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1. Direction x Y M Lengthen left partial zones with additional top or bottom bars Start the command and select the Top reinforcement Lengthen right outlines Input dialog appears on screen Bottom reinforcement Hooks You should enter start bar number bar size and Limit bar length 6000 mm Splice ao zi spacing direction X Y position top bottom concrete cover and anchoring length If M Lengthen left right is checked bars are As 392 70 mm m Ciad lengthened outside the selected outline by anchoring length This is used to provide additional anchorage at supports or beyond the zone where reinforcement is theoretically required W ones W Labels Dimensions You can also specify limit bar length which is possible to be delivered produced If outline dimensions are greater than limit length then several bars are lapped to fill the outline If you want labels immediately you can check w Labels If you are going to modify the reinforcement uncheck this setting You can always add labels with Bar Labels command Check w Zones setting to add arrangement zones let Holes Command HOLE HO Hole Detail Draws reinforcement details around holes Seen moo You are prompted to select two opposite m l corners of the opening pou eae Bar size a 16 First corner Object Bar spacing 100 Second corner Anchoring 40 Fi Press O Object to select hole outline from C b the drawing It2. Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual About the program Design Expert Plug in for ZWCAD and AutoCAD is created for detailing and drawing of RC and steel structures with ZWCAD ZWCAD and AutoCAD Commands can be started using the Design Expert menu toolbar or the command line This plug in is compatible with the reinforcement output from other Design Expert modules for beams columns shear walls foundations and stairs Command aliases are not loaded automatically with ZWCAD but can be found in c DesignExpert_EN ZWCAD Menu DesignExpert ica and can be loaded manually into ZWCAD zu Settings Command DEXSET DXS Settings Displays a dialog with the program settings Layers Always start with this command when you are Text TEXT Text height 25 mm going to work in a new drawing You can select or Fein pas H Scale enter preferred names for all layers used by the program Enter final text size in mm in Text height box as it should appear after printing the drawing to scale Actual text size in the drawing is Hidden HIDDEN I Dynamic steel objects calculated automatically depending on specified Sections SECTIONS I7 Dynamic reinforcement obiecte units and drawing scale For example actual text TEE qem 0 000 gu 000 0000 gm size for displayed settings on right will be 2 5 50 125 mm a Aes AXES Drawing units mmo i Steel STEEL Round bar lengths at 50 mm For reinforcement dra
3. GRIP STRETCH and updates as necessary For example if you stretch the bar length is updated and if you stretch the zone count is updated and changed in the label If you copy bars using COPY ARRAY or MIRROR commands new complex objects are created with the same behavior Link label Command LINKTEXT LTE Command is similar to previous but only general dimensions for width and height are drawn instead of all straight segments Clear bar data Command BARCLEAR BCL Clears all reinforcement data from the bar and deletes the label Bar is converted to a simple polyline which will not be included into the schedule Draw bars Command BARDRAW BD Draws a bar with arbitrary shape as a polyline adds hooks and bends and displays the Bar label dialog When you start the command you are prompted to enter a point Command Start point Offset lt gt With the Offset option O you can specify offset distance Current value is displayed in brackets lt gt Command Enter offset distance Pick lt gt Enter distance or type Pick P to pick the distance on screen Command Distance first point Command Distance second point When the offset is positive the bar is drawn on the left side if you look towards the direction of drawing When the offset is negative the bar is on the right side according to the following picture cTtp 60T 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel
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5. a dimension directly from the drawing with the respective Ts button Concrete cover is automatically extracted so you can pick on concrete edge for your convenience Select the w Draw Label checkbox to add a label to the bar Data is entered in the same way as the Bar label command cTp 7 oT 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual When you are ready with the required data click the Insert button and select insertion point If fv Draw is checked for dimension A you should specify second point to define bar right end Dimension A is calculated from the specified points If d Pick on drawing is checked for rotation angle then rotation is defined by the specified points as well Bar arrangement zones Command BARZONE BZ Draws a bar arrangement zone Enter first and second point and select bar s Zone is represented by dimension line and circle at intersections with bars Bar count is calculated automatically The zone is attached to the bars and their count is updated automatically each time when the zone is modified Draw single open link Command LINKDRAWO SD Draws single shear links When the command is started you are prompted to enter Command First point Cover lt gt Radius lt gt Hooks lt gt Angle lt gt Type C Cover R Radius H Hooks or A Angle to change concrete cover bending rad
