Place a Rebar Coupler

Join spliced or adjacent rebar instances with a coupler.

Video: Placing Rebar Couplers

1. Click Structure tab Reinforcement panel (Rebar Coupler)
2. Click how the coupler is placed:
   • Modify | Insert Rebar Coupler tab Placement Options panel (Place on Bar End)
   • Modify | Insert Rebar Coupler tab Placement Options panel (Place between Two Bars)
3. In the Type selector at the top of the Properties palette, select the desired rebar coupler type. The size of the coupler must match the rebar size in order to make a connection.
4. Place the coupler on rebar.
   • For placement on the end of a bar, select the desired end of the rebar.
   • For placement between two bars, select two valid rebar instances. The second bar selected will reposition and shorten as necessary for the coupler.
     For a coupler to connect two rebar instances, the connected ends must be no more than the distance of 10 bar diameters apart. The bars cannot be offset more than 3 bar diameters from one another.

     

     Coupler placement tolerance