Working with reinforcement tools - Part 7

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In this lesson,

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you will understand how rebar can be propagated to similar concrete elements.

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Whilst remaining adaptive,

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you will also propagate the rebar by face which

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enables fast and robust methods of producing reinforcement schemes.

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The objective domains covered are 1.1 h work with reinforcement tools.

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Many building elements have a similar shape

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and size and have similar reinforcement arrangements.

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The propagate rebar tool allows rebar to be propagated

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from a source host to several destination hosts.

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You can also propagate rebar by face.

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This will increase your productivity when applying

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reinforcement to similar elements across concrete structures.

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Go ahead and open up the model 018 D work with reinforcement tools.

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Our task here is to add additional rebars to the columns

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and slab edge including the starter bars for the columns.

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The columns have different section sizes

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but will have similar arrangements of rebar

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rather than simply copying and editing the rebars.

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We would now use propagate rebar.

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The propagate rebar tool will use adaptive propagation which respects

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things like rebar constraints and cover settings on elements.

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Let's begin by checking the cover settings on the columns.

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So here you can see that we have a column already reinforced.

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And if I select the column

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in the properties pallet, we can see here,

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the rebar cover is currently set to interior shelves.

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Number six to number 18,

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we'll ensure that the cover settings are the same

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for these remaining columns on the front face.

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So I'm going to select the three columns here holding down the control key

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and then in the proper

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pallet,

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I'll make sure that the cover setting is again

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set to interior shelves six to number 18.

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Also the starter bars are currently hosted into the floor

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to ensure correct adaptive propagation.

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I'm going to temporarily host these starter bars into the column.

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So I'll use a window to select the four starter bars

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and again in the properties paddock in the instance parameters,

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we can see that the host category is currently set to floor

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on the modify rebar tab in a host panel. We'll go ahead and select pick new host.

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Let's now select the column

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with the four starter bars still selected again in the properties paddock.

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I can see now the host category is correctly set to structural column.

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So we're now ready to use the propagation tool. So

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we'll select the column

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and on the modify columns tab in the reinforcement panel,

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we'll select propagates rebar

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in the propagate rebar panel.

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You'll notice that the default setting is aligned by host.

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This is what we're going to use to select the remaining front columns.

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So

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we'll select the column directly below the one that we've just selected

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and will then hold the control key down and select

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the other two columns directly below the first one.

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Looking at the preview here,

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we can see that the adaptive propagation has worked correctly.

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Once we're happy with this,

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we can go ahead here and select finish on the propagate rebar panel.

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The reinforcement has now been propagated and added to the remaining columns.

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We can now change the host of the starter bars back to the floor.

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So I'll select the four starter bars here

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on the modify rebar tab. In the host panel, we'll select, pick new host

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and we'll select the floor here

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and we now repeat that for the remaining starter buzz.

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Ok?

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So we'll just complete the last four starter bars here

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and picked the last slab.

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So next,

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we're going to have a look at propagating the U buzz from the edge of

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this slab here to the remaining slabs that we can see within the project here.

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Let's go ahead and select the U buzz on the edge of this slab

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and once again on the modify rebar tab.

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In the host panel, we can select propagate rebar.

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Now this time you'll notice in the propagate rebar panel,

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we currently have a line by a face selected as default.

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This is what we're going to use.

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So

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you can see on the tool tip, it's prompting us to select the source face.

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So that's going to be the front face of this slab.

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We're then prompted to pick destination faces. So I can select this face here.

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And we can clearly see that that adaptive rebar has now been propagated correctly.

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We'll hold the control key down

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and select the remaining faces on the slab.

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The propagate rebar tool would also adapt the

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rebar to different elements and completely different orientations.

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So for example, if I select this edge here on the slab,

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we can again see the U bars have been propagated.

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Of course,

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we can actually change the shape handle here to

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make sure that the length isn't exceeding the floor.

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So we'll go ahead and select finish.

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We'll select the rebar set that we've just propagated.

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And here we can see that we have the shape handle

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and we'll just drag that back.

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And now to complete the propagation of the rebar,

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we can go back up to the modify rebar tab.

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And in the host panel, we can select propagate rebar. Again,

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this will now be the source's face

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and we can then select the destination faces.

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And of course, I'll hold the control key down to allow me to select this face here

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and also this face down here on the slab.

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Again, once we're happy with the adaptive propagation,

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we can complete the task by selecting finish.

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OK. So our rebar has now been successfully propagated to different elements