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Contents
1
Commands _____________________________________________________________ 9
3.1
Rebars __________________________________________________________________ 9
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
Welded fabrics___________________________________________________________ 28
3.9
3.10
Add a coupler__________________________________________________________ 37
3.11
3.12
3.13
Shift a segment_________________________________________________________ 40
3.14
3.15
Rakes ________________________________________________________________ 42
3.16
3.17
3.18
3.19
3.20
Thicken_______________________________________________________________ 50
3.21
3.22
3.23
Search ________________________________________________________________ 55
3.24
3.25
3.26
Dim lines______________________________________________________________ 68
3.27
3.28
Audit___________________________________________________________________ 77
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4.2
4.3
2D Tools ________________________________________________________________ 79
4.4
4.5
Project options___________________________________________________________ 86
6.2
6.3
Bar schedules____________________________________________________________ 91
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
Couplers_______________________________________________________________ 102
6.8
6.9
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1 Presentation of ArmaCAD
ArmaCAD is an application that generates reinforcement drawings, with automatic bar schedule
generation.
ArmaCAD runs under AutoCAD from release 2010 to 2015 and Bricscad 14.2. ArmaCAD data
from these different versions is fully compatible.
ArmaCAD can be used to work in 2D or 3D, in fill or wire, full size or figurative bar mode.
ArmaCAD objects can be handled with all AutoCAD commands, without exception.
All or part of an ArmaCAD drawing can be used in another drawing, simply using the copy and
paste function, without any data loss, with automatic agglomeration in the new drawing.
ArmaCAD is provided with a shape recognition program enabling the creation and recognition of
all shape types.
ArmaCAD handles special bars such as rings, spirals, chairs, hoops and lifting bars.
ArmaCAD handles coupled or threaded bars on any type of shape.
ArmaCAD handles welded fabrics with automatic overlapping and cutting. In the event of
stretching, overlaps are automatically updated.
ArmaCAD manages the bar layers, whether varying linearly or not between two thresholds, by
automating the calculation of the necessary overlaps and performing the automatic updating of the
bars in the event of modification of the forming or of the spacing value.
ArmaCAD is capable of changing the bar diameter while updating the bending diameters and any
standard hooks, and retaining the initial cover.
Design control is continuous, from bar creation to bar schedule generation. All the design error
messages are perfectly explicit and are always accompanied by a direct display of the part(s) on
error on the screen.
The diameter of all the representations of the same bar on several views is updated automatically.
The bar mark number can be updated dynamically by simply stretching the dimension lines or
rakes.
ArmaCAD enables very easy changes to the bar numbering system to invert, shift and insert bar
marks.
The bar schedule can be generated at any time. Bar marks do not need to be updated, since they
are updated automatically whenever a modification is made to a bar. All the summaries are
generated automatically: Bar mark schedule, rebars weight summary, welded fabric schedules by
number and by type, coupler schedule, bending diameter schedule.
ArmaCAD is able to update all the numbers modified or added between two bar schedule issues
automatically. It can also edit, at any time, an events report describing any additions, modifications
or deletions made to the drawing over a given period.
ArmaCAD is fully configurable: Diameters, hooks, grades, bending, special processes,
overlapping lengths, shape codes, unit weights, choice of layers, fonts, colors, bar marks.
ArmaCAD complies with the requirements of the ISO 3766:2004, ISO 4066, BS 4666, BS
8666:2005 and EuroCodes.
The bar schedules are fully configurable. Any bar schedule format can be generated: In report, on
the drawing, in EXCEL.
ArmaCAD can run with an unlimited number of configurations (By standard, customer or CAD
specifications)
ArmaCAD is multilingual (French / English / Spanish / Portuguese (Brazil) / Chinese). Simply click
on the user options to translate all the commands, menus and dialog boxes instantly.
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Setup:
Automatic setup:
Run with administrator privileges the INSTALL program located on the ArmaCAD setup CD-Rom.
The setup installs ArmaCAD, then launches AutoCAD and/or Bricscad, and installs the ArmaCAD
menus.
To disable ArmaCAD, simply remove the ArmaCAD menu using the "CUILOAD command.
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Network setup:
You can conduct the ArmaCAD setup on one unit in your network.
Each PC must have its own dongle. It is not necessary for set up the entire ArmaCAD program on
each client PC. The minimum requirement is to run on each PC, in administrator mode, the program
\System\Client.exe located on the CD-Rom.
Dongle update:
In the event of a change of release or the addition of options to ArmaCAD, you will need to update
your dongle after obtaining your authorization code.
To update your dongle, run the <License> command and select the <Hardware protection> option and
click on the "Update hardware key" button and then enter (or paste) your authorization code number in
the corresponding field.
Registration:
The temporary license that you obtained is a file called "Licence.dat". Launch again the command
"License", click on the button "License registration" and open the file "Licence.dat". Your temporary
license is now registered.
Compatibilities:
AutoCAD 2004-2005-2006
AutoCAD 2007-2008-2009
VISTA 32 bits
AutoCAD 2010-2011-2012
Bricscad 11 (Pro)
Release 9.1e
AutoCAD 2013
AutoCAD 2014
Release 10.1
Release 11
AutoCAD 2015
Release 11
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When ArmaCAD is used, the program searches for the presence of a local dongle. If this is detected,
the command authorization is issued.
If there is no key in the station, ArmaCAD then automatically searches for the presence of a license
server by launching a request on the network.
If the license server is detected, ArmaCAD issues a license request to the license server.
If the number of licenses currently in use does not exceed the maximum authorized number, the
server assigns a license. The issued licenses are automatically liberated after 120 minutes.
Notes:
In order to restrict ArmaCAD to searching for the license server on a specific machine, simply
create an environment variable: HOST_ARMACAD on each client station. The value of this
environment variable may either be an IP address or the name of the machine hosting the
network dongle.
Network dongle updates (Authorized version, validation codes, etc.) may be carried out via
any client station.
To find out the number of licenses currently in use from any client station, enter the command
NET_ARMACAD via the keyboard.
In order to store the logs, you can create an environment variable: LOG_ARMACAD on each
client station. (For Instance N:\Arma_log.txt) This file stores the date, hour, username and
computer name each time a license is granted by the license server.
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3 Commands
3.1
Rebars
This feature is the basic command for drawing 2D or 3D full size bars.
Select the desired diameter, the type of bar (High-grade or round) and the type of bending.
Check the cover value, taking the current scale into consideration. By default, this value is 25
multiplied by the current scale factor (1=1mm, 1=1cm or 1=1m). Take care, therefore, if you change
the scale while drawing! The cover value is retained in your drawing until the next change.
Select a series of vertexes and confirm.
The drawn bar is shifted by the value of the cover plus its outside half diameter in the direction
selected.
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Automatic overlaps:
In the case where the length of the bar exceeds the maximum length allowed, you will receive the
following message:
If you do not want to generate bars with automatic overlaps, and wish to manage the overlaps yourself
via the Cut and Overlap command, check the project option Do not generate bars with integrated
overlaps, this message will no more appears
If not, you have the ability to insert overlaps in such a manner that the total length of the bar
corresponds to the effective length increased by the number of overlaps.
The implicit overlapping lengths are defined by type of situation (Good or poor, alternated or
otherwise) and are configurable in the project options.
If the bar is later drawn or cut, the number of overlaps will be updated automatically.
The start and end marks of bars inserted at the location of the overlaps are for guidance only and are
not associated with the bar. They can be deleted.
The popup menu contains an Overlaps submenu specific to bars with integrated overlaps:
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Notes:
ArmaCAD draws a polyline passing through these vertexes and then joins them with standard
bending diameters. The scale of the polyline drawing, like that of the cover, depends on the
current scale factor defined in the Options command.
The bar is drawn automatically in the model space and placed in a layer, the name of which
corresponds to the diameter and type of steel. The color of the bar depends on that of the layer. If
this layer does not exist, it is created by ArmaCAD. The color of the layer is defined using the
Options command. The line type of the layer is free.
The bar is represented according to its outside diameter for high-grade bars and by its nominal
diameter for round bars.
The bar end markings are drawn in the same layer as the bar and are attached to the bar. (See
Bar end marking)
If the 2D option is checked, the bar is drawn at Z = 0.0. When the bases of the formwork are
based on 3D models, make sure that they are plane. If you wish to set the formwork to Z=0.0,
enter the command "Z 0" on the keyboard. This will set all the line, curve, text and dimensioning
type elements in the drawing to a zero altitude. (See 2D tools)
The current snap mode is never changed. The latter is always preserved even in the event of an
exit by <ESCAPE>. It is also possible to change the snap mode during an ArmaCAD command,
and for the latter to be preserved at the end of the ArmaCAD command.
If you do not want the bar to be shifted, set the cover value to 0. You will then be able not to shift
by a half diameter.
It is possible to draw and then to offset bars with strands that cross each other.
Although you can work with any UCS, to retain the current UCS while orienting the grid parallel
with the formwork, enter the "RET" command on the keyboard (See 2D tools)
It is possible to set the choice of diameters and bending diameters: See Bending standards.
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3.2
This feature makes it possible to draw directly bars with standard hooks by snapping onto a formwork.
This command is useful for beam drawings. For more complex bars, it is preferable to use the Add a
hook command.
These bars may be adjusted with the Modify Diameter command while retaining the cover and the
hook standardization.
The bars may be represented in fill or wire mode.
Automatic overlaps:
These are handled in the same way as the Single bars command.
Thicken:
Same principle as for the Single bars command.
If the Prohibit thickened shaped bars option is checked in the project options, the Thicken button is
unchecked.
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3.3
Figurative bars
This command makes it possible to draw reinforcements in a figurative way, i.e. where the
representation cannot be used to measure its real dimensions. However, their thickness corresponds
to the real outside diameter.
Several representations are possible depending on the type of view to be drawn: Plan, elevation or
sectional view.
The diameters of these bars can be modified at a later stage using the Modify properties command.
Links between full size bars and figurative bars:
Figurative bars cannot be linked directly with bar marks used for the automatic bar schedule
(associated bar marks) except if they are associated with full size bars.
