RSUSCI-2021 & RSUSOC-2021

IN21-047 Development of a Program for Design and Drafting of Reinforced Concrete Staircases

Presenter: Thumanoon Susumpow
Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Rangsit University

Abstract

A general approach to produce structural drawings includes designing by an engineer and drafting by a draftsman. This approach takes time and requires coordination to complete the drawings for construction. This research aims to develop a program that can help the engineer to work alone on the designing from a beginning to an end, which will reduce work time and coordination errors. Drafting of the reinforced concrete staircase has many details to do, so a program for designing and drafting reinforced concrete staircases was developed. For the design part, worksheets in Microsoft Excel that are normally used by engineers were employed. A program using Visual Basic for Application (VBA) in Microsoft Excel was also employed to read data from the worksheet and convert it into a Script file (.scr), a format that is readable by drafting programs such as AutoCAD. The program can be used to design and draft three types of staircases, which are, simple, continuous, and free-standing staircases, allowing an efficient design of the staircases. The approach used in this research also shows that the development of a program for designing and drafting is not difficult and can be used to further develop similar programs for other parts of structures.

Citation format:

Susumpow, T., Hanpadungsak, S., Srisaengthaisuk, N., & Rojtuntanabordee, N.. (2021). Development of a Program for Design and Drafting of Reinforced Concrete Staircases. Proceeding in RSU International Research Conference, April 30, 2021. Pathum Thani, Thailand.