| Product(s): | ProConcrete | ||
| Version(s): | CONNECT Edition (10.XX.00.XX) | ||
| Area: | 2D Rebar Detailing | ||
| Subarea: | Automatic Rebar Labeling | ||
| Original Author: | Kemuel Jancorda, User Success Team |
Overview
When detailing bar reinforcements especially for huge structures with multiple similar element types such as superstructure slabs, raft foundations, and slabs on ground, modeling are usually using slab element. In some instances, users might need to differentiate rebar labels of such slabs for clarity and meeting some standard drawing requirements.
The Automatic 2D Rebar Labeling (Autolabel) feature comes in two options.
- When Items are not attached. This will allow the program to select the best suitable rebar labels from the Defaultlabels.dgnlib file for the same concrete type.
- When Items are attached. The 3D drawing models in the DGNLIB file contains Item attachments. By doing similar in the DGN, users will have the capability to manually select the required rebar label by just attaching the same Item. This is ideal when modeling and labeling such structures as explained above.
The delivered DGNLIB file might be limited to general structures. In this document, we will discuss on how to add new elements in the file.
Method
1. Copy a required 3D Model from the DGN to DGNLIB file. Then, apply Dynamic Views to create 2D drawings and specify rebar labels.
2. Open the Picklist Manager [ ProConcrete > Data/Reporting > Item Types ] in the DGNLIB, enter the required value for your newly added element under Concrete Type Picklist and click Save.
3. Attach Item Concrete Type [ ProConcrete > Data/Reporting > Item Types ] to the newly added 3D Model with the required Label Type you entered from Step 2 in the Autolabel template.
4. After adding the new element in the DGNLIB file, restart the Prostructures CE to get the newly added/modifications on default. If a 2D drawing model is already created, use the Update option under Rebar Attributes [ ProConcrete > Drawing Production > 2D Rebar ] to reflect the changes in the existing drawing model.
Important Notes
1. The second option discussed above might need the user to attach the same Item Types in the DGN file from the DGNLIB file to get accurate output in the 2D drawings.
2. Only one DGNLIB file can be used at one time.
3. Supported 2D Rebar attributes from Autolabel DGNLIB to Output DGN:
a. Main Bar attributes
- Full Size
- Filled
- Color
- Weight
- Style
- Ignore Level Symbology
- Use Construction Elements
- Hide
b. Longitudinal Bar attributes
- Color
- Weight
- Filled Circles
- Display Bars
c. Bar Range attributes
- Detail All Bars
- Hide Delimiters
- Dual
d. Bar Label attributes
- Height
- Color
- Weight
- Justification
- Font
- Text Style
e. Label attributes
- Level