Concrete parts created from surface elements (such as walls and floors) possess rebar cover and can host rebar, rebar sets, area reinforcement, path reinforcement, and fabric reinforcement.
Select concrete parts to access the reinforcement tools in the same way you would to reinforce whole elements. Note the following rules for reinforcing parts:
- You can only reinforce parts created from walls, floors, and foundation slabs.
- The original element can host rebar independently from its parts.
- If you divide, merge, or remove a reinforced part, then existing rebar in that part will be removed.
- You can reinforce parts created from compound structures if the Function parameter has been specified as Structure.
The Host Category instance property of rebar elements distinguishes rebar hosted by part elements from rebar hosted by the original element of the part.
Tip: Create a reinforcement filter in which the Host Category parameter is equal to Parts. The results can be used on tags and schedules to improve reinforcement documentation.
Recommended workflows for reinforcing concrete parts
- When you model precast walls or floor segments as parts, place reinforcement in the precast parts and add connector rebar to the original element.
- When you use parts to model concrete pouring sequences for floors, place rebar in the cast-in-place parts.
- When multiple floor elements are needed to populate a level (such as rooms, corridors, and balconies), create each individual element, and then merge them to simplify placing reinforcement.