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Select Spans / Supports

Main menu
Files .
Copy the current beam
Copy from another directory
Copy to another directory
Change directory
ZIP beams
EXIT
Output 2.2
Print beams
Display detailed weight table
Geometry
New beam
Span Length Beam Wizard
Support Width
Support Type Beam Wizard
Beam Type Beam Wizard
Support Names Beam Wizard
Section Beam Wizard .
Loads Beam Wizard

Spans
Sections
Support width
End supports
Titles
Columns
Springs
Remove supports
Elastic Foundation
Loads
Uniform
Concentrated
Linear
Linear line
(Trapeze
Wind
Seism
Self-weight
Support deflection
Load factors
Load factors

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Load factors-wind
Load factor seismic
Copy Loads
Revise
DELETE
Load groups
Design
Reinforcement parameters
Concrete
Reinforcement fsd .
Reinforcement cover
Redistribution
Moment reduction
Increase width
Min Reinforcement
Shear parameters
Shear design
Shear reduction
Links-grade
Torsion
Exterior pinned supports
Links select span
Links parameters
Design Method 5.3.8
Shear factor
Shear area
Composite
Deflection parameters
Fsus Sustained Loads
a2 Parameters
(Aggregate
Factors
Specify reinforcement
Output
Display moments
Envelope
Tables
Reinforcement
Shear
Deflections

Seismic capacity table

Seismic Capacity Graphic
Print output

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Detailing parameters
General
Cover
Bent bars
Level differences
Bar parameters
Revise Detailing
Bars
bars edit
Bars shape
Bars add
Bars delete
Bars move
Bars combine
Bars 45/60
Bars numbers
Links
Text
Text new & multi
Text edit
Text delete
Text move
Text copy & paste
Text arrows
Check

Elevation
Elevation label display
Elevation label move
Elevation delete/undelete
Elevation move bars
Elevation draw
Sections
Sections new
Section recreate
Sections library
Sections
Sections rename
Section links
DXF Section DXF IN

Layout

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Add beam
Layout delete
Layout edit
Layout move
Layout properties
Layout beam
File
File print / Create DXF
Create bar schedule
Zoom
View

Beam scale

Lines - draw

Text auto arrange

Dimension lines

Blocks

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Bar types
New
Edit
Output
Setup
Output Tables
Screen Tables
Show Calculator

Setup
Code
Units
Colours
Concrete
Reinforcement
Load Factor
Load patterns
Deflection
Detailing

. .

DXF

Paper size
Text print styles

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HPJ DXF

Select Spans / Supports

End selection
Select all

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Main menu
BEAMD

Tabs

Restore beam list Files

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Files

Files

Copy the current beam

Files Copy the current beam

Copy from another directory

Copy a beam from another directory

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Select beams

Copy to another directory

Copy a beam to another directory

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open a new project

Change directory

Change current directory

File

ZIP beams

zip

zip

Ctrl
ZIP beams

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copy with detailing

select project
zip open a new project
zip

Add the beam to the File

Replace the File
Select another ZIP File

EXIT

slab rib beam

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Output

Print beams

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Display detailed weight table

