Solution for Structural Member Design with Drawing & Report

midas Design+
User Guide
for Eurocode Modules

1. Design+ Interface 2

2. Design Option Setting 4

3. General Column Design 5

4. Combined Wall Design 15

5. Strip Footing Design 22
6. Isolated Footing Design 30
7. Bolt Connection Design 42
8. Design Parameters 54

Midas Design+ 2016 (v1.2)

 Solution for Structural Member Design with Drawing & Report

01 Design Interface +

SIMPLE MODE
Add new member
Simple and intuitive Add or import new members. Project/Simple/Check Mode
user interface Change the current working mode
Quick generation of
summary/detail design
result in Preview
window

Workbar
Member name change, Grouping,
Preview
Design or check results are
Report and Drawing Export Setup
displayed instantly.

Input
Input design data or force

(Automatically/Manually)

Report
Generate input data, summary,
and detail design result report
Detail
Summary
PROJECT MODE
Input List
Auto generation of drawing
MS word format report for Tab.
design/check results, Batch Switch the working window between member list, drawing, Quantity
report generation
Bill of materials
midas Link
Link with midas Gen
Multiple members can be selected and imported.

Report
Generate MS word and excel
format report.
Detail
Summary
Input List
Input List (Excel)

Message Window
Display various information, warning,
and error messages.

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 Solution for Structural Member Design with Drawing & Report

01 Design Interface +

Check MODE Report

Reviewing detail/summary Save/Print design results.

design results in Preview

window

Preview Option
Select Detail / Summary to check
the relevant report.

Workbar
Click a desired member from Tree

menu. The user does not need to re-

perform Design/Check again in Check

mode.

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 Solution for Structural Member Design with Drawing & Report

02 Design Option Setting

1. Go to Option > Design Option 1
from the main menu. 7 12
2. Change the material and
section into desired standard
in Steel DB box.
3. Change the design code of RC
into Eurocode2:04 in the list. Double Click!
4. Shift to the steel tab.
5. Change the design code of
Steel into Eurocode3:05 in
the list.
6. Click [Apply] and [Close]
button.
7. Go to Option > Rebar Option
from the main menu.

Design Option dialog box

also can be opened by double
clicking RC : [Code Name] list

8. Change the rebar code into

BS/EN in the list. 8 10
9. Specify rebar option by
member type.
2 9
10. Define the desired rebar
spacing for main rebar and
shear rebar if needed.
11. Click [Apply] and [Close]
button. 3
12. Go to Option > Steel Option
from the main menu.
13. Check [Use User Defined
Section List] off from the steel
option box.
11
14. Click [OK] button.

4
5

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Solution for Structural Member Design with Drawing & Report

03 midas Design+
Combined Wall

Contents

1 Import

2 Input Data

3 Review Design Results

4 Member List

5 Drawing

6 Quantity

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 01 Import
Step

5
1. Execute Wall(Comb.)
module.
2. Click Project Mode. 1
3. Click midas Link.
Refer to the next page for
more details in the
limitation of midas Link.
4. Select midas Gen to be
linked with Design+.
5. Select desired wall
elements to be imported
from midas Gen. 2 3
6. Click [Connect] button.
7. Click [Import] button.
8. Check imported walls. 7

4
8
6

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 01 Import
Step

Note Limitation of midas Gen Link for Combined Wall Design

1. Wall ID must be different for each unit wall in midas Gen as shown in the figure below.
Importing combined walls with the same wall ID is not supported.

Not Applicable (Identical Wall ID) Applicable (Different Wall ID)

2. Walls must be located in a single story can be imported as combined wall in Design+.
3. Discontinuous combined walls cannot be designed in Design+.

Applicable (Importing Walls in One Story) Not Applicable (Discontinuity in Combined Wall)

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 02 Input Data Section-1 Tab
Step

1. Select a combined wall from

the tree menu.
2
2. Specify Member Name and the
additional task scope after
design.
3. Material Strength
Concrete: Characteristic 3
compressive of concrete
Ver. /Hor. Bar: Characteristic
yield strength of vertical/
horizontal reinforcement
If the material strength was 1 4
not identical for each unit wall
in midas Gen, minimum
strength will be applied.
5
4. Specify whether effective width
applied or not.
Actual Width
Effective Width
Note
5. Specify unbraced length and
Effective flange width is
6
effective length factor.
calculated based on the clause
Click and use the K-Factor 5.4.3.4.1 (4), EN1998-1:2004. It
Input dialog box shown below is taken as the minimum of:
to use default values.
7
a) the actual flange width;
6. Effective Creep Ratio for the b) one-half of the distance to
calculation of slenderness an adjacent web of the wall;
criterion (lim) as per clause and
5.8.3.1(1), EN1992-1-1: 2004 c) 25% of the total height of the
wall above the level
7. Equivalent Dimension for considered.
calculating eccentric moment
due to imperfection as per
Effective Width can be
displayed using Effective 8
clause 6.1(4),EN1992-1-1:2004 Section option as shown below.
8. Options for considering
moment magnification due to
imperfections and 2nd order Note
effects as per clause 5.8.3.1(1),
Effective Length Scale Factor
EN1992-1-1:2004.
9. Transfer Combined Wall
Wall design is performed about 9
global X and Y axis. Rotate
combined wall to make major
and minor axis of the wall
aligned in the global X and Y K=1.0 K=0.5 K=0.7 K=2.0
axis.
When Parallel Dir. Is X or Y-Dir.:
Rotate combined wall based on
the local x or y-direction of a
reference base wall.
When Parallel Dir. Is User Input:
Specify the angle to be rotated
about Global X-axis.

