Area Reinforcement

Tekla Structures
Not version-specific
Tekla Structures
Area Reinforcement
Environment
Not environment-specific

The Area Reinforcement plugin automatizes the process of reinforcing walls and slabs. It
creates custom rebar meshes that cover the faces with bigger area of the part.
These custom meshes may have different distances between bars and also bars of different sizes.
The user should select the sizes of the normal bars and the extra bars, as well as the
distances between them. At the same time, the user specifies where the extra bars should be
placed and the amount of them. With this information and the geometry of the part, the plugin
calculates where to put all the bars. Finally these custom meshes are inserted within the wall
or slab.

Objects created

 • Front reinforcement mesh
 • Back reinforcement mesh
 • Additional reinforcing bars

Using Area Reinforecement

1. Activate the plugin by click the Area Reinforcement thumbnail and select the part to be reinforced.
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2. Pick two points to indicate the direction of the longitudinal bars.
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3. The custom meshes will be created according to the settings and the geometry of the part.
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