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Define automatic reinforcement and reinforcement mesh properties

Tekla Structures
2018
Tekla Structures

Define automatic reinforcement and reinforcement mesh properties

You can define what is shown in reinforcing bars and meshes and how they are shown in cast unit and general arrangement drawings. You can also do this for neighbor reinforcement.

  1. On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type.
  2. Load drawing properties that are as close to the ones you need as possible.
  3. Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings: Click View creation , select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View properties.
  4. Click Reinforcement (or Neighbor reinforcement ).
  5. On the Bar content tab, set the bar representation, bar end symbols, and the visibility of bars and lines.
  6. On the Bar appearance tab, select the color and type of the visible lines and hidden lines.
  7. On the Mesh content tab, set the mesh representation, mesh symbols, and the visibility of meshes, wires, bars and lines.
  8. On the Mesh appearance tab, select the color and type of the visible lines and hidden lines.
  9. General arrangement drawings: Click OK.
  10. Click Reinforcement mark (or Neighbor reinforcement mark ), add the elements that you want to have in the mark and adjust the mark appearance.
  11. Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings: Click Save to save the view properties. Then click Close to return to drawing properties.
  12. General arrangement drawings: Click OK.
  13. Click Save to save the drawing properties, then click OK and create the drawing.
Tip:

The representation of reinforcing bars that point away from the drawing can be changed. You can customize reinforcing bar bent symbols (cross, circle, filled circle) by editing the symbol file bent.sym , which in the default environment is located in the folder ..\ProgramData\Tekla Structures\<version>\\environments\common\symbols. Or, you can create a new symbol file in the same folder, for example, my_new_symbols.sym , and take it into use in the rebar_config.inp by entering the following string in the file: BentSymbolFile=my_new_symbols.sym

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