Opening
The following bar types are grouped under the Opening bars tree:
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Top Lintel:
Top Lintel Top Longitudinal Bars
Top Lintel Bottom Longitudinal Bars
Bottom Lintel Top Longitudinal Bars
Bottom Lintel Bottom Longitudinal Bars
Reinforcement Sections
Theoretical: this field displays the automatically calculated required reinforcement area according to the applied loads.
Real: this field displays the reinforcement area (automatically generated or manually defined) which should cover the required reinforcement area.
Bars
Bar mark: displays the mark of the bar (unique identification number) used in drawings and bar schedules.
Quantity: define the number of bars.
Left offset (X1): define the distance between the left face of the opening and the start point of the bar (if the bar is straight) or the exterior face of the bar (if the bar has hooks).
Bar colour: reinforcement colour displayed in the model.
Diameter: select the bar diameter from the drop-down list.
Right offset (X2): define the distance between the right face of the opening and the endpoint of the bar.
Vertical offset (Z): define the distance between the reference bar position and the actual bar position (for example, the reference position for the first layer of bottom bars is at cover; usually the reference position of the bar is the one that resulted from the automatic calculation when Z = 0).
Hooks
Hook angle (1/2): select the desired left/right hook angle value; if 0.00° is selected, the bars remain straight.
Hook length (L1/L2): select the desired left/right hook length; if the angle is 0.00°, these fields will be greyed out.
Top Lintel Transversal
Bottom Lintel Transversal
Bars
Bar mark: displays the mark of the bar (unique identification number) used in drawings and bar schedules.
Quantity: define the number of bars.
Start/end offset: define the distance between the face of the opening and the start point of the bar.
Bar colour: reinforcement colour displayed in the model.
Diameter: select the bar diameter from the drop-down list.
Enclosed links: select the enclosed links bar diameter from the drop-down list.
Spacing: define the spacing between the axis of two consecutive bars.
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