Criteria - Detailing Defaults

The Criteria > Detailing Defaults command is used to define global reinforcement detailing parameters for concrete beams. Three separate tabs allow the user to enter defaults separately for gravity beams, gravity joists, and lateral beams. The parameters for each tab are essentially identical.

The top 3 input boxes allow the user to define the cutoff location of the top reinforcement relative to the maximum clear span length on either side of the support.
Splice Type - Used to define the splice type for top reinforcement. Options are Class A and Class B.
End Stirrup Start Location, Interior Stirrup Start Location - Used to define the distance from the face of support to first transverse reinforcement. This is used to define the start and end of the transverse reinforcement segments. The shear and torsional check locations are still preformed based on the applicable code sections.
Minimum Number of Continuous Bars - Used to specify the minimum number of bottom and top bars that are continuous over the span.
@ End Span - Used to define the cutoff location for the bottom reinforcement relative to the clear span length.
@ Interior Span - Used to define the cutoff location for the bottom reinforcement relative to the clear span length.
Bottom Bar End Condition - Used to specify the end condition for bottom bars at span ends. Options are Hooked and Straight.
Stirrup Type - Used to specify default type of transverse reinforcement. Options are Open, 135 Degree Hook, Closed, and Hoop.
Stirrup Legs - Used to specify number of stirrup legs for transverse bar sets. The stirrup legs identify the number of bars that cross the beam shear failure cracks.
For Joist details the is an additional option to design joist as beams and schedule them as joists. This option is useful in situations were wide module pans are used in the construction. In those cases often the engineer wants to place the beams in a joist schedule but they beams do not meet the joist design criteria in ACI 318 so they can not be designed as joists.