6. can select by pressing Enter That makes the input faster and saves a lot of writing Default values are displayed in brackets lt gt For example the command for drawing series of bars in section requires you cTp 3 0T 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual to enter bar spacing which is used for calculation of total number You can also enter the total number alternatively and bar spacing will be calculated using the total length and number You will get the following prompt when you start the command Command Bar spacing lt 200 0 mm gt or Count The default value in this case is lt 200 0 mm gt If you press Enter you will accept the default value If you write a new value and press Enter the new value will be used instead In this command Count is a parameter In order to use the parameter press C and then Enter You will be prompted to enter the total bar number instead of bar spacing Command Bar count lt 1 gt Dialog with program commands will be marked with Bolditallic further in this text Reinforced concrete detailing ZwRC Ed J C eg Aai AADA 1 Eee __ Bends and hooks Command BARROUND RN Appends bends and hooks to the selected bars Bars should be defined as polylines You can select objects before or after you start the command Then enter the following data in the command line Command Bending radius lt U
7. should be defined as closed ws eomte Cancel Draw polyline A settings dialog appears on screen Anchorage should be measured outside the hole edge ty Design and draw beams Command BEAM BE Starts BeamExpert exe application For more information see Beam Expert pdf cTp 11 oT 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual Draw columns Command COLUMN CL Starts ColumnExpert exe application For more information see Column Expert pdf Draw shear walls Command SHEARWALL SW Starts ShearWallExpert exe application a Design and draw foundation pads Command PAD Starts PadExpert exe application For more information see Pad Expert pdf Design and draw stairs Command STAIR STA Starts Stair Expert exe application m Groups on PICKSTYLE 1 Ctrl Shift A Objects that are used to draw a reinforcement bar polyline text dimensions etc are grouped If grouping is on you can select the whole group by clicking just one of the included objects That makes selection of bars easier in crowded drawings when bars or text overlap You can use this option when you want to move or copy the entire bar with all of its components Groups off PICKSTYLE O Ctrl Shift A You can turn grouping off when you want to select and modify some components of bars separately You can move only the text or the zone without moving the polyline cTp
8. structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual __ positive offset negative offset 9 direction of drawing After you enter the offset the command returns to the beginning Command Start point Offset lt gt Enter a point Command Next point Undo Close Enter next point and continue until you draw the polyline Press Enter or right click to stop Polyline is drawn parallel to the picked sequence of points at the specified offset distance If you specify the offset to be the concrete cover you can pick your points along the concrete edge and get your bar drawn inside the concrete Insert bars Command BARINSERT BI Inserts a standard bar into the drawing The following dialog is displayed when the command is started Insert Bar shape And Insertion Point wW Draw Label As 392 7 mm2 m i x Member Label Style No of mbrs United Engdom E f Text Dimensions G 3 Leader m Ay se one T A 31 95 W Draw Concrete cover 5 0 a He 5 0 Tt Bending radius D 10 Rotation angle GF V Pick on drawing m 4550 LI Dimensons 200 Scale i Cancel Insert Note B Select bar shape from the toolbar on the top Below is a bar scheme where dimensions A E are indicated Select an insertion point using option buttons tf on the scheme Enter values for A E in Dimensions box as well as concrete cover bending radius and rotation in plan You can pick
9. 12 oT 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual Steel structures ZwSteel Of Draw gridlines Command GRIDLINE GRL Draws sequence of structural gridlines Numbers letters for the names increase automatically Gridlines can be orthogonal or inclined Spacing can be variable but if you have equal spacing you can draw multiple gridlines at a time by specifying their number The command performs in the following sequence Command First point Command Second point Enter the first and second point of the first gridline It is not necessary to be orthogonal and all the remaining gridlines created within the current command will be parallel to the first one If you have several sequences of gridlines with different directions you will have to run this command several times one for each sequence You can draw a single gridline as well Command Extend at ends lt gt Enter a distance to extend the line beyond the points entered Default distance is displayed in brackets lt gt Press Enter without writing anything to accept the default distance Command Gridline name or 0 to finish lt 1 gt Enter number letter or both for gridline name Special symbols are also allowed If the gridline direction is closer to Y then number is proposed by default starting from 1 and automatically increasing for the next gridlines If the gridline direction is clo
