1) The document provides a tutorial on using a concrete design program with a worked example to design beams and columns. 2) It outlines the steps to run the analysis, create load combinations, form members, create design groups and briefs, perform the design, and view results and a design report. 3) The key steps are to run the analysis, create load combinations, form members like beams and columns, assign design codes and combinations to briefs, assign members to design groups, perform the design, and review results and a design details report.

1. Concrete Designer Tutorial

2. Understanding with a Worked Example
select EXAMP 08.STD from INDIAN example directory.

3. • Run analysis with this file
•select menu item Mode | Interactive Design | Concrete Design.

4. • Program will start with Job Info page under “Design Layer” mode.
• Going to next page “Envelopes”, click on New Env.

5. • Following screen will appear
. Turn off the check box “Show Combinations Only” user can view and select all
available load cases. Let us select all the combinations (C4, C5 & C6) and click on
OK to create a default Envelope 1.

6. • Go to member page.select a two span continuous member
•Form member“M1” using menu Members | Form Member

7. select a top floor beam in Z-direction and form “M2”. Also select two base level
column one circular and other rectangular and form physical members M3 & M4.
The members will form as shown below with their labels on

8. • Move to page “Groups/Briefs”
•The default Element Cursor will change to Member Cursor from this point
and selection will work only with formed physical members.
• From Design Briefs” table click on New Brief
• Give a name sayBM
• Select code as IS 456

9. •create another brief CL with design code IS456 Column. The Brief table will look
as below
• select B2 (CL) and click on Edit Brief button. Go to Member Combs. tab and
select all three combinations (C4, C5 and C6) and click on OK

10. • Now select M1 & M2 holding down Ctrl key and then click on New Design
Grp button
• click on OK
• Similarly create another Design Group G2, selecting M3 and M4. Associated
Design Brief will be CL. This concludes the input procedure.

11. • Now change the mode to “Design” using menu item Mode | Design.
• Firstly, let us design the beams. From the pull-down list of Design Groups
select G1:Design Group 1.

12. • To design the group, click on the Design page
• Design option dialog box will appear.
• with both the member (M1 & M2) click on the Design button.

13. • If design is safe the members will be shown in Green, if fail then in red by
default
• Click on main layout page to view results of design.

14. To view the details of the design, select the menu option File | IS456 Report Setup…
Remove all the selected items from the report, add the item Design Detail and click
OK. To view the report, click on the Print Preview button.

16. • Next to design the columns, select the design group G2: Design Group 2 from
the pull down list in the toolbar.
• Perform the design by clicking on the Design page and click Design on the
Design Options dialog box.
• Change to the Main Layout page to view the resulting reinforcement layout.

17. • Finally conclude the tutorial view report selecting Design Details.