3 · Structural Grid & Sizes

Columns go on a grid over the buildable footprint. Keep bays between 3 m and 4.5 m for a house — that is where slab and beam sizes stay economical.

Grid

Columns sit at every grid intersection — set the bay spacings below to move them
Columns
12
Slab panels
5
Longest span
3.50m

Column positions — bay spacings

Set each bay individually to put columns exactly where you want them (wall junctions, room corners). Blank or zero values fall back to equal bays. The spans should add up to the buildable dimension.

Along length (grids 1,2,3…) — sum 10.50 of 10.50 m
Along width (grids A,B,C…) — sum 6.00 of 6.00 m

Member sizes

IS 456 Cl. 23.2.1 span/depth · Cl. 26.5 detailing limits

Column sizes

corner
edge
interior
Typical interior column for 2 storeys: 230 × 450 mm. Minimum dimension 230 mm keeps the column inside a 230 mm wall.

Isolated footing sizes

corner footing
edge footing
interior footing
Switch this on to keep one pad size per column position instead of a different size at every grid reference.
metres · 0.014 m/px
Plot 15 × 9 m3.50 × 3.00β 1.17 · case 43.50 × 3.00β 1.17 · case 33.50 × 3.00β 1.17 · case 73.50 × 3.00β 1.17 · case 43.50 × 3.00β 1.17 · case 41234ABCA1A2A3A4B1B2B3B4C1C2C3
— — orange dashed = buildable footprint after setbacks■ solid = column at a grid intersection, sized as designedhatched = bay not built on this storey — no slab, beam, column or loadX grid 1,2,3… · Y grid A,B,C…

Slab panels

IS 456 Cl. 24.4 — β = ly/lx ≤ 2 designs as two-way
PanellxlyβActionEdgesCaselx/d
A1-B23.003.501.17two-waycorner429 / 35
A2-B33.003.501.17two-wayedgeY329 / 35
A3-B43.003.501.17two-waycorner729 / 35
B1-C23.003.501.17two-waycorner429 / 35
B2-C33.003.501.17two-waycorner429 / 35
Built-up105.0 m²Columns11Governing column264 kNConcrete38.2 m³Steel2.30 t11 checks need attention

Preliminary design aid. Not a substitute for analysis and detailed design by a licensed structural engineer. Does not include detailed seismic design to IS 13920, soil investigation, or statutory compliance.