Main Bar Defaults
Used to set main bar and stirrups preferences.
Accessed from:When 2D Rebar draws the centerline of a reinforcing bar, the location of any centerline is initially calculated in accordance with the default cover and bar diameter. Development lengths (used when lapping with other reinforcement) are calculated in accordance with the default bar diameter, default cover and concrete strength. Longitudinal (transverse) reinforcement is placed initially at the default longitudinal bar spacing using the default longitudinal bar diameter. The bar is finally annotated using the text with the default text color, font and height.
General tab
This tab includes defaults for all other forms of reinforcement except Spirals. The defaults within this category apply to main bars in section, as well as range bars in plan and elevation.
Setting | Description |
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Color / Weight / Style | 2D Rebar automatically maintains color, line weight
and line style of your reinforcement details. These attributes relate to the
centerline of bars only. The color, weight and style are applied independently
of your normal symbology settings. You can select them in the traditional
manner.
All three of these parameters are ignored if your reinforcement resides on a Layer where Symbology is activated. As discussed previously in this section, in this situation, the color, weight and style for reinforcement on such a Layer is extracted from Level Symbology table. |
Ignore Level Symbology | When checked, the Rebar ignores the Layer symbology settings (set within the Level Defaults dialog) and reverts back to this Main Bar Defaults dialog for the required color, weight and style. |
Use Construction Elements | When checked, all main bar elements are created Construction Class attributes. They disappear from view when Constructions option is deactivated in the View Attributes. When unchecked, all main bar elements adopt the Primary Class attribute. |
Full Size | When checked, draws the bars in size full length. |
Filled | Enabled for Full Size. When checked, the main bar can be set to filled. |
Stirrups tab
This tab includes a set of main bar defaults used when detailing closed reinforcement (i.e., reinforcement incorporating a splice). The defaults in this category apply only to bars in Section created by the closed-bar detailing options.
Most of the settings in the Stirrups tab are as contained in the General Tab. They are supplied again in this category, for Stirrups, because often stirrups are detailed with different diameters, colors, and weights etc., than general reinforcement. These defaults are completely independent of those in the General category and applied to every new four-sided, five-sided or circular stirrup when first created.