For existing rebar in the project or during rebar placement, you can assign cranks to bar ends or change to a rebar shape that has a crank already assigned.
Rebar cranks are defined by the crank slope, offset and length multipliers.
Rebar cranks have a matrix relationship between the crank properties and rebar size. The rebar crank type comprises a defined crank slope, offset and length. If the existing cranks are appropriate, you can start this procedure at step 7.
- In the Project Browser, navigate to Families
Structural RebarRebar Crank.
- Right-click a crank, and select Duplicate.
- Double-click the new copy.
- Define the Crank Slope, Offset and Length Multipliers. See Rebar Crank Length Parameters.
- Click OK.
- Right-click the new crank type and select Rename. Enter a name for the crank type. You can now apply this crank type to rebar instances within the project, to get the desired bar geometry.
- Select a rebar instance (which can be a single bar, or a rebar set), in a relevant view.
- On the Properties palette, add a crank to the start or end, as needed under the Construction section:
- First select Crank in either the Start of Bar or End of Bar parameters.
- Then select the crank type for the Crank at Start or Crank at End parameter which become available after the previous step.