Steel Base Plate (LRFD, ACI 318-14 / AISC 360-16)

Easy to use online Steel Base Plate (LRFD, ACI 318-14 / AISC 360-16) engineering software for American Standards.

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Overview

About the Calculator

The ClearCalcs Wind Load Calculator to ASCE 7-16 makes it easy to perform in depth wind analysis to US codes in only minutes. With support for simple or complex site criteria, the wind calculator provides a deep range of customisation options to provide fast results, and in depth customisation where required.

Steel base plate calculator for American standards

Easily design steel base plate and anchor rods under ASD and LRFD analysis to to ACI 318-14, AISC 360-16, AISC Steel Design Guide 1 (2006): Base Plate and Anchor Rod Design - 2nd Edition.

Support most common types of column sections

Support most wide flange and Hollow Structural Section (HSS) columns types and properties.

Save hours of precious design calculation time

Save 3 hours of calculating by hand with ClearCalcs automated calculations for properties such as base plate thickness, anchor rod effective embedment depth, etc.; you only need to input column sections and loads parameters, and ClearCalcs automates the rest.

Easily input axial, shear, and moment loads

Input Axial, Shear, and Moment Loads about X-axis and Shear and Moment Loads about Y-axis easily with ClearCalcs easy-to-use interface, or link the loads dynamically using our Steel Column Calculators.

Color-coded utilization checks for anchor capacities, and base plate thickness

Verify your calculations at a glance with easy color-coded demand-to-capacity ratios using our traffic light system to check your Concrete Bearing Strength, Bending Strength, Anchor Capacities and Shear Strength

Why ClearCalcs?

Frustration to Flow

See how ClearCalcs transforms structural calculations from a tedious, error-prone chore into an efficient, stress-free process.

With spreadsheets and clunky software

Frustration, fuss, and fragile formulas—the old way of engineering calculations that holds you back

Struggle with endless spreadsheets and custom formulas.

Building codes change, but outdated software and spreadsheets don’t.

Triple-check and verify manual input at every turn.

Old software feels like a maze, with unclear settings, limited templates, and rigid interfaces.

With ClearCalcs

Effortless, efficient engineering calculations at your fingertips.

100+ pre-built calculators for different materials.

Every calculation comply with the latest codes and standards.

Forget the worry of “black box” calculations; verify calculators with inline formulas, codes, and checks.

Intuitive tools built to your workflow, plus unmatched customer support.

How It Works

Your code-compliant calculator

Tired of complex calculations? ClearCalcs Calculator Library keeps it simple, secure and code-compliant – so you can calculate with confidence.

Save time with ready-to-use templates for wood, steel, and concrete

ClearCalcs offers an extensive library of easy-to-use calculators for beams, columns, and footings, designed to make structural calculations simpler and faster.

Choose from a wide range of pre-configured beam and column options, complete with automatic member sizing, so you can quickly reach reliable designs and reduce rework.

Beams

Columns

Foundations

Walls

Loads

Dynamically track your load paths from roof to foundation

No need to copy and paste reactions between calculations! If the top calculator's reactions change, the loads being inherited onto the lower calculator will update automatically. This includes all loads such as dead, live, snow, seismic, and wind.

Submit professional reports for permit review

ClearCalcs is not only easy to use, but also easy to check! All calculations follow an easy to understand traffic light check system, with multiple levels of detail available giving you the choice of printing every step of the calculation and all code and standard references, or simply a compact, one-page print out.

Report heading includes your project name and address

Easily upload your organization logo for a professional report

Use custom PDF upload to merge additional documents to your structural calculations

Download a sample report

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So are we.

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