Slab By Perimeter

Slabs of any geometry can  be defined in the Building Modeller. In order to do so, the slab's perimeter must be identified with a series of mouse clicks.

After the definition of the slab's perimeter, the slab is automatically assigned.

For guidelines on how to insert a slab by its perimeter click here.

Notes

1. The slab modelling is carried out with rigid diaphragms; hence, a rigid slab is implicitly considered in the structural configuration, which is the case for the vast majority of RC buildings. The slab’s loads (self weight, additional gravity and live loads multiplied by the corresponding coefficients in the Static Actions module) are transformed to masses, based on the g value, and applied directly to the beams that support the slab.
2. When the assigned perimeter does not define a closed area, the first point is automatically connected by the program with the last one in order to assign the new slab.