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