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[Technology Preview] AutoLabels for 2D Rebar Drawings

This feature has ability to add Bar labels automatically while creating 2D Rebar drawing.

Note: The Autolabel feature is enabled by default if the Technology Preview feature "AutoLabels for 2D Rebar Drawings" option is toggled ON during the installation.

Rebar Selection Improvement

New PC Toggles give you greater control over Rebar selection when Item Types are being assigned, and can be used as a review method, for understanding how Rebar Sets are built in the model. PC Toggles select either a Rebar Set, a Rebar Assembly or an individual Rebar Element.

Remember: Other functionality like double clicking on the bars or opening the bars Structural Properties edit the whole assembly, regardless of which PC Toggle is activated.

2D Support for Vary Set Bar and Fanned Bar Ranges

An enhancement in 2D drawings such as plans and elevations, allows Vary Set Ranges and Fanned Bar Ranges created using the Irregular Dispatch tool to be properly displayed.

2D Support for Curved Bar Ranges

An enhancement in 2D drawings such as plans and elevations, allows Arc Bar Ranges to be properly displayed. In sections, where curved bars are cut, the bars are now properly resymbolized as circles.

Improved Rebar Tags

Tags added at the end of main bars to indicate their location are enhanced with improved presentation and text alignment based on their position against the bars.

(Technology Preview) Improvements for Drawing Schedule Generator

The Rebar Schedule Generator tool is enhanced for:

Improved performance when loading rebar data,
Zone column added to display data like Near Face, Far Face, Top, Bottom,
Label column added to display data like X or Y direction as well as Remarks from reinforcement placement dialogs,
Item Type column added to display data from user defined Item Type properties assigned to rebar,
the ability to hide unused columns in the Custom Schedule is added which is especially useful with Bend Dimensions, and
the ability to create In-line Bar Weight Summaries.

(Technology Preview) Improvements for Manual Bar Marking Tool

Improved performance when loading rebar data into the (Technology Preview) Manual Bar Mark Manager tool.

Shape Code 67 Dimensions

Radius dimensions are now measured from the inner side of the bar per Rebar Shape Code BS8666:2005. Also added B and C dimensions for Shape 67.

Edit End Conditions Dialog Box Cleanup

Cleaned up Edit End Condition dialog by removing repeated End condition edit options. Now you can apply the End Condition by RebarSet instead of Zone which provides more control.

Added Dual Bar Display and Label Option

A Dual Bar option is added to display Range bar as two bars only at each end of the rebarset on 2D Rebar Drawing, with a delimiter additionally fit to them.

First two and Last two typical bars can be shown for Bar range.
First two and last two long bars can be shown, and topline label can be added accordingly.
Added dual in Leader line which is at an angle of 45 degrees and added a topline connecting all leaders. A label can be added to the center of the topline.

Added Drag & Drop Functionality to adjust Delimiter location

When ILBL is equal to 0, the existing Adjust delimiter controls start Move Delimiter functionality.
When ILBL is not equal to 0, the existing delimiter adjust control works as it did previously.

Note: Previously, when ILBL was equal to 0, the step size was 0.5 mm.

Export User Mark to ARMA

User Bar Marks can now be exported to ARMA.

Re-Mapping of Un-Managed Rebar Shapes During ARMA Export

For un-managed shapes named as NSD 1, NSD 2 or NSD 3 can be converted to NSD only for ARMA Export machine.

Mechanical Device Start & End Swapping

In Partlist, a Mechanical Device is tabled in Start and End to match with rebar shape sketch Start and End.

Now while reinforcing beams, if solid columns are supporting that beam then those solid columns are identified as supports, and are highlighted in a red and green color similar to concrete columns.

Create Concrete Solid Reference Object on User Defined Level

Previously, Concrete reference objects were created on the active level, and you had to manually change the level to the desired level. This is addressed with a new configuration variable PC_OVERLAY_LEVEL which sets a user defined level for Concrete solid referenced objects. The value for this configuration is the desired level for referenced concrete objects. If a user defined level is not set, then instead of the active level, referenced concrete solids are created on the PC_CONCRETE level.