WSBEAMSCHEDULEver1.

01,12Jan2013

WSBEAM
SCHEDULE
VERSION1.01
12January,2013

DISCLAIMER
ItisEngineer'sresponsibilitytomakesuretheresultsaremakingsense,hehastocheckforspecialcases
likecantileverbeams,momentreversalcasesetc.Thisisjustahelpingaidtosavetimeonbeam
schedulesandnotareplacementofengineeringjudgment.Thedeveloperisnotresponsibleforany
misuseofthetool.Itsintendedtoserveasatimesavingtoolforstructuralengineers.Byusingthistool
youacceptallthetermsandconditionsmentionedhere.WSBEAMSCHEDULEver1.01Jan,2013.

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MAINFEATURES
WSBEAMSCHEDULEtakesdatafromETABS,aftercalculatingandevaluatingbasedonyour
preferences,itgeneratesreinforcementvalues.Inadditiontothatitsuggestreinforcement
barsforfinalCADbeamschedule,doingallthatinsecondswithoutanyspaceforerrors.
1) Easy and clean input by selecting a single report file from ETABS.
2) Automatically selects nearest bar dia for main bars, stirrups and side bars.
Checks for maximum side bars spacing.
3) User can increase reinforcement or specify minimum reinforcement values.
4) Automatically distributes torsion reinforcement for stirrups, side bars, top
and bottom steel .
5) Takes maximum of top reinforcement at end sections of continuing beam spans.
6) User can specify to make top and bottom reinforcement same, top left and top
right same, can select minimum bar dia of main and secondary bars etc.
7) Different types of outputs, can print Area required vs Area provided
comparison with values and percentages, can print suggested bars with
reinforcement values or only the suggested bars for CAD.
8) Takes beam properties from ETABS properties not from beam names so
eliminating the error of dimension difference between ETABS and beam schedule.
9) Eliminating any possibility of error in reinforcement values as it takes the
exact values from ETABS, calculates, evaluate and present a final reinforcement
value including torsion reinforcement.
10) Takes less than 10 seconds to build the schedule and saves more than 70%
of time taken to make manual beam schedule from ETABS.

CONTACTDEVELOPER
RanaWaseemSarwar
StructuralEngineer
Omrania&Associates,Riyadh
waseemrana8@gmail.com
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Limitations
1No.oflayers,andno.ofbars:Incurrentversion,programdeterminesrequiredbardiaonlyfor1layer.

Noofbarsinthatsinglelayerisdeterminedbydividingthebeamwidthby100and

roundingittonearestwholenumber.Forexample250mmwillgenerate3bars.If

reinforcementvaluefromETABSismorethanthehighestbarareadefinedinDetails

sheetbytheusermultipliedbythenumberofbarsinsinglelayer,programwillcalculate

thenumberofbarsforthelargestbarandreportthatvalueinbeamschedule

irrespectiveifthosenumberofbarscanbeaccommodatedinbeamwidthornot.Itis

Engineer'sresponsibilitytocheckforthesehighlyreinforcedbeamsandselectsuitable

layersorreinforcement.
2Localaxis:Beamlocalaxis11mustbecompatiblewitheachother.Forexampleallxbeamsmusthave

theirlocalaxistowardsright.Similarlyallybeamsmusthavetheirlocalaxisup.For

instanceIfsomexbeamshavetheir11axistowardsrightandotherstowardsleftfora

singlebeamofmanyspans,thereinforcementvaluesforTOPLHS&RHSmaybe

mirroredi.e.LHSmaybecomeRHSandviceversa.Toavoidthisitisrecommendedand

alsoagoodmodelinghabittoalwaysmakelocalaxisofelementscompatiblewitheach

other.Otherwiseyoucanmakeuseoftheoption;LHS=RHSinDetailssheettotakethe

maximumofRHSandLHS.
3Hiddendata&sheets:Thisprogramstoresandhidessomedatainhiddensheets,cellsandrowsto

calculateresults.Pleasedonotunprotectthesheetordeleteanypart.Ifyou

wanttochangethecodeorformats,pleasecontactthedeveloper.
4Improvements:Improvementsforsheetareunderdevelopment.SettingsandDetailssheetwill

bemergedinnextversion.Everythingingreencolorwillbeavailableinnext

version.
5Samebeamdesignationatvariouslocations:Ifyouwanttousesamebeamdesignationatvarious

locationsyoucanspecifydifferentbeamnamestoitandlateronselectthe

beamhavinglargestreinforcement.ForexampleifyouhaveBEAM3at4

differentlocationsindrawing,youcaninthisprogramdefineitasBEAM3A,

BEAM3Bandsoon.
6ReportfromETABS:PleaseselectonlybeamsnotcolumnsinETABS.Donotselectbeamsfrom

differentstories.Nobeamshouldbeoverstressed.AlwaysselectINPUTand

OUTPUTwhenmakingreportfromETABS.Donoteditthatfile.Ifprogramfinds

anyoftheaboveviolations,itdisplaysanerrormessagetotheuserandaborts

theprocess.
7Others:Pleasereadhelpmenu.CurrentlythisversionworksforSIunits(mm).