Global Axis of Combined Wall Display Effective

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+ User Guide
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 02 Input Data Section-2 Tab
Step

1. Add, modify or delete unit

wall data for rebar and
section information.

1
Click [Wall Data] button to
see and modify rebar and
section information for entire
unit wall in a tabular format.
2. Data of vertical/ horizontal/
end rebar for the selected
unit wall.
3. Select Rebar Arrangement.
2
Divide equally by nearest
space: Rebar spacing is
adjusted to fit the wall
dimension using equal spacing
throughout the wall length.
Divide by exact space: 3
Specified rebar spacing is
applied from the End or Middle
of the unit wall.

4
4. Specify wall thickness and
concrete cover thickness.
In Preference, the user can
choose Concrete Cover
Depth as clear cover or 5
distance to the rebar center.
By default, concrete cover is
applied as clear cover
thickness.
5. Specify the wall coordinates
of start and end point and
vertical rebars for each unit
wall.

General tab in Preference Wall Data in a Tabular Format

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 02 Input Data Section-3 Tab
Step

1. Enter the design forces and

factors for the selected unit
wall.
Toggle on : Design forces
can be directly entered for the
selected unit wall in the dialog
box .
Toggle off : Enter the
multiple design forces for the
selected unit wall by clicking
[Load Combinations] button.
1
When combined wall is
imported from midas Gen, all
Strength type load
combinations are
automatically generated in
Load Combinations dialog
box.
Most critical load
combinations for axial/
flexure design and shear
design are displayed in blue
cells at the top of the Load
Combination table.

Note

Forces displayed in this dialog

box are not a combined design
force, but the design force of
each unit wall. Combined design
forces are displayed in
Detail/Summary Report.

Refer to the next page for the

calculation procedure of
combined forces.

Load Combination for Selected Unit Wall

Combined Design Force in Detail/Summary Report

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 02 Input Data Section-3 Tab
Step

Note How to Calculate Combined Design Forces

1. Axial force: Summation of axial forces in unit walls (sign convention: + in compression)
2. Shear force: Summation of shear forces in unit walls. Shear forces of unit walls are re-
calculated in global X and Y-direction.
3. Bending moment is calculated as a summation of bending moments and eccentric moments
(axial force * eccentricity from a unit wall centroid to the combined wall centroid) of unit walls
about global X and Y-direction.

When local axis of a unit wall is not aligned in the global X and Y-direction, combined design
forces are calculated using the component of the forces in the global X and Y-direction.

* Transfer Combined Wall

Wall design is performed about global X and Y axis. Rotate combined wall to make major and
minor axis of the wall aligned in the global X and Y axis.
When Parallel Dir. Is X or Y-Dir.: Rotate combined wall based on the local x or y-direction of a
reference base wall.
When Parallel Dir. Is User Input: Specify the angle to be rotated about Global X-axis.

Global Axis of Combined Wall

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 03 Review Design Results
Step

1. Click [Check] button.

2. Review Calculation Result
table for moment and
shear capacity.
3. Click [Report] button to
generate Detail/ Summary
/Input List Report.

2
Note

P-M Curve
3D P-M interaction is considered
to find the flexure resistance.
After performing wall checking,
Midas Design+ displays P-M 3
Curve in Theta angle described 1
below.

Theta: Angle between the

Moment axis (horizontal axis)
and the line which connects the
origin point to the member force
point in PM interaction curve
N.A.: Neutral axis angle from the
local x-axis

MS Word Format Detail Report

Excel Format Input List

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 04 Member List
Step

1
1.Select [Member List] tab.
Input and output data can
be checked and modified
for the all combined walls.
2. Click [Apply] button if
there is any change in the
design input data.
3.Click [All] and [Check]
button to verify the all wall
design results at once.

2 3

05 Drawing
Step

1
1.Select [Drawing] tab.
2. Select [Shear Wall
(Combined)] from the
drop-down box and click
[Create] button to
generate combined wall
drawings.

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 06 Quantity
Step

1
1.Select [Quantity] tab.
2. Select [Shear Wall
(Combined)] from the
drop-down box and click
[Create] button to
generate bill of materials.
3.Click [Export to Excel]
button to generate a MS
Excel file.

2 3

Note

Quantity of concrete is calculated

as concrete volume per unit
length.
Quantity of form is calculated
using surface area of concrete
per unit length.
Quantity of rebar is calculated as
weight of rebar per unit length.
Weight of rebar for EN, UNI, and
BS material DB is applied as
shown in the table below.

