 CSICol And PCACol
| Features |
CSICOL |
PCACOL |
| Design Abilities |
Auto Section Design |
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| Auto Rebar Design |
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| Investigate Section |
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| Load Combinations |
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| Control Point Loading |
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| Text Data Output |
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| Multiple Column in Single File |
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| ACI 318-02 Code |
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| ACI 318-99 Code |
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| ACI 318-95 Code |
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| CAN 3-A23.3-94 Code |
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| Long Column Design |
K Factor Calculations |
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| Slender and Non-slender |
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| Direct Input of Design Actions |
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| Moment Magnification |
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| Stiffness Reduction Factor |
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| Cracked Section Coefficient |
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| Sway and Non Sway Check |
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| Service Load Input |
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| Capacity Curves |
Load-Moment Curves |
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| Moment-Moment Curves |
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| Moment-Curvature Curves |
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| P-M-M Interaction Surface (3D) |
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| Elastic Stress Contours (2D/3D) |
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| Rebar Stresses (2D/3D) |
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| Cracked Section Stresses (2D/3D) |
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| Load Point Location (2D/3D) |
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| Neutral Axis Orientation (2D/3D) |
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| Section Editing |
Edit by Dimensions |
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| Edit by Moving Points (Graphically) |
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| Edit by Moving Points (Text input) |
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| Exploding Parametric Shapes |
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| Merging Shapes |
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| Drawing Shapes |
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| Rotate, Flip |
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| Align |
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| Stack |
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| Fillet at Corner |
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| Resize |
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| Automatic Rebar Distribution |
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| Numeric Rebar Editing |
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| Graphic rebar Editing |
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| Undo |
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| Graphical Copy/Paste |
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| Text Copy/Paste |
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| Customize Report |
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| Export Geometry to DXF |
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| Import Geometry from DXF |
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| Built-in Parametric and Standard
Shape Availability |
Rectangular Section |
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| Circular Section |
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| Basic Concrete Shapes (15 Shapes) |
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| Basic Steel Shapes (9 Shapes) |
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| AISC Database Shapes (Approx 1000 Shapes) |
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| CISC Database Shapes (Approx 800 Shapes |
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| Bridge Piers Shapes (7 Shapes) |
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| Arbitrary Parametric Holes |
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| Steel Concrete Composites |
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| Concrete-Concrete Composite |
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| Merged Shapes |
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| Built-up Shapes |
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| Stress Strain Curves Available |
ACI Whitney Rectangle |
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| CSA Rectangle |
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| Simple Parabola |
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| PCA Parabola |
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| Rebars |
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| Elasto-Plastic |
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| Strain Hardening |
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| Section Properties |
Area |
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| Moment of Inertia |
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| Elastic Section Modulus |
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| Radius of Gyration |
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| Principal Angle |
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| Principal Properties |
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| Torsional Constant |
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| Shear Area |
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| Plastic Section Modulus |
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| Rebar Area/ Rebar Ratio |
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| Equivalent Section Generation |
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| Transformed Properties |
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