Easily model cranked rebar in congested areas to prevent clashes.
- You can propagate rebar with cranks to similar concrete elements.
- Like hooks, the crank is a parametric termination of the bar.
- You can add cranks to shape driven and free-form rebar.The presence of the crank defines the shape, either matching to an existing one or creating a new shape.
- The crank is added within the length of the segment for both shape-driven and free-form rebar.
- Editing constraints of bars with crank: For each cranked bar end, there are three handle positions from which the offset is measured:
- Crank and hook rotation: Crank rotation is applied to all bars in the set and defines the rebar shape. Rotate individual bars using
Edit Bars. For free-form rebar, the crank default rotation (0 deg) is perpendicular to the host surface.
- Crank dimensions and override by type: Duplicate an existing crank type to create your own. Override the values of crank slope and lengths for the rebar type. See Rebar Crank Length Parameters.
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Reporting cranked rebar lengths and editing the rebar shape family:
- Control the assignment of hooks, end treatments and cranks from the Type At Start / Type At End parameters in the rebar shape family.
- Use the new Shape Name parameter to report the shape code for cranked bars and sketched bars. The parameter is editable from the shape family.
- Add the start / end crank lengths to the rebar shape parameters for reporting in the model.
- Shape Name is read-only in the model.
This feature was suggested by customers on the
Ideas forum and is described on the
product road map.
For additional information, see Define and Add a Rebar Crank and Edit Rebar Constraints for Cranked Bars.