Parametric reinforcement

Use Parametric reinforcement to define manual reinforcement rules for selected concrete bars before placing or adjusting reinforcement. This function gives you control over how reinforcement is generated and updated.

This tool is only available for bar-type elements.

Tool palette

When you start Parametric reinforcement, a tool palette opens for defining or updating reinforcement rules for selected bars.

Parametric reinforcement tool palette

Main tools

Define – apply the current parametric reinforcement settings to selected bar elements
Properties – check or edit properties of existing parametric reinforcement setups. Opens the Default settings dialogue for selected regions
Default settings – open the default settings dialogue to define reinforcement rules and values used by the tool (read below in more detail)

Additional functions

Rectangular bar – set the reinforcement mode for rectangular bar sections
Circular bar – set the reinforcement mode for circular bar sections
Beam-like reinforcement – only for rectangular bars, configure longitudinal bars and stirrups using beam-oriented detailing logic
Column-like reinforcement – only for rectangular bars, configure longitudinal bars and stirrups using column-oriented detailing logic

Default settings dialogue

When you open Default settings or Properties, the same dialogue window opens.

This dialogue contains three tabs: General, Stirrups, and Longitudinal bars.

Parameters in this dialogue window depend on the selected bar type. For Rectangular bar, the dialogue includes the Beam-like reinforcement and Column-like reinforcement options. For Circular bar, the dialogue only includes parameters relevant to circular sections.

Rectangular bar settings

General tab

Default settings dialogue general

Identifier – text field for a user-defined reinforcement setup name

Cover

c,l – numeric field for left concrete cover
c,r – numeric field for right concrete cover
c,t – numeric field for top concrete cover
c,b – numeric field for bottom concrete cover

Stirrups tab

Default settings dialogue Stirrups

The Stirrups tab is organized into a top part, a middle part, and a bottom schematic representation.

Top part

Quality – drop-down menu for stirrup steel quality, with an Edit library button next to it
Profile – drop-down menu with Ribbed and Smooth options
n,stirrup – numeric field for number of stirrups, available only for Beam-like reinforcement

Middle part

The middle part is split into Start, Middle, and End zones.

ds / dm / de – diameter drop-down menus for start, middle, and end zones, each with an Edit library button
ss / sm / se – numeric fields for stirrup spacing in start, middle, and end zones
ls / le – numeric fields for start and end zone lengths; the middle zone length is defined by the remaining bar length between start and end zones

Bottom part

Contains a schematic bar view showing dimensional designators used in the tab

Longitudinal bars tab

Default settings dialogue longitudinal bars

The Longitudinal bars tab is split into a top part and a bottom part.

Top part

Quality – drop-down menu for longitudinal bar steel quality, with an Edit library button
Profile – drop-down menu with Ribbed and Smooth options

Bottom part

The left side shows a cross-section image with designators, and the right side contains parameters. The available image and parameters depend on whether Beam-like reinforcement or Column-like reinforcement is selected.

Beam-like reinforcement parameters

c,yt – numeric field for y-direction distance between top rebar layers
c,yb – numeric field for y-direction distance between bottom rebar layers
Bar set selector – drop-down menu with five graphical options:
- Main, top
- Additional, top, start
- Additional, top, end
- Main, bottom
- Additional, bottom, middle

In the bottom part, there is an editable table for the currently selected bar set. In the table you can add rows for each layer of reinforcement in the current bar set. The table has these columns:

No. – number of the layer
d – diameter of the bars in the layer
n,min – minimum number of bars in the layer
ls – length of the reinforcement bars from the start of the bar element; or start distance of the bottom middle reinforcement bars from the start of the bar element
le – length of the reinforcement bars from the end of the bar element; or end distance of the bottom middle reinforcement bars from the end of the bar element

Column-like reinforcement parameters

Default settings dialogue Column-like longitudinal reinforcement

Corner

dc – drop-down menu for corner bar diameter, with an Edit library button
dc,x – drop-down menu for bar diameter on the x-direction side, with an Edit library button
dc,y – drop-down menu for bar diameter on the y-direction side, with an Edit library button
c – numeric field for distance between corner bars
nc,x – numeric field for number of bars on the x-direction side
nc,y – numeric field for number of bars on the y-direction side

Sides

dx – drop-down menu for side bar diameter in x-direction, with an Edit library button
dy – drop-down menu for side bar diameter in y-direction, with an Edit library button
nx – numeric field for number of bars on the x-direction side
ny – numeric field for number of bars on the y-direction side