Output

The Output menu area provides options to output the design results and reinforcement zones outputs for the slab design. The design for the basic, peak, strip and punching shear zones can be either printed or exported to Word while the DXF/DWG allows the reinforcement in each zone to be indicated visually on a drawing.

Print/Export Design Report

The design outputs can be selected and either printed or exported to Word by clicking on the  icon. This will bring up the Slab Design Print Manager window.

The design for the various reinforcements zones can be selected for printing by using the check boxes to the left of the window. To print all the designs for a zone, check the All radio button. To select specific designs, the radio button for Selected should be used. This will then populate the Select Deign Output window with the names of each design brief for the Selected rebar regions. A design is selected for printing or exporting by clicking on the line in the Select Design Output using the left mouse button while holding Ctrl. Each selected design output will highlight in blue.

While using the All option, designs can be filtered further by using the Masterframe viewing tools to filter the view to a specific part or area of the model and then using the Visible Only checkbox.

Once designs are selected, to Print either to a printer or to PDF, select the  icon, while to export to Word, select the  icon.

DXF/DWG Export Rebar Drawing

Colour coded drawings indicating the reinforcement in various design zones can be created using the DXF/DWG Export Rebar Drawing option. This is selected by clicking on the  icon. This will open the Slab Reinforcement DXF.DWG Drawing Export window.

All FE surfaces at one common level are grouped as printed as a single slab. Each grouping of slabs can be selected or de-selected by right clicking with the mouse in the Select Slabs to Export area and using the controls in the pop up menu.

The inputs allow for the selection of the reinforcement layer and direction as well as design type to be selected. The file path, drawing scales and file type are all selected using the in menu options.

When exporting drawings, it is important to note that various reinforcement zones can overlap making the display of the colour coded areas difficult to read in the drawing. Therefore, particularly for slabs with a significant number of design zones, it may be necessary to export the reinforcement over a number of drawings.