Material Properties of EN & BS DB

EN/BS P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P16 P20 P25 P32 P40
Weight (kg/m) 0.154 0.222 0.302 0.395 0.499 0.617 0.746 0.888 1.043 1.578 2.466 3.853 6.313 9.865
Diameter (mm) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 20 25 32 40
Area (mm2) 19.6 28.27 38.5 50.27 63.6 78.54 95 113.1 132.7 201.06 314.16 490.87 804.25 1256.6

Material Properties of UNI DB

UNI P4 P5 P6 P8 P10 P12 P14 P16 P18 P20 P22 P24 P26 P30 P32 P36 P40
Weight (kg/m) 0.099 0.154 0.222 0.395 0.617 0.888 1.208 1.578 1.998 2.466 2.984 3.551 4.168 5.549 6.313 7.99 9.865
Diameter (mm) 4 5 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 30 32 36 40
Area (mm2) 13 20 28 50 79 113 154 201 254 314 380 452 531 707 804 1018 1257

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Solution for Structural Member Design with Drawing & Report

04 midas Design+
General Column

Contents

1 General Column Design

2 Set Input Data
3 Member List (MS Excel)

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 01 Input Data Section-1 Tab
Step

2
1. Select a general column
from the tree menu.
2. Specify Member Name
and the additional task
3
scope after design. 1
3. Material Strength
Concrete: Characteristic
compressive of concrete
Main/Hoop Bar:
4
Characteristic yield strength
of major/ hoop
reinforcement
4. Specify unbraced length
and effective length factor.
Click button to use the
default values. 5
5. Select a splicing option
for the main rebars.
None: Longitudinal rebars 6
calculated without
considering splicing
50%: Longitudinal rebars

7
calculated considering
50%-splicing
100%: Longitudinal rebars
calculated considering
100%-splicing
6. Equivalent Dimension for
calculating eccentric
moment due to
imperfection as per clause
6.1(4),EN1992-1-1:2004
7. Options for considering Note
moment magnification Effective Length Scale Factor
due to imperfections and
2nd order effects as per
clause 5.8.3.1(1), EN1992-
1-1:2004.

Note
Tool-tip is displayed when
hovering the mouse over field K=1.0 K=0.5 K=0.7 K=2.0
with * mark.

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 01 Input Data Section-2 Tab
Step

1
1. Specify concrete cover
thickness. Concrete Cover
is applied as the distance
from the concrete face to 2
the rebar center.
2. Enter diameter and
spacing of hoop bars.
Check on Use User Input
option to apply different 3
rebar diameter and
spacing at the top and
bottom.
3. Enter the design forces.
4. Effective Creep Ratio for Note
the calculation of
When calculating shear resistance,
slenderness criterion (lim)
different value of axial force from
as per clause 5.8.3.1(1), the value for Axial Force and
EN1992-1-1: 2004 Moment verification can be defined.
5. Load Combinations Since shear resistance increase as
axial force increases, smaller axial
Toggle on : Design force may occur more critical case
forces can be directly 4 in shear force verification. Also
entered in the dialog box. shear resistance due to concrete is

Toggle off : Enter the

5 considered as zero in tensile axial
force.
multiple design forces by
clicking [Load Combinations]
button.
When general column
is imported from midas
Gen, 14 load combinations
which composed of
maximum and minimum
combinations of the
following components are
generated:
Max for axial, major
moment (top/bot), minor
moment (top/bot), and
shear force (top/bot) (7) +
Min for Axial, major
moment (top/bot), minor
moment (top/bot), and
shear force (top/bot) (7) =
(14) combinations
Most critical load
combinations for axial/
flexure design and shear
Load Combination for General Column
design are displayed at
the top of the Load
Combination table.

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 01 Input Data
Step

1. Define general section

shape.
CAD Files: Import *.dwg
or *.dfx file. Specify section
shape layer and rebar layer
separately.
MIDAS Section(*.sec):
Import *.sec file generated
from midas SPC or GSD
module.
2. Specify the number of
main rebars and diameter.
The number of rebars
must be larger than the 1
number of edges.
3. Section Information 2
Shape: Section coordinates 3
Main Bar: Main rebar
coordinates
Tie Bar: Tie bar position.
Specify two main rebars by
index between which a tie
rebar is placed.
Check on Show Index
option to display main rebar
index.

Import CAD File

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 03 Review Design Results
Step

1. Click [Design] or [Check]

button.
Check: Verify resistance
ratio based on the user input
data.
Design: midas Design+
update optimized rebar
dimension and spacing. The
range of rebar to be used in
3
Design can be specified in 2
Rebar Option (from the main
menu, Tools > Rebar
Option).
2. Check calculation results.
3. Check PM Curve option.
4. Click [Report] button to
generate Detail/ Summary
1 4
/Input List Report.

Note

P-M Curve
3D P-M interaction is considered
to find the flexure resistance.
After performing column checking,
Midas Design+ displays P-M
Curve in Theta angle described
below.

