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SAFE is the ultimate tool for designing concrete floor and foundation
systems. From framing layout all the way through to detail drawing
production, SAFE integrates every aspect of the engineering design process
in one easy and intuitive environment. SAFE provides unmatched benefits
to the engineer with its truly unique combination of power, comprehensive
capabilities, and ease-of-use.
Laying out models is quick and efficient with the sophisticated drawing tools,
or use one of the import options to bring in data from CAD, spreadsheet, or
database programs. Slabs or foundations can be of any shape, and can include
edges shaped with circular and spline curves.
Post-tensioning may be included in both slabs and beams to balance a percentage
of the self-weight. Suspended slabs can include flat, two-way, waffle, and ribbed
framing systems. Models can have columns, braces, walls, and ramps connected from
the floors above and below. Walls can be modeled as either straight or curved.
Mats and foundations can include nonlinear uplift from the soil springs, and a nonlinear
cracked analysis is available for slabs. Generating pattern surface loads is easily
done by SAFE with an automated option. Design strips can be generated by SAFE or drawn
in a completely arbitrary manner by the user, with complete control provided for
locating and sizing the calculated reinforcement. Finite element design without strips
is also available and useful for slabs with complex geometries.
Comprehensive and customizable reports are available for all analysis and design
results. Detailed plans, sections, elevations, schedules, and tables may be generated,
viewed, and printed from within SAFE or exported to CAD packages.
SAFE provides an immensely capable yet easy-to-use program for structural designers,
provideing the only tool necessary for the modeling, analysis, design, and detailing of
concrete slab systems and foundations.
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