Step

00 Overview

TUTORIAL1:
Modelling

Figure 1: RC Building Model 3D

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Reinforced Concrete Building
▪ Step 1: Initialization of workspace

▪ Step 2: Material & Section Properties

Input Overview
This example problem is meant to demonstrate the design of a Reinforced Concrete building
(G+13 Floor + Terrace + 1Basement Podium) structure which is located in Pune is subjected to
▪ Step 3: Generation of floor layout
floor loads, wind loads and seismic loads
▪ Step 4: Generation of Model Wind Design Data
Basic wind speed 47 m/sec
▪ Step 5: Boundary Conditions Terrain Category III
Building Class C
▪ Step 6: Loading Data Input
Seismic Design Data
▪ Step 7: Analysis -Dual system (special reinforced concrete structural walls with special moment frame) in both
the directions
▪ Step 8: Verification of Reactions, -Assigned to a seismic zone III (Z=0.16)
-Soil Type II (Medium Soil)
Displacement and Member
-Importance factor 1.0
Diagrams
-Response Reduction factor 5.0

▪ Step 9: Design Input & Output

Methodology
-Response spectrum analysis

Program Version Gen 2026 (v1.1)

Revision Date 14/10/2025

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00 Typical Floor Plan

4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m

6m

3m

6m

Figure 2: Typical Floor Plan

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00 Podium Floor Plan

4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m

4m

4m

6m

4m

6m

4m

4m

Figure 3: Podium Floor Plan

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00 Elevation View

14×3m = 42m

2×3 m = 6m

Figure 4: Longitudinal Section

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00 Details of the Reinforced Concrete Building

Applied Code Materials

RC Design Code : Concrete M30 For Beams

IS 456-2000 Concrete M40 For Columns
Concrete M40 For Walls
Steel Fe415

Building Structure Elements Applied Load

Section ID Dimension Description Load Description Intensity

Dead Load Self Weight
1 450x450mm Podium columns
Super imposed Dead Load 4 kN/m2
Typical Floor Load
Live load 2 kN/m2
2 300x800mm Building Columns
Super imposed Dead Load 4 kN/m2
Podium Floor
Live load 4 kN/m2
3 230x700mm Beam
Super imposed Dead Load 5.5 kN/m2
Roof Floor
4 230mm thick Walls Live load 1.5 kN/m2
Wind Load X, Y direction IS 875 Part3
Earthquake Loads X, Y direction IS 1893-2016

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01 1-1.Initialization of workspace

Procedure
Starting Midas Gen 1

1 Click on GEN icon > New Project

2 Check the units on the lower

right corner of the screen.

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01 1-2.Setting UCS to XY Plane

Procedure
Structure Tab > UCS/Plan >
UCS > X-Y Plane

1 Set UCS to X-Y Plane > Origin

0,0,3
2 Click on Apply And OK

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01 1-3. Generation line grid

Procedure
Generate the required gridline system 1

Structure Tab > UCS/Plan > Grids

> Define Line Grid > Add

1 Add

2 Name it Global,
2
3 Add X grid lines 4

4 Relative
Lines: 13@4
(13@4,Means 13 Grid lines at the
3 5
spacing of 4m)
6
5 Add Y grid lines and
Relative Lines: 2@4,6,4,6,2@4

6 Click OK

A dialog box depicting the

Gridlines appears. Click OK

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02 2-1. Defining the Material & Frame Section Properties (1)

Procedure
Defining Material Properties

Properties Tab > Material > Material

Properties

1 Add

2 Type of Design: Concrete 1

2
Standard: IS(RC)
DB: M30

3 Click OK

Similarly define M40 material

property for columns and walls

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02 2-1. Defining the Material & Frame Section Properties (2)

Procedure
Defining Frame Section Properties

Properties Tab > Section > Section 4

Properties > Add

1 Solid rectangle
Name: PC 450x450

1
2 User
H= 0.45m
B= 0.45m Section Name Dimension
Podium
PC 450x450 450x450mm
column
3 Click [Apply] Building
2 BC 300x800 300x800mm
column
Similarly define the other Frame Beam B 230x700 230x700mm
Section Properties BC 300x800,
B 230x700.

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02 2-1. Defining Shear walls (3)

Procedure
Defining Shear walls
Properties Tab > Section > Thickness
> Add

1 For the Shear Walls

And Slab Thickness:
Add a ‘Thickness’ Section
Value
In-plane & Out-of plane= 0.23m 1
2

2 On creating the wall, it is

Displayed in the dialog box

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03 3-1. Generation of Floor layout (1)

Procedure
Generate the Beams
Node/Element Tab > Create
Elements

1 Select General beam/Tapered

beam 1

2 Make sure that Intersect at

nodes and Elements is on
To create a beam, click on nodal
connectivity and select the origin
as the first point and draw till
the last point.

*Please make sure that

Point Grid Snap is On
2

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03 3-1. Generation of Floor layout (1)

Procedure
Node/Element Tab > Divide
Elements1 1

1 Click on select single 3

2 Select the elements as

shown in the figure
2

23 Click Unequal distance

Element type : Frame
Distance : 4 m

4 Click apply

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03 3-1. Generation of Floor layout (1)

Procedure
Generate the Beams
Node/Element Tab > Create
Elements

1 Select General beam/Tapered

beam 1

2 Make sure that Intersect at

nodes and Elements is on
To create a beam, click on nodal
connectivity and select the origin
as the first point and draw till
the last point.