Theta: Angle between the

Moment axis (horizontal axis)
and the line which connects the
origin point to the member force
point in PM interaction curve
N.A.: Neutral axis angle from the
local x-axis
MS Word Format Detail Report

Excel Format Input List

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 04 Member List
Step

1
1.Select [Member List] tab.
Input and output data can
be checked and modified
for the all general columns.
2. Click [Apply] button if
there is any change in the
design input data.
3.Click [All] and [Check]
button to verify the all
general column design
results at once.

2 3

05 Drawing
Step

1
1.Select [Drawing] tab.
2. Select [Column(General)]
from the drop-down box
and click [Create] button
to generate general
column drawings.

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 06 Quantity
Step

1
1.Select [Quantity] tab.
2. Select [Column(General)]
from the drop-down box
and click [Create] button
to generate bill of
materials.
3.Click [Export to Excel]
button to generate the
table in MS excel format.

Note

Quantity of concrete is calculated

as concrete volume per unit
length.
2 3
Quantity of form is calculated
using surface area of concrete
per unit length.
Quantity of rebar is calculated as
weight of rebar per unit length.
Weight of rebar for EN, UNI, and
BS material DB is applied as
shown in the table below.

Material Properties of EN & BS DB

EN/BS P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P16 P20 P25 P32 P40
Weight (kg/m) 0.154 0.222 0.302 0.395 0.499 0.617 0.746 0.888 1.043 1.578 2.466 3.853 6.313 9.865
Diameter (mm) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 20 25 32 40
Area (mm2) 19.6 28.27 38.5 50.27 63.6 78.54 95 113.1 132.7 201.06 314.16 490.87 804.25 1256.6

Material Properties of UNI DB

UNI P4 P5 P6 P8 P10 P12 P14 P16 P18 P20 P22 P24 P26 P30 P32 P36 P40
Weight (kg/m) 0.099 0.154 0.222 0.395 0.617 0.888 1.208 1.578 1.998 2.466 2.984 3.551 4.168 5.549 6.313 7.99 9.865
Diameter (mm) 4 5 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 30 32 36 40
Area (mm2) 13 20 28 50 79 113 154 201 254 314 380 452 531 707 804 1018 1257

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Solution for Structural Member Design with Drawing & Report

05 midas Design+
Strip Footing

Contents

1 Import

2 Input Data

3 Review Design Results

4 Member List

5 Drawing

6 Quantity

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 01 Import
Step

1. Execute Footing(Strip)
module.
1
2. Click Project Mode.
Design member force can
be imported from midas
Gen when Project Mode
is selected.
3. Click midas Link.
Solid rectangle, T-Section,
and Inverted T-Section in
midas Gen can be
imported into Design+ to
perform strip footing
design.
In case of Inverted T-
Section, left and right
flange width (b1 and b2)
must be identical.
Midas Link supports beam 5
elements which are
assigned Point Spring
Support or Surface Spring
Support.
3
4. Select midas Gen to be
linked with Design+. 2
5. Select desired strip
footing elements to be
imported from midas Gen. 7
6. Click [Connect] button.
7. Click [Import] button.
8. Check imported footings.

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 02 Input Data
Step

1. Select a strip footing from

the tree menu.
2. Specify Member Name and
the additional task scope
after design.
3. Material Strength 2
- Concrete: Characteristic
compressive strength of
concrete
- Main Bar, Stirrup, Transv. 3
Bar: Characteristic yield
strength of reinforcement
4. Enter section size and
concrete cover depth.

4
Use Bottom Cover: Check on
the option to apply identical
concrete cover depth for top
and bottom.
5. Specify flexure design
1
method between singly
reinforced beam and double
reinforced beam design.
6. Specify soil bearing capacity
to be compared with soil
reaction.

5
7. Select a splicing option for
the main rebars.
None: Longitudinal rebars
calculated without considering
splicing
6
50%: Longitudinal rebars
calculated considering 50%-
splicing
7
100%: Longitudinal rebars
calculated considering 100%-
splicing
Note
Tool-tip is displayed when
hovering the mouse over field
with * mark.

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 03 Input Data
Step

1
2
1. Rebar Arrangement
Type-1 (All section): Select
when rebar data for i-end,
middle and j-end are
identical.
Type-2 (Both End &
Center): Select when rebar
data for i-end and j-end are
identical.
Type-3 (Each End &
Center): Select when rebar
data for i-end, middle and j-
end are not identical.
3
2. Change Section Data

max(i,m,j): Click to apply

maximum design forces and
rebar data to all sections.
max(i,j): Click to apply the
critical design combinations
and rebar from i and j-end s
to both ends.
ij: Click to swap design Note
forces and rebar data Design Forces imported from midas Gen
between i and j-end.
Envelope values among the all load combinations are imported from midas Gen.
Change Force Only: Check
If Member Assignment is specified, the envelope values at i-end, middle, and
on the option to change
design forces only when j-end of a member are imported.
applying above buttons.

3. Design Options

Use Different Rebar at

each layer: Check on to use
different rebar diameter for
layer1 and 2.
Use Same Main Rebar at
Top and Bottom: Check on
when the top rebar size is
the same as bottom rebar
size.
Show Load Combinations:
Display load combination
name with design forces.

