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An Introduction

Developed to meet the challenging quality requirements of large sizedprojects with frequent revisions and fast around time.projects with frequent revisions and fast around time.

Hundreds of projects from different countries across North America,Europe, Middle East and Asia are detailed using RGS-REBAR.

RGS-REBAR is simple, user friendly, and more productive detailingsoftware.

RGS-REBAR supports both Imperial and Metric detailing of many

International detailing codes like ACI (U.S),B.S (British), IS(Indian)etc.

How it Works?

RGS REBAR simulates the actual placing of Bars in the site by Preparing aProfessional Placing drawing to scale . Costly errors are avoided by visuallychecking the drawing and by preparing Bar Bending Schedule / CNC Bar listchecking the drawing and by preparing Bar Bending Schedule / CNC Bar listAutomatically.

Customized Menu, Commands, Tool bars are provided for Detailing andBar listing the Reinforcement Steel(Rebar).

Draw Rebar within the Concrete outlines.Quantity is automaticallycalculated or can be manually entered.

Extensive Validations,Automation and Artificial detailing Intelligence isembedded into the program.

Draw Reinforcements

Create reinforcement details in Five methods

•Enter leg values of the Bend shapes in the Rebar entry screen.

•Choose the required Bend shape and draw in AutoCAD with automatic

shape validation technology.

RGS CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES make life easy

shape validation technology.

•Use our unique “Automatic Bend shape recognition technology” and just

draw any shape like a p-line and the Bend shapes are identified.

•Convert already drawn P-lines as Rebar bend shapes.

•Copy/Mirror/Array an already drawn bar to create a new bar

•Let us see how to detail a column footing from the scratch.

Automatic Special Bend creation

� Rebar follows the shape of the concrete and hence the Rebar shapes can never belimited to the standard shapes defined in the Code.

� In RGS-REBAR a special bend definition is very simple but very powerful.

� If RGS-REBAR is unable to identify a drawn shape in the database, it creates theshape automatically and defines the following in the database.

• Side, Left, right, Plan and sectional, profile views

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• Side, Left, right, Plan and sectional, profile views

• Theoretical and cut-length formula

• Proper leg and shape validations with proper error messages

• “Guiding Shape” slides for creating the bend through the Rebar entryscreen

� The special bend defined can be copied, mirrored or stretched just like any otherstandard bend.

� The special bend definition can be shared and reused.

� Our production software “RGS REBAR SHOP” also accepts the special bendsdefined and uses it for fabrication.

Low let us see how the special Bends are defined.

• Single Range – Normal

One bar -One pitch (Spacing)

• Radial Range


� RGS-REBAR provides many Range options to calculate the Rebar quantity. The user

can click any Bar and enter the Spacing and the start and end of the range with

appropriate covers. The quantity is automatically calculated. Please view some

sample videos.

Draw Range



Alternate Bar –Double pitch (Spacing)

Multiple Bar – Multiple Pitch (Spacing))

• Single Range - Sloped


Alternate Bar –Double pitch (Spacing)

Multiple Bar – Multiple Pitch (Spacing)


Alternate Bar-Double pitch (Spacing)

Multiple Bar-Multiple Pitch (Spacing)

• Multiple Range


Automatically generate Bar Bending Schedule(BBS) ,Placing list, CNC Bar list and other reports.

Select Bars, Fence Bars, Filter Bars

BBS selection & Placing method


Please note that the user can customize the format of these reports.

Untakeoff

• Control code based

Updating BBS

• Update BBS• Auto Update

Paper size, Boundary, Number of Rows

Flexi View Port Manager

� The Placing drawing speaks the quality of work. Presenting the drawing with proper

scales is not an easy job. But it is made very much easier with our “Flexi view port

manager”.

• Paper space based


• Paper space based

• Synchronized view ports between paper space and model space

• Scale can be changed many number of times and all the scaleable Rebar

objects are resized automatically to suit the current scale selected.

� In these days of faster construction practices, the revisions are the order of the day.

