BD What Is New Concrete 2019

2019
Concrete Series
What is new
What is new in GRAITEC Advance BIM Designers 2019
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ADVANCE BIM DESIGNERS – CONCRETE SERIES .................................................................................... 4
REINFORCED CONCRETE FOOTING DESIGNER ........................................................................................................ 4
Additional geometrical criteria for shape sizing .............................................................................................. 4
Difference moments by theory of 2’nd order ................................................................................................... 5
Partial coefficient for SLS bearing resistance, available to edit ...................................................................... 6
Easy managing of load cases and loads ........................................................................................................ 6
REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMN DESIGNER ........................................................................................................ 7
Improvements to the definition of buckling lengths ......................................................................................... 7
Easy managing of loads .................................................................................................................................. 7
REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAM DESIGNER ............................................................................................................. 8
Highlighting each bar repartition/layer/package while it is being edited ......................................................... 8
Possibility to lock existent reinforcement ........................................................................................................ 9
Splitting of multi-span load cases ................................................................................................................. 10
Possibility to modify the anti-crack U bars .................................................................................................... 12
More details for support strut verification chapter on reports ....................................................................... 13
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 14
Possibility to select Standard for load combinations..................................................................................... 14
Possibility to set different colors for each bar’s family .................................................................................. 14
Easy managing of load cases ....................................................................................................................... 16
Import/export load combinations from/to Excel ............................................................................................. 17
Import/export loads values from/to Excel (for Column and Footing) ............................................................ 19
Improvements in reporting ............................................................................................................................ 20
Improvements to the definition of combination for Canada .......................................................................... 24
Improvements in collaboration with Arche Building ...................................................................................... 25
IMPROVEMENTS FOR BD ON REVIT ...................................................................................................................... 26
Compliancy with Revit® 2018 and Revit® 2019 ........................................................................................... 26
Group single-span beams into a multi-span beam ....................................................................................... 27
Native Revit reinforcement schedules .......................................................................................................... 29
Keeping manual changes to drawings when recalculating the element ....................................................... 33
Possibility to save and use reinforcement cage as a template ..................................................................... 33
The possibility to apply templates per structural elements ........................................................................... 34
MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS ........................................................................................................................ 36
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Co je nového v GRAITEC Advance BIM Designers 2019
Advance BIM Designers – Concrete Series

Advance BIM Designers 2019 brings many new options and improvements to the modules included in the
Reinforced Concrete Series (Footing Designer, Beam Designer and Column Designer), running both in
Standalone platform and on top of Autodesk Revit®.
Reinforced Concrete Footing Designer
Additional geometrical criteria for shape sizing
In short – benefits/main features:

➢ Greater control -> allows footing shape optimization considering now types of constraints
When selecting the optimal foundation shape, in addition to typical restrictions such as the maximum
permissible foundation width, there are also other practical constraints, such as the limitation of the possibility of
increasing the dimension in one direction (caused by the presence of other foundations, for example, from a
neighboring building). Therefore, Advance BIM Designers 2019 introduced additional options related to the
optimization of the foundation's shape:
▪ Restrictions for the offset along the selected direction (available in the Projection dialog): a footing
edge cannot be extended along the frozen direction;
▪ Restrictions related to keeping a fixed dimensions ratio when sizing the footing (available in the
Geometry dialog).
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Difference moments by theory of 2’nd order

➢ Fulfilling expectations -> allows to include 2nd order moments from Reinforced Concrete Column
Designer as loads on footing
➢ Enhanced cooperation -> useful when importing forces from CS-Static
On the Reinforced Concrete Footing Designer module of BIM Designers 2019, it is possible to include difference
moments coming from 2nd order analysis of the column as loads on footing.
Poznámka: This functionality is available only if German National Appendix to Eurocode is set on the
Localization.
To enable this, in the Loads definition dialog, four columns for bending moments are available:
▪ Mx’ and My’ – first order moments;
▪ ΔMx and ΔMy – difference moments.
The difference moments ΔMx and ΔMy describe the difference between the support moment by first order
theory M’ and by second order theory of a column M2. Such a relationship can be written down as follows: Mx2
= Mx’ + ΔMx and My2 = My’ + ΔMy.
The additional moments can be defined by the user or may be filled during the load transfer from CS Statik.
When transferring forces from Advance Design or Autodesk Revit, columns Mx’ and My’ are filled with the
values from the linear calculation coming from a column above the footing, while columns ΔMx and ΔMy remain
with 0 values.
First order moments are used for bearing capacity calculation (including German table values method), while
other verifications (of stability or reinforcement) use the second order moments.
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Partial coefficient for SLS bearing resistance, available to edit

