Drawings Settings

Drawing Settings

Drawing Settings affects the drawings generated in ProtaDetails such as scales, label settings and etc.
It is a good practice to check and preset the settings before generating drawings to save time on manual modification in the later stage.

Scales

Scales of drawing can be adjusted in this tab.

  1. Drawing : This controls the drawing sheet / titleblock size. Content/Detailed drawing within the sheet is recommended to have the same scale with the drawing (Coeff. = 1) to have similar scale measurement if possible.
    1. If the drawing consists of multiple detail drawing with different scales compare to the drawing scale, user may need to label the scale for each of the detail drawing under it manually in the sheet. Drawing scale can be removed manually in this case.

  2. Coeff. : ratio of drawing scale / detail drawing scale.
Please also take note that quantity table & Model info table will follow the scale of drawing.
If the text in the table is very small, this can be adjusted the text size in the layer setting based on the name given in the snapshot below.   

For example, to adjust the text for form of bar, go to Settings > Layers and Text Styles > Section > change the Section Small Text size to larger value (mm). Adjust other text if necessary in the layer accordingly. For more information, please refer to our article : Layer and Color Settings

Always redraw/generate the drawing to have a proper and neat quantity table after adjusting the layers. 

Rebar

General

General rebar setting for drawing generation can be adjusted in this tab.

  1. Rebar Length/Segment/Spacing Round Step : Values will be rounded to the nearest the amount specified in this field during drawing generation.
  2. Span Line End Tolerance : To allow length tolerance for slab rebar span line in the drawing.
  3. Concrete Cover : To preset concrete cover for Design Library (ie. Concrete Corbel, etc.) in ProtaDetails.
  4. Display Hook Lengths : To show the link bend/hook length in the drawing.
  5. Display Shearwall Web Bar Hook Lengths : To show the shearwall web bar hook lengths in the drawing.

  6. Show Segment Length : To show the bend of rebar length in the drawing.
  7. Show Rebar Quantity : To show the quantity of rebar in the drawing.
  8. Show Span Line : To show the slab rebar span line in the drawing.
  9. Maximum Rebar Length : To set maximum rebar length in the drawing. Rebar that is longer than the specified length will require lapping. 
  10. Rebar Bend Factor : To set the bending radius factor. Factor limit from 0.1 to 1.0.
  11. Quantity Table : 
    1. Template : To adjust the quantity table 
    2. Shape Display : To display the rebar shape with/without dimension in the quantity table.

Rebar Label

Rebar label setting can be adjusted in this tab.

  1. Rebar Labels : 
    1. Steel Label Template : To select the steel rebar label arrangement from the given template.
    2. Rebar Group Quantity Separator : To self define the multiplier symbol for rebar quantity.
    3. Show Rebar Layer Info : To show the slab rebar layer info (ie. top or bottom steel layer).
    4. Slab Rebar Layer Separator : To customize the separator for slab rebar layer.
  2. Arrow Leader Properties :
    1. Arrow End Type : To select arrow end shape type of the label.
    2. Label Position : To select steel label position.
    3. Arrow End Size : To adjust the size of arrow of the annotation.
  3. Definitions : Example of the rebar parameters, symbol and sample value.
  4. Sample : Example of rebar label based on the preset label setting.
  5. Rebar Circle Leader : To select steel label position for circle rebar.
  6. Link Zone Leader : To select arrow end shape type of the label for links.

Plan Details

Plan view detail drawing setting can be adjusted in this tab.

  1. Form Plans : Some of these options can also be configured when generating form plan drawing in "Option 2" in ProtaDetails.
    1. Print Steel Bar Segment Lengths : To print the segment length of steel bar (ie. L shape steel bar, the short length and long length) beside the rebar.
    2. Display Bar Marks in Detail Drawings (Slab and Footing Details) : To show the bar marks in the detail drawings for slab and footing. 
    3. Show No. of Bars in Bar Label : To show the number of rebars infront of the bar label.
    4. Print Steel Bar Total Length : To print the length of steel bar beside of the Bar Label.
    5. Print Alternative Layer Information (B1==BB, B2=BT, T1=TT, T2=TB) : This option will change rebar marking from number into alphabet in the back of bar label.
    6. Show Steel Bar Span Lines : To show the line of spanning range of slab steel bar.
    7. Number of Piles : To show the pile numbers on plan view.
    8. Draw Steel Members : To show steel member such as steel column and beam on plan view. 
    9. Display Slab Load Values : To show slab load values on plan view.
  2. Column Application : 
    1. Link Details : To hide/show link details next to its column / plan view.
    2. Show Column Rebar Details : To show column rebar detail in elevation view.
    3. Shear Wall Dimensions : To show shear wall dimensions.
    4. Column Dimensions : To show column dimensions.
  3. Hatching Options : This setting can also be configured when generating form plan drawing in "Option 3" in ProtaDetails.
    1. Mark Top Most Columns : To mark/indicate the top most column with a cross sign indicating the column stops/ends at that particular storey.
    2. Column Hatch Pattern : To select the column hatch pattern from the pulldown list. The hatch will not apply to the top most column if "Mark Top Most Columns" option is checked.
    3. Column Hatch Scale : To adjust the scale for column hatch pattern.
    4. Wall Hatch Pattern : To select Wall hatch pattern from the pulldown list. The hatch will not apply to the top most wall if "Mark Top Most Columns" option is checked.
    5. Wall Hatch Scale : To adjust the scale for wall hatch pattern.


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