Rebend Connection - Editor | Trimble User Assistance

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Tekla Structures

Environment

Switzerland

Purpose and description

With this editor you can create catalogs for the "Rebarend connection" plugin. Information on how to use the plugin or how to install the editor as well as the plugin can be found here.

User interface

Benutzeroberfläche Rückbiegeanschluss Editor

The editor basically consists of the menu bar at the top, the sidepanes, which you select on the right, and the "Embed" and "Types" tab, where you can define the catalog's embeds.

Tab Embeds

You can create the embeds in the embeds tab. First define the types so that you can select them immediately. Columns such as "Product", "Position" and "Subtype" are mainly used for identification and easier selection - They are written to the embeds as attributes. The columns starting from "Length" are used for geometry definition and are explained in the sidebar "Embed Scheme". Use "Copy Embed" to copy all values of a embed and thus create catalogs more efficiently.

Tab Types

In the Types tab, define the different rebarend types. Add images using "Load image" so that users can identify the type more easily during selection.

Sidepane Embed Scheme

All sidepanes explained below can be opened on the right side of the editor. By dragging the dark gray frame at the top of the sidepane you can adjust the location of the sidepane - just like in Tekla Structures.

The sidepane "Embed Scheme" shows you the schematic representation of the embed. If the columns "F" and "G" are 0, the upper graphic is displayed, otherwise the lower one.

Sidepane Rebar shapes

Select "Add shape" at the top to define a new rebar shape. You can define multiple rebars per embed. To specify the geometry of the rebar, you must select the shape in the table above (e.g. Shape points 0). The name indicates how many points have been used to define the rebar.

After you have selected the rebar shape, you can create the required number of points for the rebar geometry using "Add point".

Point	Define the point of the rebar geometry according to the graphic above the table.
Startpoint	This value is needed only if the shape cannot refer exactly to the specified points of the graph (See last chapter). In this case, the starting point is the starting point of the direction in which the "Extension length" parameter has an effect.
Endpoint	This value is needed only if the shape cannot refer exactly to the specified points of the graph (See last chapter). In this case, the end point forms the direction in which the "Extension length" parameter has an effect.
Extension length	This value is needed only if the shape cannot refer exactly to the specified points of the graph (See last chapter). The extension is the value in which the specified point is affected by "point". The direction is defined by "Startpoint" and "Endpoint". The length is always given in mm.
Use last point as reference	Set this value if you want the values above to refer to the last point of the shape rather than to "point".

Sidepane Userdefined Attributes Definition

In this sidepane, you can define userdefined attributes that are to be written to the embeds. The userdefined attributes are written to the assembly level and can be of type "String", "Double" or "Integer".

Sidepane Userdefined Attributes

The attributes described in the previous tab can be filled in this sidepane.

Create catalogs

When you have created all the embeds in the catalog, you should save it. The name you specify in the upper left corner will be the name users will see when selecting the catalog. The generated file (format: *.RebarEndConnection.json) can be saved in the model- or firmfolder like any other Tekla Structures attribute-file.

Examples for Rebar shapes

U-stirrup (like in the scheme):

Closed stirrup with an extension length on the end:

To create shapes like this, you need to work with the start, end points as well as the extension in the "Rebar shapes" sidepane. The last line is important here.

The start- and end points define the direction of the extension. The value at Extension length is now used to specify the fixed value of 450.

Tip: If the length is not fixed at 450, but is always 450 longer than the actual width (according to the graphic above A+450), then point 6 should be selected in the first column instead of point 4.