➢ Better control -> thanks to the possibility to modify the value of the coefficient
One of the performed verifications for foundations (according the Eurocode) is an additional check of soil
bearing for SLS conditions. The value of the partial coefficient for the bearing resistance for this case is not
clearly set on the EC7 code and may differ for different countries (if it is defined on the National Appendix to
EC7). Starting from the version 2019, the value of partial coefficient for SLS bearing resistance is available to
edit on the EC7 Design assumption dialog.
Poznámka. This coefficient it is available to edit only for Eurocode localizations except France and Germany.
Easy managing of load cases and loads

➢ Faster work -> by simply adding and removing loads
To facilitate the process of definition of loads, it is possible to add or delete rows with their definition directly in
tables, using buttons on columns Add and Del.
In addition, when selecting a load case (from the list), it is possible to quickly create a new case:
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Reinforced Concrete Column Designer
Improvements to the definition of buckling lengths

➢ Greater flexibility -> thanks to the possibility to impose buckling length value manually
➢ Easier work -> thanks to better presentation of typical schemes
Two small, but very helpful improvements were made to the Buckling length window:
▪ on the Calculation method list a new option is available: Manual buckling length. It allows for a quick
and direct definition of buckling length values;
▪ icons used for selection of standard static schemas were replaced with new ones, showing clearer
schemas and presenting the associated buckling coefficient
Easy managing of loads

➢ Faster work -> by simply adding and removing loads
To facilitate the process of definition of loads, it is possible to add or delete rows with their definition directly in
tables, using buttons on columns Add and Del.
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In addition, when selecting a load case (from the list), it is possible to quickly create a new case.
Reinforced Concrete Beam Designer
Highlighting each bar repartition/layer/package while it is being edited

➢ Greater control -> allows easy identification of edited reinforcement on a viewer
To help the user know exactly which reinforcement he is editing using the post-processing reinforcement
dialogs, whenever he changes the selected layer, or the selected family or the selected span, the corresponding
bar repartition is highlighted in the 3D viewport. This is especially useful when there are many layers of
longitudinal bars or packages of transversal reinforcement.
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Possibility to lock existent reinforcement

➢ More control -> allows to lock the reinforcement for editing
➢ Enhanced capabilities -> allows to perform verifications for user defined reinforcement
Advance BIM Designers 2019 provides a possibility to lock the generated reinforcement on Reinforced Concrete
Beam Designer.
New command Lock reinforcement blocks previously generated reinforcements and allows you to perform
verification for other settings or for manually modified reinforcement.
This new functionality is especially useful for verification of reinforcement of beams from existing projects but
also for checking the impact of manual changes to the reinforcement to all verifications (for example to
cracking).
The Lock reinforcement command is available on the Results ribbon in Tools panel:
To lock reinforcement the element needs to be calculated first.
How to use this new functionality:

▪ enter all required data (geometry, loads and assumptions) and start the calculation
▪ do changes to reinforcement (using Reinforcement dialogs)
▪ lock reinforcement
▪ calculate the beam again
When the reinforcement is locked, it is still possible to modify most of the design assumptions and loads, but it is
not possible to modify the geometry of the beam (including number of spans, sections and openings) as well as
reinforcement (including also concrete cover or reinforcement assumptions). All such locked options are not
available for editing (icons are disabled).
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Poznámka: The Lock reinforcement functionality is not available on the Advance Design or Revit environments.
Splitting of multi-span load cases

➢ Enhanced capabilities -> allows for easy definition of chess mat loading on multi-span beams
Advance BIM Designers 2019 provides a new functionality allowing changing linear load defined as continuous
on many spans into loads per span. This makes it easy to obtain a chess mat loading type, enabling
consideration of the most unfavorable load distribution.
The Split operation is based on the subdivision of the load case, including a load defined as continuous on
multiple spans, into separate load cases containing the same load but assigned to individual spans.
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The division can be activated in the Load case definition dialog on the Split column.
Two types of objects can be located there:

an icon telling that this load case cannot be split
or the Split button which can be set to On (pressed) or Off .
The Split button can be visible only for Live, Wind or Snow load cases. In addition, the beam must be multi-
spanned and a continuous load on more than one span must be defined for a given load case.
The state of the Split button can be changed in both directions:

from Off to On -> this action causes the selected load case to be split
from On to Off -> this action causes the selected load case to be unsplit (return to original state)
Changes to load cases are made by using Apply or OK buttons on the Load case definition dialog.
At the picture below is visible an effect of the split operation on the Live loads 1 case (ID=2) for a three-span
beam – three new secondary load cases are automatically created.
The Splitting action causes the selected load case to be split, but also the existing load combinations to be
erased. The newly created combinations consider all new cases, allowing all unfavorable combinations to be
considered.
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Poznámka: The splitting functionality can be also activated on the Support moment redistribution dialog by
checking an option Auto calculation/combination. It calculates then automatically the distribution
factors for intermediate supports in accordance with point 5.5 from EN 1992-1-1 for each load
combination.
Possibility to modify the anti-crack U bars

