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Steel column base plate on a concrete foundation — EN 1993-1-8 component method with EN 1992-4 anchor design. Enter the column, plate, anchors and axial/moment/shear loads for a live plan and elevation, the concrete bearing-pressure and anchor-tension distribution, the effective bearing area, joint resistances, full design checks and a printable step-by-step calc sheet.
Runs the validated STATIX base-plate engine — verified against 221 benchmarks (incl. InFaSo & IDEA base-plate examples)
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Base plate
Design code
Single-code module — column base plate component method (EN 1993-1-8) with EN 1992-4 anchor design. Anchor type & concrete state below switch the EN 1992-4 clauses.
Column & plate
mm
mm
mm
MPa
Anchors
mm
mm
Loads (ULS) & concrete
kN
kNm
kN
MPa
Base plate — plan & elevation
Concrete bearing pressure & anchor tension
Design result
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enter loading
| Bearing strength fjd | — |
| T-stub bearing strip c | — |
| Effective area Aeff | — |
| Concentric Nj,Rd | — |
| Lever arm z | — |
| Compression Fc | — |
| Anchor tension Ft | — |
| Governing check | — |
Load regime
Design checks
Step-by-step calculation
Connection take-off — all base plates
Every base plate in the project, aggregated into a connection take-off — plate, anchors and weld per element with estimated steel mass. Use “Add base plate” above to build the schedule, then Download PDF (print → Save as PDF). Masses are nominal for take-off only.
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This isn't a toy calculator
It runs the same engine as STATIX — a full structural suite validated against 221 closed-form and code benchmarks across analysis, design and connections — the full 3D modeller with native CBFEM is coming soon. Model the whole building and its connections, not just one base plate.