In fact, almost any reinforcement plan could be modeled with the use of individual elements only however there are a few more options in Reinforcement, which can make your work easier. The basic and most used rebar shapes are prepared in the library, but users also have the opportunity to use the polygonal form, where edges can be added and altered with the help of moving hotspots on the plan, and therefore make almost any shape they want. Placed objects appear in both 2D and 3D views at the same time, and most features can be adjusted in these views as well. Users can define the type, diameter, quality, measures of the steel elements, choose their position and set different display options and labels in the settings window. Individual elements such as rebars, meshes, and stirrups can be found in the Objects category, and be set and placed as any regular ArchiCAD object.

Elements of the Reinforcement solution are no exceptions. The solution consists of two parts: an object library and an Add-On.ĪrchiCAD users are already used to elements and objects that can be defined by giving them parameters in the settings window. The basic working method of Reinforcement is not complicated. Our aim was to build a cheap and easy-to-use tool, which can help with this problem and complement ArchiCAD. But the Reinforcement could be useful for anyone who has to draw and model reinforcing of buildings. While developing the solution we were mainly thinking about medium size architectural firms where architectural and structural planning goes hand in hand. The Reinforcement solution was developed to make sure that architects and structural engineers can work together in ArchiCAD on the same BIM model. We believe that ArchiCAD can be made capable of handling not only architects’ but other designers’ preferences as well.

ArchiCAD is considered to be a modeling program for architects only.

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