In this case, any modification made to the diameter of a full size bar (2D or 3D) is automatically
transferred to all its associated figurative bars, irrespective of the number and type of these
representations.
Figurative bars can be associated in three ways:
Using the "Associate" button by selecting a group of figurative bars to be associated with a full
size bar of the same diameter.
To cancel the link associating one or more figurative bars with a full size bar, use the Modify Diameter
command on the figurative bar(s).
The diagram below shows a simple example of a Figurative bars / Full size bars combination:
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This option is used to associate the figurative bar with a full size bar whose length variation is
determined by two thresholds.
The thresholds can be forming or construction patterns deduced from the indicated cover value. The
form of these two thresholds is entirely discretionary (lines, arcs , polylines, etc.)
The bar marks associated with the layer can be dimension lines or rakes, straight or curved, single or
multiple.
In the event of stretching of the dimension line, or in the event of modification of the spacing, the
number of bars is updated automatically. (See Associated bar marks command)
By default, the bar appears in the bar schedule in the form of a conventional variable bar (001-AA,
001-AB, etc.)
If you prefer that the bar should appear in the bar schedule in the form of an average length, edit the
associated bar mark and check the Average length button.
In the event of modification of the thresholds, the dimensions of the variable bars are updated
automatically.
Notes:
N.B. During the association with an existing bar, the selection of this bar must effected by clicking
the segment that is to vary.
To change the number of segments of the full size bar later, only the Add hook and Delete
hook commands should be employed, on pain of changing the location of the variable segment of
the bar.
This command is often preferable to the Variable bars command since it does not oblige one to
draw all the bars, and allows non-linear variations. In contrast to the latter however, it is used only
for variation of a single straight segment.
In the event of erasure of a threshold, all of the elements of the layer are lost. This is the reason
for which you will obtain a request for confirmation of erasure.
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Multilines:
These are multiple lines.
These bars may be represented in wire or fill mode. The wire representation must not be confused
with the 2 lines bars obtained with the Fill <-> wire command.
This kind of bar makes gives you the ability to show reinforcement cages giving a printing of depth: it
is possible to symbolize the intersection of these bars with the "Cross" button enabling the bar passing
"above" and that passing "below" to be selected. Similarly, to represent a bar with a bend, the ends
may be represented rounded or straight:
To cancel the cut generated by the "Cross" button, use the "Join" button.
Only wire representation allows dotted lines to be shown.
To switch from a wire representation to a fill representation at a later stage, use the Fill <-> Wire
command.
Options "Generate full size bar", "Generate associated bar mark" and Layer of variable lengths are
the same that Bars in plan view.
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Set in priority, in which case the last spacing is not handled. ("Priority to spacing" option checked)
The type of sectional or view representation may be modified at a later stage with the Fill <-> Wire
command.
This type of representation can be marked easily with "rakes" via the Single bar marks command.
By points:
E.g. for columns.
Circular:
For piles, shafts
circular columns.
or
Outline:
Capable of following the
outline of any type of bar.
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To change the spacing of the rounds in a dynamic row, click with the right mouse button on the first or
the last round of the row so as to display the Modify Spacing command of the ArmaCAD contextual
menu. This command is used to completely redraw the row of rounds in accordance with the new
spacing provided.
To erase all the rounds from a dynamic row, it is necessary only to erase the first or the last round and
to answer Yes to the erasure confirmation message.
To change to 2 lines or filled all the rounds of a dynamic row, it is necessary only to change the first or
the last round, and then to again select the changed round and click twice on the latter:
To change the diameter of all the rounds of a dynamic row, it is necessary only to change the first or
the last round, and then to again select the changed round and to click twice on the latter.
This option allows for automatic attachment to a full size bar. The rounds are then automatically
shifted by the half-diameter of the round increased by the half-diameter of the selected bar.
Furthermore, this option allows for the rounds to be automatically repositioned along the support bar:
Either in the event of a change in the diameter of the rounds:
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This button makes it possible to associate a full size bar of the same diameter as the set of sectional
bars drawn. Any modification made to the diameter of the full size bar is automatically transferred to all
its associated figurative bars.
The "Generate associated bar mark" option makes it possible to create an associated bar mark
(Comb type) :
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Free shape:
Note:
To retain the association between figurative bars and full size bars during copying operations, use the
Copy/Paste command or the ArmaCAD Copy/Mirror command, taking care to select all the coupled
figurative bars/full size bars when copying.
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3.4
This command makes it possible to draw standard frames, stirrups and ties in 2D or 3D mode.
Overlaps of the 3D frames and stirrups are managed in true 3D in the form of a deviation in the axis
perpendicular to the frame's plane.
The bending diameters and hook lengths can be configured using the Project options command.
Frames are drawn with 3 points.
Stirrups and ties are drawn via the longitudinal axis from the edge of the formwork to the edge of the
formwork, less the cover.
"Inside snap option: If this button is activated, the elements are drawn with reference to their inner
edge. In this case, the cover value is not taken into account:
In the case of an open stirrup, enter the value of the second bending angle. By default 99
(Closed angle of 81):
In the case of an open frame (U with hooks), the open side is that opposite the base of the
frame.
Note on angle units: Although bending angles are expressed in degrees by convention, you can work
in degrees, grades or radians.
Note:
To draw frames of non-standard shapes, use the Standard bars command, selecting a Type 2 bend
and then add hooks using the Add a hook command.
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3.5
Variable bars
This command makes it possible to create bar sheets by varying any bar shape (2D or 3D) in linear
terms.
Select the first bar and the last bar of the future group.
These two bars must be of the same type, i.e. same diameter, same grade, same number of
segments.
In 3D mode, the first bar and the last bar need not be located in parallel planes.
Specify the desired total number of the group of variable bars or the desired spacing.
If you select the <Max. spacing> option, ArmaCAD will ask you to specify the axis on which the
spacing is to be applied. This axis is necessary since the segments of the bars may vary in both
dimensions according to different intervals.
ArmaCAD will calculate and draw all the bars within two bounding bars:
All of the bars thus created can be the subject of an associated bar mark of the Variable bars type.
If the variation between the two bounding bars is linear, you can draw only the average bar. This bar
can then be associated with a bar mark of the Average bar type.
Notes:
If a set of bars is linked to an associated bar mark, the fact of modifying the properties of a
single element in the group automatically modifies all of the other constituents of the group.
It is always possible to change, move, or stretch one or more elements of a variable bar using
the AutoCAD commands, since each element is interpreted separately at the launch of the bar
schedule.
In the event of non-linear variation with a constant pitch, it is preferable to use the Figurative
Bars command by checking the Layers of variable length option. However this option will
allow you to vary only a single segment:
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3.6
Special bars
This command makes it possible to create certain shapes that are impossible or difficult to create
using standard AutoCAD commands.
The diameter of these bars can be modified at a later stage using the Modify diameter command.
These special bars are recognized by ArmaCAD and are fully dimensioned in the bar schedule.
The types of representation are as follows:
Curves:
Enter the value of the radius or click on the "<Select>" button for graphical input of the center
point and the origin of the curve.
Specify whether the radius is measured on the inner, neutral or outside fiber of the bar to be
drawn.
Specify the direction of the curve described with reference to the first point selected.
If you select the "Set total length" option, the end point of the curve is calculated automatically
according to the total length of the bar set.
If you select the "Hooks" option, the bar may comprise a standard hook at one or both ends.
Select the bending angle in the list or enter the desired value (in degrees) directly by selecting
the "Give angle" option.
Hoops:
Specify the value of the radius, which may be the inner or outside radius. Select the desired grade and
then select the center of the hoop.
The total length of the polyline representing the hoop includes an overlap. Its default length
corresponds to the nominal diameter multiplied by a value defined in the Options menu. (By default,
40 for High and 50 for Mild)
If the total length of the hoop is greater than the maximum cutting length, the Great length bars
command should preferably be used
Shrink rings:
The implicit type of steel is round.
Six types of rings are available.
The hooks of the types 2 and 3 observe the standard bending diameter for the diameter and the grade
of the bar.
The width (A) is the outside dimension.
The pitch (B) is the inner diameter of each ring. By default, this value corresponds to the bending
diameter for the diameter and the grade of the bar. This value may be modified.
Rings of the type number 4 include two legs (Dimension D). The representation is similar to the chairs.
Length of the legs can be modified in the same way as the chairs.
If the length of the ring is longer than the max length, ArmaCAD inserts the overlapping in order to
respect the max length. The total length of the shrink ring takes into account the overlapping.
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Note: In the event of exceeding the maximum length, the addition of overlaps must not be automatic.
In fact, for the small diameters, it is common for the hoops to be made in the factory from spools.
Spirals:
This is a helix in which the representation is figurative.
The implicit type is round.
The program calculates the total length of the spiral measured on the neutral fiber. This representation
does not accept any subsequent modifications.
If the turn (spiral) exceeds the maximum length, ArmaCAD offers to insert the necessary overlaps.
The total length of the turn takes account of these overlaps and their number is written into the bar
schedule.
If the "Number of rounds" option is not checked, the spiral is drawn between the two selected points.
In this case, the step value is adapted in order to preserve the number of steps as an integer.
If the "Number of rounds" option is checked, the height of the spiral will be a multiple of the step value.
By default, the spiral includes at each end a half-turn flat. This value (0.5) can be modified, and is
included in the calculation of the length of the spiral.
Note: In the event of exceeding the maximum length, the addition of overlaps must not be automatic.
In fact, for the small diameters, it is common for the turns (spirals) to be created in the factory from
spools.
Chairs:
The representation is figurative in 2D mode or real in 3D mode.
The program calculates the total length of the chair measured on the neutral fiber.
By default, the chair is drawn with type 2 bends.
Two types of chairs are possible. (Codes 4.10 and 4.11)
Specify the length of the straight part of the bases of the legs. The dimension C specified in the bar
schedule specifies the outside dimension of the leg (Straight part + bending). If you wish to verify or
modify the base length of chairs already drawn, use the <Modify> button.