➢ Better control -> thanks to the possibility to modify anti-crack U bars after calculation
When on the Reinforcement assumption dialog, the option Apply Annex J according to EN 1992-1-1 is checked
and the correspondent conditions are met, in the model some special anti-crack bars called in the Eurocode
Surface reinforcement are generated.
Now it is possible to check and modify such reinforcement using options available on the Additional
reinforcement window, at the Anti-crack Surface Reinforcement tab.
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More details for support strut verification chapter on reports

➢ Better control -> thanks to more detailed results available on reports
One of the types of verifications carried out by the Reinforced Concrete Beam Designer module is the support
strut verification together with dimensioning of the sliding reinforcement (according to article 6.5 and 9.2.1.4/
9.2.1.5 of EN 1992-1-1).
The chapter existing so far in the detailed report is now more detailed, extended with two subchapters:
▪ Support strut stress verification – that include details of calculations regarding edge or intermediate
supports, separate for each span;
▪ Sliding reinforcement verification – that include details of the check, if the bottom longitudinal
reinforcement anchored in support is sufficient or additional sliding bars should be generated.
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General Improvements
Possibility to select Standard for load combinations

➢ Greater control -> allows separately select codes used for design and for load combinations
Advance BIM Designers 2019 allows selecting standard used for load combinations separately from the design
code. The selection is made on the Localization settings dialog:
Firstly, it allows for the choice of the version of the standard (for example, for Canada, to choose between the
versions of the standard for loads, between the NBC 2010 and NBC 2015). Secondly, it allows setting different
annex than the default NAD to the Eurocode 0 (EN 1990). This may be helpful, especially for generating of load
combinations according to equations 6.10a and 6.10b, available if General Eurocode is selected.
Possibility to set different colors for each bar’s family

➢ Greater control -> allows easy identification of defined reinforcement family on viewer
➢ Higher comfort -> better overview of the reinforcement in views and drawings
Advance BIM Designers 2019 allows setting different types of display colors for each type of reinforcement. This
ensures easy identification on viewers of defined reinforcement family.
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Poznámka: The possibility of coloring the reinforcement is not available in the Revit environment.
The program contains a default color setting, but anyone can easily modify these settings.
There are two ways to do this:
▪ by changing global settings
▪ directly on the Reinforcement dialogs
Global settings can be set on the Display setting dialog, available on the Option part of the Model ribbon. The
settings are different for each Reinforced Concrete module:
Foundation Beam
Column
The second method of setting the colors for the reinforcement is to use a special new icon available in each
window with information about the reinforcement.
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This icon shows the current color, and by pressing it a selection of any color is available.
Easy managing of load cases

➢ Faster work -> by simply adding and removing load cases
To facilitate the process of definition of load cases, it is possible to add or delete rows with their definition
directly in tables, using buttons on columns Add and Del.
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Import/export load combinations from/to Excel

➢ Enhanced control -> allows for easy definition of custom load combinations
Advance BIM Designers 2019 allows to quick export and import load combination definitions using the Excel
spreadsheet. This feature is useful in many situations, especially when it is necessary to quickly modify a large
number of combinations or when the user wants to use his own combinations when calculating different
elements.
The options for Export and Import are available as buttons at the bottom of the Combinations window:
After running the Export to Excel command, the 'Save As' window is shown first, where you can specify
the location and name of the Excel file. Once a file has been generated, it can be opened and the list of
combination definitions can be reviewed or modified. Modifications may include deleting existing combinations
(rows), adding new ones, deleting, or adding new pairs of the Case and the Coefficient columns, and modifying
values.
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Poznámka: Names of columns are depending on the working language
The column ID contains the combination number. Columns Case and Coefficient are treated together (in pairs),
and contain the number of the load case and the load coefficient. The column Type contains the type of each
load combination (as available on the Combination dialog).
Poznámka: Types of load combination are linked to the selected Standard. Types may be also different for
different BIM Designers modules.
To import combination definitions from a file, use the Import from Excel command - import is made after
selecting the appropriate Excel file. When importing a combination, the existing combination definition in the
BIM Designers module is replaced by the definition from the Excel file.
When modifying / creating a new Excel combination definition for import, you must ensure that the syntax is
correct, including:
the number of each load combination (ID column) should be different
the type of combination (Type column) should be within the supported range of types for the Standard / BD
Module.
ID and Case columns should include numerical values (integer and positive)
Coefficient columns should include numerical values
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Import/export loads values from/to Excel (for Column and Footing)

