User-definable name of the bars.

Tekla Structures uses bar names in reports and drawing lists, and to identify bars of the same type.

Steel grade of the bars.

Grade-size-radius combinations are predefined in the rebar catalog. Click the ... button in the property pane to open the Select rebar dialog box. The dialog box shows the available bar sizes for the chosen grade. You can also select whether the bars are main bars, or stirrups or ties.

Diameter of the bars.

Depending on the environment, the nominal diameter of the bars, or a mark that defines the diameter.

Internal radius of the bends in the bars.

Bending radius complies with the design code you are using. Main bars, stirrups, ties, and hooks usually have their own minimum internal bending radii, which are proportional to the diameter of the reinforcing bar. The actual bending radius is normally chosen to suit the size of the mandrels on the bar-bending machine.

Automatic values are shown in square brackets, for example [120.00].

Used to group reinforcement.

For example, you can display bars of different classes in different colors.

Select whether the property modifier attempts to follow the leg face edges that are located between the modifier end points.

Select whether the property modifier affects the bar spacings.

If you select Yes, the Distribution properties become available, and Bars affected and First affected bar are unavailable.

Select how many bars can be modified in the same location:

• 1/1 = all bars are modified in the same cross section.
• 1/2 = every second bar is modified in the same cross section.
• 1/3 = every third bar is modified in the same cross section.
• 1/4 = every fourth bar is modified in the same cross section.

Define which is the first bar to be modified, starting from the first end of the modifier.

Enter a positive number, or use the arrow buttons to change the number.

Select whether the property modifier affects all bars of a rebar set that are in the same plane even though some of the bars are not touched by the property modifier (or its projection).

For example, to modify bars on opposite sides of an opening using the same modifier, select Yes.

Select whether and how the bars that are affected by the property modifier are grouped. The options are:

• Automatic: Bars are grouped according to automatic rules.

• Manual: Bars are grouped regardless of their geometry or arrangement.

  Note that this option does not group bars from different sides of splitters.

• No grouping: Bars are not grouped, but they are individual bars. Use this option for overriding automatic and manual grouping.

Define whether the lengths of straight bars, first and last legs, and intermediate legs are rounded, and whether the bar lengths are rounded up, down, or to the nearest suitable number according to the rounding accuracy.

At splitter locations, define how much the bar lengths can be rounded up.

Define whether the bars are step tapered, and how the tapering steps are created.

The options are None, Distance, and Number of bars.

If you select the Number of bars option, enter the number of bars in one tapering step.

If you select the Distance option, enter the tapering step values for straight bars, first and last legs, and intermediate legs.