StroyExpertiza Plate

120 StroyExpertiza PLATE v6.0 The Slab program is built on the finite element method, but the user sees this only in grid pictures on the slab field; the breakdown into elements occurs without his participation. The user defines the geometry of the slab, loads, supports, places piles, as is done on a sheet of paper or by drawing in AUTOCAD, using the mouse cursor and clicking on a button. The procedure for specifying initial data in the program is enjoyable in its simplicity; it does not require any computer skills, not even experience in structural calculations. Nevertheless, an experienced calculator must work. The Plate program is only a convenient tool; the calculation scheme is always just a mathematical model that can be changed to achieve the desired result. As a result of the calculation, the Slab program displays colored fields of displacements, stresses and reinforcement of the