Dimensional Solutions' Foundation Design Suite is a fast, versatile, user-friendly tool that completes foundation analysis/design from initial concept to a deliverable construction drawing in minutes. Compare the following features and benefits that the foundation design suite provides to other foundation design software.

• Single Program Solution - You no longer have to use two, three or more programs to complete foundation analysis/design. And by foundation design we do not just mean footing or pile cap design. The design suite does pier/column design as well.
• Soil and Pile Supported Footing Design - You do not have to use different programs to determine which foundation type is best for your job. You can switch from soil to pile supported type in the same program to see the final results in a matter of minutes.
• Extensive User Control - Since you can choose many design parameters such as minimum and maximum rebar sizes, formwork dimensions for pier and footing, minimum and maximum pile spacing and others, you can adhere to your company and/or client standards.
• Material Quantities - Because every foundation design generates concrete, reinforcing steel, formwork and excavation quantities, you can use your time more effectively in pursuing other important tasks.
• Design Sketches - Foundation Plan, Elevation, Pier Sections, Pile Location Plan are some of the detailed sketches that the design suite generates. You no longer have to hand draw sketches for your designer/drafter. You not only save significant design and drafting time but avoid costly errors.
• Detailed Construction Drawing - You can go from design to construction drawing with a few mouse clicks. The design suite interfaces with popular CAD engines such as AutoCAD, Microstation and SmartSketch. After completing the design, all you have to do is set the drawing parameters according to your company standards in the CAD engine of your choice and click "Plot". A complete construction drawing displays in your chosen CAD software saving hours of drafting time.

Try any or all of our design programs. With the features listed above and many more, you will experience a significant savings in your design and drafting time.
Combined3D - For Residential, Commercial, Industrial Applications
Foundation3D - For Petrochemical Applications
Mat3D - For Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Petrochemical Applications
Shaft3D - For any application that requires the use of drilled shaft
DSAnchor - For any application that requires anchor design for anchoring equipment or structures to concrete foundations

Combined3D

Combined3D is a general spread and combined footing analysis/design tool that completes soil or pile supported foundation with minimal input. It is equipped with the following features:

• Allows multiple system of units for input and output - English, Metric and SI
• Supports ACI 318, BSI 8110, CSA A23.3 and IBC  building codes
• Considers buoyancy effects in the calculation of bearing pressures, stability ratios and pile capacities for footing/pile cap design
• Accepts unlimited type and number of load cases
• Accepts unlimited type and number of factored and unfactored load combinations
• Analyzes/Designs pile cap on square, rectangular and circular regular and irregular pile patterns
• Designs square, rectangular, octagonal and circular piers
• Provides multiple choices of longitudinal rebar arrangement in  piers
• Analyzes/Designs square, rectangular and octagonal footings/pile caps
• Considers wide beam shear and punching shear in footing/pile cap design
• Provides positive and negative moment reinforcement in the footings/pile caps
• Provides multiple choices of footing rebar arrangement
• Allows the user to change the footing rebar size and spacing
• Accepts anchor bolt arrangement on piers for display on sketches and construction drawing
• Generates material quantities
• Generates detailed design sketches of foundation plan, elevation and a section through the pier showing reinforcement
• Interfaces with Autocad, Microstation and SmartSketch to produce detailed construction drawings
• Generates a summarized and a detailed input and output report

Foundation3D

Foundation3D is a spread and combined footing analysis/design tool that completes soil or pile supported foundation for industrial equipment such as horizontal exchanger, horizontal vessel, vertical vessel or tower, pipe racks and other miscellaneous plant design supports with minimal input.

• Allows multiple system of units for input and output - English, Metric and SI
• Supports ACI 318, BSI 8110, CSA A23.3 and IBC  building codes
• Generates wind loads automatically for exchangers, vessels and towers based on ASCE recommendations
• Generates basic load combinations for equipment foundations automatically with just equipment geometry input
• Optimizes footing design (spread or combined) for an exchanger and horizontal vessel foundation depending on saddle to saddle dimensions and soil/pile criteria
• Considers buoyancy effects in the calculation of bearing pressures, stability ratios and pile capacities for footing/pile cap design
• Accepts unlimited type and number of load cases for equipment or non-equipment foundations
• Accepts unlimitedtype and number of factored and unfactored load combinations for equipment or non-equipment foundations
• Analyzes/Designs pile cap on square, rectangular and circular regular and irregular pile patterns
• Designs square, rectangular, octagonal and circular piers
• Provides multiple choices of longitudinal rebar arrangement in the piers
• Allows you to change the longitudinal and tie bar arrangement in the piers
• Analyzes/Designs pier extensions (no footing) for octagonal piers for lighter vessel/tower loads 
• Analyzes/Designs square, rectangular and octagonal footings/pile caps
• Considers wide beam shear and punching shear in footing/pile cap design
• Provides positive and negative moment reinforcement in the footings/pile caps
• Provides multiple choices of footing rebar arrangement
• Allows the user to change the footing rebar size and spacing
• Accepts anchor bolt arrangement on piers for display on sketches and construction drawing
• Generates material quantities
• Generates detailed design sketches of foundation plan, elevation and a section through the pier showing reinforcement
• Interfaces with Autocad, Microstation and SmartSketch to produce detailed construction drawings
• Generates a summarized and a detailed input and output report
• Provides you the ability to bring design sketches into Microsoft Word or Excel