➢ Greater cooperation -> data exchange from external source/software by using Excel spreadsheet
Advance BIM Designers 2019 allows to quick export and import of load values using the Excel spreadsheet.
This feature is useful in many situations, especially when it is necessary to quickly modify values of loads or
when the user wants to use values coming from external source / software.
Poznámka: Import/export load values with using Excel is not available on the Reinforced Concrete Beam
Designer module.
The options for Export and Import load values are available as buttons under the list of defined loads on the
Loads definition dialog:
After running the Export to Excel command, the 'Save As' window is shown first, where you can specify
the location and name of the Excel file. Once a file has been generated, it can be opened and the list of loads
can be reviewed or modified. Modifications may include deleting existing load cases (rows) or adding new ones,
and modifying load values.
The column Load case contains the name of the load case. Next column contains load values in each direction,
according to the BD module.
Poznámka: Names of columns and load cases are depending on the working language.
To import of load values from a file, use the Import from Excel command - import is made after selecting
the appropriate Excel file. When importing loads, the existing load definition in the BIM Designers module is
replaced by the definition from the Excel file.
When modifying / creating a new Excel list of loads for import, several principles are important:
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▪ load values can be defined either by text contain value and unit (as visible after export to Excel) or by
numerical value without unit – in this case units are added automatically. Example:
numerical value
text value
For both above the same value (2,55 KN) is imported to the Load definition table.
▪ each new row including the load case name will add a new load case
▪ to ensure that newly created load cases are assigned the correct type (such as Dead, Live, Wind,
etc.), it is important that names of load cases starts with the same words as available types:
Examples of correct names: Live loads 1, Live loads 2, Snow loads 1, Wind loads W1.
Examples of names that will not be recognized correctly and will, therefore be assigned to Dead loads:
Live 1, Case L1, D1. Moreover, because the name of load case type is case-sensitive, the name live
loads is not valid.
Poznámka: The list of types of load cases is linked to the selected Standard.
Improvements in reporting

➢ More control -> a set of new options in a new dialog for reports configuration
➢ Faster access to results -> possibility to generate reports in the background
➢ Greater work comfort -> preview of reports generated in a separate window
Advance BIM Designers 2019 brings a set of improvements related to the generation of reports, including
changes to the ribbon, new report type, new dialog with report settings and improvements to the generation
process.
Changes to the Reports ribbon

To improve report generation, the layout and number of commands available in the Report panel (on the Result
ribbon of the standalone version) have been changed.
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Now it includes following commands:

Report settings – opens a new dialog including options related to report generation
Preview – opens a preview of a report (of the type selected on the Report Setting) with using Active Report
Viewer window
Generate – generates a report (of the type selected on the Report Setting) in the PDF or DOC file format
Errors – generates a new type of report with Warning and Errors table
Combinations – generates a report with list of loads and load combinations
Designer – opens a Report Designer tool allowing modify components of reports.
New report type – Warnings and Errors

New report type is available for all types of elements – Errors and Warnings. It contains only a table with
calculation errors (E) and warnings (W).
New Report settings dialog

New command Report settings opens a new dialog including options related to report generation.
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New window contains parameters grouped into 3 categories: Report type, Chapters customization and Save
options.
Type:
Report - the list of all available report types for the considered element: Synthetic, Standard, Detailed, Errors
and Warnings and Loads and Combinations. The selected is treated as the default type, for the next generation
with the use of commands Preview or Generate.
Chapters’ customization:
List of chapters - it contains the list of available chapters of report and gives the ability to change the scope. The
number and types of available chapters depend on the report type.
Hide combination table – an option that checks the number of load combinations. When enabled, if this number
is higher than 100, then the table with the combination definition is not generated, reducing the length of the
report.
Poznámka: This option is not applied to the Load and combination report type, which is intended to show only
load and combinations definitions.
Save options:
PDF or DOC – selection of the default file format type for new reports.
Save report next to model – this option is used to select the default folder for report files. If enabled, causes that
generated reports are saved in the same folder as the file with calculated model. If disabled – activates the
button located below allowing selecting the location for saving report files.
Overwrite reports – selecting this option causes that all new report for the same element will overwrite existing
ones. Newer reports
Create backups – selecting this option causes that all new reports for the same element will be created next to
existing ones
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Automatically launch the report generation after calculation – if this option is enabled, a new report is created
just after calculation of a given element. The report is automatically saved on the default report’s folder with the
default file format. The generation is done in the background (using a separate processor thread).
Preview report button – gives the same effect as the Preview command on the ribbon - opens a preview of a
report with using Active Report window
On the BIM Designers running on the Autodesk Revit environment, the Report settings dialog can be opened on
using the Customize Reports command available on the Options panel of the GRAITEC Concrete ribbon. It
differs a little from the standalone version – the selection of report types and chapter customization is available
separately for each element type.
Poznámka: The Report settings dialog is not available yet on the Advance Design environment.
Improvements to the generation process