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Geometry
New beam

Main menu File

New beam

Span Length Beam Wizard

Support Width

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Width

Support Type Beam Wizard

Pinned
Fixed
Cantilever

Beam Type Beam Wizard

table rib beam

Support Names Beam Wizard

Section Beam Wizard

Loads Beam Wizard

Aplly Self Weight

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Geometry

Span length

Sections

Support width

Exterior supports

Titles

Columns

Springs

Remove supports

Elastic foundations

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Loads

Design

Spans

Setup

Sections

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Sections-dimensions
T

Setup
23.42E5

I A

23.45E5

Same as

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Support width

Above and below

Below only
Above only

cancel

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End supports

Pinned -
Fixed -
Cantilever

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Titles

Supports
Spans

Enter

Beam title

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Columns

Location

Above or bottom
Bottom only
Above only

Define columns
Delete columns

All locations
Selected locations

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L I A

Setup
23.42E5

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Springs

Springs Delete

Remove supports

Remove supports

End supports
Restore supports

Elastic Foundation

L/20

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Ton/meter^2

b Ton/meter^3

create/delete

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Loads

Loads

Uniform

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Concentrated

Moment

Linear

Linear-line

Trapeze

Wind

Seism

Self-weight

Support deflection

Individual load cases

Load factors

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Revise

Copy Loads

Delete

Load groups

Geometry

Design

Uniform

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Concentrated

Linear

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Linear Line

Another Segment

Linear line

Live Dead Start

Live Dead End

Length

(Trapeze

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live dead Ends

live dead Middle

Flat length

Wind

max/min

Wind from left

Wind from right
L R

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Seism

maximum/ minimum

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Self-weight

Factor
Density

Support deflection

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Deflection

Individual load case

Load factors

Group type

Envelope-service loads

Envelope-factored loads

Individual load case

Load factors

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Service
Factored

Load factors-wind

Wind 1, Wind 2
Wind 3, Wind 4

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Load factor seismic

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Copy Loads

The selected load only

= All loads on span
Selected loads on span
Mirror loads

Revise

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Revise load on all highlighted spans

Revise load on selected span only

DELETE

Delete load on all highlighted spans

Delete load on selected span only

Delete on selected span only

Delete on entire beam

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Load groups

Delete Revise New

Title

Envelope-service loads

Envelope-factored loads

Individual load case

Copy load

Live loads Dead loads

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Design

Reinforcement parameters

Shear parameters

Deflection parameters

Specify reinforcement

Geometry

Loads

Detail

Layout

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Reinforcement parameters

Concrete

B B

Reinforcement fsd

Reinforcement cover

Bottom Top cover

cover

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Net cover
Gross cover

d Gross cover
Net cover

Redistribution

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Moment reduction

Increase width

No increase

Increase at code limit

No compression reinf.

Limit x/d
x/d

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Min Reinforcement

T L

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Shear parameters

Shear design

Links only

Links only

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Links and bent-up bars

Links and bent-up bars

No shear reinforcement

No shear reinforcement (increase width)

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Shear reduction

Links-grade

Torsion

Exterior pinned supports

Vrd1

Vrd1

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Vrd1

Links select span

Legs Diameter
No links Spacing
=all

Links parameters

Diameter

Spacing

Min Automatic
75mm Increment
50mm

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User defined

Legs

Groups

Av/s

Av/s Av/s
required Av/s
provided Av/s

provided Av/s

Max spacing between legs in section

code
1.3Sv
Sv

max space

Design Method

Standard method
Truss method

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Additional options

Shear factor

Shear area

L T
Flange Web

Composite

Ah/s Av/s

Topping height

L T

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Roughness

Apply % of vertical shear

Deflection parameters

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a2 a1

Fser a1
Fsus

a2

Fsus Sustained Loads

a2 Parameters
a2

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t
t

(Aggregate

Factors

Envelope-factored loads
Dead load factor
Live load factor
Individual load case
Dead / Total load

Envelope-service loads

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Specify reinforcement

As
bottom top span support
All locations
Selected locations

Design
value

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Output

Output

Display moments

Load cases

Redistribution
Load groups

Spans

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Envelope

Tables

Min M

Max M

M max

M min

Mmn=0@

Mmx=o@

mx-M@

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mn+M@

Vmax

Vmin

D reac

L reac

W reac

Max R

Min R

Reinforcement

As top
As bot

x/d
As/bd = = As/Ac
Comp As

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As=

Shear

Vd/bd

Vrd1 bd

Vrd1 As/bd

Dist

Bent As

Links

Av/s

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Av Av
req d
s v s t

Av Av Av Av
n
s req 'd s v s t s
n

Av/s prov

Link details

Legs

Gap

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1500 = (16-1)*100

350=(100,350)

2450=(8-1)*350

350=(150, 350)

900=(7-1)*150

150=(150,100)

400=(5-1)*100

Deflections

As

As

Fctb

Ig

Ir
(n

Mr

Mser, mx, d

Mser, mx, d+l

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Mser, mx, sus

Ie

Isus

Kt

ai,d

ai,l

at, sus

a1
t1 a2

Factored
Nominal

Probable

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Ve

Mcap

Ve

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Seismic capacity table

As, A s

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Seismic Capacity Graphic

Print output

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Input
Geometry
Loads
Results
Reinforcement
Shear
Deflections
Detailed results
Detailed results torsion
Moment / Shear
Envelope
Individual cases
Tables
Envelope
Individual cases
Seismic results
Seismic capacity table
Seismic capacity graphic

Summary condensed output all tables

RTF Ms-Word

Send output to a Word file

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SETUP

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BEAMD Detail

Change directory

Detail a beam

Display/arrange a beam drawing

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Display/arrange a drawing sheet