*Please make sure that

Point Grid Snap is On
2

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03 3-1. Generation of Floor layout (1)

Procedure
Node/Element Tab > Divide
Elements1 1

1 Click on select single 3

2 Select the elements as

shown in the figure
2

23 Click equal distance

Element type : Frame
Equal Distance
Number of divisions : 2

4 Click apply

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03 3-1. Generation of Floor layout (1)

Procedure
Generate the Beams
Node/Element Tab > Create
Elements

1 Select General beam/Tapered

beam 1

2 Make sure that Intersect at

nodes and Elements is on
To create a beam, click on nodal
connectivity and select the origin
as the first point and draw till
the last point.

*Please make sure that

Point Grid Snap is On
2

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03 3-1. Generation of Floor layout (2)

Note:
Procedure 4 Unselect the nodes manually
Generate Columns 1 that are highlighted in the
View Tab > Grid/Snap > figure to avoid creating the
UCS/GCS > Click GCS column in shear wall region.

1 Node/Element Tab> 2 4
Extrude Elements

2 Node to Line elements,

select Element Type as
Beam

3 Translation Distance as 0,0,-3

Along Z axis.

4 Select all the nodes as shown

in the figure or Just click on
Select All 3

5 Click on Apply

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03 3-1. Generation of Floor layout (3)

Procedure
Modify the Property of Columns:
( To Change the property of certain
exterior columns to Interior)

1 Works> PC450X450> Active. 1

Select the columns whose
property has to be changed.

View Tab >Display >Property

> Property Name

2 Now from the Works Menu,

Drag and Drop Interior Column

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03 3-1. Generation of Floor layout (4)

Procedure
Generation Shear Walls 2 1

2
1 Select the elements as
shown in the figure

2 Extrude type : Line →

Planar element
Check in Remove to
remove the line elements
selected
Material : M40
3
Thickness : 0.23
Element type: WALL

3 Generation type : Translate

Distance : 0,0,-3

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04 4-1. Generation of Building Model (1)

Procedure
Building Generation

View Tab > Select > Select All

1
1 Structure Tab > Control Data
Building Generation
No of Copies: 1
Distance (Global Z): 3.0m

2 Click Add
2

3 Click on Apply

The building is generated as

Shown
(podium is only up to two levels)

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04 4-1. Generation of Building Model (2)

Procedure
Building Generation

View Tab > Select > Select

by single > Select ground floor 1
as shown

1 Structure Tab > Control Data

> Building Generation
No of Copies: 14
Distance (Global Z): 3.0 m
2
2 Click Add

3 Click on Apply 4

4 The building is generated as

Shown

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04 4-2. Automatic generation of the story data

Procedure
Structure Tab > Control Data >
Story

1 Click [Auto Generate Story Data]

button. This will create the data
needed to generate diaphragms
for each floor

2 Click [OK]
Story data is generated
1

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05 5-1. Boundary Conditions

Procedure
The lower ends of the Columns
are assumed fixed
2
Click “Select by window”

1 Select the ends of all the columns

from the Front view. 1

2 Boundary Tab > Supports >

Define Supports

3 Select the property of Fixed

Support i.e. D- all, R- all.

3
4 Click on Apply

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06 6-1. Loading Data (1)

Procedure
Load Tab > Load Type >
Static Loads > Create Load Cases
Static Load Cases

1 Add the loads and their details

as shown in the Dialog box
1
2 Click : [Close]

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06 6-1. Loading Data (2)

Procedure
Load Tab> Load Type >
Static Loads > Structural Loads/
Masses > Self Weight

1 Load Case Name: DL

Z=-1

2 Add

3 In the Work Tree menu, Self

Weight will be displayed

3
1

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06 6-1. Loading Data (3)

Procedure
Load Tab > Initial Forces/Misc
> Assign Floor Load Type > Define
floor load type

1 Name: Typical Floor

1
DL: -4kN/m2 (Consider 100mm
slab thickness, self weight
added)
LL: -2kN/m2

2 Click on Add

Similarly define these floor loads

Name: Podium Floor
DL: -4kN/m2
LL: -4kN/m2
2
Name: Roof
DL: -5.5kN/m2
LL: -1.5kN/m2

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06 6-1. Loading Data (4)

Procedure
View Tab > Activities > All > Active
Identity

1 Check on Story
Then Select 2F

2 Check on +Below

1
3 Click on Active

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06 6-1. Loading Data (5)

Procedure
Apply Floor Load to the Activated
Floor
Load Tab > Initial Forces/Misc
> Assign Floor Loads 1

1 Name: Podium Floor

2 Copy Floor load: 1@3

(Total 1 floor and each
floor distance is 3.0m)

To select the floor area, first

Select Nodes Defining Loading
Area wherein You need to
Select the nodes . On the last
Click, the load is applied.
2

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06 6-1. Loading Data (6)

Procedure
Apply Floor Load to the Activated
Floor
Load Tab > Initial Forces/Misc
> Assign Floor Loads 1

1 Name: Typical Floor

2 Copy Floor load: 14@3

(Total 15 floors and each
floor distance is 3.0m)

To select the floor area, first

Select Nodes Defining Loading
Area . On the last
Click, the load is applied

Similarly assign the Roof Load 2

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06 6-1. perform analysis and Load combination

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08 8-1.Verification of Reactions

Procedure
Results Tab > Results > Reaction
2
forces (or) moments
1
1 Load cases/combinations
CBC:cLCB 1

2 Click on this to see Results in

tabular format as shown below.

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08 8-2.Displacement contour

Procedure
Results Tab > Results
Deformations>Displacement contour 1

1 Load cases/combinations
CBC:cLCB1
2 If For Animation, click on
Animate and Apply

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08 8-3.Bending Moment Diagram

Procedure
Results Tab > Results > Forces >
Beam Diagrams
1

1 Load cases/combinations
CBC:cLCB1
2 For Values, click on Values
and Apply

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