Define Merged Wall Reinforcement in Polyline Column Editor

• Step 1: Select the merged RC walls on plan view > Right click > Polyline wall editor.
  • Kindly note that if you have run building analysis, it's also possible to access this polyline column editor by selecting the merged wall > Right click > Column section design > Steel layout. This button allows you to quickly amend the steel layout and redesign the merged wall in "Column section design" dialog.
    
• Step 2: Click “Delete steel bars and links” to remove all the default steel bar and link
  
• Step 3: Click “Automatic containment” to insert the corner bars and links.
  • Kindly note that if the "Automatic containment" is not working, please click "Delete steel bars and links" > Click "All Links" > Click "Insert bars at all corners"
    
  • You may point at the created links or longitudinal bar > right click > click 'delete links/ longitudinal rebars" 
    
• Step 4: The Automatic Containment properties box will pop up. In the properties box, users are able to define Head Zones, General Parameters and the Number of Bars with respect to the parts of the merged wall denoted by "n" in Direction 1 and Direction 2.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  
• Step 5: Click “OK” to close.
  
• Step 6: Then, you can design the wall reinforcement. The program will automatically change the rebar size if they are not sufficient.
  

TIP 1:

You may want to insert the "END ZONE LINKS" by following the steps below

• Point your mouse cursor at one shorter edge of the links > right click > Choose "End Zone Link"
  
• Move your mouse cursor and you will observe a rubber band > Left click to define the length of end zone link
  
• In the pop up dialog, you may adjust the exact length of the "End zone link" on both i and j ends. You may uncheck the I or J end zone link if you do not want to insert it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
• Click "OK" to insert 

TIP 2:

After you define the reinforcement layout for one of the merged walls, you can copy and paste the bars of this merged walls to other similar merged walls by following the steps below:

1. Go to “Design” on the top menu bar > Click “Column” under "Reinforced Concrete"
   
2. Use “Filter” to filter the merged RC walls by clicking “Filter” > Check “Filter by member label(s)” > Choose the wall “Wxx” (see image below) > Click “OK”
   

       c. Choose the “Wxx” in the table which you have defined the wall reinforcement layout > Click “Copy bars” > click “Paste bars to all”

Alternatively, you may use "Generate storey" to generate the updated merged wall to other storeys.