By default, both legs have the same height, but you can vary the height of one or both legs of the chair
by stretching or extending. In this case, both heights will be dimensioned in the bar schedule.
It is possible to vary the chairs in linear terms using the Variable bars command:
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Lifting bars:
Representation is real. There are five possible types. Select the desired type by clicking on the
corresponding image. The first point clicked on corresponds to the top of the lifting bar.
These bars can be stretched with AutoCAD commands in order to vary the height or the legs
The diameter, grade and bending type can be modified at a later stage with the "Modify properties"
command.
Bars to unfold:
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3.7
This command makes it possible to create great length bars in 2D or 3D mode. These bars can be cut
automatically at the max. length ("Cut bars" option) or be extended in bulk ("Great Length" option).
They can be straight or curved. The curves may be open or closed (360 option on the command line).
Therefore, there are six possible types of great length bars.
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This button makes it possible to modify the working length of an already existing straight great
length bar. The total length required is automatically recalculated according, on the one hand, to the
overlapping used when the bar is created and, on the other, to the default cutting length value.
If you want the set of bars to form a circle, validate the <360> option on the command line. If the
curve described is less than the maximum cutting length, use the Special bars command (Curves or
Hoops).
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This option is useful if the origin of the great length bar is at the end of an already drawn bar. In this
case, the point of origin is automatically modified so that the great length bar overlaps an existing bar
by the value required. In the case of a closed great length curved bar (See below), since this
extension is not visible, its value is coded in the bar anyway and restored to its extended working
length in the bar schedule.
In the same way, if the great length bar is joined to an already drawn bar, the great length bar is
extended so that it is overlapped by the specified overlapping length.
Notes:
The implicit maximum lengths of cutting are defined by diameter and are configurable in the
project options.
The implicit lengths of overlapping are defined by type of situation (Good or poor, alternated or
not) and are configurable in the project options.
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3.8
Welded fabrics
Draw:
This command is used to draw a set of welded fabric panels.
This set is a compact object comprising the drawing of the longitudinal wire, the cross wires with their
overlapping, the dimensioning and comments.
All the default settings of the welded fabric object drawing can be modified with the "options"
command: Layer names, colors, text heights and line thickness.
Two types of representations are possible: Standard and Traditional (See Options).
Cross wires
The sheet width depends on the selected type (generally 2.40 m).
The start and end points of the cross wires are designated on screen and take account of the stated
cover (or of the support value).
If the support line for the cross wires does not intersect with the longitudinal wire, ArmaCAD
automatically draws the cross wire midway between the longitudinal wires.
It is possible to determine the width of the first panel. For example, this is useful if you do not want to
superimpose the overlaps when laying two layers:
Overlaps:
Depending on the label selected in the list of the types, the min. default overlap is specified. It can be
modified.
Location:
The program automatically locates the number of sheets required according to the width of the sheets,
their min. overlap and the cutting option.
The last sheet may be rounded off to one half (1/2), one quarter (1/4), or one unit (1).
The real overlap is recalculated to account for this rounding.
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Texts:
A welded fabric object includes three texts that can be moved via their grip points:
-
Number of panels
Type of panel
The length of the longitudinal wire, which can be edited via the Modify command
A comment entered under the main text, which can be edited by double-clicking.
The heights and widths of the texts can be configured via the Options command: Welded
fabrics tab.
The text heights may be modified subsequently via the Modify command described below.
The text heights are updated if the scale of the view changes via the Change scale
command.
The original positions of the texts remain unchanged in the event of a change of typeface or
rubberbanding.
Numbering:
Numbering is automatic. If a set of panels of the same type and same length already exists, the same
number is assigned, otherwise a new number is created.
Bar schedule:
Welded fabric objects are read and accounted automatically each time the bar schedule is run. They
are summarized by number and grouped by type in two separate schedules.
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Surface distribution:
This option is used to draw a welded fabric object according to an ordinary polygon in which you select
each summit.
If the polygon features arc-shaped segments, click on several points of each arc according to the
desired degree of accuracy.
This mode is used to draw just one single welded fabric object over the entire surface of the polygon.
In this case, the overlaps are calculated by ratios. These ratios can be configured via the Options
command using the Edit the configuration file button.
You can edit this fabric by double click in order to modifie the type, the working surface, the numer of
elements and the commentary.
It is not possible to stretch or move the wires of this type of fabric.
Manipulation:
The mesh fabric objects can be moved, copied and cleared using the AutoCAD commands.
As a safety precaution, they are not explodable.
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Modify:
This is used to modify each property of one or more welded fabric objects: Number, Type, Length,
Comment, Line type, text heights, number of layers, number of members and revision letter.
This button can be used to retrieve the desired property by clicking on an already drawn object.
If the length or type is modified, and if the same number already exists, a new number is automatically
created.
This option, active if the length is modified, can be used, if it is unchecked, to specify a longitudinal
wire length different to that drawn.
If the type is modified, the object is entirely recalculated according to the characteristics of the new
type while retaining the outside dimensions of the object to be modified.
This command can also be used to update a welded fabric object manually with any revision letter or
number intended to appear in the bar schedule.
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Stretch:
Can be used to stretch a welded fabric object, either in the direction of the longitudinal wire or in the
direction of the cross wire. The drawing and dimensioning are updated automatically:
In the direction of the cross wire, the program recalculates the number of wires and their overlapping
value according to the min. overlapping value for the selected object type, and the cutting specified in
the dialog area.
In the direction of the longitudinal wire, the program stretches the longitudinal wire, updates the
longitudinal wire length text and creates a new number if a welded fabric object of the same number
already exists on the drawing.
Move:
The longitudinal wire and cross wire can be moved with this command. For these elements,
displacement is obligatorily perpendicular to the wire to move:
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3.9
Modify properties
This command makes it possible to modify the properties of all bar representations whether they have
been drawn with ArmaCAD or not:
You can modify (or update)
The diameter
The type (High or Round)
The bending type (1, 2 or 3)
The grade or process
This command can also be accessed via the popup menu by right-clicking on one of these objects.
In the event of the presence of a bar with integrated overlaps (See Single bars), you should confirm
the new overlap value according to the new diameter.
If the selected bar is a full size bar associated with one or more figurative representations, the
figurative bars are updated automatically (rakes, sectional bars, end of bar marks, multilines, etc.)
If the selected bar belongs to a group associated with variable bar mark or an average bar mark, the
other members of the group are automatically updated along with the mark.
Modify type:
Codes the bar as a ribbed bar or a round bar, modifies the layer name and adjusts the polyline
thickness.
The bar is represented according to its outside diameter for a ribbed bar (High) and by its nominal
diameter for a plain bar. (Round)
Modify bending:
Modifies the radius of curvature of the bars according to the bending type (Type 1, 2 or 3)
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Modify diameter:
Modify the diameter of a full size bar or a figurative bar.
Update layer:
The bars will be moved in the corresponding layer, which if it does not exist, will be created with the
correct color.
Retain cover:
This is used to redraw the bar completely in order to retain the old outside dimensions (Cover
observed).
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The Filtered selection button is used to perform a multiple selection that is filtered according to your
chosen criteria.
Four filters are proposed for full size bars and two for figurative bars:
The associated figurative bars are not included by default in order to avoid breaking the link to the
associated full size bars.
Examples:
To update the bending of all of the HA bars on the plan, regardless of their diameter or bend,
uncheck the Diameter and Bend options.
To change the diameter of all of the 14 bars on the plan to 16, regardless of their type,
bend and grade, uncheck all of the options except for Diameter.
If you have initially selected a HA12 figurative bar, you can make a selection via a window,
capture or ALL; only the HA12 figurative bars will be retained for modification.
If the existing diameter to be modified is unknown, it is possible to choose the name of the
existing layer as the filter. For example, if the 14 does not exist in your configuration, the
following message suggests performing a selection that is filtered according to the name of
the old layer:
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Notes:
If you want to update hooks in which the length or angle is not standard, use the Modify a hook
command.
When modifying the diameter of a bar in which the length corresponds to the maximum cutting
length, decreasing the diameter and retaining the cover will increase its length slightly. For this
reason, a maximum length overshoot alert message is displayed at the end of the command.
If a figurative bar is associated with a full size bar, modifying the diameter of the full size bar also
modifies the diameter of the figurative bar.
However, an attempt to modify the diameter of a figurative bar associated with a full size bar
causes the following message to appear:
If you still want to modify the diameter, ArmaCAD assumes that you no longer want an automatic
link and therefore deletes the link. To recreate such a link, use the "Associate button in the
Figurative bars command.
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Choice of label:
The label characterizes the type of coupler used. Labels can be modified with the Options command
using the "Couplers" button. The labels are displayed in the bar schedule and in the coupler summary.
This summary (Cadf_51) can be modified in order to specify the type of couplers associated with a
label.
Options:
This option is active when adding a coupler. If you check this option, the dimension of the bar will be
reduced such that the total bar + coupler dimension remains identical to the original bar:
Inserts a text on the bar specifying whether the bar is threaded or coupled and the label of the coupler.
By default, the terms "Thread" and "Coupler" are used. These terms can be modified in "Options"
using the "Lexicon" button.
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If the angle formed is not projecting, the outside generatrix of the hook will be combined with a
vector, for which the origin is the end of the bar and the direction is the selected angle.
If the angle is projecting, the outside generatrix of the hook will be tangent with a vector, for
which the origin of the bar and the direction is perpendicular to the bar.
Notes:
To obtain the cross wire angle parallel to a formwork element, enter <RET> before running the
Add a hook command.
Although bending angles are expressed in degrees in this command, you can work either in
degrees, grades or radians on your drawing.
The angle of this hook can be modified at a later stage with the Modify a hook command.
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Notes:
To obtain the cross wire angle parallel to a formwork element, enter <RET> before running the
Modify a hook command
Although bending angles are expressed in degrees in this command, you can work either in
degrees, grades or radians on your drawing.
