Concrete Detailing - Tekla User Assistance

Minimum bar length

Option

Minimum bar length

Description

Minimum length of the edge bars on the Edge bars tab.

If the bar is shorten than the entered value, the bar is not created.

Edge and Corner Reinforcement (62): Horizontal/Vertical U bars tab

Use the Horizontal U bars and Vertical U bars tabs to control the U bar leg length, concrete cover thickness and reinforcing bar properties and spacing in the Edge and Corner Reinforcement (62) modeling tool.

U bar length

Option

1

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Reinforcing bars

Option

Create U bar

Description

U bar leg length.

Top, bottom, and side concrete cover thickness for U bars.

Description

Select whether the U bars are created.

In addition, on the Vertical U bars tab, you can select whether the vertical U bars are created using the same settings as the horizontal U bars.

Same as horizontal and inside: vertical U bars use the same reinforcing bar settings and concrete cover value as the horizontal U bars, and the vertical U bars

Automated Reinforcement Layout 716 Edge and Corner Reinforcement (62)

Prefix

Start number

Name

Size

Grade

Class

Option

Bending radius

Description are placed so that they fit inside the horizontal U bars.

Same as horizontal and outside: vertical U bars use the same reinforcing bar settings and concrete cover value as the horizontal U bars, and the vertical U bars are placed outside the horizontal U bars.

Prefix for the part position number.

Starting number for the part position number.

Name that is shown in drawings and reports.

Diameter of the reinforcing bar.

Strength of the steel used in reinforcing bars.

Use the Class to group reinforcing bars.

For example, you can display reinforcing bars of different classes in different colors.

U bar bending radius.

U bar creation and spacing

Option Description

Ignore cuts smaller than Cuts that are smaller than the entered value are ignored and do not affect the U bar placement.

Creation method

Number of reinforcing bars

Select how the U bars are distributed.

Number of U bars in the reinforcement.

Target spacing value

This field is available if you set the Creation

method to Equal distribution by number of

reinforcing bars.

Target spacing value.

Tekla Structures tries to distribute the U bars as closely as possible according to the entered value.

Exact spacing value

This field is available if you set he Creation

method to Equal distribution by target

spacing value.

Exact spacing value.

Tekla Structures creates fixed, equal spaces between the reinforcing bars.

Automated Reinforcement Layout 717 Edge and Corner Reinforcement (62)

Option

By exact spacing

Description

Define several spacing values between the U bars.

Tekla Structures distributes the bars using the values you enter in the field.

Enter all spacing values, separated by spaces.

You can use multiplication to repeat spacing values. For example, enter 5*200 to create five spaces of 200 mm.

End distance

Horizontal U bars:

Vertical U bars:

Option

1

Stirrups

Description

U bar distance from the panel or the slab end.

Stirrups are created instead of U bars when the distance between the edges in the panel or the slab is so small that the U bars do not get the required cover thickness.

Automated Reinforcement Layout 718 Edge and Corner Reinforcement (62)