3.2.2 Bottom Reinforcement

Please follow the instructions provided below to Bottom Reinforcements design of slab

1	Navigate to the "Bottom Reinforcements" section under "1st Floor" in the tree view. Once you have reached this section, please navigate to the "Uniform Reinforcement" tab in the same spreadsheet. In this tab, please click on the "Select Slab for Uniform Reinforcement" button. Then, draw the slab edge which will be assigned as the zone for uniform reinforcement.
2	In the uniform reinforcement tab, enter the rebar and spacing data of each direction as shown in the figure. Then, click on "Show [SE 1 ]" to see the zone of uniform reinforcement.
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4	Click “N/Showing Additional Rebar Zones” button to see the additional reinforcement demand regions in the slab on CAD view. Currently, SAFE result results are displayed on the CAD side. The same "reinforcement demand" control should be done for AECBolt analysis results.
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6	Display Safe Results Display Aecbolt Results

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Navigate to the "Additional Reinforcements" tab in the same spreadsheet.

In this tab, click on the "Draw Slab Reinforcement" button to draw custom additional reinforcement where extra reinforcement is needed.

When drawing additional reinforcement, it must be done from support face to support face.

Make Additional Reinforcements drawing according to the 2 analysis results.

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In the "Additional Reinforcements" tab, enter the rebar number, spacing, and rebar count data in the spreadsheet.

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Navigate to the "Integrity Bottom Bar" section in the same spreadsheet.

The bar size and code check template data should already be imported.

In this section, click on the "Verify All" button to check that all rows are "Passed".

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Once you have verified that all rows are passed, please click on the "Show" button to see the Integrity Bottom code check report.

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