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 03 Review Design Results
Step

Note How to Design Strip Footing

The dimension of Continuous Beam Strip footing is

determined as follows:

1. The rectangular beam in red box is designed from

the longitudinal moment and shear.
Moment & Shear Resistance

2. The bottom width of strip footing is determined from

allowable bearing pressure. The allowable bearing
pressure needs to be entered by user.
Soil Reaction

3. The thickness and reinforcements in the cantilever

are determined from the moments and shear forces
due to soil pressure. The soil pressure is taken from
the soil pressure calculated in midas Gen (from the Transverse Bar & Shear (1-way)

main menu, Results > Reactions > Soil Pressure) .

Column Loads
Load

Loading

Pressure

Bending
Moments

Reinforcement

Cantilever bars Longitudinal bending +ve and ve reinforcement

Design Forces in Strip Footing

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 04 Review Design Results
Step

1. Click [Design] or [Check]

button.
Check: Verify resistance
ratio based on the user
input data.
Design: Verify resistance
ratio and update rebar if
required.
2. Check calculation results.
3. Click [Report] button to
generate Detail/ Summary
/Input List Report.

MS Word Format Detail Report Excel Format Input List

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 05 Member List
Step

1.Select [Member List] tab. 1

Input and output data can
be checked and modified
for the all strip footings.
2. Click [Apply] button if
there is any change in the
design input data.
3.Click [All] and [Check]
button to verify the all
strip footing design
results at once.

2 3

06 Drawing
Step

1
1.Select [Drawing] tab.
2. Select [Footing(Strip)]
from the drop-down box
and click [Create] button
to generate strip footing
drawings.

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 07 Quantity
Step

1.Select [Quantity] tab.

2. Select [Footing(Strip)]
from the drop-down box
and click [Create] button
to generate bill of
materials.
3.Click [Export to Excel]
button to generate the MS
excel file.

Note

Quantity of concrete is calculated

as concrete volume per unit
length.
Quantity of form is calculated
2 3
using surface area of concrete
per unit length.
Quantity of rebar is calculated as
weight of rebar per unit length.
Weight of rebar for EN, UNI, and
BS material DB is applied as
shown in the table below.

Material Properties of EN & BS DB

EN/BS P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P16 P20 P25 P32 P40
Weight (kg/m) 0.154 0.222 0.302 0.395 0.499 0.617 0.746 0.888 1.043 1.578 2.466 3.853 6.313 9.865
Diameter (mm) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 20 25 32 40
Area (mm2) 19.6 28.27 38.5 50.27 63.6 78.54 95 113.1 132.7 201.06 314.16 490.87 804.25 1256.6

Material Properties of UNI DB

UNI P4 P5 P6 P8 P10 P12 P14 P16 P18 P20 P22 P24 P26 P30 P32 P36 P40
Weight (kg/m) 0.099 0.154 0.222 0.395 0.617 0.888 1.208 1.578 1.998 2.466 2.984 3.551 4.168 5.549 6.313 7.99 9.865
Diameter (mm) 4 5 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 30 32 36 40
Area (mm2) 13 20 28 50 79 113 154 201 254 314 380 452 531 707 804 1018 1257

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Solution for Structural Member Design with Drawing & Report

06 midas Design+
Isolated Footing

Contents

1 Import

2 Input Data

3 Review Design Procedure

4 Review Design Result

5 Member List

6 Drawing

7 Quantity

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 01 Import
Step

1. Execute Isolated Footing

from Footing module.
2. Click midas Link.
3. Select midas Gen to be 1
linked with Design+.
4. Click [Connect] button.
5. Shift to midas Gen and
select the node where
2
Isolated footing will be
imported to Design+.

Nodes which are assigned

Support on the bottom of
RC columns in Gen can be 6
imported into Design+ to
perform isolated footing
design. 3
Column size and reaction
forces from analyzed
result from midas Gen will
be imported automatically.
7 4
6. Come back to Design+
again and click [Import]
button.
7. Check imported footings.

Refer the next page for

more detail about linked
items and [Option] control
box.

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 01 Import
Step

Note Capability of linking items from midas Gen to Design+

1. [Link Option] Dialog Box

Link by Section : Import one component of critical reaction force among all members which have same section.
Link by Member : Import all components which were selected from midas Gen with each reaction forces respectively.

Link by Section is checked on

Link by Member is checked on

In this example, when Link by Section option is selected, only three components will be imported even if
six nodes are selected in midas Gen since there are only 3 different section properties.
When Link by Member option is checked, all six nodes will be imported separately.

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 01 Import
Step

Note Capability of linking items from midas Gen to Design+

2. The name and size for column from midas Gen to Design+

1C3 800X800(1237)

Node Number

Section Name
midas Gen midas Design+
Storey Name

Importing the member name format can be set by user at [Link Option] Dialog Box.

