MasterRC Bar Scheduler

 

 

The MasterRC Scheduler is an additional add-on program that produces bar bending schedules of your design. It is designed for MasterSeries users who do not have the full MasterRC system for AutoCAD.

The Scheduler can be accessed inside any print or export RC detail option, and also from Print Bar Schedule in the MasterKey Concrete Print menu.

The Schedule produced matches the output from the DXF and Printer Export options.

 

 

Viewing and Editing Bars in the Schedule

This facility to add, delete or amend bars in the scheduler is available to users of MasterRC through adding, deleting and amending bars in the drawing. This can also be done without MasterRC but there will be NO change to the reinforcement drawing.

This editing outside of Master RC is achieved using through the edit option at the top of the menu. This opens the edit menu:

 

 

This menu allows the user to call in rows to be edited using the Get Current Bar for Editing button .  

This imports the current bar’s specification into the edit menu. Once the changes have been made the bar is placed back into the specification using the Put Edited Bar in Schedule button .

The following edit functions are available in this menu.

Insert row.  Creates a new row in the schedule in which a new bar can be created and placed.

Move up the schedule

Move down schedule

Delete current bar from schedule

Copy current bar

Paste bar details in current row

Mark current bar as deleted

Compress elements.  Automatically bars with same dimensions together to avoid repetition in the table

Undo previous action

 

Another feature of the editor is that it allows the user to edit the element title and no. off by selecting the element tab at the top of the edit menu.

Note: to edit element details you still need to Get Current Member  and Put Member in Schedule .

There are a range of tools available to save the current bar schedule and import an outside version. 

 

The Schedule will NOT match the beam elevation printout in the standard results output.

The reasons for this are:

MasterRC re-organises the imported bar marks to prevent clashes with existing bars and will merge bars with-in MasterRC. 

The standard results output only uses bar marks for curtailment reference and thus each span starts from “01”

The weight per element and weight per bar type can be viewed using the mode options located above the table.

 

 

Printing from the Scheduler

Selective printing options are provided beneath the schedule table, and from the Print menu.  Select PowerPad from the main menu to export the current table to a Word document.