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QuickCivilSeries 7.8
QuickStructure 7.8
Design Manual
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Getting started
Opening the QuickCivilSeries 7.8 Design Software
- On the desktop, Double click the QuickCivilSeries 7.8 icon.
- At the resulting dialog box, click Yes to set the Default Setting or click No to continue. At the
default setting dialog box, you can control the Impose Load (Live Load), depth of Slab, etc.
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- At the Default Setting dialog change some defaults, some common Defaults are listed below:
ImposedLoad: 1.5
PartitionAllowance: 1
Finishes: 1.2
DepthOfPanel: 150
DepthOfBeam: 450
BreadthOfBeam: 225
DensityOfConcrete: 24
SoilBearingPressure: 200
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To Save Project
- In the Save dialog box, enter the File Name: Project 1, and click Save
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Please remember to save your work at intervals during the course of the project. To
save again click File and click Save
- We will start with the Floor 1 and copy it to form the first floor and the roof level.
- Usually you should have decided how the floor arrangement will be drawn. See the diagram
below for the Ground floor, First Floor and Roof Beam arrangements. They are deduced
from the architectural floor plan and then drawn with the software.
- The standard procedure in the software is to start with the First floor arrangement at Floor 1
(Floor 1 is the default floor) and later copy it to form first floor. You can change the ground
floor if it differs from this.
- There are many ways to form or draw the Floor arrangement with the software but let stick
with the standard method.
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Panel 1 (P1)
- Click Rectangular Panel, and click between two points on the Drawing Window starting with
co-ordinate (x = 2000, y = 2000)
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Panel 2 (P2)
- Select Panel 1 (Click on Panel 1), click ReferenceBy Panel and click Copy Selected Right
- Click on the Panel 2 (P2) to select it.
- At the Properties on the right, Change the Height and Width properties. (You might need to
scroll up to see it)
Height: 2700
Width: 2325
PanelEdgeCondition: One_Short_Edge_Discontinuous
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Alternatively you can Click Rectangular Panel, and click between two points on the Drawing
Window and change the properties
Panel 3 (P3)
- Select Panel 2, click ReferenceBy Panel and click Copy Selected Right
- Click on the Panel 3 (P3) to select it.
- At the Properties on the right, Change the Height and Width properties. (You might need to
scroll up to see it)
Height: 3825
Width: 3825
PanelEdgeCondition: Two_Adjacent_Edges_Discontinuous
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Panel 4 (P4)
- Select Panel 1, click ReferenceBy Panel and click Copy Selected Bottom
- Click on the Panel 4 (P4) to select it.
- At the Properties on the right, Change the Height and Width properties. (You might need to
scroll up to see it)
Height: 2625
Width: 3825
PanelEdgeCondition: One_Short_Edge_Discontinuous
Panel 5 (P5)
- Select Panel 2, click ReferenceBy Panel and click Copy Selected Bottom
- Click on the Panel 5 (P5) to select it.
- At the Properties on the right, Change the Height and Width properties. (You might need to
scroll up to see it)
Height: 3750
Width: 2325
PanelEdgeCondition: InteriorPanels
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- Select Panel 3, click ReferenceBy Panel and click Copy Selected Bottom
- Click on the Panel 6 (P6) to select it.
- At the Properties on the right, Change the Height and Width properties. (You might need to
scroll up to see it)
Height: 2625
Width: 3825
PanelType: VoidPanel
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Panel 7 (P7)
- Select Panel 4 click ReferenceBy Panel and click Copy Selected Bottom
- Click on the Panel 7 (P7) to select it.
- At the Properties on the right, Change the Height and Width properties. (You might need to
scroll up to see it)
Height: 3200
Width: 3825
PanelEdgeCondition: One_Short_Edge_Discontinuous
Panel 8 (P8)
- Select Panel 7 click ReferenceBy Panel and click Copy Selected Right
- Click on the Panel 8 (P8) to select it.
- At the Properties on the right, Change the Height and Width properties. (You might need to
scroll up to see it)
Height: 3200
Width: 6150
PanelEdgeCondition: Two_Adjacent_Edges_Discontinuous
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Panel 9 (P9)
- Select Panel 7 click ReferenceBy Panel and click Copy Selected Bottom
- Click on the Panel 9 (P9) to select it.
- At the Properties on the right, Change the Height and Width properties. (You might need to
scroll up to see it)
Height: 5025
Width: 6150
PanelEdgeCondition: Two_Adjacent_Edges_Discontinuous
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Panel 10 (P10)
- Select Panel 9 click ReferenceBy Panel and click Copy Selected Right
- Click on the Panel 10 (P10) to select it.
- At the Properties on the right, Change the Height and Width properties. (You might need to
scroll up to see it)
Height: 3525
Width: 3825
PanelEdgeCondition: One_Short_Edge_Discontinuous
Panel 11 (P11)
- Select Panel 10 click ReferenceBy Panel and click Copy Selected Bottom
- Click on the Panel 11 (P11) to select it.
- At the Properties on the right, Change the Height and Width properties. (You might need to
scroll up to see it)
Height: 2700
Width: 3825
PanelEdgeCondition: Two_Adjacent_Edges_Discontinuous
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To Copy Floor
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5. You should only change the Starting Floor or Default Floor Current Floor Level only
when you have a basement, otherwise leave at unchanged at “0”. Must building starting
(Ground) Floor level is 0.
