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PEDAS-Foundation

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PEDAS

Plant Estimation & Design Automation System

PEDAS-Systems is an integrated BIM solution for plant design that facilitates the design of Pipe Racks, Equipment Structures, Foundations, Column Bases, Drainages, etc, and supports batch processing such as calculation, drawing, BM calculation, 3D modeling, etc.

PEDAS-Foundation

Overview

PEDAS-Foundation is an automated system for civil foundation design for plants, facilitating batch processing of 3D design-based structural analysis, calculations, drawing outputs, and quantity takeoffs.

Features

  • Design of Foundation Structure
    for Plant Construction

    • Structure foundation & Equipment foundation
    • Combined footing and tie girder
    • Spread foundation and Pile foundation
    • Various types of pier (pedestal) design

  • Simplified Design Process

    • Provides design criteria for different nations
    • Applies practical design phases for footings,
      pedestals, and tie girders
    • Real-time visualization of input, output, and 3D graphics

  • Design Optimization Options

    • Provides optimal design for stability, shear, and rebar
    • Performs optimized design based on the pre-design ratio
      of footing, pedestal, and tie girder
    • Facilitates the review of design results for stability,
      shear, and rebar

  • Automatic Foundation Design based on
    STAAD Analysis Data

    • Feature to import load combinations from STAAD ANL files
    • Feature to set the location and rotation for structures upon import
    • Feature to set grid names of structures during import
    • Imports multiple STAAD Models simultaneously
    • Automatic grouping of foundations by their types

  • Pile Editor

    • Supports various pile designs
      (square, circular, and zigzag shapes)
    • Feature to set pile arrangments and the minimum distance between each pile
    • Revision of individual piles through movement, deletion, addition, etc

  • Tie Girder(Beam) Editor

    • Combination with various foundation types with tie girders
    • Convenient revision of selected tie girders
    • STAAD FEA(Finite Element Analysis) of tie girders

  • Editor Functions for Footings and Piles

    • Easy change for footings into any desired shape
    • Supports various shapes of holes
      (circular, rectangular, polygonal)
    • Supports various pile types of different shapes
      (circular, rectangular, polygonal)

  • Finite Element Analysis Modeling Formation and STAAD Plate Analysis

    • Performs STAAD FEA for footings with irregular shapes or with tie girders
    • Extraction of SFD and BMD for footings
    • Provides customized critical sections for SFD and BMD

  • Various Rigid Methods for Calculation of Footing Force

    • Conventional rigid method
    • Modified rigid method with pedestal moment
    • Modified rigid method with equilibrium equation

  • Calculation of Bearing Capacity of Soil

    • Soil data input feature for each borehole
    • Configuration of geometry table using foundation size Matrix
    • Provides various equations for calculation of the bearing capacity of soil
    • Automated estimation of soil’s bearing capacity and settlement relative to the actual foundation size

  • Dynamic Analysis of Foundations for
    Vibrating Machine

    • Static testing (mass ratio calculation and static eccentricity)
    • Dynamic testing (amplitude damping, magnification factor, and resonance)

  • 3D Visualization of Rebars and Generation of Bar Bending Schedules (BBS)

    • Real-time generation of bar bending schedules
    • 3D visualization of rebar arrangements
    • Anchor bolt collision detection based on 3D graphics

  • Integration with PEDAS-Column Base

    • Shares analysis of the column base design for structure piers using PEDAS-Column Base
    • Shares analysis results and geometry information with other PEDAS systems

  • Convenient Generation of Calculation Reports

    • Supports editing features for contents, cover sheets, headers, and footers through integration with Excel
    • Generates reports in PDF and Excel formats

  • Revision Management

    • Displays different stages of revision (review, approval, construction, as-built)
    • Saves Dimensions and other properties of each revision
    • Allows reverting to a specific revision stage
    • Provides a feature for comparing values between revisions

  • Quantity Calculation

    • Generation of detailed BOM reports
    • Automatic bar bending schedule calculation
    • Calculation of de-duplicated excavation

  • Drawing Creation

    • Creation of location plan drawings for foundations and piles
    • Detail drawing creation for foundations