Foundation Beam Elevation Drawings

General

Foundation Beam elevation can be drawn using "Foundation Beam Elevation Drawings". Unlimited numbers of foundation beam elevation drawings can be generated with different display options on the same or different drawings.

Dialog is composed of 2 parts:

1. Detailing Options : Select the preferred options for each type of detail by highlighting them.
   
2. Common Options : These setting can be found in all "Draw Details" dialogue. The common options allow to insert Sheet (Title block), quantity table, model info and adjust scale of drawing.

For the detailed explanation of common options, kindly refer to Detail Drawing Manager : Common Options.

Navigation

1. "Details" tree view context menu > Right click Foundation Beam Elevation Drawings > Draw 
   
   
1. Draw Foundation Beam Elevations (All Axes): Draw Foundation Beam Elevations in group with additional setting using Draw Details Dialogue (ie. insert into sheet, add quantity table, etc) 
   
2. Draw Foundation Beam Elevations (One by One): Draw Foundation Beam Elevations one by one without additional setting
2. Alternatively uses Detail Drawing Manager > Foundation Beam Details

The explanation and detail are similar to Storey Beam Elevation Drawings. Please refer to article : Storey Beam Elevation Drawings for more details.

Beam Rebar Schedule

Foundation Beam Rebar Schedule will always be generated with the Foundation Beam Elevation Drawings when "Draw Foundation Beam Details (All Axes)" is selected. However, if you wished to only generate the foundation beam rebar schedule:

1. Pick Concrete Beam Rebar Schedule command on the ProtaStructure pulldown menu.

 

2. Select storey 0 to generate foundation beam rebar schedule.

3. Pick a point on the screen to complete the drawing.

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