Assign Bar Patterns Dialog

The Assign Bar Patterns dialog allows the engineer to assign bar patterns to wall panels in wall design groups. Please note that when a design is performed on a wall design group, bar patterns will automatically be assigned to all of the wall panels in the group. Use this dialog to override the automatically calculated optimum bar pattern.

Select a wall design group by either:

selecting a wall design group number from the drop-down list. A wall design group that has a bar pattern template assigned is shown in the list in bold , or
selecting a wall design group graphically

To do this, click the Select… button and then select a wall in the wall design group from the main 3D display. The Assign Bar Pattern dialog will reopen once the wall design group is selected. Once a wall design group is selected via either mechanism, it will highlight in the 3D display.

To choose a horizontal bar pattern for assignment, check the Apply Section check box in the Horizontal Bar Patter group. This will activate the combo box that lists each available bar pattern. Vertical bar patterns are chosen in this same manner. Select the desired bar pattern from the appropriate combo box.

Once a wall design group has been selected and one or more bar patterns have been selected, the buttons in the Assign to Wall Panel box will become enabled.

Setting	Description
Single	Assign the selected bar pattern to one wall panel at a time by clicking on walls in the selected wall design group.
Fence	Assign the selected bar pattern to wall panels in the selected wall design group by using fence operations to select walls.
All	Assign the selected bar pattern to all wall panels in the selected wall design group in the model.

Note: For single and fence above, the selected wall design group will be highlighted in yellow, and wall panels that selected will be highlighted in orange. When a wall is selected that is part of a wall panel that contains more than one wall, all walls in the panel will highlight.