Concrete Column Schedule Attributes

Tekla Structures

Not version-specific

Tekla Structures

Concrete Column Schedule

column schedule

reports

template attributes

template

attributes

Environment

Not environment-specific

1. Purpose and description
This package installs set of drawing attributes that can be used to create concrete column schedule template and display relevent information.

2. System requirements
Environments: Any
Languages: ENGLISH

3. Installation
To install the application

Download and run .tsep file which is available in the Applications category (or as a search) of Tekla Warehouse.
Have Tekla Structures closed during installation.
Reopen Tekla Structures once installation is complete.

4. Usage
To use the application:

After installation below attributes are available

Graphical attributes

i) COLUMN_LAYOUT

It displays Rebar and stirrup layout in column cross section, and provides alphabetical designation to main bars.

ii) STIRRUP_LAYOUT

It displays stirrup layout seperately to simplify stirrup arrangement.

Textual attributes

i) CUSTOM.COLUMN_BARS

This displays information of vertical main bars in column. Can be configured using configuration file.

ii) CUSTOM.STIRRUP_DETAILS

This attribute displays information of stirrups in column. Can be configured using configuration file.

iii) CUSTOM.STIRRUP_SPACING

This attribute displays information about stirrup spacing zones. Can be configured using configuration file.

iv) CUSTOM.DOWEL_BARS

This attribute displays information about Dowel bars going from this column to above column. Can be configured using configuration file.

5. Configuration File - ConcreteColumnScheduleConfig.ini

This file will be created automatically in your model's attribute folder when you use any of above attributes in your drawing template and open that drawing.
If this file already exist in your model's attribute folder then attributes will use that file (no overwriting).

You can configure below options in this ini file.

* Rebar designation format

STRAIGHT_BAR	%COUNT%- %SIZE%Ø X %LENGTH% - %NAME%	e.g. output will be 8-16Ø X 7.5 - MAIN REBAR
BEND_BAR	%COUNT%- %SIZE%Ø - [%REBAR_POS%] - %NAME%	e.g. output will be 4-16Ø - R1 - MAIN REBAR
SYMBOL	RebarSymbol@0	Symbol to represent c/s of main bar in COLUMN_LAYOUT graphical attribute (e.g. filled end)
UNIT_LENGTH	4	UNIT -> MM=1 DM=2 CM=3 M=4 INCH=5 FEET=6 YD=7 INCH-FRAC=8 FT-FRAC=9

* Dowel options

DOWEL_NAME	DOWEL	Name used in model for dowel bars. To identify and report dowel bars.
DOWEL_BAR	%COUNT%-%SIZE%Ø X %LENGTH%M-%NAME%	e.g. output will be 4-16Ø X 2.5 - DOWEL

* Stirrup options

STIRRUP_BAR	%COUNT%-%REBAR_POS%-%NAME%	e.g. output will be 4-R15- STIRRUP
STIRRUP_SPACING	%COUNT%@%SPACING%	e.g. output will be 4@100 / 8@300 / 4@100 multiple zones with separator as per SEPERATOR_STRING option
UNIT_SPACING	1	UNIT -> MM=1 DM=2 CM=3 M=4 INCH=5 FEET=6 YD=7 INCH-FRAC=8 FT-FRAC=9

*Seperator string

SEPARATOR_STRING

This is a seperator used to seperate stirrups spacing, different main bars , different dowel bars etc.

Configuration file explains it in detail.
Below are the contents of this ini file.

6. Sample template file

This installation will also install below template file in Environments/common/template/ folder that can be referred on usage of this variables.
Concrete Column Schedule.tpl

7. Adding graphical attributes in custom templates.

After adding the graphical attributes to your template, open the template file in text editor and make sure field attribute value is also equal to attribute.

e.g. for COLUMN_LAYOUT graphical attribute
field = "COLUMN_LAYOUT"

and for STIRRUP_LAYOUT graphical attribute
field = "STIRRUP_LAYOUT"

See below picture.