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Shift a segment:
Used to shift a selected segment of a bar by the value of your choice: Outside half-diameter, given
value or the sum of both. The direction of the shift is perpendicular to the selected segment and is
carried out from the side of the selected point. The bending diameters of the entire bar are
automatically updated.
A segment can be straight or curved. It is thus possible to change the value of a bending radius:
If the selected bar has an unknown shape or is included in the special bars, this option is not active.
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Overlap:
Extend the segment of the bar by an overlapping length. The extended side is that closest to the bar
selection point. An end of bar mark is inserted if the option is checked.
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3.15 Rakes
This command makes it possible to draw rakes passing through two selected points automatically.
The length of the bars and the marks depends on the current scale.
The dimension line is drawn in the layer, the name of which can be set with the Options command.
The bars are drawn in the layer in which the name corresponds to the specified diameter.
The "Associate with an existing bar" button makes it possible to associate a full size bar, of the same
diameter as all of the bars. Any modification to the diameter of the full size bar will subsequently be
automatically made on all the associated bars.
The bars are arranged in a linear or circular network according to a constant interval, i.e.:
Set in priority, in which case the last spacing is not handled ("Priority to spacing" option checked)
Dynamic rakes:
The rakes created while giving the spacing value are dynamic: The fact of stretching the dimension
line of the rakes automatically results in the complete updating of the rakes. The number of bars is
recalculated in accordance with the original spacing.
To change the spacing of the rungs of a dynamic rake, click with the right mouse button on the
dimension line so as to display the Modify Spacing command of the ArmaCAD contextual menu. This
command can be used to completely redraw the rakes in accordance with the new spacing provided:
To preserve this automatic action during the copy operations, use the Copy/Paste command or indeed
the ArmaCAD Copy/Mirror command.
The Explode button makes it possible to remove this automatic process by selecting the dimension
line of a rake.
The Group button makes it possible to restore this automatic process between a dimension line and
a set of bars and marks intersecting this line. The spacing to be used as a reference for future
stretching operations depends on the ratio between the number of bars and the length of the
dimension line calculated during grouping.
If you erase the dimension line of a dynamic rake, all of the rungs and marks are erased automatically.
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Notes:
The Associated bar marks command also generates dynamic rakes provided that the "Spacing"
button is selected when the associated bar mark is created.
If the rake is associated with a bar mark, the Edit bar mark command automatically updates the
spacing of the bars in the event of changing the spacing value.
If you clear the dimension line of a dynamic rake, all of the rungs and marks are automatically
cleared.
To associate all the rungs of a rake with a full size bar, use the "Associate" button on the
Figurative bars command.
If the rake is associated with a bar mark, adding or deleting one or more rungs automatically
updates the number of the bar mark:
Dimension A, expressed in mm, indicates the desired length of the rungs that must be shown in the
paper space. ArmaCAD thus calculates the required length in the object space, taking account of the
current scale.
Dimension A is saved in the drawing.
If the Auto option is checked, the scale is set to that of the Predefined Scale Area (see Change
scale command to create these areas).
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The "Tag" bar mark attaches a bar mark (block Cadf_09) with a number to the selected element
(Full size bar or figurative bar or any element) with the possibility of one or two comments on the
dimension line.
The "Leader" bar mark attaches a number (block Cadf_07) to the selected element (generally an
end of bar mark).
The Dim line bar mark draws a distribution line between two points followed by a "Caption" bar
mark. If the distribution line intersects the selected bar, a mark is inserted at the intersection
between the bar and the line. If you want to sequence the dimension lines (From the point, to the
point, from the point to the point, etc.) enter "M" on the keyboard corresponding to the prompt:
"Dimension line from the point or [Multiple]:". In "Circular spacing" mode, the dimension line is
drawn in the form of a curve.
The "Comb" bar mark makes it possible to join a set of any entities (sectional figurative bars for
example) easily with a dimension line followed by a "Caption" bar mark. The wires may be inclined
with respect to the dimension line. The objects to be joined are chosen by multiple selection
filtered by diameter. In "Circular spacing" mode, the dimension line is drawn in the form of a curve.
The Star bar mark can be used to connect any set of points, in addition to the first element
selected, directly to the boundary of the bar mark bubble. (Block Cadf_01)
The Bunch bar mark is easy to attach to any existing bar mark.
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This option is enabled if the selected bar is already associated with a bar mark.
This option allows you to duplicate and link some of the information of the associated bar mark on the
single bar mark.
Subsequently, in the event of a change in the properties of the bar or the associated bar mark, the
update of the single bar marks is automatic.
The link may relate to the number, the number and the diameter, the number, the diameter and the
number of elements.
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Although this 3 option is sometimes used, it is not recommended because the number of bars is
duplicated, which makes it difficult for a verifier to inspect the plan. For this reason, it can be
unchecked in the project options (see Project Options)
The comments of linked single bar marks remain independent.
The "Edit mark" command takes into account linked single bar marks by disabling editing of the related
fields where appropriate.
This link may can also be deleted via the "Edit bar mark" command
This button makes it possible to convert an associated bar mark into a single bar mark.
This feature can also be accessed via the ArmaCAD popup menu.
If the option Prohibit false associated bar marks is checked in the project options, this command is
unchecked (see above)
By default, the orientation of the bar mark number is parallel to the dimension line. If you want the
direction of reading of the number to remain horizontal, do not check this option.
Customization:
All the blocks used can be customized. See the section covering Support Files.
The layer name containing the bar marks can be set with the Options command.
The configuration of the single bar mark format is the same as that of associated bar marks via the
Options -Bar marks format command.
Notes:
To locate an existing bar mark on the drawing, use the "Search" command.
If the Auto option is checked, the scale is set to that of the Predefined Scale Area (see
Change scale command to create these areas).
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Mask PSAs:
Although PSAs are created in the DefPoints layer, you can mask them by checking this option.
Unchecking this option displays the PSAs again.
Edit a PSA:
You can change the scale of a PSA by right-clicking or by double-clicking on the polygon.
Notes:
The bars are always drawn at scale 1 and are therefore not affected by this command.
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On the other hand, the AutoCAD Copy and Mirror commands should be avoided if your selection
includes associations of ArmaCAD objects such as:
Due to the importance of the Full size bar <-> Associated bar marks association, it is conserved in all
cases.
The AutoCAD Copy-Paste command or the ArmaCAD Copy-Mirror command automatically recreate the links to the objects created by duplication. This saves you having to re-create the links later
via the Associate button of the Associated Bar Marks and Figurative Bars commands.
Moreover, the Mirror mode is referenced to the AutoCAD Mirror command since this command can
also be used to automatically re-position the single and associated bar marks in the read direction of
the drawing.
Increment value:
By default, single or associated bar marks retain the same number since the copied bars are identical.
If you want the new copied bar marks to take another value, enter the increment value. The number of
each new bar mark will be increased by this value. This value may be negative.
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The case of partial copying of ArmaCAD elements associated with each other:
Whether you are using the ArmaCAD Copy-Paste command or Copy-Mirror command or indeed
the Copy and Mirror commands of AutoCAD, the result is the same in the following cases:
The duplication of a bar mark already associated with a full size bar, automatically associates the
new bar mark with the original full size bar if it does not form part of the copy.
The duplication of one or more rungs of a rake that is dependent upon an associated bar mark
leads to the automatic updating of the number of bars recorded on the bar mark if it does not form
part of the copy
The duplication of a figurative bar already associated with a full size bar automatically associates
the new figurative bar with the original full size bar if it does not form part of the copy
The duplication of a round associated with a support bar automatically associates the new round
with the original support bar if it does not form part of the copy.
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To switch from a 2D bar to 3D, use the 2D <-> 3D command in the 3D tools menu.
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3.20 Thicken
This command is used to thicken a set of bars or to reduce the thickness of a set of bars that had
been previously thickened.
The purpose of this command is to increase the size of a small-diameter bar on small-scale views
without changing the configuration.
The same plan may therefore include non-thickened bars on large-scale views and thickened bars on
small-scale views (1/50 or smaller).
The thickening factors are calibrated via the project options in the Diameters tab. The default
thickening factors are calculated in such a way that no bar measures less than 0.35 mm on a 1/50
scale view.
Bars of the same diameter and with different thickening factors may coexist on the same plan.
By default, only straight bars (and all figurative bars) can be thickened.
However, it is possible to draw thickened shaped bars (not recommended) by unchecking the
following option in the design control of project options:
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The mark inserted is a figurative representation can be used to symbolize the end of a bar.
This command can also be accessed via the popup menu by right-clicking on the bar or by doubleclicking on the bar.
Select any bar on the side on which the mark is desired.
The mark is drawn automatically in the layer of the selected bar with the same thickness.
The mark is attached to the bar and is taken into account in the case of any change of the bar. If you
do not want an attached mark, select the Do not attach option.
Bars with markings can be directly associated with bar marks via their end markings:
In order to erase a bar end marking, select the button Delete then select the marking to be erased.
The button Group allows to attach a mark issued from a previous release of ArmaCAD 7.
In order to erase a bar end marking, select the button Delete then select the marking to be erased.
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Display of the 3D bar to scale: In this case you can use the mouse to zoom in and rotate the
bar in orbital mode.
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Caution! This sketch relates to the dimensioning of complementary angles, and is presented with the
bending schedule as an example. If you select the angle dimensioning option in "Direct" mode (in the
Options command), you must adapt it. (Block Cadf_53)
The radii concerned are inside radii.
The total length is the total length measured in the axis of the bar. (Method B of the ISO 3766:2004
standard).
The total length takes account of any built-in overlaps.
Bending types:
Anchored bars: Type 1
Frames, stirrups: Type 2
Bends: Type 3.
For these tree types, the standard values of the bending mandrels are determined in the options of the
project.
If the bar has no standard radius, the type becomes 0.
An error message located at the bottom of the dialogue zone is displayed in the case of a bar that has
a degree of bending that is less than the standard degree of bending on at least one of its bending
radii. (type 1, 2 or 3).
This circumstance can be enabled or disabled through the options of the design control via the
Options Project command.
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3.23 Search
The first tab makes it possible to search for all the associated representations for a given bar number.