A detailer must be equipped with proper tools to incorporate revisions faster.

Incorporate Revisions/Engineer

Comment faster.

Match Properties

DemoCommands

Split Range

DemoCommands


Stretch(Both Bar & Range can be stretched with the simple ACAD command)

Copy / Paste

Match Properties

Transpose

Combine Range

Re-Assign Bar Mark with retain bend mark option set

Re-Assign Bar Mark

Split Range

Re-Assign Alpha Code

Automatic Revision Clouding

Quality Control Features (i)

� RGS-REBAR understands the importance of a quality detailing and hence acontinuous Research is being made on error proofing. There will be additionalfeatures on every release to bring down the error rates.

� RGS-REBAR has the following features that Controls the quality of the detailing.

• Bar properties standardization

• Steel Grade, Bar size and bend shape are standardized as per code


• Steel Grade, Bar size and bend shape are standardized as per code

� RGS-REBAR has the following features that Controls the quality of the detailing.

• Detailing code compliance

• The Hook Values, Bending Pin Diameter, Total length calculation etc are as perCode.

� Controlling lengths can be defined as per Industry practice and can be saved witha password and reused.

(i) Minimum length (ii) Truck width (iii) Multiple stock lengths (iv) Roundups

� Controlling Bend shape.

• RGS REBAR has automatic shape validation. Please watch this to seehow the detailer tries to deviate while drawing the bend shape and howRGS-REBAR automatically corrects it.

� Bar, View, Callout, Label etc are synchronized

• Any length is modified in one view, all other views are automatically

Quality Control Features (ii)


• Any length is modified in one view, all other views are automaticallyupdated

� Profile View to check congestion in junctions –

“Picture of a Column Beam junction.”

� Place Elevation

• This feature is deigned to control many instances where the Elevationmarks are correct but the actual height is wrong. So the detail lookscorrect but actually is wrong. Please watch this video to see how thePlace elevation option is used to control these errors.

� Automatic counting of concrete elements

• This feature is designed to control the issues involving counting andpreparing the Takeoff (Barlists for CNC machines), when the same detail isused in many places. For example, if there are three pile caps used inmultiple locations, there are two practical issues,

• Counting the number of places

Quality Control Features (iii)


Counting the number of places

• Preparing a partial Takeoff for CNC only on selected locations

• RGS-REBAR allows the user to create element marks and associate theRebars to it. The element mark can be inserted in a place and can becopied to multiple locations. The number of places is automaticallycounted based on the element marks placed.

• RGS-REBAR allows to takeoff for selected Concrete elements also. Thisrelieves the user of the tedious and the error prone methods of Takeoffpreparation.

� Audit

• The auditing feature of RGS-REBAR is very useful. The following checking can bemade against the drawing automatically and the errors are notified and shown ondifferent colors.

• Bars without Callout, Quantity or Bar mark

Quality Control Features (iv)


• Bars without Callout, Quantity or Bar mark

• Callout without Bars, Callout placed away from the bar

• Views without Bars

• Check the maximum length, validity of Bar mark

• Check and automatically Repair database

Highly Customizable

� Default settings are provided, for each country based on the popular detailing practices.

Customization is a choice and can be done if required.

� For U.S market, a standard detailing setup and one New York detailing setup are provided as


� For U.S market, a standard detailing setup and one New York detailing setup are provided as

default. The New York detailing setup uses the “Intelligent Bar Marking system (IBM)”. IBM

marks are generated automatically.

� You can almost control most of the objects and properties of RGS-REBAR like Rebar,

Bar mark, Callout, Label, Report ,CAD Standards, Presentation settings & others .

Auto DetailerReusable “Smart Details Library”

� Rebars of Concrete elements, detailed in Plan, Elevation and sectional views placednear each other are called “Details”.

� ”Details” can be created for even for a square or rectangular opening with additional bars detailed.

� These details can be reused by directly inserting in a drawing and any modifications can be done.


a drawing and any modifications can be done.

� This practice increases the detailing production.

