topic How to change rebar major segment? in Revit Structure Forum

How to change rebar major segment?

mariusz.boch — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 18:31:06 GMT

Hi everyone,

I've got really annnoying issue with rebar numbers - two identical L-bars (shape code 11) have different numbers because they have different major segments. For example:
Bar No 1:
A=200cm, B=100cm
Bar No 2:
A=100cm, B=200cm
So both of them have same length, but different numbers...
Does anyone have idea how to manage it?

Of course I can fix it by rotating or editing rebar sketch, but I'm looking for real solution...

Re: How to change rebar major segment?

ovidiu_paunescu — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 03:51:37 GMT

Hello @mariusz.boch

I think the only thing you can do is rotate one of the bars.

You can try pressing Space a couple of times until it arrives in the desired direction.

You can try something else:

Add a hook to one of the bars
Edit that bar's sketch
Click the swap hooks button (only appears if the bar has hooks)
Hook jumps to the other end
Finish editing the sketch
Remove the hook

This happens because the system tries to match the bar geometry to existing rebar shapes, so that it doesn't have to create separate shapes for similar bars with different orientation.

Numbering looks at segment lengths also, that's why they get different numbers.

Re: How to change rebar major segment?

AGYEMANG.OFOSU — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 11:04:56 GMT

Obviously, the rebar numbers will not be the same. A normal mapping will tell you the A's are not the same length. One is 100 and other is 200. The values of the variables A and B are not the same. to have the rebar numbers same use the space key and cycle the shape to have them equalled.

Re: How to change rebar major segment?

mariusz.boch — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 19:16:58 GMT

Thank you for your ideas, but these are not serious solutions. I mean - it's impossible to edit many rebar sketches in order to change their major segments. It takes too much time. I thought there is something more 'intelligent' to fix this problem, maybe somewhere in a rebar shape family...