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HOWTO
STEP_1:

Pleaseselectthebeams(onlybeamsfromsamestory,seeLimitationsnote6)in
ETABS,gotoFilemenu>PrintTables>Concreteframedesign(thisoptionwill
beavailableaftermakingconcretedesign).SelectINPUT&OUTPUToptionsonly
andsavethefile.PleaseselectmmunitsinETABSbeforecreatingreport.

STEP_2:

OpenWSBEAMSCHEDULE,enablethemacrowarninginEXCEL,selectBUILD
BEAMSCHEDULEinBeamschedulesheet,selectETABSgeneratedreportfile.

STEP_3:

GotoBEAMNAMESsheet,copynamesfromBEAMSCHEDULEsheettohereand
changethemaccordingtoyourdrawing.PressUPDATENAMES.

STEP_4:

ChangethesettingsinDetailsandSettingssheetsuntilyouarriveatyourfinal
schedule.

HelpMenu
1Beamlabels:BeamsinETABSareidentifiedbyabeamlabel.Youcanshowthisbygoingtoview

optionsandturningonthe"Beamlabels"option.RightclickingonthebeaminETABS

mainscreenalsoshowsbeamlabelsinpropertieswindow.Obviouslythesearbitrary

beamlabelscannotbethepartoffinaldesigndrawingbeamschedule.Forthisreason,

youhavetochangethebeamnamestoyourdrawingbeamnames.Afterclickingon

"BuildBeamSchedule",copyyourbeamlabelsincolumn"G",goto"BeamNames"

sheet,cleartheentriesandpaste.Enterabeamnameagainsteachbeamlabel.Beam

spanswillbecalculatedautomatically.Therearevariousmethodsthatcanaidyouin

writingbeamnamessuchas;

i)

PrintETABSfloorplanwithbeamlabelsandCADfloorplanonA3.Keep
theminfrontofyouandstartchangingthebeamnames.

ii)

ExportETABSfloorplanstoDXFformatwithbeamcaptionoption.
Pleaseselectsuitabletextheight.NowoverlaythisDXFonyourCAD
drawing,providedyouhavesameunits,originandscaleetc.Selectallin
thedrawing,clickfilterandfilteronlyTEXTlayerwhichwasexported
fromETABS,moveitlittlesidewardsothatwhenyouprint,ETABSlabels
andCADbeamnamesdonotoverlapeachother.Printthisfinaldrawing
onA3andstartchangingthebeamnames.

2Mainreinforcement: MainreinforcementvaluesareobtainedfromETABSreport.Finalvalues

arereportedafterthefollowingprocedure:

i)AlthoughETABScheckstheminimumreinforcement,usercanstill
provideminimumreinforcementratioinSettingspage.Usercanalso
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provideincreasefactorsinDetailssheet.Afactorof10means,increase
thereinforcementby10%ormultiplyby1.10.

ii)IfafterincreasingthereinforcementvaluefromETABSbytheuser
increasefactorstillremainslessthanminimumreinforcementprovided
byuser,ittakestheminimumreinforcement.Minimumreinforcement
checkisignorediftheETABSvalueafterincreasefactorsbecomesmore
thanminimumreinforcementprovidedbyuser.Thisisdonetoavoid
tooconservativevalues.Itisrecommendedtomakeminimum
reinforcementcheckequaltozeroandincreasethereinforcementby
somefactors.YoumayevenuseETABSvaluesasiswithoutanyincrease
butinsomecasesitmaybedesirabletoincreasethereinforcementto
caterforfuturechangesoroverloadatsite,redistributionofmoments
etc.

iii)Torsionreinforcement(ifany)isdividedinperimeterofthebeam
accordingtoeachsideshare.Allsidesofbeamwillhavedifferentshare
oftorsionreinforcementaccordingtotheirlengthdividedbytotal
perimeterofbeam.Partoftotaltorsionreinforcementthatwillgoto
eithertoporbottomofthebeamwillbeaddedtomainsteelattopor
bottom.Note(i&ii)willbeapplicabletothistotalvalue.ItisEngineer's
responsibilitytomakesurethatthisreinforcementisattheperimeter
ofbeamandenclosedbytiesaspercoderequirements.Othertorsion
distributionoptionswillbeavailableinnextversion.

iv)YoucanmakeTOPLHS=RHSinDetailssheet.Itwilltakemaximum
ofLHSandRHS.YoucanalsomakeuseoftheoptionTOP=BOTTOMto
maketopandbottomsteelsame.IfyouselectthisoptionthenTOP
LHS=RHSisautomaticallycheckedandmaximumofallthreei.e.TOP
LHS,RHSandBOTTOMisselected.

v)YoucanspecifyminimumbarareaformainbarsinDetailssheet.
Programwillautomaticallyselectthebardesignationbasedonthis
area.Forexampleyoumaywanttorestrictminimumdiaofbarequalto
T16.ThisoptionwillnotaffecttheTOPMIDDLE.

vi)ProgramautomaticallytakesthemaximumofRHSofpreviousspan
andLHSofnextspanofthesamebeamassumingbeamspansarefrom
lefttoright.(Seenote2inLimitations.)

vii)Currentversiondoesnotcheckminormaxbarspacingwithina
layerandothercodespecificrequirements.