10. 2 MPOEKTCOOT Software Package Design Expert version 2 7 Structural Design and Detailing to Eurocode Plug in for AutoCAD and ZWCAD Drawing of RC and steel structures User manual JL eel x LITILHW O Shape IPE 500A A M ee Shape and insertion point C C C C cio 4 A f B C C C d Dimensions eb 1 2004 Rotation o T Pick on drawing 5235 x Ends Normal to axis M Closed A 200 I Draw Concrete cover 2 5 b d Section Side Plan 3D Cancel B 10 C 10 Bending radius 8 8 kad D 10 E 10 Rotation angle 0 MV Spacing 20 Scale Cancel Insert _ kl cauce l uze l i All rights reserved 2014 N Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual TABLE OF CONTENTS About the programm ssssssossscssssccsssssesssssceesscesssssnssssccesssccsssssnssssccsssscessssssssasscsssscesnsssnsonsscsonss 3 NEO GERMAN Sta cbeg Catone cada vresagts taco ecn eg atts ape conse ia bss nete steeen facvecescavteeiasatisdecstameatinsesceletvsemesecenss 3 General rules for USING commands cscscecsccccsceccccccsceccccccscsceccecscnceccececsceceececscececsececsceseececscesessess 3 Reinforced concrete detailing ZWRC ccccscssccscssssceccscscceccsccsceccsccscescsccscescsceccescecescescsceccsens 4 _ Bends and OOK
11. a hook only at one side You can continue with other polylines until you press Esc or click in empty space Bar label With this command you can input wo cfmbs T a og pra bar data such as bar mark count United Kingdom type diameter and spacing for C Text Leader selected bars Dimensions can be k one optionally drawn as well Bar length E Dimensions is calculated automatically 3800 0 TPick ff Scale 1 P Reinforcement area As iS H F Padus 30 calculated and displayed for information Cancel Bar data is stored into the selected polylines When a data field is empty current data from the polyline is used The Clear button clears all fields You can use this option to change only certain fields and keep the other If you want to refresh the labels without changing data clear all fields and click Enter If you want to copy bars copy polylines only and use the command to create the labels Bar count is calculated automatically when you specify arrangement zone k 4 and spacing Click the Ts Pick button to specify the zone You are prompted to select two points Zone length is taken to be the distance between both points Then you are prompted to confirm if the zone object is created With Object option you can attach an existing zone to the bar see Bar arrangement zones You are prompted to select an object If you select a line or a polyline only length is taken Zones are actua
12. d right to left on the drawing Command Enter base point at level zero Enter a point with vertical position at level 0 00 The horizontal position of the point will be used to align all level marks one above the other Command Enter point on the section elevation Pick points on the section elevation drawing where you want to add a level mark Level marks are inserted as blocks with attributes and values are calculated automatically I Draw steel elements Command STEELDRAW STL This command is created for drawing of Rye steel elements in 2D and 3D I Select cross section type from the toolbar Shave jiPe20 Dimensions on top List of standard sections are loaded JPN Pe HE RSS UB UC on left and you can select one Dimensions are loaded from corresponding text files stored in ZWCAD SteelShapes subfolder You can open these files with Excel and add or modify sections following the same format Section name is filled in Rotation 0 El m the Shape field You can change it or you IPE 200 F aise aes en ee B can add more information like Material 523 M Draw axis identification number mark etc If section Section side Plan 30 B is not standard you can enter custom dimensions in the corresponding fields h 200 beth 1 00 You can specify materials as well Materials list is stored in file ZWCAD Materials txt You can draw elements in different 2D views section side pla
13. ero That is how you can generate 2D plans out of 3D models You can create a 2D plan of a separate floor in multistory building Just copy all elements from the floor including columns outside select them and start the command Labels of steel elements Command STEELTEXT STT Automatically draws a label for each element that contains section name cTp 15 oT 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 a Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual Steel bill of materials Shape Count Length mm Weight kg Total kg Material Command STEELBOM STB SHS 160x85 4 S000 05 8 343 2 5395 IPE 300 3 4540 204 5 613 4 5355 Automatically composes and draws bill of IFE 200 f 2040 63 5 444 5 5355 materials BOM for the steel elements created by the program Drawing should be in mm First you are prompted to select elements axes Then calculated BOM is displayed in a table Click the Draw button to insert the table into the drawing at selected location The Copy button sends table contents to system clipboard and you can paste it into other programs The Save CSV button writes a csv file and opens it with the default application e g MS Excel You can generate BOM out of 2D and 3D drawings Sections in 2D drawing will not be included Total steel 1401 1 kg Cancel Draw Copy Save CSW cTp 16 oT 16
14. iltered out Objects are highlighted so you can check if your selection is correct Then press Enter or right click W BOM Type Size mm s 10 Length mm z80000 0 758650 0 wieght kg 307 8 JEFF Total kg 75 5 The program collects bar data and builds the schedule It compares data and when it finds different bars with same marks it fixes them automatically after user confirmation You Total reinforcement 775 5 kg can miss bar marks completely when drawing Cancel Draw Copy Savecsv and the program will number them for you in the end Bending schedule and BOM are presented in tables Click the Draw button to insert the tables into the drawing at selected location The Copy button sends table contents to system clipboard and you can paste it into other programs The Save CSV button writes a csv file and opens it with the default application e g MS Excel ctp 10 oT 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual Slab reinforcement Command PLATE PLA Automatically generates uniform adii dad ia reinforcement with the selected bar size and Bai l 33 i 200 spacing inside outlines with arbitrary shapes A hiii u Outlines should be defined as closed polylines Bar size a 10 Cover 20 rr They could represent separate spans of ribbed Bar spacna 200 Anchoring ao Fi slabs edges of flat or foundation slabs or BONES
