Question: How to automatically design reinforcement in beams, slabs, and columns?
Answer:
1 EVALUATING INTERNAL FORCES
Command: Concrete > Reinforcement design > 1D member > Internal forces
Before starting with reinforcement design, it is important to check whether the internal forces to be used in the design process are reasonable and logical in terms of their magnitude and distribution, and to ensure that they match the assumptions of the model.
2 DEFINING A TEMPLATE FOR SELECTED REINFORCEMENT
Command: Concrete > Reinforcement design > Design defaults
In the reinforcement design process, it is necessary to first define a reinforcement template. In the template, you specify the basic reinforcement that will be used along the entire element. Additionally, you can define parameters for additional reinforcement to be added in parts of the element where the basic reinforcement is not sufficient.
In the image above, you have a depiction of types of reinforcement: