Esteem 8 Training 2011

Esteem Innovation Sdn Bhd, 2011

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Esteem 8 Training

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Esteem 8 training course is designed to be conducted in a "hands-on" manner. The user is expected to

follow the guidance of an instructor.

The objective of this training course is to give the user an over-view of Esteem 8. Upon completion of

the course, the user should be able to navigate through the software and use it effectively.

Editor.

Proposed time schedule:

10.00am to 11.00am - 2D Input (I)

11.00am to 11.30am - 2D Input (II) - (Analysis, Design and Detailing)

11.30am to 12.30pm - 3D (Lateral Load, Foundation Setting)

1.30pm to 2.30pm - 3D (Analysis & Design, Detailing)

2.30pm to 3.30pm - Archi (Import & Tracing)

3.30pm to 4.00pm - Q & A


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Table of Contents

Esteem 8 Training 2011 Tutorial 1 - Create a New Project and Input Gridlines 4 Data Sheet Input 9 Tutorial 2 - Input Beams 11 Tutorial 3 - Save, Back Up and Auto Back Up 16 Tutorial 4 - Column Input 17 Tutorial 5 - Slab Input 18 Tutorial 6 - Brickwall Input 23 Tutorial 7 - 3D view 25 Tutorial 8 - 2D Analysis and Design 26 Tutorial 9 - Create New Plan 29 Tutorial 10 - RC Wall Input 32 Tutorial 11 - Add Lateral Load 34 Tutorial 12 - Pile List Selection 36 Tutorial 13 - 3D Analysis and Design 37 Tutorial 14 - View Results 38 Tutorial 15 - Tools 42 Tutorial 16 - Export, Import and Tracing 43 Architectural Import - Radial Grids 44 Tracing 47 Architectural Import - Lift Core 49 Esteem Plus Import to Esteem 8 50 Export to DXF File 52 Tutorial 17 - Case Studies and Modeling Issue 54 Project Verification 60 FAQ 64


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Tutorial 1 - Create a New Project and Input Gridlines Steps Expected Ouput

1. Creating a new

project

Click New Project icon

a) Name the project

b) Specify project folder

location.

c) Insert keyplans and

name them.

d) Click OK.

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2. Open a view

a) To open a plan view,

Double-click on a project

name on the Project

Explorer panel.

3. Gridline input

a) Multiple Grid input /

Advanced input :

Click on Multiple Grid

icon and input

values as shown. This is

to create two parallel

gridlines to the main

gridline in x-direction,

and one parallel gridlines

to main gridline in

y-direction. Click OK.


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Steps Expected Ouput

b) Click on Region Selection

icon.

Change the colors of the

gridlines and grid marks

here.

c) Manual grid input:

Using Grid Input

icon, create subgrid A1

by clicking and position

the mouse until the

dimension distance to

the right is 2500mm.

Repeat the steps to

create subgrid B1 and

1A.

Alternatively while

clicking for subgrid B1,

press the Left or Right on

keyboard to position the

mouse.

To move a grid to a new

position, click on Move

Grid icon . Click on a

grid and position to the

new dimension, the

gridline will moved to a

new location. To move a

gridline together with the

other gridline, use Push

Gridline and repeat

the same step.

Incremental selection can

be done by activating the

button at the bottom

right

d) Indent in gridmarks

To indent in subgrids A1,

B1 and 1A, select the

subgrids and click on

Indent In icon .

Notes : To select a

gridline, click on the grid

mark or use window

selection (left to right for

full or right to left for


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within mode of entity

selection). The selected

gridline will be

highlighted.

e) Create new region

Click on Region

icon. Click on grid

intersection (C,1) to

create a new region.

To call up Osnap

function, press

CTRL+Right click

mouse. Check on

Intersection.

To specify the angle,

move cursor to gridline

(B1,1A) and click to mark

the first point of the main

gridline. To mark the

second point, simply click

anywhere outside of

gridline C and press click.

Reminder : It is

always a good practice to

set the Osnap Setting

first before entering a

new region.

f) Add gridlines to the new

region.

Use Multiple Grid icon

to create three

parallel lines to gridline 3

at 4000mm, and one

parallel line to gridline 4

at 6000mm. Click OK.

g) Use Grid input icon

to

create gridline 8A.

Move cursor closer to

gridline 4 and click until

the distance is 4000mm.

Repeat the steps to

create subgrid 7A from

gridline 7.


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h) Select sub gridline 8A

and 7A and click on

Indent in icon to

indent in the gridlines.

i) Gridline Visibility

Make all ends of gridlines

in region Default 0

becomes invisible.

Select gridlines from

region Default 0 and in

Object Viewer panel:

Uncheck Visibilty on;

Mark End, Dimension

End and Extension

Line End. Repeat the

steps for gridlines in

region Default 1. This

time, Uncheck Visibility

on; Mark Begin,

Dimension Begin and

Extension Line Begin

j) The gridline input is now

complete. Checked all

region to display and

Zoom All to display

extends of model.


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k) Edit Gridline length

Eg. To shorten the length

of gridline C/1-2 and

2/A-C. Click on Trim Grid

icon . Click on the

gridline until circle mark

appears. Call out the

OSnap menu and check

Intersection.

Position 'X' mark at grid

(1A,C) and click to

confirm. Repeat for

gridline 2/A-C. Shorten

the gridline to grid (2,

B1).

l) Using Region

Selection

icon

Region Selection is

used to update the colors

of

grids within a region.

Double-click on boxes to

change Grid colors for

respective regions.

Uncheck Default0 to

make the gridlines in

region Default0 become

invisible.

Notes : The

invisibility of the gridlines

does not mean that the

grids have been

removed.

Click on on

the bottom when each

new region is created to

change the properties.


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Data Sheet Input Steps Expected Ouput

k) Using Data Sheet

Input

To edit element

properties, open this

utility from Main Menu >

Edit > Data Sheet Input.

Eg: Editing gridline

properties

To edit girdline

visibilities, select the

gridline and uncheck or

check in the tool boxes

to change the visibilities.

User can also select a

particular element, say a

gridline, and change the

gridline properties such

as dimension and grid

marks in this Data Sheet

Input.

Select gridline, and click

on Data Sheet Input

icon. Double click on the

Distance boxes to change

the distance values.

l) Dimension

referencing

To change the reference

of a dimension.

Eg: To make gridline A

as reference for the

dimension of gridline

C.

Select gridline C. In Data

Sheet Input, go to

gridline C, set the Ref

dimension > Begin >

select gridline A from the

list.

Then Uncheck the

Dimension (visibile) >

Begin > For gridline B.

Close the Data Sheet

Input by clicking on 'X'

button.


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Select gridline B again

and click Indent In

three times to indent in

gridline B. Now the

dimension of gridline C is

using gridline A as

reference.


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Tutorial 2 - Input Beams Steps Expected Ouput

4. Beam input

Auto Generate Beam

a) In Beam Input mode

Batch input beam using

Auto Generate Beam

icon . Uncheck Column

Extend. Click Add in X

Direction and Add in Y

Direction to generate

beams.

Alternatively while on

Auto Generate Beam, click

on any gridline to input

beam along that gridline.

Input beam on

gridlines

To manually input beams,

click on gridline

intersection points to

mark begin and end point

for the beam.


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b) After using Auto Generate

Beam, there are some

beams that are not used.

c) Edit beam

Edit the length of beam

gb6 so that it stops at

gridline (2,4). Click on

Edit beam icon . Click

once on beam gb6 until

red circle comes out and

click on grid intersection

(2,4) to trim the beam.

Alternatively, break beam

gb6 using Beam Break

icon . Click on beam

gb6 and break at grid

intersection (2,4) and

(1A,B1) until beam

connector symbol

appears. To break the

beam into three parts,

click anywhere before the

break points


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d) Manual Beam Input

Delete beams gb5, gb7

and gb13. Click and press

Delete to delete the

beams.

Input beam at grid

(1A,B1) to (1,C). Click on

Beam Input icon .

Click on grid (1A,B1) and

once again at (1,C) to

input beam.

e) Repeat step 4(d) to edit

beam gb10 to stops at B1

f) The outcomes of steps

4(c)

to 4(e) above is shown.


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g) Curve Beam

Next create curve beam

along grid (C/4 to 8).

Click on the Curve Beam

icon . Click on grid

intersection (C,1) to mark

the first point. Then click

again on grid intersection

(3,8) to mark the second

point. To mark the third

point, click until the Outer

Middle Offset value is

1500mm.

h) To edit the properties of

the curve beam, click on it

and edit the beam

properties as below:

Beam drop

=25mm

Beam size

=200 mm x 475mm

Outer Middle Offset

=1500mm

i) Merge Beam

To merge beam gb7 to

gb5, click on Merge Beam

icon . While on Merge

Beam mode, first click on

gb7 and click on gb5 to

merge these two beams.

Repeat the steps to merge

beam gb7 to gb8.

j) After merging of beams

gb5

to gb7 and gb8, the

merging mark should

appear at the ends of

gb5.


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k) Beam load input

From the Beam Input

icon , click on input

beam Point Load icon

, and choose User Defined

icon. This is to

manually specify the

location of the point load.

In the beam Point Load

input mode, set the point

load value in Object

Viewer panel to:

Dead load=10kN,

Live load=5kN. Then click

on beam gb10 to input

the load on this beam.

Drag the arrow until the

point load is offset at

1000mm from grid

(1A,A1).

l) Beam Uniform

Distributed

Load input.

Next, input Uniform

Distributed Load onto

beam gb2. Click on

Uniform Distributed Load

icon and User Define

icon . Click on beam

gb2 and specify the Begin

offset to 300mm and End

offset to 3000mm.

m) Beam end condition

To change beam end

condition, click on Beam

End Condition icon .

Then change beam end

condition of beam gb6

and gb9 to Pinned.


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Tutorial 3 - Save, Back Up and Auto Back Up Steps Expected Output

5. Save, Back up and Auto

Backup

a) To save the current active

floor plan, click Save

icon.

b) To save for all floor

keyplans, click Save All

icon.

c) To create a Backup file,

click from Main Menu >

File > Backup > Create

New Backup. The backup

files will automatically be

located under the project

file's backup folder.

Reminder : For a

large project model, the

backing up process may

take a long time if the

analysis/design results

are attached together.


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Tutorial 4 - Column Input Steps Expected Output

6. Column input

Batch column input

In column input mode

a) To auto generate columns

at

all grid intersections, click

on Generate Column at

Intersection icon.

b) To delete a column,

select a column and

press Delete.

Floor height

To change floor height, click

Floor Parameter from Main

Menu or choose Main Menu >

Settings > Floor Parameter.

c) Change floor height to

1500mm.

d) To change column size, in

column input mode ,

click on column (1,A) and

change the size to 150mm

x 150mm. The purpose is

to make it fail and later

on to use Column

Calculator to try to

redesign the column.

To input column which

follows beam width

dimension, click on Fix to

Beam Size icon and

continue to input the

column. The column size

will follow the intersecting

beam width dimension.


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Tutorial 5 - Slab Input

Steps Expected Output

7. Slab input

Batch slab input

In slab input mode ;

a) Set the slab thickness to

175mm in Object Viewer

panel.

b) To batch input slab into

bounded areas, with the slab

thickness 175mm set in 8(a)

simply click Add to Bounded

Areas icon . All of the

areas bounded are now added

with slabs.

c) Edit Slab drop and

thickness

Make slab FS1 to drop at

25mm with thickness 150mm.

To do this, click on the inside

of slab FS1, and change the

slab drop and thickness in

Object Viewer panel.


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d) Delete slab and input

slab manually

To delete a slab, click on

the slab and press Delete

key. Delete slab FS8.

e) From slab FS9, create

another subslab bounded by

grids (7,8A), (6,8A), (6,8)

and (7,8).

f) To create subslab from slab

FS9, first click on slab FS9 to

select it. Then click on the

three new boundary points

(7,8A), (6,8A) and (6,8) to

create new subslab bounded

by these points.


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g) Slab FS9 now becomes two

subslabs. Set the drop to the

subslab to 25mm, and change

thickness to 150mm.

Slab loading input

h) Slab point load input

Input point load onto slab

FS3. In slab input mode ,

Click on slab Point Load icon

, and set the Live Load in

Object Viewer panel to 5kN.

Then by setting the reference

point from bottom left corner,

set the location of the point

load to (1000,2000)mm.

i) Slab line load input

Input line load onto slab

FS6. Click on slab Line Load

input icon , and then make

sure Othogonal icon is

OFF. While in Line Load input

mode, enter the following in

the Object Viewer panel:


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j) Create slab cut section

To create slab cut section,

click on Cut Section icon

and click the gridline you

want the cut section parallel

to. Next, click at the point of

desired location for cut

section. The cut section

produced will follow the

length of the gridline.

Tips: The cut section

mark can be re-positioned by

editing the 'Begin Point' or

'End Point' in the Object

Viewer.

Eg:

To make cut section mark

no.4 stops at end of gridline

B1, set the 'End Point' to

(-6000).

Or, click on cut section mark

and drag to locate its new

position.


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k) To produce cut section

parallel to slab boundary,

click on Parallel icon . First

Select the slab. Next click the

boundary you want the cut

section

parallel to (beam gb12 in

figure).

To make the cut section

perpendicular to slab

boundary beam gb12, Turn

Off the Parallel icon and do

step 7(k).


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Tutorial 6 - Brickwall Input


8. Brickwall input

a) Input brickwall by

user

define

To input brickwall

manually onto a beam,

click on Brickwall icon

and choose User Define

icon . Click once on

beam gb9 to select the

beam and input brickwall.

Click at grid (2,A) to

specify the starting point

of the brickwall. Drag the

mouse cursor to grid (2,B)

and click again to mark

the ending point of the

brickwall location.

Input brickwall on

whole

beam length

Still in brickwall input

mode, click On Whole

Beam icon to input

brickwall on a beam. Then

simply click on a beam to

input the brickwall on the

whole beam length.


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b) Input brickwall on

slab

To input brickwall on slab,

use the brickwall input

User Define icon, together

with Othogonal icon

and Snap icon on. In

Object Viewer panel,

change brickwall property

Index to 2 to select

thickness 115mm.

Simply click on slab FS9

to select. Then drag

mouse cursor to grid

(7,8A) and click to mark

starting point, drag again

to grid (7A,8A) and click

to mark the ending point

of the brickwall.


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Tutorial 7 - 3D view


9. To display the 3D view of

the project, click on 3D

View icon . Open up

the 3D display panel and

Uncheck the elements not

to be displayed.

a) Right click on the 3D

display brings up the

context menu where user

can uncheck elements not

to be displayed. Choose

the viewing options from

the men; Eg. Front view,

Top view.


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Tutorial 8 - 2D Analysis and Design


10. Run 2D Analysis

a) Generate the mesh for

plan gb.

Click on Generate Mesh

icon .

Turn on the View/Hide

Node Number icon

and View/Hide Eelment

Number icon to

display the node and

element numbers on the

mesh.

b) Beam moment release

mark and Slab moment

release mark

Zoom into the mesh. Turn

on Beam Moment Release

Mark icon and Slab

Moment Release Mark icon

. Notice at end of

beam gb6 and gb9, there

are while color circle

marks. These marks

indicate the end nodes of

these beams are released

(Pinned).


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c) Now analyse the plan. To

do this, click on Analyse

Plan icon .

After analyse plan, simply

click on any button from

2D Contour Result menu

to view the resulting

contours. To view

displacement contour,

click on Displacement icon

to view the

displacement contour.

To display the 2D

Sub-frame view for the

plan, click on Subframe

view icon .

To create cut section,

simply click from a

reference grid and specify

the location of the section

cut.

To view a contour through

a section cut, move cursor

closer to a cut section

label ("Click to view

section" will be shown)

and click to open a

contour section cut view.

To make an arbitary cut

section, right click and

choose Arbitary Contour

Cut. Then specify the

starting point and ending

point of the arbitary cut

section.


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d) Design Slab

After 2D analysis is

completed, slab can be

designed. Select floor to

be actived. Click on

Design Slab icon to

design slab. Set the

Design Parameters. Click

OK when finished. The

Slab design result appear

automatically.

e) Design 2D Beam

Continue with beam

design. Click on Beam 2D

design icon . Set the

Design Parameters. Click

OK when finished. The

Beam design results

appear automatically.


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Tutorial 9 - Create New Plan


11. Add floor above

Create another floor above

plan gb.

a) To do this, Right click on

plan

gb on Project Explorer, and

on the context menu, click

on New Plan to bring up the

New Plan pop up menu.

In the New Plan pop up

menu, Check the following:

a copy from gb and

Copy Parameters

Ensure that the floor to be

added will be at top of

current floor.

Click OK. Double click on

plan 1b in Project Explorer

to view the plan.

b) Delete columns

In plan 1b, delete columns

(2,B), (2,B1), (1A,B1) and

(1A,B). To delete the

columns, go to Column

input mode and select the

columns. Then press Delete

key.

Select beam 1b3 and

delete.


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Delete all loadings

c) Delete all loadings on

beams

To do this, go back to

Beam input mode and

select the Point load input

icon . Select point load

on beam 1b10. Press delete

key to delete the loading.

Use Line load input to

delete Line load on beam

1b2.

To delete all beam loadings,

select the beams and click

on beam Clear Loads

icon.

d) Delete all loadings on

slab

To do this, go back to Slab

input mode and select

the Point Load icon .

Slect the point load on slab

FS3 and press Delete key.

Use Line load input to

delete Line load on slab

FS6.

To delete all loadings on

slabs, select the slabs and

click on Clear All Loads on

Slab icon.

e) Delete beams and edit

multiple parallel beams

We want to input RC wall

later at floor 1b at grid

(2,B), (2,B1), (1A,B1) and

(1A,B). Remove beams at

the location of the RC walls.

Select beam 1b3 and press

Delete. Edit parallel beam

lengths 1b9 and 1b10 by

using Edit beam icon .

Click on beams 1b9 and

press CNTRL on keyboard,

then click on 1b10. Circle

appears and click again at


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grid (2,B) to make the

beams stop at this grid

mark.


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Tutorial 10 - RC Wall Input


12. Add RC wall in plan 1b.

a) Click on Wall Input

icon .

Set the thickness to

150mm in Object Viewer

panel.

Using similar procedure to

input beam, input RC

walls at grid intersections

(2,B), (2,B1), (1A,B1)

and (1A,B).

b) Add New Plan

Repeat steps in Tutorial

9 to

add another floor, 2b,

above floor 1b with

similar grids and

parameters. When

finished, Double click on

plan 2b to display the

plan view.

c) Delete Brickwalls

Now viewing plan 2b,

we need to delete all the

brickwalls. To do this,

click on Brickwall input

icon . Press CTRL+A

and pop menu 'Brickwall

selection' asking

whether to delete

brickwalls on Beam or

Slab appears.

Select Beam to delete

all

brickwalls on beams.

Press CTRL+A again and

select Slab to delete all

brickwalls on slabs.


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d) Create Shear wall

opening

Create shear wall opening

for shear wall at floor 1b

and 2b.

For plan 1b, create an

opening located at wall

(1A/B-B1).

To do this, first click

Elevation Input icon .

Then on the plan view of

floor 1b, click on gridline

1A to open up the

elevation view from Grid

1A.

e) While on the elevation

view,

click on Wall Opening icon

. Set the width and

height of wall opening to

1500mm and 2000mm in


Select wall (1A/B-B1) to

input the opening. A mark

showing the opening

appears.

Click opening again and

right click to set the

location of the opening

and also assign this

opening to floor 1B.


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Tutorial 11 - Add Lateral Load


13. Add Lateral Load

a) At floor 2b, click on Lateral

Input icon to input lateral

wind load. Then select Wind

Load input icon . Open up

the wind load case combo box

and select Edit Case. In Wind

Load Manager pop up menu,

click on Add button to add

wind load case, WL1 with

Angle of attack to 220. When

finished, click CLOSE button.

Click Wind Load Manager

icon.

b) Input Wind load on plan

Input wind load case WL1 onto

floor 2b. From Wind load

combo box, select WL1.

In the Object Viewer panel, set

the Magnitude to 5kN. To input

the wind load, move cursor to

grid (3,8) and click to confirm

the location of the wind load.

c) Input another wind load value

with magnitude 10kN at same

angle 220.

Set the magnitude to 10kN in



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Then click grid (5,8) on plan to

input.

d) Add Notional Load Case

Click on Notional Load Display

icon to input another notional

load case. Open the notional

load combo box and click Edit

Cases. On the Notional Load

Manager menu, Click on Add

button to add notional load

Case 5 in addition to defaults,

with Angle 45. Close the

menu when finished.

e) Display Notional Load Case

To display the angle of attack

of particular Notional load,

choose the case in Notional

Load combo box.

Eg. Choose Case 5.

The angle of attack of the

notional load case is shown in

plan view.


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Tutorial 12 - Pile List Selection

Steps Exptected Output

14. Choose Pile Type

a) To input pile type, open up

the Foundation list in

Project Explorer.

Double click on Pile to bring

up Pile List Selection pop

up menu. Check on Pile

Type to choose. Click OK to

finish.

b) Automatically after closing

the Pile List Selection pop

up menu, user can still

change the pile types for

any column. Click on any

column on plan and change

the pile type in Object

Viewer panel.


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Tutorial 13 - 3D Analysis and Design


15. Run 3D Analysis and

Design

Batch Analysis

Now we can proceed with

3D design of beam, slab,

column, wall, pad and pile

footing.

a) Click on Batch Process

icon

to run Batch process. Click

OK and select Full

(2D+3D) and check the

following;

Slab design, Beam design,

Column design, Wall

design, Pad design and

Pile design.

This process will run 3D

analysis for the whole

project as well as design

for the elements selected.

The Structural Member

Failed dialog box pops up

if there are any elements

failed in the design

process.


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Tutorial 14 - View Results


16. Elevation Result

a) Select Elevation Result

icon (when a floor

is active) to view

loadings and results of a

beam or results from

sub-frame analysis of a

gridline. Click on any

beam to view the

results.

Alternative, on the

display view, Right click

on any gridline and

select All floor to view

the results for all floors,

or select Current Floor

to view results for the

active floor only.

In the Result View Option menu, check the Element Mark to

show beam mark. Check Beam Result > Moment to view the

moment result.


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b) Plan Loading and

Result View

To view all loadings and

results from 2D and 3D

analysis, click on the

Plan Loading and Result

view icon .

On the left menu, select

the following:

Check on any check box

to view the results.

3D Analysis Display

To view the 3D Analysis

results contour, click on

3D Analysis Display icon

.

c) 3D Displacement

view

Follow procedure below

to display 3D

displacements.

From the combo box,

choose 3D

Displacement. Select

Individual Load type

> WL1 to view

displacement due the

acting wind load.


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From the Main Menu

bar, user can turn on

View/Hide Node

Number icon to

display the nodes. Click

on any nodes to view

the displacements

values.

d) Wall and Column

Reactions

Click on Wall and

Column Reactions icon

to view the column

and wall panel results.

Select 3D Full Model

radio button on the right

panel to view 3D

Results for column

reactions.

On the bottom panel,

expand the boxes to

view the tabulation of

3D reactions of any

column.


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e) Design Results: Slab,

beam, column, wall,

pad and pile footing

When elements have

been designed, user can

view the design results

from the Main Menu.

Click on Design Result

and select Multiple

Beam to view multiple

results of beams.

In Beam Group

Detailing left panel,

Check All and click on

Refresh button at the

bottom to view all the

beam detailings for plan

gb.

Notes : User can

select beams from this

list and export the

drawings to DXF as well

as the design reports for

the selected beams.


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Tutorial 15 - Tools Steps Expected Output

17.Tools

a) After design

process is done, select

Tools from Main Menu.

Choose Project Status

or click the icon

to see the status of all

the processes that

PASSED the analysis

and design part.

b) Again from the

Tools

menu, choose

Column

Calculator.

Use this tool to

redesign column

(1,A) in plan gb

which has FAILED

in design. Click

DESIGN button for

column (1,A).

c) In the Design pop

up

menu, change

column size to

300mmx300mm.

Click DESIGN

button at the

bottom to redesign

the column. Click

YES when Confirm

dialog box pops up.

d) The status for

design

column (1,A) is now

PASS. Click Ok and

Update to

automatically

change the column

size for (1,A) in

plan.


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Tutorial 16 - Export, Import and Tracing This feature enables the user to import elements directly from an architectural drawing into Esteem 8.

Before using this feature, it is recommended that user has done some checking to the architectural

drawing. To ensure that the program can detect the elements in the architectural drawing, user may be

required to do following:

1. Explode entities to its singular form. 2. Check for non-planar entities, eg. a vertical line. 3. Keep the drawing concise, remove unnecessary items. 4. Check to have the last saved in model space. 5. Set the UCS coordinate to world coordinate. 6. Beware of scaled-link element, hyperlink element or Xref element. 7. Start from the plan with most gridlines. 8. Always do a gridline verification as you complete each floor before going on to create other floors.

This will prevent compounding verification issues between floors.


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Architectural Import - Radial Grids


1. Open archi Import tab, and click Load button.

2. A dialog box will pop out, select associate file to be

import.

Notes : Supported files types should be

DXF File (*.dxf) (v2004)

DWG File (*.dwg) (v2007)

3. An Architecture Drawing

dialog box will pop up, move

the mouse to the drawing and

right click the mouse. A menu

item will come out, select

zoom all to view the entire

drawing.

4. Select the zone of the

drawing to be import by using

window select. Then click

Next button

5. A Layer Selection

Manager will pop up.

6. In the Element Combo

box, choose the element

category to be import. For

Example: Grid

7. In the architectural

drawing layer, choose the

layer containing Grid

information and assign the

layer to the group box at left

hand side by clicking >

button . To return back

the layer into architectural

Drawing layer group, select

the layer and click


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8. Assign the following

elements to their associate

layers.

Grid :

-Arch_Grid

-Arch_Grid Mark

Beam: -Arch_Beam

Column: -Arch Column

RCWall: -Arch Wall

9. After completed assigning

associate layers according to

the element types, press shift

button and click on Process

button. A parameter menu will

pop out.

10. Set Auto Split to True and

Set Auto Resolve to True

then click Done.

11. An import dialog box will

return and showing

element that has been

successfully imported.

12. Click on Select Origin

Point Button and move the

mouse to the key plan to

choose the origin point of the

drawing.

13. Click Import Button

and click Yes when

a dialog box pop up to ask

whether to overwrite existing

key plan.


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Incremental Import

1. Repeat step 1 until step 12 but using amended

architectural drawing.

2. This amended architectural drawing contains new sets

of column at the middle

curve grid.

3. After Setting the Origin Point, click Import

button and when

a dialog box pop up to

request whether to

overwrite the existing key

plan, click No button

.

4. To turn off Grid marks and all the dimensions shown

on plan, go to gridline

input mode and select all

gridlines. Uncheck All

on the visibility option

except Internal Line.


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Tracing


Tracing

1. To trace an architectural

drawing, choose Tracing

tab, and click Load

button.

2. A dialog box will pop out,

select associate file to be

import.

3. Click Open Architectrual

Drawing in the dialog box

for Selecting a drawing for

tracing. Click OK when

finished.

4. Check on the "Show

Tracing Diagram" and

"Show on Top" to show

the tracing digram on the

top of the display view.

Go back to input mode and

input all the necessary

elements.

To turn on/off layers,

Check/Uncheck the layer check

boxes at the Right Panel.


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5. Import elements

This feature lists the

elements that the program

can detect but could not be

imported to the plan.

Click to add the elements

to the project model. The

modeling of the project by

Architectural Import and

Tracing is completed.


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Architectural Import - Lift Core


1. Import Liftcore

fromArchitectural plan

Repeat steps as in Architecutral

Import Radial Grids above to

import elements from

architectural plan. After finished

selecting elements to import,

press SHIFT+Process to call up

the Parameter menu. Click on

Grid tab and set Grid Mark >

Tolerance to 4000m. Click DONE

when finished. Set the origin

point and click Import.

2. Select wall panel (D/E-B) and

(D/C-G) and right click to call up

menu. Click on MergeRCWall

to merge these walls.

3. At the Opening dialog box, click

on Door button. Click OK to

confirm.


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Esteem Plus Import to Esteem 8


2. Esteem Plus import to

Esteem 8

a) To import a model

from Esteem Plus, choose

from the File Menu >

Import. In the Convert

Esteem Plus to Esteem 8

menu, select project file to

import, Name the new

Esteem 8 project, and

specify the location of the

project folder.

Select Import Type to

Full to import the whole

project.

Click START to import.

When completed, click OK

on the

Success dialog box.

In YES in dialog box for

Conversion Finish to open

the project file.

CLOSE the Convert

Esteem Plus to Esteem 8

menu to view the project.


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b) Click on 3D view icon to

display 3D view.

Notes : For every

project model imported

from Esteem Plus, check the

project's plan integrity to

ensure the project can pass

both Plan and Project

Verication as well as

able to generate the mesh.


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Export to DXF File


1. Export to DXF File To batch export

DXF file,

click File from Main

Menu and choose

Batch Export.

a) In the Batch

Export pop up menu,

check on the items to

EXPORT. The DXF files

will automatically be

located in a subfolder

DXFOutput under the

project folder.

Choose Drawings

from the combo box

to export drawings.

To export design

reports, choose

Reports from the

combo box.

Notes : Batch

Export is available

to any element that

have been

designed.

b) To Batch Export

Reports, choose

Report from combo

box.

Then Check on any

item available that

user want to export

the Reports. Click

Export when

finished.


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c) Export single item as

DXF or DWG

While viewing a

model,

user can export

what is shown on

the screen. For

example, to export

a floor keyplan,

follow the steps

below:

Open a view of the

keyplan

Click File > Export,

the user can choose

to convert the file

to construction

drawing before

export.

Choose the type of

file to export and

Save the drawing.

Notes : User

can set the DXF

colors for the layers

in the drawing

before export

through Project

Parameter >

Drawing > Layer

Settings.


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Tutorial 17 - Case Studies and Modeling Issue Beam input between very close gridpoints

The two hightlighted gridpoints are in a group (causing the beams not connected within the two

columns) because the distance from each other is less than 100mm. (Grid 7C and Grid 4)

In the beam input, when a beam is added, it will check through the groups of the begin and end

gridpoint selected. It will try every combination of the gridpoints in the two groups to add the beam

parallel to any grid that exist there. That is why the beam added is not within the two columns.

To add the beam within the two columns, user has to shorten Grid 4 as well as Grid 7C as shown in the

figure below.


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Beam end condition can be set to "AUTO", "FIXED" or "PINNED".

If beam end is set to "AUTO", beam end condition will be set by the program based on the supporting

condition of the beam ends:

1. Beam end is supported by a column or wall 2. Beam end is not supported by a column or wall

1. Beam end is supported by a column or wall

The beam end condition will follow the parameter settings "Beam End Release Support" under "Analysis

Setting" (Fixed/Pinned).

2. Beam end is not supported by a column or wall

The beam end condition will be "FIXED" if any depth of beams that intersect each other is at least

100mm. Else, the beam end will be "PINNED".

Case studies:

A

.

All beam ends set to "AUTO" and;

Beam end "PINNED" at no support

Beam end "FIXED" at support


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Case studies:

B

.

All beam ends set to "AUTO" and;

Beam ends "FIXED" at no support

Beam ends "FIXED" at support

3. Beam End Condition set to PINNED

For cases of cantilever beams, user need to take note of the proper end conditions to avoid unstable or

large displacement structure. When beam ends are not connected to a support (column or RC wall)

these end conditions will not be affected by the Beam End Release Support parameter. Thus, user may

need to "FIXED" the beam ends by merging to the adjacent beams.

Case studies:

Beam End Supporting

Condition

Expected Result/Outcome/Output

Beam ends are PINNED to each

other, and PINNED to support

The beam ends are all PINNED, causing UNSTABLE structure or

large displacements


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Case studies:

Beam ends are FIXED to each other and FIXED to the support.

Go to Beam Input > Merge command . Click beam gb8 and

secondly beam gb9 to merge the beams. Do the same to merge

other beams; gb9 and gb10, gb10 and gb11, gb11 and gb12.

Merging the beam ends will make them to be "monolithic or

fixed" to each other. This will avoid UNSTABLE structure or large

displacements.


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4. Beam supporting slab - Difference between "PINNED" and "FIXED"

Notes : When using CTRL+A to Fix/Pin beam ends, user need to take note of the difference in the model as shown below.

Model A: All beam ends PINNED

In this model, the beams are not effective in

providing stiffness to support the slab. Thus giving

larger displacements.

Slab displacement contour :

Model B: All beam ends FIXED

In this model, the displacements are lesser

compared to model A since the beams are still

effective in supporting the slab.

Slab displacement contour :


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Project Verification The "Verification" process is vital for user to run to check the integrity of a particular project. This

"Verification" process can be done by going to > "Verification" > "Plan", and "Project".


1. Verification > Plan

This command is used to check the Plan Integrity.

a. Check plan integrity

b. Check grid usage

c. Check Plan Free node

Check plan integrity:

Unless the plan integrity PASS, a report

will be displayed when there are

warnings or errors.

Double-click on the cell listed on the

warnings/error list to go back to plan

display and view the element that

caused the warning/error.

Warnings are to help user to decide on

a better model (if any) by going through

the verification process before

proceeding to analysis and design.

Eg: Beam and slab drop configuration.

Plan integrity pass:

Model of beam and slab drop configuration in plan view:

Cut section through beam 1F99 and slab FS84:

The following will be listed in the warning list:


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2. Verification > Project Integrity

This command is used to check Project Integrity.

a. Check project Grid Integrity

b. Project Verification

c. Check Project Free Node

d. Auto Break Wall

Project Verification:

Unless the project verification PASS, a

report will be displayed when there are

warnings or errors.

Auto Break Wall:

This feature auto-breaks rc wall in the

project which have intermediate column

support(s).

*The main purpose of this feature is for

auto-breaking of a walll panel sitting on

a few supports as below.

This is to ensure that the Strut and Tie

method is able to identify the

appropriate left and right support

locations for the wall panel.

Notes : This feature works ONLY under two

conditions:

a) The grid that the supporting

column(s) sit on also exist on the rc

wall's floor.

b) The supporting column has zero

offset.

1. Wall panel not able to be designed using strut and

tie:

Reminder : Once this feature is applied, user is not

allowed to undo the operation.

2. After applying "Auto Break Wall":


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Auto Break Wall fail:

This feature will display locations where

the rc wall fail to break if the

requirements above are not met.

Turn on "Show Objects from Lower Floor" to show

column/walls from the lower floor. .

In cases where the wall fails to break due to no gridline(s)

found on the rc wall's floor as shown above, user need to add

gridline on the rc wall's floor using either methods below:

a) Use gridline input icon , and input the same gridline

location at the column support, or

b) Select the gridline from lower floor and right-click to

choose "Copy Grid to Floor Above" to copy the gridline to

the rc wall


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floor.

Gridline (B1) is now copied to rc wall's floor from lower floor.

Click on "Auto Break Wall" again to break the wall panel

(2/A-C) into two panels as below.


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FAQ Parameters

Q. How do I add more item to the "Bar list"?

Go to Project Parameter > Material > Bar List.

Click "Add" and enter the bar diameter in the bar list.

To include the new bar diameter into design bar list, go

to Design > Material > Main Bar Sub List.

Click ">>" button to add the new bar diameter to

"Material Selection".

Q. How do I change slab design using fabric?

For slab bottom bar, select the slab to design using fabric. In the Object Viewer, select "Yes" to use

fabric design in slab. Select the type of fabric for

design.

For both top and bottom bar in slab design using fabric, set "Yes" in Object Viewer above as well as in

Parameter > Design > Slab. Set Design Option >

User Fabric > True.


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Q. How to change the symbol for high yield steel or mild steel bar?

For high yield steel, go to Detailing > Symbol > High

yield steel and select the more preferred symbol to

use.

For mild steel, go to Detailing > Symbol > Mild

steel and select the more preferred symbol to use.

Q. How to add another brickwall thickness to the index list?

Go to Project Parameter > Material > Brick

Properties.

Click "Add" to and enter the area density and

thickness of the brickwall.

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