Transfer elements

Task area Precast Slab + Precast Wall + Precast Element

You can use this tool to transfer fixtures and reinforcement with labels to (partly) identical precast elements. You can transfer the selected elements from the source precast element to one or more destination precast elements at the same time.

When you transfer From precast element - To precast element, it is irrelevant whether the destination precast elements are rotated because PLANBAR always transfers the elements from the local origin of the source precast element to the local origins of the destination precast elements. Even when transferring From point - To point, the program rotates the selected elements so that they are positioned correctly.

To transfer fixtures and reinforcement to existing precast elements

1. Click Transfer Elements (How).
   

   Activate Transfer Elements in one of the following ways

   • Actionbar:Role Precast Elements Task Precast Slab Task area Precast Slab

   • Menu bar: Change Precast Precast Slab/Precast Wall/Precast Element

   • Palette: Tools Change area in the following modules:

   Precast slab

   Precast Wall

   Precast Element

2. Make basic settings for the transfer in the input options.
   • Select the Point entry option (icon is pressed in) if you do not want to position the elements in the same place in the destination precast element.
     You can turn this option on and off even after you have selected the elements.
   • Select the Check geometry option (icon is pressed in) if you want to create the elements only in destination precast elements of exactly the same geometry.
     Basically, you can transfer elements to precast elements of the same type only.
   • Select the Turn direction of span option (icon is pressed in) if you want to rotate the elements by 180° in the destination precast element.
   • Select the Transfer labels option (icon is pressed in) if you want to include the labels of the selected bars, meshes, and fixtures from element plans or placing drawings in the transfer.
3. Click the source precast element and select all elements that you want to transfer.
   The Filter by Precast Element tool in the Filter task area helps you select elements.
   

   • To select a single element, click it.
   • To select elements in a selection rectangle, hold down the left mouse button and open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select.
   • Some tools allow you to select all elements in the current document by clicking All in the input options or pressing CTRL+A.

   To get detailed information on all selection options provided by Allplan, see Selecting elements, overview.

   When selecting elements, you can use filters, which allow you to filter by element type or property. For more information, see Using filters.

   Note: By clicking a fixture in a fixture group or a single bar belonging to a group (for example, a placement, a longitudinal bar or stirrup of a stirrup cage, or a longitudinal bar of a bent-up mesh), you always select the entire group. You cannot select individual elements in a group.

   FF reinforcement cages created across several elements cannot be transferred.

4. Specify the reference point for the transfer if Point entry is selected in the input options.

   Note: To define a unique point, use an isometric view. When you click points in a two-dimensional view (placing drawing, layout plan, element plan, ...), the program always uses the point that is farthest away in the viewing direction.

5. Select the destination precast elements.
   You can click only one precast element if Point entry is selected in the input options.

   If Check geometry is selected in the input options and you have selected only one precast element that is not identical to the source precast element, the program displays a warning and cancels the transfer. If you have selected several precast elements, you will not see a warning.

6. Turn off the Check geometry option or change the setting of the Turn direction of span option and select the destination precast elements again.
7. Specify the drop-in point for the elements to be transferred if Point entry is selected in the input options.

   If one of the elements is outside the selected precast element, the program displays a warning and cancels the transfer. If all requirements are met, the program creates the selected elements with their labels in the destination drawing files.

8. Specify more drop-in points or select Esc to choose a new destination precast element if Point entry is selected in the input options.
9. Select more destination precast elements or select Esc to choose a new source precast element.