Panel type catalog, BubbleDeck

Module(s): Catalogs

'General' tab

Created on:

Date of creation of the data record.

Last modified:

The most recent modification date.

Name:

You can enter any name. This name is displayed in the Type list box of the basic parameters for slab element design if the Description box is empty. This way, you can enter a short name for the catalog and a detailed description for the design.

Description:

You can enter any name. This name is displayed in the Type list box of the basic parameters for slab element design.

Max. panel length:

[mm] Maximum value for the panel length. If this value is exceeded during the design process, the program will issue a message.

Min. slab thickness:

[mm] Minimum value of slab thickness that is permitted for the type.

Longitudinal section / End face section:

Selection box for the joint section catalog. These sections are applied to the corresponding side in the design process and cannot be modified. All the edges to which you assign the longitudinal section are given the Smooth edge or Stop position attribute.
To assign this attribute to a panel edge without profiling, you need to define a "smooth" section in the joint section catalog and assign it here.

You can define how sections are displayed and labeled in the configurations.

'Reinforcement data' tab

Note:

If you have not defined balls for a specific panel width, the corresponding element is reinforced like a normal half floor. The top reinforcement is created according to the following rules:

1. The grid of the top reinforcement is equivalent to that of the bottom reinforcement.
2. Allplan takes the diameters for the top reinforcement from the settings you make for the Top reinforcement of the corresponding floor type on this tab.
3. If the conditions for attached reinforcement cannot be met due to the grid and the diameters (because the maximum spacing of the bars taken from the catalog differs from that of the bottom reinforcement, for example), the same mesh is used for the top and bottom.
   

Lattice girders:

Specify the lattice girder that is created for the relevant panel type in the design process. This girder cannot be modified. The list box includes all the entries that are defined in the lattice girder catalog and assigned to the current factory.

Top reinforcement:

Create reinforcement:

When you select this check box, Allplan creates a top reinforcement with the following parameters. Otherwise, only a bottom reinforcement is created.

Diameter of cross bars / longitudinal bars:

Selection box for the diameter catalog. The diameters specified are used to create the top reinforcement for the relevant panel type in the design process. The top reinforcement cannot be modified.

Distance center of balls - cross bars / longitudinal bars:

[mm] Horizontal offsets of the bar axes to the ball center. The top reinforcement defines the ball position.

Bottom reinforcement:

Consider balls:

If this check box is not selected, the balls are not taken into account when the bottom reinforcement is created. This option is particularly useful when you use a system where the balls do not extend into the bottom reinforcement layer.

Distance center of balls - cross bars / longitudinal bars:

[mm] Horizontal offsets of the bar axes to the ball center. The diameters of the bars are calculated from the required reinforcement quantity in the design process.

'Ball data' tab

Ball diameter:

[mm] Diameter of the balls used for the relevant panel type.

Distance of ball center to upper cross bar:

[mm] The program calculates the height of the ball from the vertical distance between the ball’s center and the bottom level of the upper cross bar, the concrete cover entered in the design process, the automatically determined diameter of the lower cross bar and the girder height.

Min. distance of ball to element edges and openings:

[mm] Minimum distance of the ball to element edges and openings. If this minimum distance cannot be met, no ball is created.

Fixture for production:

You can assign a symbol fixture from the fixture catalog to the ball. You need to make this assignment if you wish to transfer the balls to production. Select a fixture in the list box.

'Panel widths' tab

Dimensions in transverse direction

You can define the width of the standard panel (entire panel) or individual limits for the width of fitted panels in a table. For fitted panels, you can also specify whether you are dealing with the right part or the left part of a standard panel.

Specify how the girders and balls are distributed in the transverse direction of the panel for each width range. Enter a pattern with edge offset and spacing between the lattice girder axes (e.g. 300,800*2,650 = 300mm edge offset, then 800mm twice, then 650mm) or ball centers (e.g. 150,(300,250,250)*2,300,250 = 150mm edge offset, then 300mm, 250mm and 250mm, then 300mm, 250mm and 250mm again, then 300mm, then 250mm). To make sure that distribution always starts from the joint, you need to enter negative values for all offsets when left part is selected.

If the minimum value for the panel width cannot be met, the program will create an invalid element, two fitted panels or a strip made of in-situ concrete (depending on your settings).

• Click to insert a new entry in front of the selected entry in the table.
• Click to add an entry to the end of the table.
• Click to delete the entry selected in the table.
• To change the panel widths and distribution of girders and balls, click the relevant line in the table and enter new values in the boxes.

Dimensions in longitudinal direction

Specify how the balls are distributed in the longitudinal direction of the panel. Enter a pattern with edge offset and spacing between the ball centers (e.g. 150,250*200 = 150mm edge offset, then 250mm up to 200 times).

'->Fact.' tab

Assignment of the individual entries to the relevant factories.

The selected entry is applicable to the selected factories. If no factory is selected, the entry is valid for all the factories.