Move Rebar in a Set

Use the Edit Bars command to isolate selected rebar sets, or path or area reinforcement systems, select one or more individual bars and move, remove, or reset the bars.

You can edit several sets, path or area reinforcement systems at the same time.

To Edit Bars in a Set or System

Select a rebar set, path, or area reinforcement system.
In the Modify | Structural Rebar tab Customization panel, click (Edit Bars).
Note: The default mode is set to (Modify Bars).
Select one bar and move it using temporary dimensions.
Select several bars and move them using Move, Rotate or Nudge.
Click Finish to accept the changes or click Cancel to discard the changes.

Tip: Change the temporary dimension reference to any other parallel reference to precisely move the bar with respect to that reference (e.g. the side of the opening).

Moving a bar by editing the temporary dimension and selecting several bars.

Quickly Select and Edit Bars

For quick edits (moving or removing one or several bars in a rebar set or path or area reinforcement), you can use Tab + Click to select individual bars directly, without accessing the Edit Bars command.

Press the Tab key to highlight the desired bar and click to select the highlighted bar.
Move the bar or bars using Move, Rotate, Nudge or by editing the temporary dimensions displayed when the bar is selected.
Optionally, you can move several bars at the same time by adding them to the selection using Ctrl + click.

Note: When moving bars in a varying distribution, in the direction of the set, the bars are shortened or extended according to the varying edge of the concrete element.

Openings in the host.

Edit Bars in Area Reinforcement

To select, move and remove individual bars in an area reinforcement system:

Select the area system or any set generated by it and click (Edit Bars).

Note: The area reinforcement is different from sets and path because you are selecting uncut bars or lines generated by the area system on each layer of the system (Top/Exterior, Bottom/Interior, Major direction, and Minor direction). The area system generates rebar sets by cutting the area lines with openings in the concrete host.

Move Bars using Dimensions

You can precisely move individual bars in a rebar set or path or area reinforcement system by using dimensions, similarly to the way other elements in Revit can be moved.

To move a bar using a dimension:

Select a dimension type (linear or aligned).
Measure between a bar in the set and another reference (e.g. the side of the opening).
Select the rebar set and edit the dimension value.

Note:

Edit the dimension to "Reference" to move the individual bar OR edit the dimension to a rebar handle to change the set extents or bar geometry (e.g. dimensioning to Bar Plane will adjust the layout of the set).
Dimensions cannot be locked when one of the references is rebar. This is because dimensional constraints to rebar can conflict with internal rebar constraints and may cause unexpected updates during regeneration.

The set is adjusted.	The individual bar is moved.
Bar shape handle (e.g. Bar Plane)	Reference (part of the individual bar geometry)

Rebar couplers and moved bars

Rebar couplers can be used to connect rebar sets with compatible layouts. Once connected, the coupler synchronizes the layouts between the sets, so removing or moving bars in one set, removes or moves all the corresponding bars in the connected sets.

Review modified sets

You can quickly identify rebar sets in the project or inside a path or area reinforcement which contain moved or removed bars, by using rebar schedules, tags or filters, based on the value of the Modified Rebar Set parameter (Yes / No).

Move Rebar in a Set

To Edit Bars in a Set or System

Quickly Select and Edit Bars

Edit Bars in Area Reinforcement

Move Bars using Dimensions

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