Manual Bar Mark Manager

Used to attach User Marks to 3D rebar in addition to the regular Bar Marks generated during Rebar Positioning. While it is advised to use Bar Marking generated with the Positioning tool, User Marks are very flexible and should be used in scenarios that Positioning cannot accommodate.

Accessed from:
  • Ribbon: Concrete > Drawing Production > Numbering, Marking > Manual Marking
  • Ribbon: Concrete > Data/Reporting > Numbering, Marking > Manual Marking
Setting Description
Load Selected Rebar Elements Loads selected rebar's data into the table.
Add Rebar to Existing Selection Adds selected rebar's data to the table.
Clear Selection Removes selected rebar from the table.
Refresh current data Reloads and recalculates the data shown in the table.
Select Bars Sets the locate option to select the bar when used.
Highlight Bars Sets the locate option to highlight the bar when used.
Isolate Bars Sets the locate option to isolate the bar when used by turning the display off of all other bars in the model.
Zoom to Bars Sets the locate option to zoom into the bar when used.
Remove User Marks Applied to Current Selection Removes any user marks you applied to the selected schedule.
Group Rebar by Concrete Name When on, the table rows are grouped and sorted by the Concrete Name property. The Concrete Name column is moved to be the first column in the table. When off, the table is sorted by Quantity.
Group Matching Concrete by Reinforcement Activated when Group Rebar by Concrete Name is checked. When on, the table is re-sorted by Conc. Pos. Num.. The Conc. Pos. Num. column is moved to be the second column in the table after the Concrete Name column.
Maintain Rebar Label Grouping Activated when Group Rebar by Concrete Name and Group Matching Concrete by Reinforcement are checked. When on, the grouped bars are listed un-grouped and sorted by Conc. Pos. Num..
Apply/Load to Schedules Applies/loads the manual marks to the schedule in Schedule Generator. Clicking opens the GUID-2BC9B455-C917-46D0-9CA5-0688BBE2A9F4.html
Apply Marks Applies marks to the selected table.

Right-Click Menu Options

Setting Description
Modify Alpha Character for Selection Modifies the user-defined bar mark value by setting a new alpha character. You can modify all the user-defined bar mark values at once.
Mark All Sequentially
  • With Alpha
    • Continuous Numbering - Modifies the user-defined bar mark value sequentially (continuous numbering) by setting a new alpha character and numeric value.
    • Restart for Each Concrete Element - Modifies the user-defined bar mark value by accepting a new alpha character and numeric value where the numeric values are categorized as per the concrete element.
  • Sequence Number Only
    • Continuous Numbering - Modifies the user-defined bar mark value sequentially (continuous numbering) by setting a numeric value.
    • Restart for Each Concrete Element - Modifies the user-defined bar mark value by accepting a numeric value where the numeric values are categorized as per the concrete element.
Modify Bar Mark for Selection Modifies the user-defined bar mark value by accepting the custom values that include alpha characters, numeric values, special characters, etc.
Locate Rebar element(s) in Model Identifies the rebar element(s) in a model for the selected bar mark.
Locate Concrete Element(s) in Model Identifies the concrete element(s) in a model for the selected bar mark.
Modify Vary Mark Range Separator
Property-based Bar Marks
  • Apply property-based bar marks to selection - Applies the property-based bar mark format to the selected user-defined bar mark.
  • Apply property-based bar marks to all - Applies the property-based bar mark format to all the user-defined bar marks.
  • Define Property-based Bar Mark Format - Defines the property-based bar mark format based on the macro codes and examples.
Key-in: PROCONCRETE MANUALMARKING START