Arch Rebar BentShape

Description
The BentShape Rebar tool allows the user to create a set of bent reinforcing bars inside an Arch Structure object.

This command is part of the Reinforcement Addon, that you can install with the Addon Manager, via the menu.



How to use

 * 1) Select any face of a previously created  object.
 * 2) Then select  from the rebar tools.
 * 3) A task panel will pop-out on the left side of the screen as shown below.
 * 4) Select the desired orientation.
 * 5) Give the inputs like front cover, left cover, right cover, bottom cover, top cover, anchor length, bent angle, rounding and diameter of the rebar.
 * 6) Select the mode of distribution either amount or spacing.
 * 7) If spacing is selected, a user can also opt for custom spacing.
 * 8) Pick selected face is used to verify or change the face for rebar distribution.
 * 9) Click  or  to generate the rebars.
 * 10) Click  to exit the task panel.



Properties

 * : It decides the orientation of the rebar (like a bottom, top, right and left).
 * : The distance between rebar and selected face.
 * : The distance between the left end of the rebar to the left face of the structure.
 * : The distance between the right end of the rebar to right face of the structure.
 * : The distance between rebar from the bottom face of the structure.
 * : The distance between rebar from the top face of the structure.
 * : It is the arm's length of bent shape rebar.
 * : It decides angle in bent shape rebar.
 * : The amount of rebars.
 * : The distance between the axes of each bar.

Scripting
Arch API, Reinforcement API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The BentShape Rebar tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following function:


 * The Bent Shape Rebar have four different orientations:
 * Bottom
 * Top
 * Left
 * Right
 * Adds a Bent Shape reinforcing bar object to the given structural object.
 * If no Structure and Facename is given, it will take user selected face as input.
 * Here CoverAlong argument is having type tuple.
 * Returns the new Rebar object.

Example: Creating Bent Shape rebar.

Changing properties of Bent Shape rebar.