Assembly

Module(s): Bar Reinforcement

You can use the Assembly tool to combine reinforcing bar and mesh elements and fixtures in a group. The bending information of these groups can then be saved in special bending shape files using the Bending Machine tool.

Please note that you can only integrate elements in the current drawing file that are on modifiable layers in an assembly group. Elements that are in drawing files open in edit or reference mode or on hidden, frozen layers cannot be selected. Please note that circular reinforcement cannot be integrated in an assembly group.
When you work with associative views, the 3D elements have to be in the current drawing file. Here, the elements can be selected in the model or in the associative view.

To create an assembly group

1. Click Assembly (How).
   

   Activate Assembly in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Create Engineering Bar Reinforcement

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   Bar Reinforcement

2. Select the reinforcing bar and mesh elements and the fixtures you want to group.
   

   • To select a single element, click it.
   • To select elements in a region, use the left mouse button to open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select
   • To include all the elements in the current document, click All in the Input options or press CTRL+A. Please note that this option is not available for all tools.

   For more information on the options available for selecting elements in Allplan, see Selecting elements, overview.

   When selecting elements, you can use the Filter Assistant to apply a filter based on element types and/or properties. For more information, see Filter Assistant.

   To deactivate elements, click them again. You cannot assign elements to different groups.

3. Specify a name and number for the group in the Assembly palette. The number of elements assigned to this group is displayed in the Group elements line.

   Note: The name of the group is used to create the special bending shape files. The number is not taken into account.

4. Press ESC to finish grouping reinforcement.

   You can now create more groups or quit the tool.

To modify an assembly group

1. Click an element of the group and select Assembly group in the list box at the top in the Properties palette
   or
   double-click a reinforcing bar element of the group with the left mouse button.

   All the elements of the relevant group are selected.

2. If necessary, click the Group elements line and then to select the elements that are to be assigned to or removed from this group.
   This way, you can also ungroup assemblies again.
3. If necessary, change the name and number of the group.
4. Press ESC to apply the changes.

Note: You can use Save as a favorite to save the settings and Load favorite to read the settings back into the palette, where you can modify them. Click Favorite QuickSelect to select from the five favorites you have used most recently.