(Single bar marks, associated bar marks, full size bars, figurative bars)
Select the option that suits you:
View All:
Zoom out followed by display on black background of all bar marks with the same number and of all
bars associated with the same number.
Notes:
To redisplay all the entities in the drawing, enter "REGEN" on the keyboard
To zoom directly onto the bar or the bar mark associated with an object, use the "Go to" command
via the ArmaCAD popup menu.
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Replace:
Replace a text or part of a text by another text for all the attributes of the single and associated bar
marks present in the drawing. For example, replacing "H" by "T" will update all bar mark type and
grade symbols. The bar mark comments are also processed using this command:
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The number of elements generally concerns a number of structures or parts of structures. (Lists of
beams or forming floor slabs for example)
The number of layers is a multiplier: For example, 2 layers of 5 bars will be written as 2x5. In this
case, the number of bars will be equal to 10 in the bar schedule.
The number of bars is either an integer number or an operator. The operator can be "*" "x" "X" or
"+". There is no processing difference between "*" "x" and "X".
For example, 2 layers of 3x5 bars will be written as 2x3x5 on the bar mark, and will be written as
30 bars in bar schedule. This notation is equivalent to a notation in the form 2x3x5 or 2X3X5 or
2*3*5 bars.
The advantage of passing via the number of layers concerns the dimension lines and rakes whose
number is calculated in accordance with the spacing. If the number is changed, this deletes the
dynamic mode of the dimension line (Automatic updating of the number in the case of stretching).
To continue with the above example, the fact of passing via 2 layers of 3x5 bars to a layer of 3x5
bars does not affect the dynamic mode. On the other hand the fact of passing via a layer of 2x3x5
bars to a layer of 3x5 bars forces the number, and therefore removes the dynamic mode.
Link" button:
Associates an already existing bar mark with the bar just selected.
The program will ask you if you want to retain the numbers and comments present on the existing bar
mark. If you do not want to retain them, the information present in the dialog box will be taken into
account. The old sketch will be updated if the "Draw sketch of bar" option is checked.
If the selected bar mark is a single bar mark, it is converted into an associated bar mark.
"Draw" button:
Creates a bar mark to be associated with the bar selected. The choice of number is free.
By default, the last number plus one of the current list is proposed.
If the "Draw sketch of bar" option is checked, the sketch will be inserted after the bar mark.
If you choose a number that has already been taken, ArmaCAD verifies that all the bars indicating the
same number are identical.
Entering "F" on the keyboard for the "First point" option makes it possible to separate the bar mark
from the previously selected bar in order to start the dimension line at another point of the drawing.
The link joining the bar mark and the bar will not be deleted. For example, if you previously created a
rake, select the "Isolated bar" option, then enter p, select the end of the rake, the snap mode will be
automatic.
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Dimension line:
Creates a straight or curved distribution line representing the distribution area of the selected bar. It is
not compulsory for the line to intersect with the selected bar:
It is possible to shift the dimension line to the right or left. (This is practical if attaching to formwork):
If the selected bar, or a figurative bar associated with this bar, is intersected by the dimension line, a
mark is inserted at the intersection.
If no intersection is found, ArmaCAD will ask you to select a figurative bar of the same diameter and
will automatically associate it with the selected bar.
If you do not want an intersection with a bar, press the Enter key to confirm None.
If the number is given under the form n+n+n, the mode automatically switches to Multiple, with the
number of dimension lines to be drawn depending on the number of +.
For example, if you enter the number 8+6, ArmaCAD will ask you to establish two dimension lines
featuring 8 bars for the first and 6 bars for the second.
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Allows you to create a succession of continuous dimension lines while varying the
numbers or the spacing (multiple spacing option checked):
Modifying the value of the number of bars of the associated bar mark, via the Edit bar mark
command, cancels the dynamic mode of the dimension line.
The fact of erasing a dynamic dimension line automatically updates the number of bars of the
associated bar mark and, in multiple mode, also erases the partial number recorded on the line.
To change the spacing value later, and thus update the number of bars, use the Edit bar mark
command or indeed click with the right mouse button on the dimension line so as to display the
Modify Spacing command of the ArmaCAD contextual menu.
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Stand alone:
The bar mark is created from the bar selected.
If the "Spacing" option is checked, the program will ask you to specify with a start point and an end
point the distribution area of the bar in order to calculate the number automatically.
Variable bars:
All the bars of the same type as that selected and intersected by the dimension line are marked
individually by lettering (01A, 01B, 01C, etc.). In this case, the number of bars is entered automatically.
The bar schedule will have as many dimensions lines as there are elements of variable bars.
The dimensions of each bar can be individually modified via the Stretch command.
The fact of modifying the properties of a member of the group updates the whole of the group as well
as the associated bar mark.
(See Modify properties)
The fact of erasing an individual bar mark automatically updates the number of bars of the associated
bar mark. The letter of an individual bar mark can be modified by the command for editing the
attributes of AutoCAD:
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N.B. This type of bar mark is not recommended if the variation between the two bars is not linear.
Same bars:
All the bars strictly identical to that selected and intersected by the dimension line are marked.
In this case, the number of bars is entered automatically.
If the intersected bars are figurative bars associated with the selected full size bar, they are also taken
into account.
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Rake:
Draws a rake of bars of the same diameter as the selected bar.
The selected bar and its associated Figurative Bars, if they are intersected by the dimension line of the
rakes, are repositioned automatically on the nearest rung.
If the selected bar or an associated figurative bar is intersected by the dimension line of the rake, it is
repositioned automatically on a rung of the rake.
The bars are arranged in a linear network according to a constant interval, i.e.:
Set in priority, in which case the last spacing is not handled. ("Priority to spacing" option checked)
Calculated according to the length and number given. If the number of bars given is in the format
5x2, the number of rungs drawn will corresponds to the first number of the formula (In this case,
5).
If you want to sequence the rakes (From the point, to the point, from the point to the point, etc.) select
the Multiple option:
If the rake is drawn according to a given spacing, the rake becomes "dynamic", i.e. any subsequent
stretching or movement operation applied to the dimension line of the rake automatically updates the
rake and the number of bars of the associated bar mark. (See the command Rakes)
To change the spacing value later, and thus to update the number of rungs (and therefore of bars),
use the Edit bar mark command or indeed click with the right mouse button on the dimension line so
as to display the Modify Spacing command of the ArmaCAD contextual menu.
The fact of erasing or of adding a rake rung automatically updates the number of bars of the
associated bar mark.
The fact of erasing the dynamic dimension line of a rake automatically erases all the rungs
and marks of the rakes and updates the number of bars of the associated bar mark.
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Comb:
The "Comb" bar mark makes it possible to join a set of sectional figurative bars to a dimension line.
The number of bars is entered automatically.
The wires may be inclined with respect to the dimension line. The objects to be joined are chosen by
multiple selection filtered by diameter.
In "Circular spacing" mode, the dimension line is drawn in the form of a curve:
The fact of erasing or of adding a round automatically updates the number of bars of the
associated bar mark.
Bunch:
Makes it possible to combine several bar marks associated with other bars with an existing bar mark:
If the first bar mark is already linked to a dimension line, a rake or a comb dynamic or otherwise
any change of number or distribution is automatically transferred to all of the constituents of the bunch
of bar marks. That is why it is impossible to modify the number or distribution of a "Bunch" bar mark.
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Notes
Number and comment information is modified using the Edit a bar mark or Bar marks
command commands.
The bar mark format can be configured via the Options command.
If you want to modify the label of a bar mark at a later stage, use the Bar marks control
command.
You cannot modify the type and diameter marked on the dimension line directly, as they are only a
result and are updated automatically using the diameter and type and grade modification
commands.
If you duplicate an associated bar mark, it is automatically associated with the original full size bar.
However, if you duplicate the bar mark/bar combination, a new pairing is created. For further
information about the links between ArmaCAD objects, refer to the Copy/Mirror chapter.
If the Auto option is checked, the scale is set to that of the Predefined Scale Area (see Change
scale command to create these areas).
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If the bar mark is linked to an associative bar mark, the bar mark number and the first text are
disabled..
The option Remove the link to the associated bar mark makes it possible to delete this link.
(See the command Single bar marks)
The number of bars: Whole number or formula that may comprise a + or x sign
The suffix (Spacing): Free text or spacing value (For example. 200 or sp=200 or @200 etc.,
etc.)
The numbers of members and bars can also be modified using the Bar marks command.
You cannot modify the number directly: To shift the numbering or invert numbers, use the Bar marks
command.
Enabling this option allows you to include the text of the comment in the schedule.
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This option is used in order to update the sketches including dimensions. It is active if the option
Dim. is checked by the Bar marks format button in the Options Project command .
If the sketch does not contain dimensions, those are added. If the sketch contains dimensions, those
are up dated.
Note: All the dimensions are automatically updated at the time of launching the bar schedule.
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These buttons have two functions: Firstly, They indicate whether the bar mark is a variable bar mark
or an average bar mark or neither. Secondly, in the case of a layer bar mark of variable lengths
generated via the Figurative Bars command, they allow you to pass from the variable bars mode (by
default ) to the average bar mode.
Notes:
If the bar mark is associated with a dynamic dimension line or a rake, the number is calculated
automatically according to the length of the dimension line and the spacing value:
Presetting the value of the spacing (For example sp=200 modified to sp=150) updates
automatically the number of bars of the bar mark, and, if the dim line comes from a rake, redraw
the rake by taking in account the new spacing value.
To replace a text, or part of a text, by another text, for all the attributes of the single and
associated bar marks present on the drawing, use the tab Replace in the command Search.
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Modify spacing:
Modifies the distribution value of a dynamic dimension line or a dynamic rake. The fact of modifying
the spacing updates the number shown on the associated bar mark and, if the dimension line is a
rake, it is completely redrawn according to the new spacing in question.
Divide:
Makes it possible to divide a dimension line or a rake (dynamic or otherwise) into two parts, with the
automatic updating of the associated bar mark (useful if a shaft is added, for example):
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Crossings:
This command can be used to draw bridges at the intersection of bar mark lines. These lines can be
straight lines, arcs or polylines.