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Detailing parameters

General
Cover
Bent bars
Level differences
Bar parameters

General

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Detail as

; 8@200
4 8

Setup

Use 2 Diameters

3 20 + 2 16

Bottom bars span

Minimum no. of bottom bars

Top bars support

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No. of montage bars

No. of montage bars

Continue without revising

Set no. of link hangers equal to no. of legs where required

Edit links design

Bottom bars minimum

Bar diameters

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SETUP

Curtail bottom bars

SETUP

Full flange width to place bars

L T L T

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Cover

Extend at external supports

Net cover

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Distance between bar layers

Direct support / Indirect support

Direct support / Indirect support

Bent bars

Use bent bars

Bend at least % of bottom bars

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Bend no more than % of bottom bars

Use 60? bent bars

45? 45?
60?

60? 60?

45?
45? SETUP
SETUP

No. of bent bars at each bend point

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Use one side bent bars

left span right span

Level differences

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Bar parameters

Round bars to a multiple of

Bars symmetric

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Add face bars

Maximum distance between bars in layer

Maximum bar length

Combine top bars

Combine bottom bars

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Revise Detailing

File
Zoom
Bars
Text
Sections

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Bars

bars edit

Enter

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Bars shape

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Bars add

Shape

SETUP

Bars delete

Bars move
exploded view

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Do not move other bars

Move all bars below by the same distance

Move all bars above by the same distance

Select bars to be moved by the same distance

Bars combine

Bars 45/60

60? 45?

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Bars numbers

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Links

group
diam
spacing
no
legs
gr. Len
Av/s pr.
Av/s re.

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Text

Text new & multi

New
Multi

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Size
Angle
Pen
Font

Frame

No frame
Underline
Rectangle
Circle
Hexagon
Triangle

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Justify

Attach to beam

Spacing

horiz.)
vert.

char. width

Text edit

Edit1
Edit

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Text delete

Text move

Text copy & paste

Text copy & paste

Copy

Text arrows

Add arrow

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Auto Pen
Arrow
Filled arrow
Type
Line
Arrow
Filled arrow

Underline

Delete arrow

Change location

Change Parameters

Cancel

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Check

Warning

Check

Info

Type
Diameter
No. of bars
Length
Area
Layer

Right side Left side

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Measured from x

As previous

Required length without anchorage

Required anchorage length
Overall required length
Actual bar length
Actual length Required length

missing area
support span location
top bot type
area

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missing length
support span location
top bot type
right left side
length

SETUP

too many bars in layer

support span location
top bot type
right left side
width

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D
0.75xD

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Elevation

Elevation label display

Elevation

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Elevation label move

Elevation delete/undelete

Del label

Undel label

Elevation move bars

Exploded

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Move more bars by the same distance

Elevation draw

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Sections

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DXF

Sections new

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Name

Scale

Shape

Beam section

Mark location only

From library

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Place together with the current beam

Place on a separate drawing

Do not create this section

Section recreate

Recreate all sections

Recreate selected sections

Sections library

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Sections

Delete the section mark but leave the section drawing

Delete the section drawing but leave the section mark

Delete both the section mark and the section drawing

Sections rename

Section links

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DXF Section DXF IN

DXF DXF

DXF
Not in use

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Beam data

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Layout

Drawing name
Size
Orientation

Add

Delete

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Add beam

Beam scale
No. of copies

Include sections
No. of the 1st bar

Layout delete

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Layout edit

Layout move

Move objects

Align objects

Top of reference
Bottom of reference
Left of reference
Right of reference

Layout properties

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Layout beam

Display/Arrange a beam drawing

Detail a beam

Design a beam

Status
n drw #n
Detailed
blank

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File

File print / Create DXF

DXF

Individual Beams

Print

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Send output to
Drawing size
Print in black and white only
Send output to a file

DXF Create DXF

Save

Create bar schedule

B A

G Bar schedule
G F E

D Add schedules to:

D
file

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Alt+Tab

BARSW

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Zoom

redraw

Create Window

Move window center

Full drawing

Zoom in/zoom out by factor

Revise screen dimensions

Zoom Previous

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View

- Elevation
- Exploded

Beam scale

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Lines
Links
Bars
Blocks
Clips
Dimension

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Lines - draw

B A
J ARC

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E) Ortho.

