Layout output and data output for element plans

layouts

Select the Change notices option. The Text for change notices line appears. Click to open a dialog box where you can specify whether change notices change and to which elements the entries apply.

Select the Printer option to create one or more temporary PDF files for the element plans created. The program linked with the *.pdf file type opens, showing the temporary PDF files. You can then print the PDF file manually by means of the print dialog box of the program linked with the *.pdf file type.
Use the Print different formats together option to control the contents of the temporary PDF files:

Select this check box to write all element plan sheets to a single file, regardless of the formats selected for the sheets.
If you do not select this check box and the sheet formats of the selected precast elements are different, the Select list dialog box opens. Select the formats you want to print in this dialog box.
You can turn off formats. This is useful if the printer does not detect formats automatically or if the printer is equipped with a single paper tray.

Note: The program assumes that you use the Printer option only to print to paper. Therefore, this option filters out 3D-PDF pages, which are intended for 3D viewers. As a result, the program does not create temporary PDF files for pages of element plans where the Use page for 3D-PDF option is selected in the properties of the sheet.

Select the DXF or DWG option, choose the version for the AutoCAD files, and select the folder where you want to save the element plans as DXF or DWG files. If you have already specified the path in the configurations, you cannot select the folder here.

Select the PDF option and select the folder to save the element plans as PDF files. If you have already specified the path in the configurations, you cannot select the folder here.
You must also select the PDF option for layouts where the Use page for 3D-PDF option is selected in the properties of the sheet. As a result, the program creates a 3D page in the PDF file for the relevant element-plan page, and you can view the element in 3D in Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 7 and later). Note that other applications like Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge do not display the 3D PDF page.

The program creates 3D PDF files with the following settings:

Resolution = 300 dpi
Document size = Page
Export layers = yes
Embed TrueType fonts = yes
Add bookmarks = yes
Name of bookmarks = 3D
Allow printing = yes
Append to file = yes

You cannot change these parameters. Note that the volume of data for an element plan increases significantly when you create 3D PDF files.

Note: When you open the 3D PDF page, Adobe Acrobat Reader might not display the element. Instead, you can see a yellow bar with the following message above the workspace 3D content has been disabled. Select this function if you trust the document content to be displayed. By default, 3D content is disabled in PDF files, because working with 3D elements can lead to security holes. You can enable the 3D content in the current document by clicking the Options button and selecting the required option. You can choose between trust this document one time only and trust this document always. To select the special 3D functions in Adobe Acrobat Reader, click the general 3D image, which serves as a placeholder for the actual image.
As an alternative, you can also enable 3D content permanently. Go to the menu of Adobe Acrobat Reader, select Edit - Preferences - 3D & Multimedia and select the Enable playing of 3D content check box.

Select the HPGL option and choose the HPGL/2 color or HPGL/2 monochrome setting. In addition, you can specify whether you want to save the files in the selected Folder or send them directly to the Printer. If you have already specified the path in the configurations, you cannot select the folder here.

Note: With regard to the settings for the Layout output in DXF, DWG, PDF and HPGL format, checks are made to see if the configured folder is valid when you exit the corresponding box. If you enter an invalid folder (due to a writing error, for example), an error message is displayed.

Data output

Select the BVBS option, then go to the Folder (BVBS) to save reinforcement and bending information for each element to an ASCII file. You can then transfer the data to a task setup program for bending machines. The file format is compatible with the BVBS reinforcement interface.

Note: If you have already gone to Configurations , then to General, Program Sequence in the Export files tab, then to Element plan to define the path for BVBS files then you cannot select the storage location here.

Go to the Layout information line and click to open a dialog box analogous to the Bending Machine tool in the Bar Reinforcement task area. You can enter names for the Project, the Layout (drawing) and the Plan Index here. The program does not automatically propose values.

Note: When creating BVBS files, the program always uses the local mark numbers of the element plan. In the field for the field indicator n (number of bars / meshes / accessories) the number is written in whilst taking identical marks and the piece factor of fixtures into account.
A notification is shown after data generation if the export is successful or if an error has occurred.

The Bending Machine tool of the Bar Reinforcement task area neither creates element-based ABS files nor uses local mark numbers. When calculating the number of bars, neither identical marks nor the piece factor of the precast elements are taken into account. This tool always writes the data of all precast elements based on the global mark numbers to the file here.