15. ius hooks length or hooks angle respectively Current values are given in brackets lt gt Enter first and second points on concrete edge Concrete cover is extracted automatically from total length Then link is drawn and the labeling dialog appears Click Copy instead of Enter if you want to copy the link to another location Draw single closed link Command LINKDRAW1 SD Command works exactly as previous but draws a closed link Draw open link Command LINKDRAW2 LDO Command is similar to previous but you should specify the opposite corners of the section Draw closed link Command LINKDRAW3 LDC Command is similar to previous Draw double closed link Command LINKDRAW4 LDD Command is similar to previous cTp 8 oT 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual Draw bars in section Command BARSECTION BS Draws a sequence of circles with specified diameter and spacing along path defined by the user Command requires input of diameter spacing and sequence of points as follows Command Bar size lt gt Command Bar spacing lt gt or Count If you type C Count you can enter total count for each straight segment and spacing is calculated from segment length and count Then proceed with Command Start point Command Next point Circles are drawn in the specified segment You can continue drawing segments until you
16. lly connected to the respective bars and count will be updated when you modify the zone object Count is equal to zone length spacing 1 Count will be updated automatically if you modify the spacing If you do not want that switch the zone button off ctp 507T 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual You can write number of members m and it will appear in the label as mxc 2x20 You can write additional nx s inside the count field Then the label will be mxnxc 2x2x20 If bar zone is modified only the last portion of the count will be updated 2x2x25 You can select what data will be included in labels by the respective checkboxes With the w Dimensions checkbox you can select if bar dimensions are drawn or not You can specify a scale factor for dimensions and lengths For example if a bar is scaled twice you should specify a scale factor x0 5 in order to get the actual dimensions After you have entered all data click the Enter button to draw or update labels With the Copy button you can export bar and label to another location This is used when you draw bars in sections e g for columns beams etc Labels and zones are attached to the corresponding polylines to create complex objects bars If the Dynamic reinforcement objects option is selected in the Settings dialog bars react dynamically to Z WCAD AutoCAD commands
17. n or 3D You need to specify one point to insert a section and two points to define element axis for other views If you have a vertical column in 3D you can input column height into the H field Then you need to specify only one point to insert the column Red point indicates the alignment point which you will specify in the drawing Section will be positioned relative to this point as shown Click on scheme to change the alignment point Use the d and buttons to mirror the section about the horizontal and vertical axis respectively For sections and 3D columns you may specify a rotation angle If Pick on drawing is checked then you will be prompted for second point that will define the rotation angle Click Draw to close the dialog and proceed to drawing Sections are represented by closed polylines side and plan views are represented by parallel dashed and solid lines for the corresponding visible and hidden edges and 3D elements are drawn as 3D solids Axis line is added and it has an important function it contains element data used by all other commands If you copy an axis alone data is copied as well Then element edges are drawn automatically cTp 14 oT 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual JE E y Input steel sections Command STEELINPUT STI Assigns sections and materials to existing axes and draws elements in side view plan o
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19. press Esc or right click to finish Bars in section along object Command BARDIVIDE BD Draws a sequence of circles with specified diameter and spacing along path defined by selected objects This command works as follows Command Select Objects Select single or multiple objects and press Enter or right click to continue You can select different types of objects such as lines polylines arcs and circles Command Bar size lt gt Command Bar spacing lt gt or Count ctp 90T 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual Bending schedule Command BARSCHED BSC Automatically calculates and draws reinforcement bending schedule and bill of materials BOM All reinforcement should be Reinforcement Schedule and BOM i Reinforcement Schedule Mark Count Type Size mm Length mm Weight kg Total kg drawn as polylines in the respective layer as 25 a enon 34 E04 defined in Settings Bar data should be 26 4275 0 17 27 0 assigned to all polylines using the Bar label a a aii ae l 29 1600 0 0 6 14 5 command If UK settings are used for labeling T Ta e T of bars the schedule is generated according 30 6000 0 37 247 8 to BS 8666 2005 otherwise a general format 31 4850 0 3 0 TF ic used 32 1850 0 1 1 46 8 When the command is started you are prompted to select objects All objects that do not satisfy the above criteria are f