Solid F Line type

F Pen

C Step
F3
F4

Esc G Cancel

H Close

I End

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J ARC

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A
ARC
CERCLE

B
C LINE
FLIP

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Line type Pen]

SETUP

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Standard link

User defined shape

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Standard links

2 Section corners

2 Bars

Dimensions

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Cover

Link pos.
Inside
Outside
Dimensions

Length

Title

Display segment length

Display title

Diameter
Steel type
Quantity
Spacing
Number

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3 Nodes

L U

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Line

coord.

node

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Position

Attach to link

Attach to line

Between 2 bars

Between 2 points

Single bar

Properties

Diameter

Quantity

Bar no.

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Spacing along line

Distance to 1st bar from

start
End

Equal spacing

Fixed spacing

Start from one end

Symmetric

Auto calculate quantity

quantity

Distance from line

Offset

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Offset

Titles

No title

Bar no. only

Full title

Diameter

Quantity

Bar no.

Spacing

Auto arrange title

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Move Title / Text

Offset bar line

Distance -

Move bar along line

Distance -

Mirror bars along line

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Mirror bars about line

Properties

Text auto arrange

Text auto arrange

Dimension lines

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Direction

Horizontal

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Vertical
Angle

style

tic
arrow
circle

Precision

Angle

Parallel to a line

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Blocks

Define by
coord
section

Line type

Pen

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Retrieve from library

Save current section to library

Edit library

Current library

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Section name
Current library
Change

Add section after highlighted section

Replace highlighted section

Current library

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Change

Delete

Clip line
Bottom
Top
Left
Right

Operation
Add
Delete
Move

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Individual (lines, bars )

Select by window

Select by polygon

Select all (lines, bars )

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Select line with

One nodes in the window/polygon
Both nodes in the window/polygon

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nn PRnn

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File

New Project
Open
Save
Save as

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Save

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Edit

New Schedule Bars

New Schedule Mesh

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SETUP

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Edit Schedule List

Ctrl+L

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SETUP

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Edit Schedule List

Ctrl+L

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Mesh Bars
No
Edit

Copy
Paste
Cut

New Schedule Bars

New Schedule Mesh
Edit Schedule

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Bar types

New
Edit

New

Bar name

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Description

Use in this project only

Use also in new project

Y X

X DX
Y DY

OK DX=30 DY=50

Number definition
Letter definition

DX=40

OK

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Edit

Edit Shape
Change dimensions
Make dimensions equal
Change dimension letter
Delete bar

Edit shape

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Change dimensions

Value

Make dimensions equal

dimension Dim

Equal Equ
Dim

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Equ Factor Fac

Dim

Change dimension letter

Change

with

Change

D A

Delete bar

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Output

Display schedule
Display total

Print schedule

Start page

Send output to
DXF RTF
Schedule print to

What to print
Print every schedule
on new page

Setup Output Tables

Comment line

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all projects current project only

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Setup

Output Tables

Default Default screen-setup

Default drawing-setup print-setup
Mesh Bars

Define

Bars
Mesh

Edit

Bars
Mesh

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Define Bars

Width

Separation Lines

Horizontal
Vertical

Columns
Insert
Remove

Fonts
Table items
Table title
Page header titles
Page header items
Table header titles
Table header items
User name

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Row height
Comment line

Define Mesh

Width

Separation Lines

Horizontal
Vertical

Columns

Insert
Remove

Fonts

Table items
Table title
Page header titles
Page header items

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Table header titles

Table header items
User name
Row height
Comment line

Screen Tables

Bars table

Title
Space
Columns

Insert
Delete
Move up
Move down
Properties

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Title Line1 ; Line2

Field length

Mesh table

Title
Space
Columns

Insert
Delete
Move up
Move down
Properties

Title Line1 ; Line2

Field length

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Show Calculator

Paste

Do not sort

Sort

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Setup

Code

Units

Colours

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Concrete

Reinforcement

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links main reinforcement No

Yes / No

N/mm²

Load Factor

Load patterns

= Spans

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Deflection

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Detailing

DXF

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L= 540 cm L= 536 cm 10 cm

33 cm 92 cm 125 cm
33 cm < 40 cm
2 x 125 cm 250 cm
33 cm > 30 cm
92 + 33 = 125 cm

510 cm 550 cm
550 cm 50 cm
25 cm

12 m 12 m

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3d20 + 2d16

3d20, 2d16

percentage = As,bent / Abot

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?10@250
8?10 )

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DXF

1/100 mm

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DXF DXF
= DXF DXF

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Paper size

x, y

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Text print styles

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