Dynamic dimension lines and combs created using Version 9 are also managed.
To add one or more bridges, first select the elements that are to constitute the bridges. Then select all
of the elements passing below.
You can also move and delete these bridges:
The Regroup command can be used to regroup a set that has previously been ungrouped.
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If you prefer to insert a text into the schedule instead of the dimensions, e.g. in the case of an
overcrowded diagram, click on Replacement text and enter a referral text:
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Operations on numbering:
Change:
Used to change the number of an associated selected bar mark in the list.
The single bar marks bearing the same number are updated by default.
The case of several associated bar marks with the same number:
You can either change all the associated bar marks with the same number, or change only the
selected bar mark. In this case, in the presence of single bar marks with the same number, the rule is
as follows:
The single bar marks that were created by selecting an associated bar are updated automatically.
(Bar marks created from version 8).
The remaining single bar marks are not altered, and an alarm message informs you of this.
Switch:
Inverts two numbers with respect to each other.
Select the number to be permuted in the second list proposed.
The bar marks (associated or single) concerned are updated automatically.
The case of several associated bar marks with the same number where one is permutated:
In this case, in the presence of single bar marks with the same number, the rule is the same as for the
Change command.
Shift:
Can be used to shift all the numbering by the desired value.
The shift is carried out from the number selected in the list.
The shift value is free, it may be positive or negative.
All the bar marks, whether single or in the bar schedule, are updated automatically.
The case of several associated bar marks with the same number located before that selected:
In this case, in the presence of single bar marks with the same number, the rule is the same as for the
Change command.
Delete:
Erases from the drawing the associated selected bar mark in the list, or all the bar marks with the
same number.
You are also able to delete the associated bar, the figurative bars, and the single bar marks, by
selecting the corresponding options.
The case of several associated bar marks with the same number:
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Edit:
This feature is the same as the Edit a bar mark command.
This feature may also be activated by double-clicking on the selected element.
You can do a multiple selection (keys CTRL or SHIFT). In this case, you can only change the number
of members.
Rev:
Manually marks a revision number in alphanumeric form. This revision number is then retained in the
associated bar mark. These revision numbers are printed when the bar schedules are edited.
In order to register a same rev letter on several bar marks, you can do a multiple selection (keys CTRL
or SHIFT).
To automate and protect revision number update operations, it is preferable to use the "Events"
button.
Events:
ArmaCAD is able to handle tracking of modifications between two issues.
If you issue your bar schedule with any revision number, all subsequent modifications made to your
drawing by you or any other party are identified and displayed in an events report. The numbers
added and deleted since the previous issue are also processed.
This report is stored in the same folder as the DWG file and has the same name followed by the TXT
extension. It keeps track of previous intermediate issues.
In the event of a change to the name of the DWG file, ArmaCAD will ask you if you want to save the
history. Answer yes if the new file has a rev number which is greater than the previous file.
Answer no, if it relates to a new file with 0 as its rev number.
In the case of a new issue, these changes can automatically be updated to the next highest revision
number. However, you can still work manually using the "Rev button.
Since the issue of a bar schedule can be a sensitive operation in terms of Quality Assurance, a
"Password" button is proposed so as to authorize the issue of the bar schedule with a new revision
number only to the holder of the password.
Go to:
Ends the command and zooms directly on the full size bar corresponding to the selected associated
bar mark. This feature can also be accessed via the ArmaCAD popup menu.
Section:
This can be used to insert a header allowing you to create zones in the bar schedule. The sections
can be with or without a page break. The section is inserted above of the selected line.
To change or delete an existing section, use the Edit and Delete buttons.
The limits of sections are managed during the operations to shift the numbering.
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Before generating the bar schedule, ArmaCAD verifies the conformity of the following points:
All the associated bar marks must be associated with a valid representation.
In the case of a non-conformity, ArmaCAD displays on a black background, without zooming out, the
bar marks on error so that you can intervene.
After this check, ArmaCAD automatically generates the bar schedules in the paper space or model
space depending on the option selected.
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Notes:
If you have checked the "Print date" and "Number pages" boxes, the date and page number will
be marked on each page of the bar schedule. It is also possible to modify the number of the first
page (1 by default).
You can display two titles printed on each bar schedule page. This information remains stored in
your drawing until you make a further change. Its position can be modified via the Options
command, "Bar Schedule Page" button.
The "Purge old blocks" option is useful if you are in the SHP directory block customization phase:
By default, the blocks already present in the drawing are used for an improved execution speed.
If you only want to print a set of numbers, enter the "From" and "to" fields for the bar marks and
the welded fabric marks. Only the bar marks located between these two values (inclusive) will be
included in the check and bar schedule.
The number of members only concerns the summaries (lengths, weights, couplers and welded
fabrics). This number applies to all the values of these tables. The values for each bar schedule
and welded fabric number are implied for one member.
By default, the bar schedule insertion point is defined via the Project options command. The
"Select on screen" button makes it possible to select the top left hand corner when each bar
schedule is run, without reading the current settings.
Ratio: this is the relationship between the volume of concrete stated and the total weight of steel
(all grades and welded fabric included). Each presentation may have its own volume of concrete
and thus its own ratio.
The mean diameter given includes all steel grades. It does not include welded fabrics.
FAQ:
Why does ArmaCAD prohibit different numbers of elements for the same number?
To prevent there being a fraction in the number of bars:
Example: 5 bars on 3 elements + 6 bars on 1 element would give:
Number of bars per element: 5.25 !
Number of elements: 4
Total number of bars: 21
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2-Project summary:
This feature makes it possible to generate a steel weight summary for a set of files forming all or part
of the same project.
In the dialog box, select the files comprising a rebars weight (Multiple selection mode)
ArmaCAD then opens all the files selected to read the rebars weight.
The final summary is then inserted in the current drawing. The schedule used for the summary
(CADF_54) can be configured in the same way as the rebars weight (CADF_52). It is not necessary
for the two tables to have the same attributes.
After the summary, a text file is displayed summarizing the files taken into account
Since Version 9, it has been possible to generate the summary in Excel. The Barlist.xlt template is
used for this purpose.
3-Printing schedules:
Prints on your computer's A4 printer all the bar schedule pages and the rebars weight. Depending on
the type of printer, it is possible to start printing with the first or the last page.
The plotter type is a property of the paper space (layouts). By default, ArmaCAD proposed to generate
bar schedules in a specific layout named "ArmaCAD" that you can configure as you wish. The
dimensions of the window and the orientation of the line are calculated automatically for each
schedule.
This option can be used to print the pages two by two, such as two A4 sheets on an A3 printer for
example.
3 - Exporting to EXCEL:
ArmaCAD regenerates the bar schedule on AutoCAD and then copies it to a new Excel file. The
format is that of the "BARLIST.XLT" template present in the ArmaCAD support directory.
To find out how to customize your bar schedules, refer to the Settings and customization section.
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4 Additional commands
4.1
Audit
This command allows you to discover all of the parameters used in the creation of the bar schedule.
This command is therefore especially useful upon receipt of schedules for which you want to verify
which options were checked or unchecked when they were generated.
An example of the Audit command is shown below:
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4.2
CAM module
This CAM (computer-assisted manufacture) module is an aid to the manufacture of bars in the factory.
It can be called up via the User Options command
The purpose of this module is to create a bar schedule with addition of the information necessary for
the manufacture of the bars.
In this light, this module can be used to assign to each number of the bar schedule the names of
structures or parts of structures called Assemblies and Subassemblies.
It can also be used to specify the information necessary for the manufacture of the bars, such as the
types of machine to be used, the basic preparation (straight bars or spools, for example) etc.
Operation:
A list of the numbers is created automatically at the launch of the first bar schedule. It is therefore
necessary that the bar schedule should have been generated at least once. (On Excel or not). If the
bar schedule includes a drawing name, the latter then appears at the head of the CAM module. This
list is thenceforth updated during each subsequent running of the bar schedule.
To add or change the names of assemblies or subassemblies in the two corresponding lists, click the
Manage the assemblies button. These two lists are recorded in the drawing. In order to assign an
assembly name and/or a subassembly name to a number, just click the Assign button.
Likewise, in order to assign the machines necessary for creating each bar, it is necessary only to
select the latter in the corresponding lists (up to six) and to click the Assign button.
The list of machines can be modified by editing the Mac.dat file located in the ArmaCAD Support
directory. Each field must be between quote marks. The field separators can be spaces or tabs. The
first field corresponds to the full name of the machine, and the second to its abbreviation carried on
the bar schedule.
Once the assignments have been completed, relaunch the bar schedule by selecting the Export to
Excel button. All the information necessary for the manufacturing process is then located by number.
Notes:
In the case of modifications made to the drawing followed by the launch of a new bar schedule, all
the assignments are preserved. Nevertheless, it should be remembered that the assignments
concern numbers and not shapes. This means that if the numbering have to be shifted (via the
Manage the bar marks command in particular), the assignments would then have to be repeated.
The CDROM contains a bar schedule configuration for an output in CAM mode: See
\ArmaCAD11\Configurations\CAM.
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4.3
2D Tools
Zero Z
If you wish to ensure that your formwork drawing background is perfectly horizontal at a zero altitude,
enter the command "Z 0" on the keyboard. (A Z followed by a zero). This will set all line, curve, text
and dimensioning type elements in the drawing to a zero altitude.
Keyboard command: Z0
Reverse bar
This command allows to reverse the direction of the dimensioning of one or several rebars.
Keyboard command INVBAR
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4.4
Management of configurations
Specifies to ArmaCAD the location of the current project setting file search path and the access for the
specific support files for the project, if they exist (See Support Files).
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The 1 option duplicates your current configuration to allow you to change it for another project.
nd
The 2 option allows you to automatically recreate a configuration on reading the drawing. This option
only works for ArmaCAD V10 (or higher releases) drawings.