3. Critical reaction force among load combinations for ULS and SLS

Serviceability Limit States

Ultimate Limit States

Imported critical reaction force Display the load combination

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 02 Input Data
Step

2
1. Select the isolated footing
from the tree menu.
3
2. Specify Member Name and
the additional task scope
after design.
3. Material Strength 4
- Concrete: Characteristic
compressive strength of
concrete
- Main Bar: Characteristic yield
strength of reinforcement
4. Design Load

1) Serviceability Limit State

- N.Ed.s: Axial force
- M.Ed.sx: Moment x-axis
- M.Ed.sy: Moment y-axis
1
2) Ultimate Limit State
- N.Ed.u: Axial force 5
- M.Ed.ux: Moment x-axis
- M.Ed.uy: Moment y-axis

5. Surcharge Load

- Surface Load: Additional

applied loading on the surface
of soil.
- Weight Density: The weight
density of surcharged soil.
- Height: The height from
footing face to the top of
surcharged soil.

By clicking this button,

[Load Combination] button
will be activated. The reaction
data for various load
combination that were
calculated in midas Gen can
be viewed here.

If Include Self-Weight
option is checked on, the
self-weight of column and
footing will be taken into
account for design load.

[Mx <-> My] button allows

to swap the design load of Mx
and My for both SLS and ULS.

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 02 Input Data
Step

Y-Direction
6
6. Select the footing type as
Isolated(Mat) or Isolated(Pile)
and enter the footing depth
and clear concrete cover
depth.
7 X-Direction
7. Select the column shape and
enter the size of section. Ex 8
and Ey is for the eccentricity.
Note
Cx

Column
Cy
Ey

Center of
footing Ex

Note
Tool-tip is displayed when
hovering the mouse over field
with * mark.

8. Input the rebar data and

spacing for X and Y direction.
9. Enter the footing size
- Isolated (Mat): Footing size
can be directly modified.
- Isolated (Pile): Footing size
can not be modified directly. It
will be specified by the
arrangement of piles.
10. Specify soil bearing
capacity for the mat footing
or pile capacity for the pile
footing to be compared with
soil reaction.

Blue color table cell is the

output area which cannot be
modified by user.
9
Green color table cell is the
input area which can be
modified by user.

10
10

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 03 Review Design Procedure
Step

Note How to Design Isolated Footing

An isolated mat footing transfers the loads from a single column to the supporting soil. The
size of the footing is determined by the allowable soil bearing pressure. The footing is
designed for flexure, punching or two-way shear and one-way shear. The depth of the footing
is generally governed by punching shear.

Pressure distributions for pad foundations

Typical basic control perimeters around loaded areas

Shear checks for isolated mat foundation

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 03 Review Design Procedure
Step

Note How to Design Isolated Footing (Continue)

Where moments are applied to the pilecap the load combination should also be used to check the
piles can resist the overturning forces. A pilecap may be treated as a beam in bending, where the
critical bending moments for the design of the bottom reinforcement are located at the column
faces.
Both beam shear and punching shear should then be checked as shown in the figure below.

Beam shear < d from column face

Punching shear < 2d from column face

Critical shear perimeters for piles

As contributing to shear capacity

Stress zone
45

Shear reinforcement for pilecaps

If the basic shear stress is exceeded, the designer should increase the depth of the base.
Alternatively, the amount of main reinforcement could be increased or, less desirably, shear links
could be provided.

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 04 Review Design Results
Step

1. Click [Design] or [Check]

button.
Check: Verify resistance
ratio based on the user
input data.
Design: Update optimized 2
rebar and verify resistance
ratio.
2. Check calculation results.
3. Click [Report] button to
generate Detail/ Summary
/Input List Report.

Detail calculation process

with formula of
specification can be
checked in [Simple Mode]
Detail Report.
Refer the page 2 to
change the project mode
to the simple mode.
1 3

MS Word Report from [Project Mode] PDF Report from [Simple Mode]

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 04 Review Design Results
Step

Allow the program to change the footing size while design process
In case the footing size is not satisfied with the design result, [Change Section by Design]
option can allow the program to find the footing size automatically.

When [Change Section by Design] option is checked Off

Footing size will be fixed and

rebar size and spacing will
be changed.

It is possible that the design

result is not satisfied with
the specification

When [Change Section by Design] option is checked On

Footing size or pad depth

will be changed by the
program in order to find the
satisfied result for the
specification.

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 05 Member List
Step

1.Select [Member List] tab.

Input and output data can
be checked and modified
for the all isolated
footings.
2. Click [Apply] button if
there is any change in the
design input data.
3.Click [All] and [Check]
button to verify the all
strip footing design
results at once. 2 3

Different color of cells

Green Cell Input data cell which can
be modified by user

Blue Cell Output data cell which is

calculated by the program

Excel format of Member List

06 Drawing
Step

1
1.Select [Drawing] tab.
2. Select [Footing] from the
drop-down box and click
[Create] button to
generate isolated footing
drawings.

2
CAD format of Drawings

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 07 Quantity
Step

1.Select [Quantity] tab.

1
2. Select [Footing] from the
drop-down box and click
[Create] button to
generate bill of materials.
3.Click [Export to Excel]
button to generate the MS
excel file.

Note

Quantity of concrete is calculated

2
as concrete volume per unit
length. 3
Quantity of rebar is calculated as
weight of rebar per unit length.
Weight of rebar for EN, UNI, and
BS material DB is applied as
shown in the table below.