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3TopMiddleorSecondaryReinforcement:TopmiddlereinforcementforabeamistakenfromETABS

results.Insomesituationsbeamcanhaveconsiderableamountof

reinforcementattopmiddleofabeamafteranalysisfromETABS.Sothis

programtakesthatoriginalvalueandthenchecksuserprovidedoptionssuch

as:

i)MinimumreinforcementratioinSettingssheetdoesnotappliesto
TopMiddlereinforcement.

ii)TOPmiddlereinforcementisincreasedbyfactorinDetailssheet.

iii)SmallestbarischosenbasedonbarsdefinedinDetailssheet.Min
barareaformainbarsoptioninDetailssheetdoesnotaffectTOP
MIDDLE.

iv)Iftopmiddlereinforcementislessthansome%ageofbottomsteel
asdefinedinDetailssheet,itisincreasedtosatisfythat%age.This%age
ismultipliedtothefinalbottomsteelvalue(afterminreinforcement
andincreasefactorschecks.)Thismayberequiredbycodesinseismic
detailingsection.IfsettingsinETABSareconfiguredproperly,ETABSwill
automaticallytakecareoftheminimumreinforcementvaluesatthis
sectionaccordingtoseismicprovisions.Otherwiseyoucanalways
specifysomepercentagetomakesureTOPMIDDLEsectionhasatleast
thispercentofcapacityofBOTTOMsection.Thereisnosimilarcheckto
comparewithTOPLHSorRHSatthistimeincurrentversion.

v)Incurrentversionthereisnocheckonthediameterdifferenceof
barsbetweentopmiddleandbottomortopLHSorRHS.Insomecases
ifforexampletopLHS=T25baryoumaywanttospecifytopmiddle
barsnotmorethan2bardiadifference.

vi)EnforcetopLHS=RHSandEnforceTOP=BOTTOMdoesnotaffect
TOPMIDDLEbars.

vii)Ifbeamlengthisverysmall,TOPMIDDLEbarsarekeptsameasthat
oftopLHSandRHSorinotherwords,topreinforcementiscontinued
throughoutthespan.ThislimitshouldbecheckedbytheEngineer.

vii)No.oftopmiddlebarsiscalculatedbasedonfollowingformula:

ifminof(LHSorRHS)=>4,thenno.oftopmiddlebars=2+[4minof
(LHSorRHS)]

ifminof(LHSorRHS)<4,thenno.oftopmiddlebars=2

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4Stirrups:

i)Av/sandAt/svaluesaretakenfromETABSreport,increasedbythe
factorsspecifiedbyuser(Seenoteiii).Nominimumcheckisperformed.
Itisassumedthateitheruserwillchecktheminimumrequirementorhe
asconfiguredsettingsinETABSproperlytotakecareofthischeck.

ii)No.ofstirrupsareincreasedto2afteracertainwidthinSettings
sheet.IfbeamisverywideEngineermayincreasenumberofstirrups.
Currentlyinthisversion,programchecksonlyformaximum2stirrups.

iii)ReinforcementincreasefactorinDetailssheetisappliedtothe
combined(MainshearAv/s+TorsionshearAt/s).

iv)ItisEngineer'sresponsibilitytomakesurethatstirrupsshouldbeat
theperimeterofbeamandshouldbeclosedfortorsion.Anadditional
notemayalsobeprovidedinbeamschedule.Incurrentversion,
programreportsthenumberofstirrupsrequiredcombinedforshear
andtorsionbutdoesnotaddanoteinbeamscheduleforthistorsion
condition.ThisshouldbedonebytheEngineer.

5Sidebars:TorsionreinforcementvaluesaretakenfromETABSreport.Sidebarscalculatedaccording

totheshareofsidefacesofbeamdividedbytotalperimeter(asinnote6iii).

Thisvalueisthenincreasedbyuserincreasefactors.Nominimumcheckreinforcement

checkisperformedonthisvalue.Maximumspacingbetweenbarsisrestrictedtothe

valuespecifiedbyuserinSettingspage.Finalbarsshowninbeamschedulearereported

foreachface.Forexample3T12meanseachface(3T12onleftand3T12onright

face).
6Decimalplaces:DecimalplacesinSettingspageaffectsallreinforcementvaluesexceptshearAv/s

values.
7Printing:Thereare3options;FORENGINEER,FORCADandAREAREQUIRED.Clickingoneachoption

givesyouprintpreviewofonlythatportion.Youcanselectprintsettingsandprintthe

desiredportionofbeamschedule.

i)FORENGINEERportionhasbardesignationwithreinforcement
values.Engineercanrecheckthebardiabasedonthereinforcement
values.

ii)FORCADcontainsonlybardesignations.Thisoptioncanbeusedto
givefinalprinttoCADforfinaldrawingbeamschedule.

iii)AREAREQUIREDoptiongivesyouacomparisonbetweenarea
providedandarearequiredandthepercentagedifference.Thiscanbe
usedlateronafteraprojecttocheckbeamcapacitiesforanychanges.

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