Mat3D

Mat3D is a general multi-pier mat foundation analysis/design tool that completes soil or pile supported foundation with minimal input. It is equipped with the following features:

• Allows multiple system of units for input and output - English, Metric and SI
• Supports ACI 318, BSI 8110, CSA A23.3 and IBC  building codes
• Considers buoyancy effects in the calculation of bearing pressures, stability ratios and pile capacities for footing/pile cap design
• Accepts unlimited type and number of load cases
• Accepts unlimited type and number of factored and unfactored load combinations
• Analyzes/Designs pile cap on square, and rectangular regular and irregular pile patterns
• Designs square, rectangular, octagonal and circular piers
• Provides multiple choices of longitudinal rebar arrangement in the piers
• Allows you to change the longitudinal and tie bar arrangement in the piers
• Analyzes/Designs square, and rectangular footings/pile caps
• Considers wide beam shear and punching shear in footing/pile cap design
• Provides positive and negative moment reinforcement in the footings/pile caps
• Provides multiple choices of footing rebar arrangement
• Allows the user to change the footing rebar size and spacing
• Accepts anchor bolt arrangement on piers for display on sketches and construction drawing
• Generates material quantities
• Creates user-specified sections through the piers and the mat on the fly
• Generates detailed design sketches of foundation plan, elevations and sections through the pier showing reinforcement
• Interfaces with Autocad and Microstation to produce detailed construction drawings
• Generates a summarized and a detailed input and output report
• Provides you the ability to bring design sketches into Microsoft Word or Excel

Shaft3D

Shaft3D is a  shaft foundation design program that completes the design of a shaft in seconds. Drilled Shaft, also commonly known as Drilled Pier or Caisson, is a foundation design type commonly used in areas with poor shallow soils. With Shaft3D, you can complete your complex work process from inputting loads to obtaining a detailed design sketch in a matter of seconds.

Shaft3D supports following features and functions:

• Allows multiple system of units for input and output - English, Metric and SI
• Considers design of both straight and belled shaft sections
• Allows input of multiple soil layers with different values of soil properties for each layer
• Considers buoyancy effects in the calculation of bearing pressures and stability ratios
• Accepts unlimited type and number of load cases
• Accepts unlimited type and number of factored and unfactored load combinations
• Allows input of axial loads and biaxial bending
• Completes both rigid and finite element analysis of the shaft
• Completes axial capacity analysis using various methods for computing end bearing and skin resistance
• Displays critical parameters along the length of the shaft such as lateral deflections, soil pressures, shear forces and bending moments
• Completes lateral analysis of any type of shaft such as a hollow steel tube or concrete shaft or any other
• Completes concrete design based on rigid and finite element analysis
• Allows you to choose the type of analysis for reinforcement selection in a concrete shaft
• Provides multiple choices of longitudinal and tie rebar arrangement
• Allows the user to change the longitudinal and tie rebar arrangement
• Accepts anchor bolt arrangement for display on sketches
• Generates material quantities
• Generates a detailed design sketch of foundation plan, elevation and a section through the shaft showing reinforcement
• Generates a  detailed input and output report with report customization capability

DSAnchor

DSAnchor simplifies anchor design with an intuitive graphical interface and provides an easy way to determine safe anchorage for securing equipment or structures. It completes repetitive and computation intensive calculations in seconds. Some of the features of DSAnchor include:

• Anchor Design in accordance with Appendix D - ACI 318-02, ACI 318-05
• Cast-in and post-installed anchor design covered under Appendix D - ACI 318
• Ability to specify rectangular and circular anchor patterns, symmetrical and unsymmetrical anchor layouts
• Display of individual anchor and anchor group capacity calculations
• Input of axial loads and biaxial bending
• Flexibility in choosing the anchors in tension and shear
• Selection of anchors from default anchor tables or modify anchor tables according to your company or client standards
• Ability to specify various user parameters such as tension and shear edge distances, group areas, interaction ratio, bolt bearing area
• Consideration of the rebar and anchor bolt placement conflict
• Graphical display of the governing modes of failure
• Display of governing tension and shear control parameters
• Recommendations to resist anchor tension and shear forces in case of inadequate anchor edge distances and embedment depth
• Detailed report in Microsoft Excel with appropriate equations and applicable code section reference including a graphical sketch