Introduction

There are some situations where the designer will manually change the reinforcement when working with elements which have RC template inserted.

To avoid updating the manual changes of the reinforcement in an element when inserting cast in materials, we have implemented a new feature which will preserve the manual changes in mesh, opening reinforcement and edge reinforcement. This feature also applies when inserting cast in materials with reinforcement. 

It is important to know, if inserting a cast in material which have the option "Cut reinforcement mesh" checked, then the manual changes in reinforcement won't be preserved. 

Example

In this example, we drawn a sandwich wall and applied an RC template to it.

As we can see in figure 1, the original boundary of the reinforcement is not changed yet.

Figure 1 - Original boundary of the Structural Fabric Area after applying the RC template

In figure 2, we can see how the reinforcement boundary looks like after manual changes. 

Figure 2 - Reinforcement boundary after manual changes 

In figure 3, we inserted cast in material without having checked the option "Cut reinforcement mesh". The manual changes of the reinforcement are preserved. 

Figure 3 - Manual changes of reinforcement are preserved after inserting cast in material