Material Properties of EN & BS DB

EN/BS P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P16 P20 P25 P32 P40
Weight (kg/m) 0.154 0.222 0.302 0.395 0.499 0.617 0.746 0.888 1.043 1.578 2.466 3.853 6.313 9.865
Diameter (mm) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 20 25 32 40
Area (mm2) 19.6 28.27 38.5 50.27 63.6 78.54 95 113.1 132.7 201.06 314.16 490.87 804.25 1256.6

Material Properties of UNI DB

UNI P4 P5 P6 P8 P10 P12 P14 P16 P18 P20 P22 P24 P26 P30 P32 P36 P40
Weight (kg/m) 0.099 0.154 0.222 0.395 0.617 0.888 1.208 1.578 1.998 2.466 2.984 3.551 4.168 5.549 6.313 7.99 9.865
Diameter (mm) 4 5 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 30 32 36 40
Area (mm2) 13 20 28 50 79 113 154 201 254 314 380 452 531 707 804 1018 1257

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Solution for Structural Member Design with Drawing & Report

07 midas Design+
Bolt Connection

Contents

1 Import

2 Input Data

3 Review Design Procedure

4 Review Design Result

5 Member List

6 Drawing

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 01 Import
Step

1. Execute Bolt Connection

from Steel category.
2. Click midas Link.
3. Select midas Gen to be 1
linked with Design+.
4. Click [Connect] button.
5. Shift to midas Gen and
select desired Steel
elements to be imported
to Design+. 2
Section and member force
of steel supporting and
supported member with 6
analysis result of midas
Gen will be imported
automatically. 3

7
4

6. Come back to Design+

again and click [Import]
button.
7. Check imported steel 5
connections.

Refer the page 32 for

more detail about linked
items and [Option] control
box.

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 01 Import
Step

Note Import connection at i-end of member

Importing connections from midas Gen to midas Design+ works for i-end position of selected members.
The section size of selected member and supporting member, material properties, connection type and design
loading can be imported from midas Gen.

j
1 Case 1 Imported as Beam to Column Connection

Case 2 Imported as Column Splice Connection

i

midas Gen midas Design+

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 02 Input Data
Step

2
1. Select a member on Bolt
Connection from the tree
menu. 3
2. Specify Member Name and
the additional task scope
after design. 4
When importing from Gen,
Member Name does not need
to be specified.
Refer page 32 in order to
import the member name. 5
3. Select Connection Type
- Fin Plate (Beam to Beam)
- Fin Plate (Beam to Column)
- End Plate (Beam to Beam) 6
- End Plate (Beam to Column)
- Column Splice (Bearing)
4. Define Material Properties

When the same material DB

with Gen and Design+ are
7
selected, Material Properties 1
will be imported from Gen
automatically.
5. Define Section Properties
- Shape: H-Section is available
- Use DB: if this option is
checked off, user can define
own section size by clicking
button
6. Select the position to be
connected 8 9
* Available for Fin/End Plate
(Beam to Column) only
7. Force : Refer the next page
8. Select the bolt properties.
- Material: Bolt class.
- Name: The size of bolt. Yield strength fyb and Ultimate tensile strength fub for bolts
- Type: Tension resistance will
be different for Ordinary and
Countersunk bolt.
9. Define the welding material
and leg length.

Tension Resistance of Countersunk bolt

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 02 Input Data
Step

Note Fin/End Plate

2
4 6

290 1
3

5
2 1

Example - Fin Plate Connection Simulated Design+ Model

If the option is checked on, the design force will be define as

30% of steel strength
= . , = .

Design either one sided connection or two sided connection
Tying axial force of supported beam

Shear force for one-sided(y) 1 and other sided(y2) 2

Depth of other side Fin/End plate 3

The number of rows of other side Fin/End plate 4

The horizontal(x) 1 and vertical(y) 2 spacing of bolts

Spacing or Extension has limited dimension as per Eurocode. The
dimension which are out of limitation cannot be applied.
: Allow program to define appropriate bolt spacing

The horizontal(x) 3 and vertical(y) 4 extension of bolts

Gap from the supporting member web to the supported web 5

Difference between the top flange level of supporting member

and supported member
Gap from the top flange of supporting member to the top of
Fin/End plate 6

The number of bolt of Fin/End plate

The lower number of bolt than the limitation cannot be applied.
Select the end plate type as partial depth or full depth end plate

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 02 Input Data
Step

Note Column Splice - Bearing

NEd NEd
2 M ed,y 1 M ed,x

3 Ved,x 4 Ved,y

4 2

4 1

2
2

1 1
3 3

Example-Column Splice-bearing Connection Simulated Design+ Model

If the option is checked on, the design force will be define as

30% of steel strength

Axial compressive force due to all factored load

Axial compressive force due to factored permanent load only

Moment about x-axis 1 and y-axis 2

Shear force about x-axis 3 and y-axis 4

1 2 Select the cover plate type to define the spacing and extension

The horizontal(x) 1 and vertical(y) 2 spacing of bolts

The horizontal(x) 3 and vertical(y) 4 extension of bolts

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 02 Input Data
Step

Note Column Splice - Bearing (Continue)

