The updated main toolbar:
The fifth icon is the new grade beam tool.
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Version 1.8.6 - 04.24.2022
- Enabled the “Draw Grade Beam” tool with the following geometry types: closed polyline, open polyline and line.
- Added longitudinal rebar for grade beams.
- Added hoop/stirrup rebar for grade beams.
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Tutorial 12 - Grade Beams (9:38 min.)
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So I drew this with the column and new grade beam module:
My oldest son then asked me, “What is it?”
My answer was, “I don’t know, it’s whatever you want it to be.”
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That’s pretty fly Mr. Wilkerson. Pretty fly.
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It’s very similar to this except that the grade beam is a dropped beam for the concrete podium deck above:
Now if you could just program drop caps for the concrete columns…
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To be honest I haven’t done a lot of concrete work in the past, mostly wood framing and associated engineering. Send me or post some more details/images.
For your edification, here’s a typical concrete column drop cap detail:
I know this is probably beyond the current scope or on the radar of the foundation plug-in but I have been using it, albeit with a lot of custom editing, for our podium-type projects.
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Yeah, that level of concrete work is probably above and beyond the scope of the current plugin. I really need to develop an RC plugin.
I have begun posting older versions of the Foundation plugin for download but I would strongly encourage users to download and use the latest version of the plugin since I do not support older versions, especially if they are older than a year old. The number of bug fixes and feature additions make it very hard for me to keep track of which version addressed which issue. If you need support please make sure you have the latest version of the extension installed.
Is it possible to subtract from the concrete solid, but not subtract from the rebar?
I’m trying to implement a detail described to me where a 6" slab is on top of 18" depth of grade beam, but the grade beam rebar is stalled as if it were 24" deep. The result of the first pour is an 18" deep grade beam with rebar sticking up out of it that is then covered with concrete when the 6" slab is added on top.
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Add “custom” to the bars in question?
Works for me
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Very cool. I’m not exactly sure how you are getting that to work, honestly you are better at using my plugins now than I am.
Let me give this some more thought, there may be some additional logic I can add so that subtractive geometry can be made to differentiate between rebar and concrete. This is actually a very valid request with regards to this feature.
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- Create a Grade Beam and Slab.
- Align the tops of both assemblies.
- Adjust the grade beam to the desired depth, adding on the depth of the slab. So make it 24" in this instance.
- Hide the concrete in the Grade Beam.
- Select the rebar you want to keep. Add “custom” to the name:
- Cut the concrete slab solid, and paste it into the grade beam assembly.
- Replace the slab object’s name with “subtract”.
- Put the slab object on a different layer with a new material.
- Regenerate the slab and the grade beam.
(I hid and unhid things as I went so I could click on what I needed to.
You’ll have to figure that out on your own.)
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Interesting. I did another way as well by modifying the concrete itself and making it custom.
I can’t get the slab depression to work at all for the life of me. When I draw out the shape it never closes, even just trying it on a small test model - in never accepts the last click to close the shape.
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It doesn’t work with slabs, but it does work with slabs on grade.
I tried using a subtract object to get rid of the footing that comes with the SOG, putting the previously edited grade beam under that, then putting the depression on the footing-less slab on grade, but that last step broke something…
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