Dimensioning of Steel and Concrete

OpenBridge Modeler permits dimensioning of component parts made of concrete in overviews even if the ProConcrete discipline is not active. This enables, for example, the design engineer to put appropriate overview plans at the disposal of customer or planner.

If this additional option is not necessary or if separate plans have to be made, the corresponding group can be completely deactivated without having to deactivate the corresponding component parts separately. In addition, there are less component parts in the selection lists, a contribution to a better clarity.

Here, you see an example for dimensioning a plan view:

Dialog Structure of Dimensioning

As already mentioned in the introduction, dimensioning clearly is the most substantial area within a detailing style.

There, you can make independent settings of different detail types or nested dimensioning structures in a great number of part areas so that reasonably set parameters can be used in several detailing styles at the same time.

Note: When you work with the preview of the DetailCenter while making the setting, it may be helpful to use the ‘intelligent’ arrangement of parameters. Depending on the selection, the number of displayed parameters is reduced and sorted. See also chapter DetailCenter/Global Settings.

Menu Structure

By selecting a dialog tab in a part area (1), you frequently come to the settings for dimensioning chains. Here, you find another list or tree structure (2) where you can create or process the dimensioning groups. Each dimensioning group controls one or several dimensioning chains in the actual drawing.

The essential commands for the management of dimensioning groups, assignment of component parts and some additional functions are found in the context menu of the right mouse key (3), depending on the selection.

On the following pages, you will find a detailed description of the different part areas, their settings and additional functions.