This dialog contains options used to present a bar symbol in reinforcement tables and in a reinforcement description. Access the dialog by selecting Bars -> Shape Model from the Job preferences dialog. The dialog includes additional options as shown below.
In the Reinforcement shape model display field there are 3 elements to select. According to:
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Reinforcement shape code
Each shape model will comply with the reinforcement shape model given in the code regardless of the shape definition method in the drawing. Reinforcement shapes will have a shape model corresponding to an appropriate shape code.
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Reinforcement shape
Each shape model will comply with the reinforcement shape defined in the drawing regardless of the reinforcement definition method. All reinforcement shapes will have the shape model corresponding to a reinforcement shape
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Reinforcement shape type
Each shape model will comply with the reinforcement shape type regardless of the reinforcement definition method. Reinforcement with a shape code will be assigned the shape model given in the code, reinforcement without a shape code will have a shape model fit to shape.
Use the Hook length description option to select or deselect the hook length for a bar shape in descriptions and tables.
If this option is selected, other possibilities will be available:
- All hooks
- Standard hook
- Non standard hooks
The user decides which type of hooks should be described.
In the Reinforcement shape model behavior field you can select a method of placing a bar symbol in the reinforcement description:
- Rotate shape symbol according to the model - if this option is selected, the bar symbol is drawn according to its position in the model.
- Automatically - if this option is selected, the bar symbol is rotated automatically according to the longest segment.