I have a foundation model where even though I have the element type set to have both top and bottom steel, Robot only seams to design one of them. I understand that in this case, there might not be much stress in the bottom layer, but I would still like Robot to show the minimum steel required instead of nothing. How do I do this?
I'm not sure if I understand this issue correctly. As far as I can see as you requested minimal reinforcement to be used for the entire panel there are no locations without any reinforcement.
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There was only reinforcing bars shown in the top layer. How do I get the bottom layer to calculate / show up?
There is no 'special' action needed. Could you make screen captures that show what you have got on your screen please? I still feel like not understanding the situation correctly.
I will post more screen shots. That said, did you notice I uploaded the model. I though that might be easier.
I'm sorry I need them as I got the feeling I'm looking at something different than you are describing.