The Assign Bar Pattern command allows you to assign a Bar Pattern directly to a Wall Panel, rather than having the program select the optimum Bar Pattern from the Bar Pattern Template. Once a Bar Pattern is assigned to a Wall Panel, the Wall Panel is frozen, and the design process checks the reinforcement associated with the Wall Panel, rather than attempting to up-size the reinforcing to meet the code requirements. Note that in order to assign a Bar Pattern to a Wall Design Group, the Wall Design Group must first be assigned a Bar Pattern Template (since Bar Patterns are created from the Bar Pattern Template).

In order to assign a Bar Pattern to a Wall Panel, first select a Wall Design Group. This can be done in one of two ways. The first way is to select a Wall Design Group number from the list. A Wall Design Group that already has a Bar Pattern Template assignment must be selected. These show up in the list in bold. The other way to select a Wall Design Group is to do so graphically. To do this, hit the Select button and then select a wall in the Wall Design Group from the main 3D display. The Assign Bar Pattern dialog will return once a Wall Design Group is selected. Once a Wall Design Group has been selected, it will show as highlighted in the 3D display.

Next, select whether to assign the horizontal bar pattern, the vertical bar pattern, or both. Select the appropriate Apply Selection check box(es). At least one of the boxes must be selected in order to continue. Once one or both of the box(es) has been checked, the corresponding list of bar patterns will become enabled. Select the desired bar pattern.

Once the desired Bar Pattern(s) has been selected, the buttons in the Assign to Wall Panel group will become enabled. These are enabled only once a Wall Design Group has been selected, at least one of the two check boxes has been checked, and a Bar Pattern has been selected for each of the checked boxes.