"Element plan" configuration entry

Configuration Half Floor: Design + Hollow Core Element: Design + Prestressed hollow core element: Design + Concrete Slab: Design + Brick slab: Design + Concrete Brick Slab: Design + Suspended Brick Slab: Design
Configuration Double Wall: Design + Concrete Wall: Design + Double wall (iWall): Design + Concrete Wall (iWall): Design + Thermal Wall (iWall) Design + Sandwich wall (iWall) Design + Brick wall (iWall): Design
Configurations: Structural Precast Elements Element creation
Configuration Precast Element: Element creation

"General" tab

Local mark numbers:

Do not use: The element plan always uses the global mark number of the placing drawing. For example, this option is useful when steel quantities are not calculated by element. This links the marks in the element plans with the marks in the placing drawing.

Auto ascending starting at 1: When creating the element plan, the program changes the global mark numbers to local mark numbers in accordance with fixed rules. The program uses the same rules to update these mark numbers every time you modify the data. Starting at 1, the program constantly increments the entire reinforcement of a precast element.
This option is useful for calculating steel quantities by element. Due to the following reasons, however, this option can be a disadvantage if a precast element has already been planned for production:

• Because of the fixed rules as to how mark numbers are assigned, each bar or mesh you add causes the mark numbers to be updated continuously.
• Gaps that arise when you delete marks will be closed immediately.

Manual: When creating the element plan, the program changes the global mark numbers to local mark numbers in accordance with fixed rules. Then you can assign the local mark numbers manually. As the program does not update mark numbers automatically when you make modifications, any gaps that arise will not be closed either.
The reinforcement of the element plan can be split off from existing marks with New Mark Number and then rearranged again manually with Rearrange Marks.

TIM Export:

You can use the following settings for precast elements to define whether and how element plans are created.

In the same way as for structural precast element types, it is not possible to specify for the precast elements in the configurations an element plan for the data export to the TIM for the different element types. This is because a fixed element plan is always configured here for a particular element type. However, you can have an unlimited number of element types for precast elements. You can therefore find the corresponding Layout for element plan entry for the TIM Export for the individual precast element in the Definition of element creation configuration selected from the Catalog Menu on the General tab under Element plan.