Division Plate

Example-Column Splice-bearing Connection Simulated Design+ Model

Check this option on to apply the division plate on the

connection

The number of bolts per side for Web Cover plate or Cleat
Thickness of Web Cover Plate

The number of bolts per side for Flange Cover Plate

Thickness of Flange Cover Plate
Select the connection type of Flange Cover Plate

<External Type> <Internal Type>

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 03 Review Design Procedure
Step

Note Design procedure for Fin plate connection

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 03 Review Design Procedure
Step

Note Design procedure for End plate connection

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 03 Review Design Procedure
Step

Note Design procedure for Column Splice-bearing connection

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 04 Review Design Results
Step

1. Click [Design] or [Check]

2
button.
Check: Verify the check of
connection based on user
input data
Design: Verify the design
of connection and update
the number of bolts or the
thickness of plates if
required.
2. Check calculation results.
3. Click [Report] button to
generate Detail/ Summary
/Input List Report.

Detail calculation process

with design formula of
specification can be
checked in [Simple Mode]
Detail Report.
Refer the page 2 to
change the project mode
to the simple mode.

1 3

MS Word Report from [Project Mode] PDF Report from [Simple Mode]

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 05 Member List
Step

1.Select [Member List] tab.

Input and output data can
be checked and modified
for the all strip footings.
2. Click [Apply] button if
there is any change in the
design input data.
3.Click [All] and [Check]
button to verify the all
strip footing design
results at once. 2

Different color of cells

Green Cell Input data cell which can
be modified by user

Blue Cell Output data cell which is

calculated by the program

Excel format of Member List

06 Drawing
Step

1
1.Select [Drawing] tab.
2. Select [Bolt Connection]
from the drop-down box
and click [Create] button
to generate bolt
connection drawings.

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Solution for Structural Member Design with Drawing & Report

08 midas Design+
Design Parameter

Contents

1 Preference
2 Workbar Reordering
3 Change Member Name in
Workbar

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 01 Preference Setting 1
Step

1. From the main menu, 1 Slab / Shear Wall

Change section by Design: Check on to
update section size in Design.
click Option > Preference. Max. Thick: Check on to specify the
maximum thickness.
Click RC(1) tab.
Beam / Column
2. Click RC(2) tab. Change section by Design: Check on to
3. Click Section tab. update section size in Design.
Max. Width / Max. Height: Check on to
specify the maximum width and height.

Basement Wall / Footing

Change section by Design :
Check on to modify the thickness in Design.
Max. Thick: Check on to specify the
maximum thickness.
Apply shear reinforcement: Specify the
applicable shear rebar diameter.
Note
Preference dialog box can be
Buttress / Corbel
invoked from Workbar by clicking Change section by Design: Check on to
Design Option > Preference. 2 update section size in Design.
Max. Width / Max. Height: Check on to
Click [Default] button to reset all specify the maximum width and height.
the preference settings. Max. Layer No.: Maximum number of
layers to be used in Design.

Stair
Change section by Design: Check on to
update section size in Design.
Max. Thick: Check on to specify the
maximum thickness.

Section Increment(RC): Specify the

dimension increment for Design.
3

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 01 Preference Setting 2
Step

1
1. Click General tab.
2. Click Word tab.

User Interface Mode

Select default model when executing the program.

Default Report Type for Simple Mode/Check Mode

Default report type once design or check is performed.

Cover Concrete Depth

Use clear cover: Define concrete cover depth as clear depth
Use distance from face to rebar center: Define concrete cover depth as the distance from
the center of the rebar to the concrete face
In case of column, Use distance from face to rebar center option is always applied.

Result data
Do not Delete Results Data When Input Data is Changed: Retain design results when
design parameters are changed.
Include design result in Input File(Excel): Check on to include design results in input list
excel report.
Show Apply Button in Member Dialog: Display [Apply] button in Member tab.

Word
Modify default settings of font and text size for MS word report generated from Project
Mode.

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 01 Preference Setting 3
Step

1
1. Click Drawing tab.
2. Click File tab.
3. Click Layer tab.

Tie bar of Circular Column

Parallel :
Radial :

Rebar Name
Use Name by Strength: Check on to enter the rebar name by rebar strength.

Print design force

Select design forces to be printed in the drawing file.

Frame File / Legend File

Specify the file path of default files.

Layer
Specify the default line color and line type for drawing.

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 02 Workbar Reordering
Step

1. In order to change the

member order in Workbar,
right-click on Beam and
select Reordering.
2. Modify the order of
members. 1
2a. Select members to
change the order and click
[>>] button.
2b. Click [Up] or [Down]

2a
button to change the
member order. 2b
2c. Click [Apply] and [OK]
button.
2d. Check the updated
member order in Workbar.
Note
The user can simply use drag &
drop on the Workbar to change
the member order.

2c

03 Change member name in Workbar

Step

1.In order to modify member

name displayed in the
Workbar, right-click on the
desired member and select
Rename from the context
menu. F2 key from 1
keyboard can also be used.
- Press [Enter] after entering the
new member name.

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 Solution for Structural Member Design with Drawing & Report

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