In addition to the above new options, additional changes have been made to the report generation mechanism:
Possibility to cancel report generation

A new button allowing cancel the process is available on the window shown during the report
generation.
Preview of report opened in separate window
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Reports generated in the Preview mode are now generated in separate windows (independent on the
main application). This enables working with the module having opened preview of the report.
Improvements to the definition of combination for Canada

➢ Better control -> greater possibilities of influencing the combinations to be generated
On the Localization window, as the standard for the combination there are available two Canadian standards
NBC 2010 or NBC2015. If one of these is selected, then during the generation of the combination, after using
the Generate button in the Combination window, an additional window with the settings will appear:
This window includes two parameters available to be set:

The Importance category list - is used for selection of the Importance factor that is used for combinations of
Snow and Wind load cases. One of four available categories can be selected:
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▪ Low
▪ Normal
▪ High
▪ Post-disaster
A checkbox Generate a short time deflection SLS combinations, by default enabled, which is used to select
whether to generate additional SLS combinations for short-term deflections (which are used for concrete
cracking).
Improvements in collaboration with Arche Building

➢ Better cooperation -> thanks to the data exchange of multiple elements with using .ETO files
➢ Better control -> thanks to new dialog with settings for import elements from Arche
The existing functionality of exchanging data using data files for RC elements (beams, columns, footings) with
using ETO files (Arche/Effel exchange files) has been improved with the ability to import data for many elements
at the same time. For this purpose, a new Import settings window is available, which contains settings related to
data exchange with Arche Building.
The Import Settings window can be opened using an icon available in the Options panel of the Model ribbon:
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The Arche Building Structure Import Settings dialog contains parameters grouped into three categories:
Options, Element selection and Configuration.
Options:
Generate reinforcement
Generates reinforcement during exchange file import
Delete files
Removes the exchange file (.eto, .epo, .esi, .esf, .emu etc.) during import
Export to Arche Building Structure
Exports all imported elements to Arche Building Structure during exchange file import. A
specific file is created in the working folder (.ito, .ipo, .isi, .isf, .imu etc.).
Preliminary sizing
Launches preliminary sizing of a footing during exchange file import. This option is available
only on Reinforced Concrete Footing Designer module.
Element selection:
Import levels from
Allows selecting levels from which elements are to be imported
Import beams/columns/footings from
Allows selecting numbers of elements (beams, columns, or footings) to be imported
Configuration: (available only on Reinforced Concrete Beam Designer module)

Minimum support width
Allows defining the minimum width of support
Maximum support width
Allows defining the maximum width of support
Import flanges
Imports beam flanges during to consider T section in reinforcement calculation
Calculate cantilevers
Launches cantilevers calculation during import
Keep different span widths
Keeps the original values for beam width along spans (from the Arche Building Structure model)
even are different on each span
Minimum width of spans
Defines the beam width constant along all spans equal to the minimum width of all spans
Mean width of spans
Defines the beam width constant along all spans equal to the mean width of all spans.
Maximum width of spans
Defines the beam width constant along all spans equal to the maximum width of spans
Improvements for BD on Revit
Compliancy with Revit® 2018 and Revit® 2019

The 2019 version of GRAITEC Advance BIM Designers is compatible with both 2018 and 2019 versions of
Autodesk Revit®. All commands are available and fully functional on both versions of Revit ®, and so is the
content provided at installation.
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Group single-span beams into a multi-span beam

