Partitioning for reinforcement identification serves several organizational purposes depending on how a building is designed or how it will be constructed.
Design, ordering, fabrication, and ultimately the placement location of rebar on site all have an impact on the partitioning needs of the contractor. Such factors include, but are not limited to:
- Construction sequences and phasing
- Host element types (concrete columns, beams, or slabs for example)
- Precast fabrication needs
- Location within a host (such as top and bottom in slabs, or inner and exterior in walls)
- Location in the model
This organization can be accomplished by editing the built-in Partition parameter that all reinforcement elements possess and that is set as the default partition criterion for the automatically created reinforcement numbering templates.
The following image shows a visual representation of 9 partitions in a basic model where each level has 3 specific partitions. Rebar assigned to a specific partition display like colors. Rebar can be partitioned and thus grouped based on when and where it is needed.
Any rebar, rebar set, or fabric sheet instance in a model can only be assigned to one partition. This maintains numbering sequences and number matching within a partition for schedules and tags.
