The sheet is opened by choosing the menu option Edit|Armature|Pilastrate.

In addition to the Reinforcement Section Sheet, the Edit Column Reinforcement option allows you to view and edit the exploded view of the rebar arranged along each column. This is an alternative view to the single column view, showing the vertical development of the rebar along the entire column. The column geometry is displayed with the detailed arrangement of the rebar, as well as the cross-sections of each column and the verification histograms at various elevations.



The window contains the usual management components, already encountered in other graphic windows: 

  • the title bar, which displays the riser reference;
  • the toolbar, with the buttons associated with the work tools;
  • the status bar, which displays messages related to the currently selected tool.

Popup Menu

Right-clicking inside the Drawing area brings up a Popup Menu that allows you to change design specifications, redesign, change drawing sheet options, and view the drawing options sheet described later.


Toolbar

The Pilasters sheet toolbar contains the following buttons:


Irons Element: Opens the longitudinal irons tool panel.

Brackets Item: Opens the brackets tool panel.

Rotate view 90°: Allows you to view the pilaster strip at a 90° rotated angle.

Default View: Resizes and centers the drawing proportionally to the window size.

Locate item: Allows you to select an item by clicking on it with the mouse and synchronize all open windows with respect to the clicked item.

Move the drawing: Allows you to move the drawing by clicking and dragging the mouse.

Zoom: opens the zoom toolbar.

Print Preview: Enables the print preview of the drawing.

Enlarge fonts: increases the font size of the characters.

Reduce fonts: reduce the font size of the characters.

Redesign: opens the redesign toolbar.


Change of pillar

You can quickly change the displayed pillar by clicking on the buttons on the command bar.

to move to the next pillar

to move to the previous pillar

Redesign Toolbars

Clicking the Redesign button opens the redesign action bar, which offers three different actions, explained in detail below.



The functions contained in this bar are very useful as they allow the user to quickly experiment with the effects of different design choices on the currently displayed element, and only on that element, and to finally choose the one that best suits the particular case.

Assign Redesign Specifications: Opens the sheet, shown below, where you can assign the specifications to be considered in the redesign.



In the redesign phase, the diameters and specifications assigned in this grid will be used, while for anything not reported in the current sheet, reference will be made to the parameters assigned in the Diameters and Specifications sheets of the Project Menu.

Run Redesign: starts the redesign of the displayed column, from the installation level to the roof, based on the specifications assigned in the previous grid, leaving the reinforcement on the other columns unchanged.

Change of view of the pilaster

Using the button, you can change the view of the pillar by rotating it 90°. This allows you to view the elevation in both the main and secondary directions, making it easier to understand the positions of the bars on the various edges of the pillar.

Drawing options

The drawing options are accessible from the popup menu that appears, as already mentioned, by right-clicking on the drawing area or from the keyboard using the + keys.

A more general discussion of Drawing Options has been covered in a previous section of this same chapter, to which you are referred for the methods of use and for the criteria for sizing the characters for text.