Design

Module(s): Precast Wall

Owing to the wide range of parameters available for the factory configurations, catalogs and/or the parameters currently set by the user during the process of element design or modification and the current geometry of the element (outline and/or recesses), it can happen that bars and/or lattice girders of the basic reinforcement are not created and, consequently, individual parts of the element (e.g. corners with acute angles, narrow webs between recesses or between recesses and the edges) are not reinforced. The program does not check that all the bars and/or lattice girders are actually created.

That is why you need to spend some time thinking about how to handle non-rectangular element outlines and/or existing recesses. These considerations can be described as "engineering thinking". This is exactly the reason why working with the Precast modules requires some experience. In particular, you should not create production data without checking the reinforcement beforehand.

To design the elements for a precast wall

1. Click Design (How).
   Wall design consists of four parts. The following functions are provided on the context toolbar:
   

   Activate Design in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Create Precast Factories Precast Wall

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

   Precast Wall

2. Click Design Type to assign a wall type, concrete grade, reinforcement type or additional parameters to an architectural wall.
   

   Architectural wall

   You can only use architectural walls for precast unit design. See also Allplan - Wall.

   Note:
   Architectural walls of the Curved Component or Entity-Based Component type cannot be used for precast unit design.

3. Click Visible Side to change the visible side (viewing direction) of the wall, if necessary.
4. Click Connections to define the required joint arrangements of the wall elements.
5. Click Divisions to define the divisions of the precast walls.