➢ Covering all scenarios -> enables beams defined as single to be treated as continuous
➢ Greater flexibility -> correct calculation and drawings regardless of modeling method.
Continuous beams can be modelled in Revit in two equivalent ways: by defining a single multi-span element or
by defining multiple single-span and independent collinear beams.
One three-span beam Three single-span beams
However, for static calculations and reinforcement dimensioning, the second scheme can be treated in two
different ways: as a set of individually analyzed and reinforced beams, or as one multiple beam. The first one is
the default solution used by Advance BIM Designers, but starting with the version 2019, it allows handling
collinear single beams as a one multi-span beam, by using a new groping option called Create Multispan
Beam.
It is available on the Assumptions panel on the GRAITEC Concrete ribbon:
After running the command, you should first select the beams that you want to group:
The program then checks whether the selected beams can be considered as one multiple beam - the following
conditions must be met:
▪ Beams have identical families

▪ Beams have identical materials
▪ Beams are codirectional
▪ Beams are not already grouped to another multispan beam.
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If the conditions are met, a window appears for entering the name and selecting the element template. It is
possible to select settings from one of the beams in the group as a template.
Beam grouping uses existing mechanisms available for grouping columns or foundations into Design groups.
This allows you to view the status of the grouped beams using the Design Status window, as well as make
changes such as adding or removing an element, changing a template or exploding a group.
Poznámka: A group of beams must have a unique name. Adding or removing elements from the group will
invalidate the status of the element given the fact that by doing so, the assumptions of the newly
obtained group are different from the ones in the original group.
▪ Editing the name or components of an existing group can be performed also by using the shared
parameter dedicated to this feature.
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Beams grouped in Multispan Beam are treated in the same way as single multi-span beam.
Native Revit reinforcement schedules

➢ Better control -> possibility of choosing the type of schedule with full influence on the contents
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➢ User templates -> user can define any number of own templates stored externally
Advance BIM Designers 2019 provides a new tool to easily create a Revit Rebar Schedule for a structural
element, template-based, without having to go through all the steps in the Revit dialog.
The command to create a new bar schedule is available on the Results panel on the GRAITEC Concrete ribbon:
After selecting of the element (or elements) and calling the command, a window with the settings appears:
The first step is to select the template file. Templates are Revit models, with defined structural rebar schedules.
This solution allows for using the same template on many projects and/or computers. User can define any
number of own template files, and each can contain many different types of structural rebar schedules with the
appropriate configurations (fields, filters, sorting and formatting). Advance BIM Designers include default
template files, separate for each country, each with several typical types of structural rebar schedules.
In the dialog, there are also options for the case when multiple items are selected:
▪ One schedule per element – generates separate reinforcement bar schedule for each selected
element
In most situations, each schedule is created using as a filter, the mark of the element:
In the situation of several elements from different categories having the same mark (a column and a
wall for example), the schedules can be defined using both the mark and the category of the elements
as filter
▪ Create/extend partition – allows to define a new partition with given name to create one common
schedule (if the chosen partition name does not exist if the project) or the add bars to an already
created partion (by typing an existing partition name)
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This option will overwrite the partition property of all the bars in the selection, and assign them the newly
chosen partition.
▪ Use existing partition – from a multiple selection of rebar that may belong to N partitions, the list will
only be generated for the selected partition. All available partitions from the selection are listed for the
user to be able to choose the desired one.
After the bar schedule has been generated, it is visible in the Revit Project Browser and can be edited and used
to create documentation.
It’s worth to mention that Revit native bar schedules may include all rebar hosted by the considered element,
both those automatically generated by BIM Designers and those manually added by the user.
It is important that such schedules can be generated automatically for objects other than beams, columns and
foundations - for example, for slabs:
Poznámka: To create a reinforcement bar schedule for an element, it must have a host mark set.
Native Revit reinforcement schedules can be also automatically generated on sheets with drawing created by
Advance BIM Designers. For this purpose, in the Drawing Settings window (opened by the Customize Drawings
command from the Options panel in the GRAITEC Concrete ribbon), there is a possibility to choose the type of
schedule to be created on drawings:
▪ Revit Bar Schedule – native Revit reinforcement bars schedule
▪ BD Bar Schedule – Advance BIM Designers bars schedule
For each option, you can select the appropriate template and a type of schedule.
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The selected reinforcement schedule type is then visible on the generated sheet:
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Keeping manual changes to drawings when recalculating the element

➢ Greater flexibility -> by saving the changes in the drawings when recalculating the reinforcement
Advance BIM Designers 2019 brings as an improvement the possibility to maintain changes done to drawings
for calculated elements. In the previous versions, if an element was calculated and reinforcement drawings were
already created using BIM Designers, then recalculating the element required the drawing views to be
recreated, in some situations. The consequence was the loss of manual changes made to such views. Starting
with BIM Designers 2019, recalculating the element does not cause the loss of all changes made to the
drawing. This ensures that manual changes, such as additional dimension lines, user created reinforcement or
descriptions, are kept on drawings.
Poznámka: Changes related to existing reinforcement which have been changed as a result of calculations
may be removed.
Possibility to save and use reinforcement cage as a template

