Adding a New Cover Setting (2:47)

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ERICK WING: Now that we know how to configure our cover

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settings, let's go ahead and add a cover setting of our own.

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The objective of this video is to find

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where we can add a custom cover setting and add one.

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I'm going to jump into my structural model

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that I was working on in the last video.

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Now, let's go to the Structure tab.

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Let's click our reinforcement pull down menu.

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Let's go to Rebar Cover Settings.

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We have a bunch in here, but let's make

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a custom one that can be identified

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when we select an item.

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I want to click Add.

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Let's call it column cover.

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For the setting, let's make it 3 inches.

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Hit enter.

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So I need to do--

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Click OK.

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Now in the Project Browser, under structural plans,

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let's make sure that we are down at lower level.

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Let's find our section number 13.

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So I'm going to double-click on section 13.

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Let's rename that section.

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Although it corresponds with the footing that we're on,

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I want to make sure that it's 13.

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So for the view name, where it says section 13,

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let's just call it section footing 13.

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Perfect, click Apply.

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It just seems a little more deliberate.

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OK, now, go ahead and select this column right here.

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And in your properties, let's go up to Rebar Cover, Other Faces.

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Click the dropdown here.

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Notice that we can come down now and select column cover.

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So, select that.

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Now click Apply.

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Now with our columns still selected on our reinforcement

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panel, click the Rebar button.

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Notice now that we have pretty deep column

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cover settings at 3 inches.

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So, perfect.

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Hit escape a couple of times.

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One thing to point out, though, is so

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when we selected our column, and we changed that parameter,

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notice that this is an instance parameter, which

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means that it's only changing this

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one concrete rectangular column that we have selected.

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All of the other

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aren't going to have that Rebar cover.

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Hit escape a couple of times.

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So, now we can go ahead and start

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placing Rebar in another video.