Figure 1
Reinforcements
All analytical beams are listed the spreadsheet and beam sections are shown in the drawing space as illustrated in Figure 2.
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Figure 2
AEC | BOLT Building Design Suite enables user to create layered rebar templates or arbitrary rebar templates easily.
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→ Click Create New Template cell of Show Layered Rebar Templates column of desired analytical beamin the spreadsheet as illustrated in Figure 3.
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Figure 3
This short cut will assign the template directly to selected analytical beam but user can assign the created template to other beams.
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Figure 4
→ Select the transverse reinforcement in the spreadsheet
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Show button will open the longitudinal reinforcement spreadsheet as illustrated in Figure 5
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Figure 5
→ Click Add to add rebar layer
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→ Click Back To Rebar Template button to go back to previous spreadsheet
Second way;
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Figure 6
→ Go to Layered Rebar Template spreadsheet
→ Click Add to create rebar template
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Figure 7
→ Select transverse reinforcement number in the spreadsheet
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Show button will open longitudinal reinforcement spreadsheet.
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Figure 8
→ Click Add to add rebar layer
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→ Click Create New Template cell of Show Arbitrary Rebar Templates column of desired analytical beam in the spreadsheet as illustrated in Figure 9.
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Figure 9
This short cut will assign the template directly to selected analytical beam but user can assign the created template to other beams.
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Figure 10
→ Select the transverse reinforcement in the spreadsheet
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→ Click Draw Rebars button to add rebars
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Figure 11
→ Enter a value as shown in Figure 11
AEC|BOLT Building Design Suite will create reference lines for user to guide the reinforcement placement.
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Figure 12
→ Click on the point where rebar center will be locatedas located as illustrated in Figure 12
→ Click Show Rebars to add rebar layers
Show rebars button will open the longitudinal reinforcement spreadsheet as illustrated in Figure 13
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Figure 13
→ Select rebar number of added reinforcements
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→ Click Back to Rebar Template to go back to previous spreadsheet.
Second way;
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Figure 14
→ Go to Arbitrary Rebar Template spreadsheet
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→ Click Draw Rebars to create arbitrary rebar template
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Figure 15
→ Enter a value as shown in Figure 15
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