Configuring Rebar Bends (5:47)

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ERIC WING: As we are starting to see,

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there are quite a few settings that

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can be configured to get the results we want.

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The objective of this video is to create default bends

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for the ends of our reinforcing.

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Let's jump into our structural project.

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Let's go to Section Footing 13.

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The first thing I want to do is on the Structure tab,

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on the Reinforcement panel, click the Reinforcement

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pull-down.

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Let's go to Reinforcements Settings.

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Now under General, notice that we can't change it here.

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But when you include hooks in Ribar Shape definition,

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and include end treatments in Ribar

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Shape definition either Welded or Threaded,

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we can't change things here, like I

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said but these come into play when we start placing Rebar.

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Reinforcement rounding.

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So our bar length, it's going to just round it

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to a specific increment or we can uncheck Use Reinforcement

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Rounding, and we click OK.

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It's going to gray it out.

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So let's use reinforcement rounding.

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Let's click OK.

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Now, what we didn't see anywhere was End Treatments or bends.

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What we need to do is find a family for that.

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So in the project browser, let's scroll

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down until we get to Families, all right.

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In the Families, make sure annotation symbols

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are collapsed.

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That always gets in the way.

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That scroll down until we find Structural Rebar.

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Drilling to Structural Rebar, notice that we

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have three categories here--

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Rebar Bar-- here's our Rebar gauges, right.

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We can change that.

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That's Rebar Bar.

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We have our hooks, which we're going to add a couple of hooks.

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And we have our Rebar Shapes.

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These are the shapes that we found in our little Rebar

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browser over here, OK.

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So what we want to do is add a Rebar hook.

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So let's double click on Standard 90 degree.

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Now, let's click Duplicate.

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Let's call it Standard 45 degree,

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and get rid of the number two.

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Hit OK.

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The hook angle will be 45 degrees.

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Tab, click OK.

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There it is.

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Double click on Stirrup/Tie 90 degree.

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Notice that we have a style here,

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Stirrup/Tie or we have Standard.

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The other one is Standard, this one is Stirrup/Tie.

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This makes a difference when we start placing Rebar.

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Let's click Duplicate.

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First Stirrup/Tie, we'll make that 45 degrees.

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Then we'll hit OK.

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The hook angle will be 45 and we'll keep the extension

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multiplier at six.

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We can actually change those with our Rebar in place.

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You'll see.

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Click OK.

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Excellent.

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Now, select your footing.

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Click Rebar.

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Now, what we want to do is click on Sketch Rebar.

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Now, Revit wants us to select the host again.

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I'm not sure why, but go ahead and select your host.

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OK, now, notice that we're free style sketching in Ribar.

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We can change our style right here from Standard

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to Stirrup or Tie.

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Let's keep it on Standard for now.

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Let's click a point here and click a point here.

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You will come down and pick a point right about there.

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Over here, come straight down, I'll

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pick a point there, and escape a couple of times.

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Wherever we stop driving is going to be either considered

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our start or our end.

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So for hook, it's start instead of none.

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Notice that only our standard hooks

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are going to show up because our style of Rebar is Standard.

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So if we go Standard

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that it pushes it outside of our foundation,

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but we have this little toggle hook orientation

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button, which toggle it inward.

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Hook it end, go Standard 180.

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Toggle that, it goes up.

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Change it to Standard 45.

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Goes down.

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So see how we can change our end treatments, right.

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So if we double click on Standard 45 degree,

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change our extension multiplier to six, hit OK.

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It's going to shorten that.

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Both of these hooks though, let's go ahead

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and change it to 180.

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This one will be 180.

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Now, we can click Finish.

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And it's actually added a Ribar shape

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and it's giving us our Rebar hook.

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Now, if you select this Rebar, notice that you cannot change

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the style.

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If you add a sketch, now, if we change

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our style to Stirrup or Tie, hook at start, here's

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our Stirrup/Tie.

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Hooks.

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Hit Escape a couple of times.

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Just hit the red x.

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We can cancel out of that.

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We can keep the one in there that we want.

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Quitting cannot be undone.

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Are you sure you want to discard edits?

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Yeah, it's fine.

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Now, the task of placing our Rebar

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is going to be an easy one.