Concentrated rebar properties - General

Distributed rebar properties - General

Span Set Determines the set the reinforcement belongs to: latitude or longitude.

Elevation Reference The choices are:

• Absolute: the elevation relative to the zero datum. This is not recommended other than for very complicated geometry.
• Above Soffit: The elevation is measured from the soffit elevation to the center of the bar.
• Above Surface: The elevation is measured from the surface elevation to the center of the bar. The value is almost always negative
• Top Cover: The elevation is measured from the surface elevation to the top of the bar. The value is always positive.
• Bottom Cover: The elevation is measured from the soffit elevation to the underside of the bar. The value is always positive.

Elevation The distance used with the elevation reference.

Ending at End 1 The choices are:

• Straight:
• 90 Hook:
• 180 Hook:
• Anchored:

Ending at End 2 Similar to End 1

Slab Face This is used for (1) graphic display purposes (2) design rules.

The choices are:

• Per Elev. Reference - the default and typical setting
• Top
• Bottom
• Both
• Auto

Bar Type The label used to identify the reinforcing bar. The label is not necessarily the bar size. Reinforcement bar labels (and their properties) are specified in the Criteria > Materials.

Bar Extent Skew The orientation of the bar’s extent line in degrees (concentrated reinforcement only - see "The Skew Reinforcement Extent tool" for more information).

Quantity Type The choices are:

• Quantity: number of bars
• Spacing: bar spacing

Number of bars Only editable if Quantity Type is set to Quantity

Spacing Only editable if Quantity Type is set to Spacing.

Orientation The plan angle of the reinforcement (distributed reinforcement only - see "The Orient Reinforcement tool" for more information).

Zone Width The width of the concentrated reinforcement zone.

Designed By The choices are:

• User: Bars drawn by the user
• Program: Bars calculated and drawn by RAM Concept .