➢ Quick modeling -> defined reinforced can be used for other similar elements
➢ Typical reinforcement -> Enables to easily use reinforcement as typical in different projects
Advance BIM Designers 2019 provides a new functionality to easily save to the file the reinforcement created by
the BIM Designers module for the selected element, to be used as a template for other elements.
Poznámka: In the current version, the mechanism for saving reinforcement cages supports a reinforcement
created by BIM Designers module on beams, columns and footings.
Commands to manage reinforcement cage templates are available on the Results panel on the GRAITEC
Concrete ribbon:
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There are three commands:
▪ Save – saves a reinforcement cage of the selected element to the .gtcx file. It requires a selection of a
single element within these categories: structural column, structural beam or structural footing. Allows
you to select any folder for saving the file. Templates (.gtcx files) can be used with the current or any
other Revit projects.
▪ Load – loads a reinforcement cage for the selected element from the .gtcx file. Easily create
reinforcement to a single or multiple selection of elements of the same structural category as the
element for which the reinforcement cage is written. Cages can only be applied if they fulfill the
following conditions: same design codes, same structural type and similar section shape.
▪ Settings – Define how to adjust the resulted cage to the new host(s). The available options allow
keeping the spacing or the quantity of reinforcement for target elements having different dimensions
than the source.
Settings are defined separately for the longitudinal and transversal reinforcement.
▪ Keep quantity – keeps the quantity of reinforcement distribution fixed, and recalculates spacing for
each rebar package;
▪ Keep spacing - keeps the spacing of reinforcement distribution fixed, and recalculates the quantity of
rebar for each package.
The possibility to apply templates per structural elements

➢ Better control -> possibility to set design templates globally or individually
Design Templates are a very convenient method of setting dimensional parameters for the analyzed elements.
It is possible to set templates globally for all elements of a given category (beams, columns, footings) using the
dialog opened with Design Templates command (available in the Options panel at the GRAITEC Concrete
ribbon).
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Starting with Advance BIM Desigers 2019, user has the possibility to choose which properties and settings are
to be imported from the template to the current elements. Any combinations of the checkboxes is possible.
Unchecking all options is equivalent to setting the “No template” option for the elements.
Advance BIM Designers 2019 offers also the possibility to individually set design template for each element (not
only for the whole project) or for a selection of multiple elements. It can be done in the Design Status window for
any of listed elements, by choosing a suitable template from the list available on a new Template column.
To make it easier to assign design templates for a group of elements, the template selected from the list for one
element will be applied for all checked elements of the same category (column, beam, and footing). If user
wants to apply the template to a single element only, it needs to be unchecked (using checkboxes available on
the first column).
The information about the currently set design template is also visible directly on the properties of the element,
in a new, shared parameter:
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Miscellaneous improvements
Advance BIM Designers 2019 brings also many miscellaneous improvements. Below is a list of the selected
ones.
Improvement to drawings of sections on the standalone version of Reinforced Concrete Beam Designer
module.
On beam sections all longitudinal bars intersected by the cutting depth are displayed, not only those
intersected by the section itself (#7376)
Possibility to set the Level of detail on Revit views with using Rebar Visibility command
The Rebar Visibility command available on Revit environment includes now the possibility to set the
Level of detail together with the selected rebar appearance. (#6269, #8931)
Poznámka: While the Rebar Appearance and Visibility refer only to reinforcement objects, the Level of Detail
applies to elements of all categories from the project
Revit shared parameter for groups

A new shared parameter has been added to the element properties in Revit (structural beam, column
and footing), with information on the element's belonging to the group. For columns and footings, it
indicates an assignment to a design group, while for beams to a continuity group (i.e. groups forming a
continuous beam).
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Graphical thumbnails for Advance BIM Designer files

To make it easier to recognize models and modules they were created, all GTCX files are now able to
display thumbnails. (#7773)
Possibility to hide on reports a table with the definition of load combinations if it is long
This option is localized on the Report settings dialog. When it is active, it checks if the number of load
combination is bigger than limit = 100. If not – a table with the definition of all load combination is
generated on reports under the table with the definition of load cases. If the number exceed this limit,
then the load combination table is not generated. This allows avoiding generation too long reports.
Poznámka: This option does not influence the special report with the list of load cases and load
combinations.
Bar marks on reinforcement dialogs