The third option makes it possible to create a new configuration in another language (e.g. for the
schedule tables):
ArmaCAD then asks you to select the directory in which this new configuration will be situated.
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Library:
This function allows you to access the list of all of the blocks used in the current configuration (see
Support File) in order to view them or modify them by clicking on the"Modify" button:
Note:
Reminder of the rule for blocks already present on the current drawing:
Modifications made to the schedule tables are accounted for when a new schedule is
launched.
Modifications made to bar marks, markings and other elements of the graphic charter are only
accounted for in the drawing if you run the function "Update (See bellow).
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Update:
This function allows you, in the event of changes being made to the CAD specifications, to
automatically update all a drawing's ArmaCAD symbols (CADF blocks) by reading the symbols
present in the case's support folder: The properties of all the markings and bar marks (as well as their
attributes) are automatically updated: This concerns their colour, text style, slant of the text and name
of the layer. In addition, the colour of the layers containing the bars is also updated.
Note:
By default, ArmaCAD uses an ArmaCAD style-name that includes the Isocp font for all its blocks. It
is therefore necessary, in the case of a font change in part of the blocks of the Support directory, to
also change the name of the styles in order not to come into conflict with the ArmaCAD default style
which may be present in the drawing to be updated.
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4.5
It is possible to recover all formwork drawing backgrounds automatically from dimensioning software
programs which are compatible with the ADD exchange format (e.g. Robot, CBS Pro, Monomakh,
etc.):
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5 Popup menus
ArmaCAD has several popup menus can be used to give direct access to the ArmaCAD object
modification and edit commands.
Depending on the type of object selected (Bar marks, bars, couplers, welded fabrics, etc.), the content
of the popup menu is modified automatically so as only to propose the commands applicable to the
context of the object.
The popup menu can be displayed using two methods:
The popup menu has a "Go to" command can be used to zoom directly on the element associated
with the selected element according to the following principle:
Associated bar mark -> zoom on the associated full size bar. (2D or 3D)
Associated bar -> zoom on the associated bar mark or the associated figurative bars.
Associated figurative bar -> zoom on the associated full size bar. (2D or 3D)
Notes:
The display of the menu by right-clicking observes the user preferences for right-clicking defined
via the AutoCAD Options command. In other words, the menu is only activated if the
"ShortCutMenu" variable is different to 0.
AutoCAD, like ArmaCAD, handles the object editing mode by means of double-clicking. This
particularly applies for blocks, for which the activation of the EATTEDIT command may come into
conflict with ArmaCAD block editing. (Bar marks and welded fabrics). If you only want the
ArmaCAD popup menu to be activated by double-clicking on an ArmaCAD object, type the
AutoCAD keyboard command DBLCLKEDIT and select the option Inactive.
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Project options
Design control:
The first three options indicate the execution tolerances of the bars to ArmaCAD, namely the
maximum and minimum thresholds of the lengths of bars, straight segments and bending radii. If
these thresholds are exceeded, then an alarm message is displayed during the List bar command. If
the options are checked, it becomes impossible to output these bars to a bar schedule.
If the fourth option is checked during the creation of bars with a length that is greater than the
maximum length, ArmaCAD does not offer to integrate automatic overlaps, leaving the user the
responsibility of himself cutting the bars to the maximum length allowed.
This option unchecks the Associated->Single command and the Duplicate the associated bar mark
information option in the Single bar marks command (see Single bar marks).
By default, only straight bars (and all figurative bars) can be thickened.
However, it is possible to draw thickened shaped bars (not recommended) by unchecking this option.
Specifies to ArmaCAD the scale at which bars are drawn and interpreted. For example, a one meter
bar may measure in the model space, 1000, 100 or 1 AutoCAD units. This scale is unique for the
entire drawing. ArmaCAD also uses this scale when inserting marks and associated bar marks.
Caution: This value must be constant within the same drawing, otherwise you may see your bars
suddenly become one thousand times larger or smaller or a cover change from 2.5 cm to 25 m!
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The field located in the bar mark caption specifies the number format to ArmaCAD. For example, a
number 5 bar mark in the 0, 00, or, 000 format would be written as 5, 05 or 005, respectively. This
format is also applied to single bar marks and international bar marks.
Caution: The width of the bar mark caption is can be used to specify to ArmaCAD where to position
the attributes with respect to the insertion point. If you modify this value, you should also adjust the
corresponding blocks (blocks Cadf_05 and Cadf_ 09), and then use the function Update all the
ArmaCAD symbols of the toolbox in order to update your drawing.
Choice of symbol: If the type and grade symbol is "H", a bar mark will take the format "H". If you want
bar marks to be prefixed with the symbol or #, select the corresponding option. If you wish that this
symbol also appear in the bar schedule check the option "Ditto for bar schedules".
International Format:
This option allows you to display the bar marks as text.
The texts are made up of fields and free characters.
It is possible to delete fields and to change the location of the fields. The names of the fields are as
follows:
Di : Diameter
Gr : Grade
Nb : Number of bars
Sp : Spacing or suffix
Standard format:
International format:
The example of the international bar mark above is written in the form: Nb-GrDi-No-Sp
The commentary can be located under the line or at the end of the line.
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The
buttons allow you make a distinct choice of the style of the current text in respect of the font,
the text height, the width factor of the text and the colour.
The red button (by default) only concerns the number of the associated bar marks.
The blocks used for the international bar marks are Cadf_15 for the associated bar marks and
Cadf_19 for the single bar marks.
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6.2
Bending standards
Bending diameters:
The list of the nominal diameters of a project is entirely customizable with the Add Modify and
Delete buttons.
The check button Activate makes it possible to disable a diameter for a particular project without
deleting the bending values attached to this diameter.
The bending standards are entered for each diameter:
The outside diameter of the bar expressed in mm. (For High steel bars)
The width factor allowing to thick the drawing of bars with low diameters.
Repeat this information for the two types of bars (High steel bars and round bars).
The type and grade abbreviations (by default H and M) are configurable by press Types, Grades and
Processes button in the Options page.
Hook types:
The standard hook lengths are expressed as a number of nominal diameters and are entered by
bending angle, diameter and type.
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Overlapping:
These values are proposed by default by all of the ArmaCAD commands whenever it is necessary to
create an overlap.
The overlap values are expressed in mm, per diameter, grade and overlapping type :
In the event of a change to the diameter of a bar with integrated overlaps, the new overlap
length proposed takes into account the type of which the former overlap was a part.
If the former overlap is not part of a type, then the new overlap length proposed is that of
the previous versions (By default 40 or 50 diameters)
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6.3
Bar schedules
If the "Standard" option is selected, each dimension is represented by a letter on the diagram and
the line of dimension is in the form: A=x B=x C=x....
If the BS/ISO option is selected, the sketches are drawn only when the code form is 99. In
addition, partial dimensions A B C D E/R are printed at intervals regular (by default, 15mm)
without any other indication.
If the "On the sketch" option is selected, the dimensions are printed directly on the sketch: If the
sketch is a scale diagram, the dimensions are indicated directly on the diagram. If the sketch is a
block with attributes, those are automatically indicated, the values of the attributes being A, B, C...
If the block does not contain attributes, the line of dimensions becomes again A=x B=x C=x...
Bar sketches:
By default, the sketches are blocks inserted by ArmaCAD on each line of the bar schedule.
These blocks are entirely customizable (See Shape Codes).
The scale factor depends of the ratio between dimensions of the block and the format of the bar
schedule page (Row height and column width).
These blocks are replaced by scale diagrams in the following cases:
Scale diagram forced for a particular bar mark (See Bar marks command)
Their graphic (line weight, colors and height of the dimensions) is customizable:
Notes:
The Do not draw the preferred shapes option is used in particular to comply with the
specifications of the BS 8066 standard.
The Height of the dimensions field is also included for the height of the attributes of the
blocks of the preferred shapes.
To change the colors, fonts and layers used in the blocks, see the chapter 7.2.
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The bar schedule pages are schedules inserted in block form. These schedules do not contain
attributes.
Since these blocks can assume any shape, it is therefore best to configure ArmaCAD so that the text
and diagrams are positioned correctly in relation to the empty table.
Any modification made to the arrangement of the content of bar schedules via the "Options" command
is taken into account instantly. You can, without having to restart AutoCAD, generate a new bar
schedule in order to observe the effects of the modifications made immediately.
Location principle:
All the dimensions are relative dimensions given with reference to an edge of the bar schedule
pages.
The symbol of each field can be obtained by dragging the mouse to the desired area (Info
captions)
The height of h1 lines corresponds to the distance separating two numbers and determines
the maximum height of the diagrams. The height of h2 line applies to the lines that do not
have any diagrams. (Variable bars or BS pages).
The rounds are expressed in mm, cm or inches according to the unit format chosen. Make
sure therefore that you update these values in the event of changing unit format !
Methodology:
To begin with, open the Cadf_50.dwg block, convert it as required, and then save it.
For each active field, measure the distance between the middle of the column and the left
edge of the Cadf_50 block, and copy this value to the corresponding field.
Do not hesitate to regularly launch the bar schedule on the test drawing in order to
immediately observe the effects of the changes made to the configuration.
button.
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Particular cases:
If the abscissa of the Spacing field has the same value as the Total number field, the
spacing is recorded under the number.
If the abscissa of the Revision field has the same value as the Bar mark number field, the
revision number is recorded under the Bar mark number.
If the abscissa of the Bending Type field has the same value as the Diameter field, the
bending type is recorded under the diameter.
If the Number of elements and Number of bars fields are not active, the total number is
recorded in the form: N x Nb where N is a number of elements greater than 1.
The
button located under the Number of the bar mark field allows separate selection of
the font, the color and the height of the number.
The tables can be inserted or not, by means of the checkboxes located below each table.
The full description of each table can be obtained by dragging the mouse on the image of the
table. (Info bubble)
The location point of the first bar schedule page is the top left corner. It is specified by a value
X= and a value Y=, expressed in absolute coordinates of the object or paper space.
All the other tables can be located either in absolute XY coordinates, or in relation to the
previous table.
