You can switch between Top and Bottom to select results for the top or bottom reinforcement layer.

You can use this to specify whether the reinforcement is created in one direction only or in both directions. The directions are based on the FEA calculation selected.

When you have selected in one direction, you can specify the direction in a dialog box which appears after you have entered the shell outline polygon. The two angles of the selected FEA calculation are available.

You can switch between Composite I and Composite II to calculate the anchorage length.

For the steel grade, you can choose between the different grades available for the country standard selected using the Options, Reinforcement page, General area.

For the concrete grade, you can choose between the different grades available for the country standard selected using the Options, Reinforcement page, General area.

You can use this to set the plate thickness to be used for calculating the anchorage length. The program takes the panel thickness from the FEA calculation you have selected and uses this value as the default setting.

Use this to specify a factor by which FEA calculation results are multiplied prior to being used for the calculation of reinforcement.
However, if additional safety margins are necessary, it is best to increase the loads prior to performing the FEA calculation.

You can use this to set the minimum spacing between bars. Whenever this value is undershot, a continuous bar is created instead of two separate ones.

You can use this to set the minimum diameter for a single bar.

Note: You cannot enter a minimum diameter of 6.0 in the BAMTEC module.

You can use this to set the maximum diameter to be taken into account when reinforcement is created.

This way, you can exclude large diameters which cannot be welded from being created in the BAMTEC module.

This is where you can set a maximum spacing between individual bars. Depending on the relevant standard, this spacing is to be complied with.

Note: If you enabled the Basic reinforcement option in the General parameters area, the value entered there for the spacing between bars for basic reinforcement applies.

Activate this option if you want to create a basic reinforcement. After entering the shell outline polygon, a dialog box appears in which you can enter the spacing and the diameter of the bars for the basic reinforcement.
For bar reinforcement, the spacing and the diameter for the bars in the basic reinforcement can be selected separately for both reinforcement directions. The maximum bar diameter presented is the diameter you have defined in the reinforcement parameters. The maximum As value is displayed for verification purposes.

In the case of meshes select the mesh type and define the overlaps and the position of the mesh reinforcement.

Note: You should insert more than 50% of the max. As in the bottom layer of the floor slab or in the top layer of the base slab. The purpose is to combine one high spacing value with a large bar diameter. The reinforcement peaks are covered with additional reinforcement between the bars of the basic reinforcement.

You can choose between the following options for displaying the different bar diameters:

• Like area reinf. - the line type defined for normal area reinforcement is used for all the bars.
• Different - to use a different line type for every diameter (the smallest is displayed using line type A, the next using line type B and so on.).