Assign Bar Pattern Templates

A Bar Pattern Template is a reinforcement specification for a Wall Design Group. A Bar Pattern Template consists of the following information:

A template name (this may be automatically created by the program if the user chooses)
A minimum and maximum bar size for vertical reinforcement
A minimum and maximum bar size for horizontal reinforcement
A minimum and maximum nominal spacing for vertical reinforcement
A minimum and maximum nominal spacing for horizontal reinforcement
A spacing increment, one each for vertical and horizontal
A number of reinforcing curtains, or layers

Each of the instances within the Bar Pattern Template are referred to as Bar Patterns. For instance, for the Bar Pattern Template shown in the graphic above, the Bar Patterns that will be generated are:

#8 @ 12" o.c. vert
#8 @ 9" o.c. vert
#8 @ 6" o.c. vert
#9 @ 12" o.c. vert
#9 @ 9" o.c. vert
#9 @ 6" o.c. vert
etc.

A Wall Design Group must have a Bar Pattern Template assignment before any design can be done. A single Bar Pattern Template may be used for any number of Wall Design Groups in the model. Assigning a Bar Pattern Template to a Wall Design Group will clear all design results (including all reinforcing) for the Wall Design Group.

In order to assign a Bar Pattern Template to a Wall Design Group, the user must first select a Bar Pattern Template from the list. The attributes for that Bar Pattern Template will be displayed on the right side of the dialog. In order to modify one of the Bar Pattern Templates or create a new one, click Edit Templates to bring up the Edit Bar Pattern Templates dialog. Once a Bar Pattern Template has been selected, click either the Single, Fence, or All button in the Assign to Wall Design Group box to assign the pattern.

Assigning a Bar Pattern Template to a Wall Design Group will delete all design results and reinforcement in the Wall Design Group (including reinforcement for frozen Wall Panels and Wall Panels with Manual Reinforcement assignments).

Setting	Description
Assign to Wall Design Group	Single: Assign the selected bar pattern template to one wall design group at a time by clicking on walls. Fence: Assign the selected bar pattern template to wall design groups by using fence operations to select walls. All: Assign the selected bar pattern template to all wall design groups in the model.