Area reinforcement: placing parameters for additional reinforcement

You can change the parameter settings for the placement as you need.
Some of the parameters are mutually dependent i.e., changing one setting may cause another to update accordingly.

You can use this to displace the bars relative to the placing line. The following options are provided:

- displaces the bars in the negative placement direction
- places the bars centered on the placing line
- displaces the bars in the positive placement direction
Edge Offset - enter a value for the distance to the placing line

Note: The positive placing direction is the product of a positive 90° angle of rotation on the placing line start point/end point.

You can use this to enter the anchorage length of the additional reinforcement at the keyboard. The length of the additional reinforcement is adjusted automatically..

Use this to enter the length of the bars to be placed. Three options are provided:

Enter the value manually or
Click the edge of a component or a bar to adopt the length of the line clicked.
Click points to define the start and end of the bar. In the case of individual, span, support and edge reinforcement this also defines the placing angle which is entered automatically.

Note: With span, support and edge reinforcement, Allplan proposes the maximum bar length you have specified using the Options, Reinforcement page, Bar reinforcement area. This length can be larger than the actual placement length. If, on the other hand, the placement length is larger than the bar length entered, the bars are joined with the longitudinal lap entered.

Use this to define the bar shape. Select a shape in the list presented. The position of the bends is dependent on the concrete cover defined beforehand. If you enter the concrete cover at the top, create a bar in the top layer. The bends presented point downwards. If you entered the concrete cover at the bottom, the bends point upwards.

In the list box, select a shape for the start and end:
- Shape 1: Start or End or
- Shape 2: Start or End or
- Shape 3: Start or End or
- Shape 4: Start or End or
- Shape 5: Start or End or
- Shape 6: Start or End or
- Shape 7: Start or End or
- Shape 8: Start or End or
- Shape 9: Start or End or
The parameters vary depending on the shape you selected.
Select a hook at the start and end of the bar, where applicable.
Click OK to confirm the bending shape.

You can use this to swap the start and end of a bar placement.

Click / or / to switch the start point. Depending on the selected placing angle, you can choose between

and or
and .

This button is only available when Reinforce with 3D model is not active.
Use this to define whether the number of bars generated by the placement are to be added or ignored.

Use this to define how the program manages the bars internally.

When set to PP, the placed bars are managed separately. This means that a full schema of each individual bar can be created later.
When set to m (for Meterage Placing Mode), only the placing lengths are managed. In this case, the creation of a schema merely results in a value showing the number of meters.

Note: This function is not available in the Additional Carpet Reinforcement tool in the BAMTEC module.

Use this to define how the bars are displayed. The following options are available:

: all the bars are displayed.
: only the bar in the middle is displayed.
: selected bars are displayed.
: a selected bar is displayed as unfolded. The program presents the various folding directions for selection. Select the desired setting by clicking.

Note: This function is not available in the Additional Carpet Reinforcement tool in the BAMTEC module.