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Concealed bar


Use the Concealed bar tool to define concealed reinforcement bars used in concrete design workflows.

Concealed bar tool

When you select Concealed bar, the tool opens a dialogue.

Concealed bar dialogue

Main tools
  • Define – create a new concealed bar
  • Properties – check or edit properties of an existing concealed bar. Opens the Default settings dialogue for the selected bar
  • Change direction – modify the bar direction for selected concealed bars. Direction can be lengthwise or widthwise inside the created rectangular region
  • Default settings – define default values for newly created concealed bars (read below in more detail)
Defining tools
  • Rectangular – define the concealed bar using a rectangular definition method
  • Pick existing region – reuse the contour of an existing region
Coordination tools
  • Local system of shell – align the concealed bar direction to the shell local coordinate system
  • User defined direction – set a custom direction manually


Default settings dialogue

When you open Default settings, a dialogue window opens.

Concealed bar default settings

  • Identifier – text field for entering the default identifier


Last update: 2026-04-10