Single placement

Tool(s): Place Bar Shape

To place existing reinforcing bar marks as a single placement

1. Click Place Bar Shape (How).
   

   Activate Place Bar Shape in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Create Engineering Bar Reinforcement

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   Bar reinforcement

   • Configuration: Engineering Bar Entry and Placement flyout
2. Select Single placement in the list box at the top in the Place Bar Shape palette.
   Click to open a dialog box that displays all the placing modes graphically.
3. If you have not selected the Reinforce with 3D model option, you can place the bars of the selected mark as points in the section view: click Point mode on in the input options.
   

   When you activate this button, the respective marks are placed as points to the section display.
   If the button is deactivated, the respective marks are placed in the selected view.

4. Select the Abc - Label option in the input options if you want to label the placements immediately by pressing ESC after placing the bending shape.
5. Select the mark to be placed by clicking a reinforcing bar or placed reinforcement. Alternatively, enter its mark number in the dialog line.
6. If neither Reinforce with 3D model nor Point mode on is active, define the view of the bending shape in relation to the placing line. In order to define the line for the viewing direction, you can find a number of drawing aids in the input options.
   or
   If Reinforce with 3D model is active and views do not exist, you only need to define the view of the bending shape once before the first placement. Alternatively, click a view if there is one.
   

   The following drawing aids are provided in the input options to help you define the line for the viewing direction:

   Enter normal lines: draw the line as you want, there are no constraints.

   Enter at right angles: all the lines are drawn at right angles (to the system angle set).

   Enter using cursor snap: draws lines based on a cursor snap angle.

   8 Cursor Snap Angle (3-360): defines the cursor snap angle.

7. Specify the reinforcement parameters in the Place Bar Shape palette and the Anchor point and the Offset in X direction and/or Offset in Y direction in the input options.
8. If necessary, enter an angle of rotation in the dialog line, place the mark, and label the placements.