6. Do not change the Current Floor Level for subsequent floors (First Floor, Second Floor
etc.), the software does that automatically and it might affect the floor coordination of
the software if you change it. Generally you don’t need to do anything at the Current
Floor Level.
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1. The New Upper Floor Height controls the floor height of the new upper floor.
2. In the New Upper Floor Height you are basically telling the software that in the next
new upper floor I am about to create use this as my floor height.
3. If you observed it is call new upper floor height, which means it applies only to newly
created floor directly above the current floor. It does not control the floor height of
existing floors and the current floor.
4. The floor Height is important in the software, it controls the alignment or positioning of
the Floors, the beam and the columns in the building.
5. For this exercise leave it unchanged. Do nothing. Default New Upper Floor Height is
3150.
6. To change the New Upper Floor Height, click the New Upper Floor Height textbox and
change it. Let assume a floor height of 4000
7. Floor Heights can also vary, all you need to do is to change the New Floor Height before
you create the new floor or copy an existing floor.
1. The default view is the Floor View (Floor Modelling View). All structural elements
(Concrete floor Panels, beams, columns etc.) are created in the Floor View (Floor
Modelling View).
2. All detailed drawings are generated or drawn in the Drawing Page View.
3. Drawings in the Floor View is structured, while drawings in the Drawing View are not
structured. So be careful what you do in the Floor view so that you don’t affect the
structural integrity of your design.
4. To change to Floor View, click View and click Floor View.
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Or click View, click Active View and click Floor Modelling View
5. From the Active View, you can change to any view in the software.
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This automatically creates the Beams and Beams Spans. See picture below
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This tells the software that Beam 2, Span 1 is going to be supported by Primary Beam
Support and makes Beam 2 secondary beam. It also tells the software to transfer
loads from beam 2 to Beam 11 and 12 as Point Loads. Next we will edit the Primary
beams Beam 11 and Beam 12.
- Click at Beam 11, Span 1 to select it and press the Delete Key from the keyboard to
delete it. Click Yes in the two resulting dialog box to continue.
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Point 2
Point 1
- Click at Beam 12, Span 1 to select it and press the Delete Key from the keyboard to
delete it. Click Yes in the two resulting dialog box to continue.
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Alternatively you can extend the Span with the mouse, see beam 11 above.
Beam collection
Next go through the First Floor Beam collection to make sure they are the way we want them
- Using the arrow keys in the keyboard, go through the Beam collection
Observe the beam colour changes, confirm that the number of Spans are complete and that
the beam are the way you want them to be.
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- At the Modelling tab, click Copy Floor and click Copy/Create Floor
- Click Floor Properties and click Current Floor Panels to Roof Panels
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- Click Yes to change the Default Setting. Change the Depth of Beam, etc.
DepthOfBeam: 300
RoofGk: 1.5
RoofQk: 0.75
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There are some more things we need to do at the roof level, we need to edit the roof panels
and roof beam.
- Click Panel 8 at the Roof Level to select it and change the Width: 2325
- Click Panel 10 at the Roof Level to select it and change the StartPointY: 8450
- Change the Height: 6725
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This tells the software that Beam 2, Span 1 is going to be supported by Primary Beam
Support and makes Beam 2 secondary beam. It also tells the software to transfer
loads from beam 2 to Beam 11 and 12 as Point Loads. Next we will edit the Primary
beams Beam 11 and Beam 12.
- Click at Beam 11, Span 1 to select it and press the Delete Key from the keyboard to
delete it. Click Yes in the two resulting dialog box to continue.
- Click at Beam 12, Span 1 to select it and press the Delete Key from the keyboard to
delete it. Click Yes in the two resulting dialog box to continue.
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Edit Beam 13
We will reduce Span 3 and add a new span
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Point 1
Point 2
Save Project
- Click File and click Save
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Recreate Beams
- Click Beam Properties and go through the Beams and Beam Span to confirm the Beam
Positions
Create Columns
- At the Modelling tab, click Create Column and click Create Columns for the Whole Structure
As you can see from the picture above, the columns is created very well and the
software avoided where we don’t need column (Junction between Beam 2 and 11)
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Ground Floor
Final we change the Default Floor 1 to Ground Floor. We need the ground floor for our Foundation
Layout
Please note the ground floor is not used in structural analysis except if it is a raft floor.
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Automatic Design
Automatic Design is the easiest way to design with the software. Once you click automatic
design, the software will guide you through the entire design progress. It will automatically
load, analyse, design, detail, title block drawing and prepare calculation sheet.
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This will allow you to control the outcome of the slab panel reinforcement, making sure that
the desired bar diameter and spacing are used during detailing.
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You can edit the minimum and maximum limit for bar diameter and spacing, so that if the
calculated result is lower and higher than the limit, the software force the result to stay
within your limit.
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If you want to edit pre-loaded column sizes click Edit Standard Column Size
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Structural Detailing
- Click Yes to Detail Floor General Arrangement, Floor Slab Details, and Floor Beam Details
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- The software will go through the list of the drawings to be title blocked, click Ok to continue
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