All the tables can be fully personalized. The tables of the bending mandrels and of the hook
lengths can have notes and diagrams added that are specific to your project.
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The dimensions of the sketches depend on the cell width and height.
The customization of the template is entirely free, only two conditions must be observed:
The named cells enable ArmaCAD to determine the location of the schedules. Therefore, you can
reorganize the schedules as you wish, while observing the following names:
Ratio: Ratio
Notes:
If you insert any wave file into the ArmaCAD/Support directory, it will be played when the bar
schedule is being regenerated.
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6.4
Rebars weight
The CADF_52.DWG file is the block inserted by ArmaCAD to generate the rebars weights.
Its point of insertion is configurable via the Location of the tables button.
This block contains attributes which can be modified according to the following principle:
-
All the attributes are numbered from 00 to 29 (in the read order of the list of nominal diameters)
for the type 1 steels (High), and from 100 to 129 for the type 2 steels (Round).
The attributes are separated by categories indicated by a set description according to the
following table:
The diameter: DI
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Examples:
WT01 specifies the total H8 weight.
LT102 specifies the total M10 length.
Notes:
If an attribute is not recognized by ArmaCAD, a question mark will be entered as its value.
The CADF_54 file follows the same logic. Like the block CADF_52, it is can be used to establish a
bar weight, but for a set of bar schedules. (See "Bar schedules")
The rounding of the lengths and weights are configurable:
Attention !
The majoration coefficient applies a masked majoration to each total length by diameter. This should
be used only if you know what you are doing!
No-standard grades or special processes:
In order to account for bars receiving a special process, you must select the following option:
In this case, ArmaCAD will insert as many summaries as exist grades and processes on the drawing.
Files attributes TYPE0 and TYPE1 of each summary allows to fill the text definition of each grade or
process.
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6.5
Shape codes
The ArmaCAD .SHP file contains the list of shape codes applicable to a project.
An extract of the standard configuration is given below:
Example: Shape No. 12 corresponds to the block CFSHP33a, the BS shape code is 99. The lengths
of the first and last bends are not dimensioned since they are standard hooks. The standard bending
angles are also not dimensioned. There is no specific dimensioning order and the sketch is inserted as
a block called CFSHP33a.dwg.
You can modify the SHP blocks, change their dimensioning principle, change their names and adapt
the ArmaCAD .SHP file accordingly.
The last line corresponds to the unknown forms: 999 "X" "99" (1) (1).
For example, in order not to dimension the angles of the unknown forms, type: 999 "X" "99" (1) (0).
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Segment dimensioning:
The way in which each segment is dimensioned is fully configurable. Generally, the length of the
segment and the value of the angle, if it is not standard, are sufficient. However, in some cases, the
angle indications may not be admissible and the dimensions must be broken down according to the
following coding:
0: The segment is not dimensioned.
1: The segment is dimensioned by its length
2: Length + vertical projection perpendicular to the next bend.
3: Length + horizontal projection parallel with the next bend.
4: Length + vertical projection perpendicular to the previous bend.
5: Length + horizontal projection parallel with the previous bend.
6: Vertical and horizontal projections with respect to the next bend.
7: Vertical and horizontal projections with respect to the previous bend.
8 Length + Vertical and horizontal projections with respect to the next bend. (3 dimensions)
9: Length + Vertical and horizontal projections with respect to the previous bend. (3 dimensions)
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This command allows to modify the appearance of all the ArmaCAD shapes in the SHP directory:
Choice of colors, style of text and layer. This function will modify the set of shapes in the all the blocks
located in the SHP directory with the styles specified by you.
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6.6
Welded fabrics
Welded fabric objects created with ArmaCAD are located in a separate layer in which the name and
color are configurable. The color is taken into account when the layer is created by ArmaCAD. The
number may have a specific color (red by default), as may the longitudinal wire (blue). These colors
may be changed to be "BYLAYER"
The height of the dimensioning texts and their layer name are also configurable. Note that these two
values are also used for couplers.
The font, color and height of the number is configurable via the
button.
It is possible not to number the panels by checking the Do not number option.
This list is modifiable. You can modify, add or delete lines by observing the following rules:
R1 is the min. overlap in the direction of the longitudinal wire and R2 that for the cross wire.
The Ratio column expresses the Area with overlaps/ Effective area ratio. This ratio is only used
for the Mean panel mode.
The customization is the same as the bar schedule pages. (See Bar schedules)
If the Do not number option is checked, then the bar schedule pages are not generated.
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Types are numbered from 00 to 99 in the same order than the configuration file (see above)
Example: SUTS00 is the total surface of ST10 and PDTS01 is the total weight of ST20.
Total weights:
Notes:
If an attribute is not recognized by ArmaCAD, a question mark will be entered as its value.
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6.7
Couplers
A coupler is defined by three dimensions: Its length L, its outside diameter D, and its thread length R.
These three dimensions are to be defined for each diameter. Four series of dimensions can be used,
depending on whether the coupler is type 1 to 4. These types have corresponding labels, which can
also be customized. These labels are displayed in the bar schedule; also, it is recommended to use
abbreviations such as M1 or C1. The summary (Cadf_51A) and the Excel template (Barlist.xlt) may be
customized in order to enter for each label the coupler manufacturer reference numbers.
The dimensions L and D are used by ArmaCAD to draw the coupler (2D or 3D) to scale for the Add a
Coupler command. The dimension R is can be used to position the thread length and modify the
working length of the bar if the "Retain working length" option is checked.
Dimensioning of coupled bars: By default, given lengths in the bar schedule are real lengths of the bar
(Thread included). If you are not sure about the type and size of the couplers to implement, select the
option Length including coupler. In this case, dont forget to specify it in a note attached to your bar
schedule.
Length bar alone:
Length including coupler:
This field allows you to add a heading length for creating threads (by upset forging)
Curved bars: In principle, it is not authorized to thread a bar with a curved end. However, for bars with
a large radius, it is possible to set the value above which threading will be authorized.
Drawing the couplers: ArmaCAD uses the Cadf_20 and Cadf_21 blocks respectively to represent the
couplers and the threads. It is possible to differentiate the drawing of couplers, in accordance with
each label, by creating customized blocks called Cadf_25 to Cadf_28, for labels 1 to 4.
In 3D mode,blocks are respectively Cadf_60, 61, 65, 66, 67 and 68.
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DI: Diameter.
The attributes are numbered from 00 to 99 in the read order of the list of nominal diameters. (The
small diameters not used are ignored).
Attributes LA01, LA02, LA03 and LA04 correspondent to the labels of the four types of coupler.
The attribute of the number of couplers (other than threads only) is: NBCPL.
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6.8
Support files
ArmaCAD runs with a number of external files. They can be customized as required. A list of these
files is given below:
CADF_01.DWG (Star bar mark)
CADF_02.DWG (Single arrow)
CADF_03.DWG (Arrow for dimension line)
CADF_04.DWG (Oblique mark)
CADF_05.DWG (Associated bar mark)
CADF_07.DWG (Single number for end of bar mark)
CADF_08.DWG (Circle)
CADF_09 (Single bar mark with 2 comments)
CADF_15 (Associated bar mark -International type)
CADF_19 (Single bar mark International type)
CADF_16.DWG (Bar mark for variable bar element)
CADF_20.DWG (2D Coupler)
CADF_21.DWG (2D Thread)
CADF_25, CADF_26, CADF_27, CADF_28 (Customized 2D couplers types 1 to 4)
CADF_30.DWG (Central round for welded fabrics)
CADF_41.DWG (Section title for bar schedules)
CADF_50.DWG (Bar schedule)
CADF_51.DWG (Couplers and welded fabrics summaries)
CADF_51A.DWG (Couplers summary)
CADF_51B.DWG (Welded fabrics summary)
CADF_52.DWG (Rebars weight schedule)
CADF_53.DWG (Bending schedule)
CADF_53A.DWG (Table of hook lengths)
CADF_54.DWG (Summary)
CADF_55.DWG (Welded fabrics schedule page)
CADF_60.DWG (3D Coupler)
CADF_61.DWG (3D Thread)
CADF_65, CADF_66, CADF_67, CADF_68 (Customized 3D couplers types 1 to 4)
ArmaCAD .SHP (List of shape codes and dimensioning settings)
ArmaCAD .CFG (ArmaCAD settings for current project)
BARLIST.XLT (Template file for bar schedules in Excel)
BARLIST2.XLT (Template file for CAM bar schedules in Excel
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These files are present in the ArmaCAD setup directory but you can duplicate all or part of these files
to another directory in order to customize them. To specify to ArmaCAD where to search for these files
in priority, use the User Options command and specify the path in the field called "Files support
search path". ArmaCAD takes the new path into account when a new command is run. This path is
retained in the user profile.
Another method consists in configuring ArmaCAD each time AutoCAD is run; for this, simply enter an
environment variable called "CADF_SUP".
For example: SET CADF_SUP=C:\PROJECTS\CLIENT3\ArmaCAD
If this environment variable exists, its content takes priority in the search path defined in the user
profile.
Each time one of these files is called, ArmaCAD searches in order of priority:
If the support file access path is not valid, ArmaCAD searches for the support files in its setup
directory.
In the example of Client3, the content of the ArmaCAD subdirectory contains two blocks, (Associated
bar mark and bar schedule page), the two configuration files and an SHP directory containing some
customized sketches. The same applies for client2 but with no customized sketches. For Client1, no
specific settings, therefore, by default, the Support files contained in the ArmaCAD setup directory are
used.
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6.9
User Options
All these options are retained in the current user profile of each work station.
This option makes it possible to reduce the risk of working on a drawing with a configuration from
another project. The configuration can be used to create your drawing is retained and is compared
with the current configuration. In the case of a difference between the saved configuration and the
current configuration, a warning message is activated.
These options are used to disable the display of the erasure confirmation messages on certain
sensitive ArmaCAD objects.
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Keyboard shortcuts:
It is possible to call any ArmaCAD command through a keyboard shortcut.
For example SB for Standard bars.
Keyboards do not modify Acad.pgp file and menu files:
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