Base plate design to AISC 360-22
Column base plates on a concrete pier or footing under axial load, moment and shear, with anchor rods.
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What you get
From the loads to a finished base plate
The applicable limit states, checked
Strength and detailing checks to AISC 360-22 and the 16th Edition Steel Construction Manual, each with its ratio, the clause or equation it comes from, and the governing case. Results update as you type.
Drawings to scale
Elevations, plans and sections with bolts, weld symbols and dimensions, on a drawing sheet with your title block, as PDF or DXF.
A calculation report a reviewer can follow
Inputs, every check with its result and reference, and the governing case, in a clear PDF. See a sample report.
LRFD or ASD, US or SI
Switch the design method and the units at any time; the drawings and the report follow. Auto-design proposes a layout you can fine-tune.
Verification
How the base plate is tested
Against the AISC Design Examples and Design Guides, in LRFD and ASD, on every change. The method and every documented difference.
Learn
Step by step
Designing a column base plate
The user manual chapter: every input, check and drawing explained.
Video: Designing column bases
Base plates with moment and biaxial moment, anchor rods, shear lugs, the concrete pier option, anchor reinforcement and seismic weak or strong bases, then embedded and braced-frame bases. (3:50)
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Free for 30 days, then $20 a month or $100 a year. Nothing to install.
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