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EsteemPlus (version 6.6) integrates with the advanced Finite Element auto-modeling to make 3-D analysis, design, detailing, drafting and quantity take-off for reinforced concrete building structural system. By integrating user-friendly GUI, EsteemPlus easily generates a comprehensive and accurate output of every slab, beam, column, shear wall, liftcore, pad and pile footing of the whole structure with minimum time and effort.

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Features & Capabilities

  • Gravity and lateral load analysis
  • Fully automatic triangular/quadrilateral/mix mesh generation
  • Plate, plane stress and shell element
  • Adaptive well-conditioned mesh
  • Structural stability diagnosis
  • Irregular slab
  • Flat slab
  • Line Load and point load on slab
  • Cantilever slab
  • Slab F.E/conventional distribution to supporting beam/wall
  • Opening in shear wall/slab
  • Transfer wall/column on beam
  • Struct and tie design
  • Coupled shear wall design
  • Reinforced/plain concrete shear wall design
  • BRC/normal stell for slab/wall
  • Auto interative structural member sizing for design optmimization
  • Auto column/wall fixity/effective height
  • Auto braced/unbraced column/wall
  • Auto notional lateral load
  • Pin/fix foundation in 3D analysis
  • Live load reduction in column/wall/foundation
  • Pad/Pile/Cap/Rafts foundation
  • Pattern load for beam
  • Auto/user defined 3D load combination
  • Flexible slab diaphragm, frame and shell elements in 3D modeling
  • Intelligent grid system
  • Optimized grid/floor no. using virtual memory
  • Batch DXF
  • Super fast multi 3D model view
  • Total and detailed quantity take-off and costing
  • Total load paths flow report and verification
  • Report in rich text format

ESTEEMPLUS INTEGRATED TOTAL SOLUTION (Specifications)

Total Input

  1. Floor key plan input with fully integrated project management and status control of analysis and design.
  2. GUI inputs using mouse to drag and draw with text editing at right side of windows.
  3. Transparent features with primary and secondary icons.
  4. Non-orthogonal floor key plan grids.
  5. Intelligent input short-cuts, such as auto data generation and data checking.

Total Output

  1. Compliance with the BS8110:1985 / 1997; CP65.
  2. Comprehensive and total output.
    (i).  Concise textual calculation and detailing output.
    (ii). Captivating user-friendly graphical interface.
    (iii). Compatibility to CAD drawing through DXF files.
  3. Choice to freely configure rebar detailing and draughting.
    (i). Customised to local consultants context and culture.
    (ii).Completed details of slab, beam, column, wall and footing for draughting, including(but not limited to) the column/wall schedule, footing key plan and schedule for both pad and pile foundation.
    (iii). Configure freely the design and detailing parameters for automatic selection and detailing of rebar.
    (iv). Control fully the vertical drop in slab and beam.
    (v).  Confine slab section cut and beam detailing within  the specified tracing width and drawing scale through automatic cut and placement as per draughting practice.

3-D Analysis

  1. Total integration of floor key plans for 3-D analysis.
  2. Automatic adaptive mesh generation for well-graded triangular and quadrilateral shell elements.
  3. Full integration of total input of beam, column and wall for automatic 3-D modeling, including opening, offsets of beam, column and wall.
  4. 3-D perspective view and modeling view in 3-D, plan and side elevations. Fly-Through animation.
  5. Post-analysis load combinations, graphical deflection and analysis textual output.
  6. Optimised grid/floor no. using virtual memory.
  7. Mapping of elements to actual identification of slab, beam, column and wall in total input.
  8. Automatic data feed-back from floor plan analysis for 3-D analysis and vice versa for floor plan design of beam and column, that is full integration of:
    a.)  all floor plans gravity load effects for 3-D analysis  based on actual beam support in total input.
    b.) wind/notional load effects for total project design and detailing of beam, column, wall, pile and pad footing.

Utilities

  1. Quantity and costing for concrete, reinforcement and formwork for all the structural elements.
  2. Automatic Detailing and Batch DXF File Saving capability for all the above elements.
  3. Customised report generation.
SLAB
  1. Rectangular/user-defined non-orthogonal slab.
  2. FE analysis using automatic mesh generator.
  3. Conventional design according to Clause 3.5.3 / Table 3.15.
  4. Internal openings and drop.
  5. Edges supported by beam, column, wall, free or joined slabs.
  6. Taking point load, line load and patch area loads.
  7. Automatic full integration of FE analysis to total output.
  8. Automatic rebar increment for deflection governed design.
  9. Options of normal steel bar and BRC design.

BEAM

  1. Analyses according to Clause 3.2.1.2
  2. Designs according to Clauses 3.4.4-5 Automatic slab load transfer with options of:
    a.) Static area load, load coefficients of Table 3.16 OR
    b.) FE analysis of slab.
  3. Rectangular beam section.
  4. 10 different load types including triangular, trapezoidal and partial UDL load types to be input as a single undivided data.
  5. Deflection control check according to Clause 3.4.6
  6. Beam with different sectional properties and drop levels can be connected.
  7. Automatic full integration of 3-D wind load analysis into design and detailing.
  8. Full integration of transfer beam design for loadings from column / wall, including wind load effect.

COLUMN

  1. Analyses and designs according to Clauses 3.8.1-4
  2. Automatic transfer of gravity load effects from beam analysis.
  3. Automatic transfer of wind/notional load effects from 3-D analysis .
  4. Transfer of gravity load effects is based exactly on main beam and secondary beam assumption used for beam design.
  5. Check for minimum eccentricity and slenderness.
  6. True biaxial bending of short or slender column.
  7. Option for automatic live load reduction.

WALL

  1. Analyses and designs according to Clauses 3.9.1-4
  2. Automatic transfer of gravity load effects from beam analysis.
  3. Automatic transfer of wind/notional load effects from 3-D analysis .
  4. Transfer of gravity load effects is based exactly on main beam and secondary beam assumption used for beam design.
  5. Check for minimum eccentricity and slenderness. Options to design for reinforced or plain wall, single or double layer of rebar or BRC.
  6. Option for automatic live load reduction.

PAD AND PILE FOUNDATION

  1. Automatic design for minimum thickness satisfying punching and flexure shears at exact critical perimeters.
  2. Design for bending moment based on above minimum thickness, increasing thickness if necessary.
  3. Automatic grouping of similar footing groups.
  4. Option for automatic live load reduction.