFEyoucanselectunitsforindividualparameters.

ForExampleyoucangivemembersizesincm,memberlengthinmeteranddeflectioninmm.Thisisa
desirableimprovement.

OryoucanpressCTRL+UKeytogetunits

Youcanclickonandparameterandchangeunits.
Alsoyoucanclickonconsistentunitsfromthetoprightbuttonandselectdesiredunits.

FirstspecifyDesignPreference

SelectIS4562000

SpecifyMin.Coverforslabs.

Alsospecifyreinforcementbartobeused

Selectthedesirebarsizes

DefiningMaterialProperties:

SelectC30,clickonModify/ShowMaterial

Specifyvaluesasshownbelow

Similarlyspecifyreinforcementpropertiesasshown

DefiningColumnProperties
UnfortunatelycolumnpropertiesdonotgettransferredtoSAFE.Ithastobedefinedagain.

Clickonaddcopy

Clickonaddnewproperty

HerewewilllookatETABSfileandcreatecolumnswhichareabovebase

SwitchontoETABSandselectbystorylevel

Selectlevel1


Thenclickonview>Selectiononly

Wewanttoseecolumnpropertyatbaselevel,clickon

AndselectLinesection,makesurebeamisswitchedoff


Selecttheplanatfirstlevel,youwillseefollowing

Nowclickonperspectivebutton

Youwillseefollowing,youcanuserotatebuttontorotatedisplay

Thiswayyouwillbeabletosectionforeachcolumn

Forthisexercisewewillcreatefollowingcolumns

UnlikeinETABSherewewilldefinecolumnbasedonorientation.

ForexamplecolumnbelowwillbedefinedasC230x450M30,where230mmisdimensionalongX,450
isdimensionalongYandM30signifiesgradeofconcretethatisM30

230

450

WhilewewilldefinefollowingcolumnsasC450x230M30

450

230

Wewillbedefiningnumberofpropertiesasshownbelow

C230X600M30
C600X230M30

ClickonAddNewPropertybutton

Specifyvaluesasshownabove;makesurethatcheckboxincludeRigidZoneareaOverColumnison.

SimilarlydefinecolumnC600x230M30asshownbelow


DefiningRaftProperties

InthiscaseSBCis400Kn/Sqmt.

Soilmoduluscanbetakenas400/.025

Where.025is(25mm)allowabledeflection.

Markingofcolumns

Todrawcolumneitherclickoniconasshownbelow

Orpickupfrommenu

Selecttheoptionasshown

Markthecolumnatcolumnpoints.Pleasenotetherearetwotypesofcolumnsoneis230x600and
600x230asshowninfigurebelow
Alsonotethatperipheralcolumnarenotsupportedonraft(sincethereisnominalload,astheyextend
tofirstlevelonly)

Aftermarkingthecolumn,letshavealookatrestrainedconditionofcolumnattop.Forthisclickon3D
buttonasindicatedbelow

Youwillseefollowing

Onzoomingofoneofcolumnyouwillseerestrainmark

Itisnecessarytoselectalltheseupperrestrainednodesandreplacebyfreenode.Oneofthewayisto
selectuppernodeusingwindowselection

Clickonnorestrainedbuttonasshown

Abovefigureshowsdifferencebetweenrestrainednodeandnonerestrainednode.

Makesureallnodesareunrestrained.

Markingofwalls

SelectDrawwallsfromdrawmenu.

Selectthewallwithfollowingproperty


Makesurewallpropertybelowisnoneandaboveiswall230,similarlywallheightaboveis3meterand
belowis0meter.

Markthewallasshownbelow

Removingbeams

SafesomehowmarksshearwallasbeamwhiletransferringfilesfromETABStosafe.Itisnecessaryto
removethesebeamsandmarkwallafresh.

Selectalltypeofbeams


Youwillseetenwallsmarkingselectedasbeam

Clickonok.

GotoAssignBeamDataProperties

Insteadofdeletingbeamsbypressingdeletekey.Youhavetodeletetheentirebeambythisway.

Incaseifyouseeonlysinglelineforwall,thenclickonrefreshicon

Nowwewilldrawtheraftwhichisonemeterawayfromthefaceofcolumn.


Drawanulllinewhichis1.115meterfromcolumncenterforthetopline(1+/23/2)

Drawthenullbeamlineatoffsetsasshown

Selectthereshapeobjectandclickonthetoplineatleftcorner

ClickongeometryandchangeglobalXcoordinateto5andclickonOK

Youwillseefollowing

Nowselectthelineandpointasshownbelow

SelectAlignfromEDITmenu

SelectExtendLine/Edgeoption

Youwillseeextendedlineasshown


Createtheintersectionpointsusingabovetechnique

NowselectDrawSlabs/AreasoptionfromDraw

Selecttheedgepointsandcreatetheslabsasshown
Alsodeleteallthenulllines

Thiswillselectnulllines.PressDeletekeytodeletenulllines.

Specifyingspringconstant

Selecttheslab

Makesureallperipheralcolumnsaredeleted.

Deleteallloadcombinations

Deleteallloadcombinations


SelectAdddefaultdesignloadcombinations

SelectStrength

Clickingonloadcombinationyouwillseefollowing


AddonemoreloadcaseD+L+SIDL

Selectrunanalysisoption

Afteranalysisisover

SelectD+L+SIDLloadcombinationtoviewdeformation

Youwillseefollowing.Movingcursorovertheregionindicateddeformationinmm

Nextselectpunchingshear


Addingpedestal

Ifyouseewhitearea,itmeansitisnotassigned

SorightclickinsideandselectPedestalproperty

Afterassigningpedestalagainexecutertheprogramandcheckforpunchingshear