20. r 3D You can use this commands to modify elements sections and redraw them with the new section Axes must be line objects in the respective layer see Settings Start the command select objects and press Enter or right click Data is entered into the same dialog as the Draw steel elements command You can draw a frame in 3D export geometry to structural analysis software and calculate the required sections Then you can assign them to the elements and generate automatic bill of materials and 2D structural plans and elevations using the commands bellow Draw steel sections Command STEELSECTION STS Draws sections of selected elements in a 2D drawing You are prompted to enter two points The line defined by these points should intersect the elements we need Sections are drawn along the line at intersections with the respective elements Draw main sections and elevations Command STEELVIEW STV Automatically generates vertical sections and elevations out from a 3D drawing You are prompted to enter two points that defines a window Elements that will be shown in view should fit entirely into the window Then enter an insertion point on left or right side Elements that cross the window on the opposite side are drawn as sections Update drawing 2D 3D Command STEELUPDATE SU Automatically redraws selected elements that contain steel data A 3D drawing can be converted to 2D one and all z coordinates will be set to z
21. se standard gt For precise drawing you should enter the radius at centerline ro which is greater with 0 5 than mandrel radius fm Recommended radiuses to Eurocode 2 are given in the following table Press Enter in order to use the standard radiuses They will be calculated according to the above table Bar diameter is taken from the polyline global width even if it is not converted to bar yet Command Hook length 0 no hooks lt gt If you enter O only bar corners will be rounded and no hooks will be added If you enter a positive value the hook direction will be top and left as for bottom reinforcement for straight bars and inside for bended bars If you enter a negative value the hook direction will be bottom and right as for top reinforcement for straight bars and outside for bended bars The result from using the command with positive and negative values is shown on the picture bellow ctp 407T 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual cD Command Hook angle 0 45 90 lt gt Default value is displayed in brackets lt gt Press Enter to use the default value If you have selected bars preliminary hooks are added to both ends of each polyline and the command is completed If you have not you are prompted to Command Select Object Click a polyline closer to the end where you would want to have a hook That is how you can add
22. ser to X then starting letter A is proposed by default also increasing following the English alphabet If you want to change the automatic sequence you can type a new value and press Enter Command Distance to the next gridline L or n L lt gt Enter the distance to the next gridline The default value in brackets lt gt shows the last distance entered If you have several gridlines with consecutive numbers and equal spacing you can draw all of them at once Enter the number and the distance as n L For example if you have 4 gridlines at 6000 mm spacing enter 4 6000 Command Gridline name or 0 to finish lt 2 gt Enter the name of the next gridline or press Enter to accept the default value You will continue drawing gridlines in the same way until you enter 0 as a gridline name or Esc Draw levels Command LEVEL LVL Draws sequence of level marks in elevation Level values are calculated automatically according to their relative position to the specified zero level You can select different styled of level using the settings command DEXSET The command is performed in the following sequence cTp 13 oT 16 2 Plug in for ZWCAD amp AutoCAD v 2 7 2014 Drawing of RC and steel structures MPOEKTCOOT User manual Command Direction X Y lt Y gt It is possible that an elevation or section is rotated along X direction Then you should select X otherwise select Y Level values will increase from bottom to top an
23. wings select units to be mm or cm and for steel drawings always select mm Select the Dynamic steel objects option when you are going to draw steel structures Then the steel elements will be updated automatically in 2D or 3D each time when element axis is modified with MOVE STRETCH GRIP COPY etc Otherwise they should be updated manually with the Steel Update command Select the Dynamic steel objects option when you are going to draw RC structures Then reinforcement data will be updated automatically each time when bars or zones are modified For example if you stretch the bar bar length will be updated and if you stretch the arrangement zone the corresponding bar count will be updated Otherwise they should be updated manually using the Bar label command General rules for using commands Most of the program commands require data input either by typing into the command line or by picking points or objects from the drawing Commands follow the same general rules used for the native ZWCAD AutoCAD commands Some commands have parameters which can be used for changing command settings or switching to different path of execution Parameters are displayed in square brackets divided by slashes You need to type the capital letters of the parameter name and press Enter in order to select it from the list When you are prompted to enter a value in the command line there is often a default value that you
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