Talk:Rebar detailing

A rebar or reinforcing bar is basically a simple or a plain steel bar which is generally incorporated in steel and reinforced concrete structures. It is typically crafted from carbon steel and is given ridges for better mechanical fixing into the concrete. It can also be depicted as reinforcing steel or rebar reinforcement Rebar detailing is a complex job useful for professionals dealing with concrete reinforcing, building construction and civil projects.

It is simply a bunch of steel bars of various sizes that you place within concrete. It is a combination that takes the strength of one material and marries it to the weakness of the other. In doing so, a stronger, better building material is created, reinforced concrete. Rebar is now available in materials other than carbon steel. Stainless steel allows a change to a less corrosive material. This means that the life cycle of a structure increases and the maintenance costs can decrease.

Rebar shape attributes include following features: • Automatic shape detection • Bar scheduling lengths • Bar coding methods (per drawing, member, layer or shape) • Bar revisions • Rebar shop calculations • Import/export of bar charts from various DGN files • Bar shape standards • Fabricator specific Bar shape standards