Improved reinforcement text in sections

This document describes the improvements done for the texting of reinforcement in the beam/column sections. There are mainly two reasons for this improvements, the first is that the texting of reinforcement in beams and columns didn’t quite manage to create a distinct view for sections with a lot of reinforcement and the second reason is that text content couldn’t be customized.

Previously all the reinforcement texts were done with leaders and placed to the right of the section which could lead to excessive amount of texts placed to the right of the section as the sample pictures below shows.

By utilizing the space above and below the section plus improving the placing of the leaders some improvements has been done to the existing texting with leaders as the sample pictures below shows.

But the big improvement happens when using text groups by setting the following reinforcement default settings in Standard Admin:

BEAM_COLUMN_SECTION_TEXT_GROUP_STYLE

The reinforcement designation style to be used.

BEAM_COLUMN_SECTION_TEXT_GROUP_SYMBOL_TYPE

The type of leader symbol to use, and possible values are:

DimensionStyleDefined        = 0,

ClosedFilled                         = 1,

ClosedBlank                         = 2,

Closed                                  = 3,

Dot                                       = 4,

ArchitecturalTick                  = 5,

Oblique                                = 6,

Open                                   = 7,

OriginIndicator                    = 8,

OriginIndicator2                  = 9,

RightAngle                          = 10,

Open30                               = 11,

DotSmall                             = 12,

DotBlank                             = 13,

DotSmallBlank                    = 14,

Box                                     = 15,

BoxFilled                            = 16,

DatumTriangle                   = 17,

DatumTriangleFilled          = 18,

Integral                              = 19,

None                                 = 20   

BEAM_COLUMN_SECTION_TEXT_GROUP_SYMBOL_SIZE

The size of the leader symbol to use.

The sample pictures below show the same section using a reinforcement text group with the symbol type set to “Dot” and the symbol size set to 0.6. As seen in the picture the text contents can be customized by using the settings for the specified designation style.