Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
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I am looking for a good software which can deal with all the general Anchor Design cases and provides a detailed output of each and every calculation. I have used software from HILTIPro and Simpsons, but I am not that satisfied with the outputs that they provide. It seems some of the things are being wrongly calculated. So, I want to check if each and every step is being adopted correctly according to code guidelines.






RE: Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
He's retired now, but he is probably still making them. (The one I have is a older one.)
RE: Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
RE: Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
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I never knew those examples were there on my shelf all this time! Star for you! I feel like a little kid in a candy store...thanks
EIT
RE: Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
RE: Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
RE: Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
Dik
RE: Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
"For concrete anchors (as per Appendix D of ACI 318), I've always thought Alex Tomanovich's spreadsheet is the best."
Can you post a copy of this... I cannot find it on the net...
thanks, Dik
RE: Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
I'm not sure I can. When I bought Alex's sheet.....I'm almost positive I (electronically) signed some sort of copyright agreement. (He's also a friend of a friend and sort of a legend in the engineering community I work in so I don't want to start an issue there either.)
I found this:
http://www.steeltools.org/search?s=%23bolt&exe...
This appears to be a free spreadsheet based on ACI 318-08 (you have to scroll down a bit). I've used it before myself and it compares well with Alex's. Looking more on that site, it appears to have a sheet based on ACI 318-14 as well....but I cannot tell if that one is free.
And by the way: the Alex sheet I have (for anchors) is based on ACI 318-08.....so you are getting pretty much what I have from that link.
RE: Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
Dik
RE: Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
TehMightyEngineer:
I tried Simpsons, it gives somewhat more detailed calculations than Hilti's Profis. I also tried another software called Quick Anchor by S K Ghosh, it seems to do a good job in the output. I got to explore more.
RE: Looking for a complete Anchor Design software which provides step by step calculations.
Dik