� RGS REBAR comes with pre-defined detail libraries

� Users can also create details and add to detail libraries to standardize

� Please click to see how to detail a rectangular wall footing using the “Smart Details Library”

Creating a Details library

� Details can be created for any concrete element with details.

� It is a common practice to create details for the following elements and reuse them.

• Isolated footings/Pile caps

• Wall footings, combined footings


• Pier, Piles, columns

• Openings of any shape

• Walls

• Staircases

• Plain Concrete profiles and frequently used symbols

Click on Preview to see how to store a Detail in the library.

Auto DetailerRebar Spread - The Ultimate Auto Detailer

� Slabs (Two way, one way, Flat, Mat) are time consuming to detail.

� It will take more time to there are complications like,

• Varying edges, openings, specific splicing locations• Slab folds with varying slab heights, drop panels etc.

� Normally it will take few days to detail these


� Normally it will take few days to detail these

� REBAR SPREAD is a special “Auto detailer”, that can detail such complicated slabswith few minutes,

� Bend types to be used at openings, ends or at slab folds etc can customized.

� Varying Bars are grouped based on the maximum number of bars that can besheared in one stroke in the shear lines.

� This method provides an optimized solution considering the number of cuts andthe additional weight increment due to grouping of bars.

“Rebar Spread” – See how it works

� Now we have to detail a slab.

• The slab edges have linear and non-linear variations.

• There are few slab folds and on each of them the slab height is varying.

• The engineer has provided the splicing locations.

• There are some openings.


• There are some openings.

• There are some drop panels.

� This slab will take one day to detail by a good detailer. Now let us see how muchof time RGS-REBAR takes to detail this.

� Detailing through Rebar Spread is very fast and many slabs can be completedwithin few hours.

� Rebar spread can also effectively detail any element like wall, Pile cap etc. where Rebar needs to be spread and detailed.

Why RGS REBAR?

� Simple Interface. Easy to learn and use.

� Reduced Errors saving lot of placing issues/cost.

� Tight Schedules can be met by using Auto Detailers.


� Easy to incorporate revisions.

� Increased Productivity from your detailers.

� Stable product. Fully tested.

� Truly global product. Supports Multiple Detailing codes

� Avoid Capital investment in software. Buy one software, Rent the rest.

Why Fabricators & Contractors recommend RGS-REBAR? ?

Optimized Bar-List

� RGS-REBAR has built-in Rebar optimization module.

� The Detailer can preview the amount of scrap and reusable Off cut bars, likely to

be generated by fabricating the Bars Detailed so far.

� This gives them an opportunity to adjust the Bar lengths and reduce the Scrap and


� This gives them an opportunity to adjust the Bar lengths and reduce the Scrap and

Off cut bars generation.

� The Fabricators/Contractors also gets an opportunity to check the possible level of

Scrap & Off-cut bars, before even feeding the Bar list into the Production systems.

� This method of previewing the scrap and the off cut bars and adjusting the detailing

for better results will save tremendous amount of money in both site and Shop

Fabrication.

Preview of Scrap & Off-cuts bars (Metric)


Preview of Scrap & Off-cuts bars (Imperial)


The future of Rebar

Engineering and Management

� RGS-REBAR begins the next era of REBAR DETAILING, MANAGEMENT &

FABRICATION through Rebar traceability. This is achieved by linking (optional).

• RGS-REBAR, the Rebar Detailing Software

• RGS TRACKMATE, the web based Rebar Project Management System


• RGS TRACKMATE, the web based Rebar Project Management System

• RGS-REBAR SHOP/REBAR SITE, the Rebar Production Software

� The Rebar quantities can be easily tracked

� The Rebar detailing can be globally outsourced and efficiently managed

� The fabrication status, placement status, “Heat number” of the stock Rebar used to

fabricate the bar etc. could be found at a click of a button from the Placing drawing.

Looking forward to power your detailing operations with


detailing operations with

RGS-REBAR.

Thank you!

www.rgsrebar.com

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