You can add a pull-out picture for a reinforcing bar in the reinforcement mark to illustrate the shape and dimensions of the bar in the drawing.
Pull-out pictures can be added in automatic and manually created reinforcement marks.
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On the
Drawings & reports tab, click
Drawing properties and select the drawing type.
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Load drawing properties that are as close to the ones you need as possible.
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Cast unit drawings:
Click
View creation in the options tree on the left, select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click
View properties.
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Click
Reinforcement mark.
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Double-click the
Pullout picture element in the
Available elements list to add it in the reinforcement mark.
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In the
Pullout picture dialog box, select the scaling option in
Scale by:
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Auto auto-scales the pull-out.
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One factor and
Two factors scale the pull-out according to the values that you enter.
The scale of the pull-out is relative to the scale of the drawing view. For example, if the drawing view scale is 1/10 and the pull-out scaling is 2, the actual scale of the pull-out in the drawing view is 1/5.
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In
Rotation, select the rotation of the pull-out:
Automatic,
Plane or
3D. If the pull-out is 3D, and you select
Automatic,
Tekla Structures automatically shows the pull-out in 3D.
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In
End marks, define the shape of bar ends in the pull-out.
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Select
Dimensions to show bar dimensions in the pull-out.
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Select
Exaggeration to show reinforcing bar hooks more clearly in the pull-out.
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Select
Bending radius to show the bending radius in form of diameter of the bending roll.
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Select
Bending angle to show bar bending angles in the pull-out.
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Select Coupler/end anchor symbols to show graphical
symbols representing the rebar couplers and end anchors in pull-out
pictures.
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Select Placeholders to show placeholders instead of
dimensions in pull-out pictures.
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Click
OK.
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Save the mark properties for
late use with a unique n
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Cast unit drawings:
Click
Save to save the changes in view properties and
Close to return to drawing properties.
General arrangement drawings:
Click
OK.
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Click
Save to save the drawing properties, then click
OK and create the drawing.
Example
A 3D pull-out showing the bending radius:
Placeholders shown instead of dimensions:
Tip:
To
change the leader line length, color, line type, or representation of a
pull-out, open the rebar_config.inp file located in the system
folder defined by the advanced option XS_SYSTEM
and edit the
following lines: PullOutLeaderLineMinLength
, PulloutColor
,
PulloutVisibleLinetype
and PulloutRepresentation
.