FILE menu
- Export to DXF/DWG
Exports the current view to AutoCAD drawing formats DXF and DWG through the Autodesk component RealDWG.
- Export Options
This option allows parametrization of the export of AutoCAD drawing formats DXF and DWG. Once it is activated, the program opens the Export Options dialog for defining a template and features to be inherited from layers or dimensioning styles.
Drawing styles of the template (for dimensioning and tables) and the following layers are used on export.
L_BARS - reinforcing bars
L_CHART - diagrams
L_DIM - dimensions
L_GEO_LINE - geometry contour
L_GEO_SOLID - filling of RC elements
L_SYMB_SECT - section symbol
L_TEXT - all texts and descriptions.
All features of these layers will be preserved unless it was excluded by other options in the Export Options dialog box.
Note: You can display reinforcement in a 3D view in a dwg file. To do it, select the Create a 3D reinforcement block option in the Export Options dialog. After opening a .dwg file, select Insert menu > Block > 3D RNF and next, select View menu > 3D View.
EDIT menu
- Undo
Undoes the last editing or modification operation.
- Redo
Repeats the last editing or modification operation.
- Delete
Deletes a selected part of a drawing or a reinforcing bar.
Deleted drawing elements such as section or dimension lines have no effect on the result of calculations. If a reinforcing bar is deleted, be sure the structure is correct.
- Copy Bar
Copies a selected longitudinal bar which is visible in the element cross section and inserts it in any place on the element cross section.
There must be an element cross section in which the longitudinal bar to be copied is visible. After selecting the Copy Bar command the drawing area becomes inaccessible, while longitudinal bars in cross sections remain visible. To copy a selected bar, click it and then indicate a position of a new bar.
- Move Bar
Changes the position - in the transverse plane of the element - of a selected longitudinal bar which is visible in the element cross section.
There must be an element cross section in which the longitudinal bar to be moved is visible. After selecting the Move Bar command the drawing area becomes inaccessible, while longitudinal bars in cross sections remain visible. To move a bar, click it and then indicate a new position of a bar in the cross section.
- Horizontal Mirror
Rotates a selected bar with respect to an indicated horizontal axis. The option may be used, for example, to reverse hooks of a longitudinal bar or to reverse stirrups.
After selecting the Horizontal Mirror command the drawing area is grayed out, while bars in the elevation view remain visible. To mirror a bar, click a selected bar and indicate a position of the horizontal axis to which the axial symmetry will be transformed.
- Generate Anew
Generates a drawing from the beginning. After using this command, all drawing changes will be overwritten by a drawing based on predefined preferences.
INSERT menu
- Longitudinal Bar
Inserts longitudinal bars. When selected, elements visible on the screen become inaccessible. Click two points to define the beginning and end of the bar. A newly inserted bar will be presented under the beam and under the bars that were inserted earlier.
- Text
Inserts a text field. The text may be edited in the Properties dialog box.
- Symbol
Inserts a symbol. This option is divided into: height and symmetry axis.
- Dimension line
This option is divided into: orthogonal and oblique. An orthogonal dimension line is inserted parallel along the X axis or Y axis, while an oblique dimension line is parallel to the straight line passing through two points indicated by the user. Pressing the left mouse button allows the user to define points of the beginning and end of a dimension line and pressing the right mouse button - to determine the distance to its position.
- Label
Once this option is selected, the user should indicate a bar to be given a designation, and next, using the right mouse button, determine the distance to the label position from a bar.
- Reinforcement Table
Once this option is selected, a table including all of the bars in an element is displayed. The standard table template contains the following columns: position, number, diameter, steel grade, and length. You can select and define a number of columns.
- Section
Left-click the mouse in the drawing area to select the position of a section. Select the section side. Left-click again to generate the section on the right side of a beam or column. The place of the element section is marked with a vertical red line labeled with digits. After generating a section, stirrups and pins are drawn automatically.
ANALYSIS menu
- Verification
This option is used to track how changes have made an affect on the element capacity. After adding or deleting bars, capacity values are recalculated.
- Auto Verification
This option works analogously to verification. Verification is performed each time a change is made. If the capacity condition is not satisfied, warning and error dialogs display.
TOOLS menu
- View Template
This option allows changing and saving standard settings of all features of a view. These include bar descriptions, type and number of symbols, font, and scale, for instance.
To make changes, activate definition mode.
To save settings, select the Save Template option and define a name. Saved templates are available as the default.
To restore standard settings, select Restore Factory Defaults.