To improve control over the generated reinforcement, in each reinforcement dialog available from
Results, a new information field with assigned bar mark value is displayed. (#8406)
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Limiting the possibility of loading the project if it was made in a newer version of the program
This restriction is intended to prevent the loss of content / project information when trying to load a
newer project with a previous version of the BIM Designers. (#7738)
Possibility to choose the concrete tensile strength for deflection calculation

For selected detailed method of calculations of deflections according to EN1992-1-1, there is a
possibility to choose the tensile strength for Mcr calculations (acc. 7.4.3(4)). It allows for forcing the
concrete strength value to either f ctm (should be used in general cases) or fctm,fl (should be used in case
there are no axial tensile stresses). (#9162)
The possibility to click on loads 3D representation to open Loads List

To make it easier to check/modify defined loads, when you click on the graphical representation of the
load, the specific dialog with its definition is opened. (#7617)
Selectable range of loaded template

When creating a new project with the use of an existing template, it is now possible to select the range
of data to be set from the template. (#7917)
Reorganization of internal efforts dialog for beams

Internal efforts dialog can now be found as a separate tab under the Loads definition window. For all
four secondary tabs (Normal force, Bending moment, Shear force, Torsion moment) settings available
on the upper part now are common (when making a change in first tab, it applies in all tabs).
Possibility to define on columns L-shaped starter bars anchored in beams

On the Reinforcement Assumption dialog on the Top Starter Bars tab, there is a possibility to activate
the option to create L-shaped top starter bars anchored in all four connected beams. The option
requires beams adjacent to all four-column edges and is available only for square or rectangular
column shape.
(#7713)
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Mean soil parameters for multilayered soil on reports

On reports including soil bearing pressure calculation are now visible values of used soil parameters.
For bearing analysis of footing on homogenous soil, these are the parameters of the defined soil. For
bearing analysis with activated option ‘Consider multi-layer calculation’, these are mean soil
parameters, calculated according to the procedure coming from the DIN 4017 code.
Poznámka: The option to enable considering multi-layered soil calculation can be set on the Design Assumption
dialog and is available only for selected localizations.
New location of commands to save and print current drawing

Icons for commands to save and to print the current drawing are now localized directly on the preview
of the drawing. This will make it easier and faster to find the necessary commands, regardless of
whether we are working on a stand-alone version or in the Advance Design environment.
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Changes to the list of schedule templates

Change to the schedule templates ISO 4066 (rename it to ISO 3766 and changes in naming of selected
columns to be consistent with the ISO code)
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Advance BIM Designers – Concrete Series

Reinforced Concrete Footing Designer

Additional geometrical criteria for shape sizing

In short – benefits/main features:

Difference moments by theory of 2’nd order

In short – benefits/main features:

Partial coefficient for SLS bearing resistance, available to edit

In short – benefits/main features:

Easy managing of load cases and loads

In short – benefits/main features:

Reinforced Concrete Column Designer

Improvements to the definition of buckling lengths

In short – benefits/main features:

Easy managing of loads

In short – benefits/main features:

Reinforced Concrete Beam Designer

Highlighting each bar repartition/layer/package while it is being edited

In short – benefits/main features:

Possibility to lock existent reinforcement

In short – benefits/main features:

To lock reinforcement the element needs to be calculated first.

How to use this new functionality:

Splitting of multi-span load cases

In short – benefits/main features:

Two types of objects can be located there:

The state of the Split button can be changed in both directions:

Possibility to modify the anti-crack U bars

In short – benefits/main features:

More details for support strut verification chapter on reports

In short – benefits/main features:

Possibility to select Standard for load combinations

In short – benefits/main features:

Possibility to set different colors for each bar’s family

In short – benefits/main features:

Easy managing of load cases

In short – benefits/main features:

Import/export load combinations from/to Excel

In short – benefits/main features:

Poznámka: Names of columns are depending on the working language

Import/export loads values from/to Excel (for Column and Footing)

In short – benefits/main features:

In short – benefits/main features:

Changes to the Reports ribbon

Now it includes following commands:

New report type – Warnings and Errors

New Report settings dialog

Improvements to the generation process

Possibility to cancel report generation

Preview of report opened in separate window

Improvements to the definition of combination for Canada

In short – benefits/main features:

This window includes two parameters available to be set:

Improvements in collaboration with Arche Building

In short – benefits/main features:

Configuration: (available only on Reinforced Concrete Beam Designer module)

Improvements for BD on Revit

Compliancy with Revit® 2018 and Revit® 2019

Group single-span beams into a multi-span beam

In short – benefits/main features:

One three-span beam Three single-span beams

It is available on the Assumptions panel on the GRAITEC Concrete ribbon:

▪ Beams have identical families