PROTASTRUCTURE 2024 COURSE (RC & STEEL)

Explore the building setup workflow, including open command, recent projects, folder navigation, backups, save as, and transferring data backups before analysis and design.

Explore external reference drawing in proto structure to import AutoCAD layouts, align grid lines, and automatically import grid lines for efficient modeling of columns, beams, and slabs.

Master material settings for portal structure: configure concrete strengths, set rebar grades and steel types for superstructure and substructure, and apply to all members before modeling.

Create and customize slab additional loads by using predefined values or new ones, assign floor and ceiling finishes, add services with unit weights, and apply to floors for modeling.

Learn to configure partition wall loads by selecting block walls or creating custom materials, adjust thickness and plaster layers, and reach a target load such as 3.45 per square meter.

Navigate story operations in the building setup module to insert, edit, and remove ground through roof levels, adjusting heights and descriptions with the select story window.

Create grid lines in portal structure 2024 using the orthogonal axis generator and manual methods from an origin. Save the model and adjust distances, axis labels, and external reference drawings.

Follow the left-to-right protostructure workflow, modeling from the ground floor up with columns, beams, and slabs, then use DXF references to adapt each floor.

Learn to model ground-floor columns in portal structure 2024 by importing a DXF external reference, placing columns at grid intersections, and configuring section type, anchoring, eccentricities, and rotation.

Model beams in proto structure by importing dxf files and exploding lines. Create beams by clicking nodes, auto-splitting at columns, or windowing, with moment releases.

Define load cases and load combinations before modeling slabs, then create cantilever slabs using beam region or axis methods, specify slab thickness and loads, and use the automatic load generator.

Model the first floor in portal structure 2024 by defining columns, aligning DXF references, and building beams and slabs with cantilevers and grid joints.

Learn how to model the second floor in proto structure by duplicating the first floor, deleting and adding beams and columns, and using properties to place members in 3D view.

Model the roof by generating upper-floor columns, then place beams and cantilevers in proto structure, import the roof DXF, and finish with roof slabs for water tanks.

Master setting slab types automatically in the Protostructure 2024 course by right-clicking slabs to set slab types, then applying to all slabs in the model and verifying with properties.

Create slab openings by deleting and re-placing slabs, define a rectangular opening using edge selections, and generate the openings to the second floor, with a 3D view confirming placement.

Apply dead and live loads from slabs to perimeter beams in the protostructure 2024 course, using wall loads and copy-paste workflow.

Apply loads to perimeter beams across a story using the load editor, selecting frame loads, adjusting and saving changes, and visualizing results in a 3d view.

Complete the proto structure model by generating perimeter beams, copying loads to the upper floor, fixing cantilever ends, applying parapet and roof loads, and setting load decomposition for analysis.

Run analysis and design on a complete building model, validate connectivity and loads, perform static analysis (with optional eigenvalue mode shapes), and review design status across concrete and steel members.

Verify gravity-load transfer from slabs through beams to columns, walls, and foundation with the axial load comparison report by comparing loads, dead and live loads, and column/wall results within 5%.

Explore analytical model overview in the analysis tool, switch between 3D and plan views, adjust units, and navigate results and load combinations to assess the RC and steel analytical model.

Filter the analysis model using stories, axis, and member types to view specific floors, frames, and members, and toggle the displacement diagram off for a clearer view.

Explore displacement results by viewing the deflected shape in millimeters, using load combinations to assess deflections; animate the model and review maximum, minimum, and resultant displacements.

Analyze diagram results for axial forces, torsional moments, major/minor shear, and bending moments in RC & steel frames using frame view and autoscale to identify peak values.

Explore detailed analysis result diagrams for a continuous beam, showing major shear force V2, major moment M33, deflection, minor shear and moment, and envelope loads in analysis and physical models.

Learn to design portal structure members within the integrated analysis and design workflow, using the design tab to run all members and view status of reinforced concrete and steel designs.

Design columns in the portal structure using column design batch mode, review reinforcement and link details, assess utilization ratios, and tailor settings for reinforcement styles and spacing.

Master detailing a single column by using interactive design to select reinforcement, adjust sizes, run updates, and preview 2d plan and elevation drawings.

Learn to design beams using batch mode in the design tab, applying axis-by-axis, story-by-story analysis. Review red-marked members, adjust reinforcement within parameter settings, and re-design as needed.

Explore detailed beam design through interactive reinforcement planning, using standard pattern two, analyzing top and bottom reinforcement, spacing, minimum areas, and deflection checks.

Master slab design in Protostructure by configuring reinforcement spacing and slab settings, drawing slab strips with cantilever, bob, and continuous boundary conditions, and performing slab analysis and design across storeys.

Set foundation settings in proto structure by selecting story zero, and configure soil bearing capacity, footing dimensions, steel spacing, and concrete cover for part base and footing.

Learn how to design a single pad footing for a column in proto structure 2024 course, assess axial loads and moments, and verify bearing capacity with 2d and 3d previews.

Design and insert a combined footing, verify bearing capacity, shear and punching checks, and set reinforcement, including top nominal rebar, with 3d visualization.

Learn to perform batch pad footing design by selecting columns, inserting part footings, checking and redesigning, and creating combined footings with grouped reinforcements and specified depths.

Generate concrete and formwork quantities using the quantity extraction tables, calculate totals by story from foundation to roof, and produce detailed concrete and formwork reports.

Generate and review slab design reports for ground and first floor slabs. Export or print the report as pdf or Word, with reinforcement placement details.

Open the design tab to generate beam reports in proto structure, selecting summary or detailed formats for single beams, review loadings, bending moment diagrams, and reinforcement area required and provided.

Generate ground floor column design reports, detailing column sections, reinforcement, and the critical load combination, then save, export as pdf or word, and review in the report manager.

Generate part 14 foundation design reports for combined and single footings, showing soil stress, corner stresses, and punching and shear checks with detailed calculation steps.

Navigate the reports module to generate and review key outputs, including pre-analysis checks, base reactions, and member loads for beams, columns, and slabs, and compile final reports.

Access and configure the report manager in proto structure to assemble, arrange, and export unified reports with header settings, logos, and a table of contents.