Option

Description

DXF

Printer

MasterRC

Sections:

Draw Cross-Sections

In Beams Draw cross-sections at left support L and/or mid span M

Yes

Yes

Yes

Label Sections:

Label the bars on cross-sections.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Stagger Beam Tags:

Shift the bar mark tags for mid-span bars above support steel to prevent text clashing at large scales such as 1:50

Yes

No

Yes

Dwg Scale:

Drawing Scale. All objects are drawn at full size (1:1) and the drawing sheet and text is magnified by the drawing scale.

Yes

N/A

Yes

Label Height:

Height of all bar label text

Yes

Fixed

N/A - uses “JLAB” style

Dims Height:

Height of all dimension text

Yes

Fixed

N/A - uses “JTAG” style

Layering Tab:

Name of table to extract layer names, colours and styles from. 

Yes

N/A

No - uses Layset.dat

Text Style:

AutoCAD font name such as “TXT” or “RomanC”

Yes

N/A

No - uses “JLAB” and “JTAG” styles

Stack Beam Link Runs:

Tidies up link runs when multiple links are used.  Not advisable if each zone has different bar arrangements.

N/A

N/A

Yes

Zero Width Polylines:

DXF Exports bars as zero width polylines instead of scale width polylines. This is useful if you use a pen plotter.

Yes

N/A

N/A

Label Beam link inside:

Place the link label inside the beam elevation.

N/A

N/A

Yes

1st Bar Mark:

Start numbering bars at the specified number.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Split at (m):

Split beam and column runs every x m.  This allows you to fit very long runs on the drawing page

Yes

N/A

Yes

Members per page:

Number of members per page to print when printing to the print.  1-2 is advisable.

N/A

Yes

N/A

Load AutoCAD

Automatically load AutoCAD on exporting, and import either the DXF file or MasterRC file.

Yes

N/A

Yes

Schedule:

Create a schedule that matches DXF or Printer Export.

See MasterRC Scheduler notes.

Yes

Yes

No