Reinforcements

Figure 1

Reinforcements

All analytical beams are listed the spreadsheet and beam sections are shown in the drawing space as illustrated in Figure 2.

Figure 2

AEC | BOLT Building Design Suite enables user to create layered rebar templates or arbitrary rebar templates easily.

Layered Rebar Templates

There is two way of creating layered rebar templates.

First way;

→ Click Create New Template cell of Show Layered Rebar Templates column of desired analytical beam in the spreadsheet as illustrated in Figure 3.

Figure 3

This short cut will assign the template directly to selected analytical beam but user can assign the created template to other beams.

Figure 4

→ Select the transverse reinforcement in the spreadsheet

→ Enter clear cover to stirrup in the spreadsheet

→ Enter transverse spacing in the spreadsheet

→ Enter leg number

→ Click Show to add rebar layers

→ Click Reinforcements button shown in Figure 4 to go back to reinforcements spreadsheet